PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Liam James (ranked 1993 p4p, 1334 weight class) and Scott Murley (ranked 260 p4p, 180 weight class). James's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Come To Daddy by Aphex Twin. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

James
vs
Murley

190 cm
30
215
16 - 16 - 0

194 cm
40
212
24 - 17 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Core Combat

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam James!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 17 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Murley!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Sosuke Kotani and Yukihiro Yamamoto.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murley swinging wildly here.
James throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murley counters with a straight right hand.
Murley throws a lazy right hand but James sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
James cracks a nice hook into Murley's ribs.
James has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
James misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Liam James seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
James slips under a jab from Murley.
James shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Murley sprawls well. Murley wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. James gets slowly back to his feet.
Murley jabs at James's body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
James swings widly with a right hand
and Murley counters with a stiff right hand.
Murley jabs James right on the nose. James blinks but takes it well.
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murley.
James swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murley moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
James scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
We've been informed that Murley has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
James misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murley.
Murley looks like he wants to counter punch here.
James throws the left hand but Murley avoids the punch easily.
Murley wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Scott Murley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murley tests James's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murley cracks James with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murley misses with a looping left.
James throws an off balance right hand
and Murley counters with a nice uppercut.
James throws a right and a left that Murley avoids nicely.
Murley thuds his right hand into James's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Murley misses with a right hand
and James counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murley throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murley. James does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
James throws a hook to the side of Murley's head but Murley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murley looks to land a right hand but James moved out of range.
Murley scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murley misses with a wild body shot.
James with a nice cross.
James misses with a low kick as Murley jumps back.
Murley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murley misses with a right hand
and Murley takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
James tries to clinch but Murley moves out of range.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murley.
James throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murley misses with a hook
letting James counter with a right hand.
James throws a lazy right hand but Murley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murley looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
James missing with a left hand there. Murley was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
James will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murley is looking to score with low kicks.
James connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murley momentarily.
James slips a jab from Murley.
James jabs at Murley's body.
Murley throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
James is looking to counter the offense by Murley and move into the clinch.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
James throws a low kick but Murley avoids it.
James scores with a sloppy right hand. Murley should have avoided that one.
Murley is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! James had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Murley just misses with a punch to the body.
James throws a head kick but Murley moves out of range.
Donk. James catches Murley right on the button with a cross.
Murley missing with a left hand there. James was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from James with a body shot.
Murley misses with a body shot.
James lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Murley backs up against the cage.

It looks like Scott Murley has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murley looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James tests Murley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
James is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Murley scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murley moves out of range of the strikes.
The fighters circling - Murley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
James jabbing away but nothing is landing.
James dodges the punch combination from Murley.
James staying out of range there.
A counter left hand to the body from James misses its target.
Murley takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
James with a jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
James slips under a jab from Murley.
James throws a hook but Murley blocks it.
Murley throws a body shot but no joy.
James lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murley's sensitive parts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Liam James will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Scott Murley's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

James tests Murley's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but James moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
James ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
James fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murley just manages to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Murley.
Murley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. James looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
James scores with a nice strike.
James tries to close the distance and clinch but Murley swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
James slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murley throws a right and a left that James avoids nicely.
James is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murley throws a right hand that misses
and James counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murley thinking.
James misses with a straight left.
James scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murley doesn't seem bothered though.
James closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
James ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murley moves away.
James takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Murley throws a hook but James blocks it.
James fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murley manages to avoid it.
James rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murley swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murley jabs at James's body.
James takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murley scores with a shot to the body.
James keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murley.
James slips a jab from Murley.
Murley throws an off balance right hand
and James counters with a lovely straight right hand!
James throws a hook but Murley avoids it easily.
Murley throws out a loose jab but James uses good head movement to avoid it.
As Murley looks to move away, James throws a big counter combo but Murley just gets out of the way.
Murley throws a good cross that connects.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Murley tries to keep at a distance but James has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murley blocks an elbow strike.
Murley lands a body punch.
Murley manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murley scores with an uppercut up the middle.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
James scores with a jab. Murley acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
James slips under a jab from Murley.
Murley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murley takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nice defenses there by Murley.
Murley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murley doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
James looks to land a left hand but Murley moved out of range nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
James throws a looping overhand right but Murley ducks down to avoid it.
A big right from Murley misses.
Murley throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
James uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murley.
James lands a nice looking body shot.
James displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murley throws out the jab.
James moves away from the strike by Murley.
James is looking to counter punch.
Murley misses with a body shot.
Scott Murley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
James works the jab nicely.
Murley looks to land a left hand but James moved out of range nicely.
As Murley looks to move away, James throws a big counter combo but Murley just gets out of the way.
Murley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from James.
Murley comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
James lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
James walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
James staying out of range there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murley misses the jab.
James keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
James connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but James circles away quickly and effectively.
Murley throws a hook but James avoids it easily.
James has his takedown stuffed
and Murley counters with a nice body shot.
Murley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

James has closed the distance and engaged Murley in a clinch.
Murley lands a body shot in the clinch.
James lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from James.

James breaks the clinch.
Murley keeps the fight on the outside.
James closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Murley throws a leg kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Scott Murley will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Scott Murley's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

James with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murley pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces James back to the cage. Murley follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
James throws out a loose jab but Murley uses good head movement to avoid it.
James slips under a jab.
Murley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The fighters circling - Murley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murley throws a shot to the body.
James throws a jab but it's blocked by Murley.
James misses with a wild body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Murley 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murley pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murley throws a body shot but no joy.
James seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
James dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A jab from James does it's job there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James tries to clinch there but Murley circles away.
Murley looks to score with a jab to the body but James is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice uppercut lands for James. That snapped Murley's head back.
James loads up on a big right hand but Murley slips the punch.
James lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

James moves into range and clinches up with Murley.
Murley tries to throw a body punch but James avoids it by throwing Murley back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Murley.
James blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Murley as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murley can't find room to land a body shot as James controls the action.
James lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A hook to the body from Murley.
Murley is pushing James up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
James swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short body shot lands from Murley as the two fighters clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A short right from Murley on the inside.
Murley lands with a left to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
James misses with a punch to the body.
James wants to stall.
Murley lands a nice shot to the body.
A shot in the inside from Murley.
Murley swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murley lands with a right to the head.
James prevents a body shot from Murley.
Murley has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
James trying to stall but Murley improves his position.

James breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murley lands a lovely overhand right.
Murley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. James looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murley misses with a looping right.
James misses with a straight right.
Murley dodges the punch combination from James.
James tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murley manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murley misses with a left hand
and James counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A big right from James misses.
Murley misses with a hook. James ducked under it nicely.
Murley throws a body punch but James moves out of range.
Murley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James misses with a kick to the body.
James uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murley.
James throwing a counter right hand but Murley manages to avoid it.
Murley punishes James's body with a nice straight punch.
James on the wrong end of a nice jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
James throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Murley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
James scores with a jab to the jaw.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
James scores with a body shot.
James tries to clinch but Murley moves out of range.
James throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from James.
Murley misses with a hook.
James misses the jab.
Murley walks into a straight right hand from James.
Nice defenses there by James.
James throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
James scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murley staying out of range there.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Scott Murley.
I think Murley has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:29
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 27:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Scott Murley!
The defeated Liam James had this to say: 'No one likes seeing their opponent's hand raised, but that just means that they were the better man today. My team at 3Band MMA and I will break down this match and make the proper changes for my next camp.'.