PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Murray (ranked 2759 p4p, 24527 weight class) and Jimmy Newtron (ranked 377 p4p, 793 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murray
vs
Newtron

185 cm
18
188
3 - 2 - 0

205 cm
27
200
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Cardio machine

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

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 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jimmy Newtron!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Gregory Folan and Elvis Blanc.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Murray.
Newtron throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murray.
Murray half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murray throws a looping overhand right but Newtron ducks down to avoid it.
Murray is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Newtron.
Newtron will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Newtron uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murray.
Murray misses with a hook.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Newtron manages to avoid it.
Murray walks into a straight right hand from Newtron.
Murray throws a solid leg kick but Newtron takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murray.
Newtron swinging wildly here.
Murray is looking to counter punch.
Newtron checks a leg kick nicely.
Newtron looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murray takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Newtron lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murray fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Newtron throws a right and a left that Murray avoids nicely.
A big right from Murray misses.
Newtron slips a straight right by Murray.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray throws a leg kick
and Newtron counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice jab there from Newtron.
Murray is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Newtron's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Newtron throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Newtron misses with a two punch combination.
Murray misses with a series of wild punches.
Newtron lunges at Murray with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murray's hand.
Murray throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Newtron moves out of range of the leg kick from Murray.
Newtron is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Newtron scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murray throws a hook but Newtron avoids it easily.
Jimmy Newtron seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Newtron will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murray fires out a quick counter leg kick but Newtron just manages to avoid it.
Newtron throws a series of punches but Murray moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray throws a right and a left that both miss.
Newtron is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Murray throws a shot from downtown. Newtron moves away and avoids it.
Newtron is looking for the big counter here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newtron looks to land a left hand but Murray moved out of range nicely.
Newtron scores with a punch to the head.
Sloppy strikes from Newtron. Those never looked like landing.
Newtron defending well as Murray loads up on a big left hand.
Murray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murray throws a jab when Newtron was well out of range.
Newtron throws a right and a left that both miss.
Newtron looks winded!
Newtron slips a straight right by Murray.
Murray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Murray pushes Newtron up against the cage in a clinch.
Murray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Newtron misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Newtron trying to control the position but instead, Murray has worked for underhooks and has pushed Newtron into the cage.
Murray is looking for a takedown.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murray - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murray looking for a takedown.
Newtron is trying to stall.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray scores with a hook to the body.
Murray lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murray has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Newtron is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Murray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Newtron prevents the takedown attempt.
Murray is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Newtron gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Murray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newtron backwards.
Newtron is defending well against a takedown attempt.
A short right from Murray on the inside.
Murray prevents Newtron from breaking the clinch.
Murray is trying to drag Newtron to the mat but Newtron just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Murray drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Newtron gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Murray lands a hook to the side of the head.
Newtron has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Newtron is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murray.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Murray.
Murray prevents Newtron from breaking the clinch.
Murray has Newtron pressed against the cage, preventing Newtron from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murray stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Newtron takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Murray gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Newtron regains guard.
Murray has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Murray in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murray controls from within his opponent's guard.
Murray is looking to work some ground and pound but Newtron has wrist control.
Murray showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
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 James Murray will probably get the nod.
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.

Murray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Newtron displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Murray misses with a hook.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Newtron! But no joy.
No joy there for Newtron, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Murray moves into the clinch.
Murray looking for a takedown.
Murray lands a shoulder strike.
Newtron stalling in the clinch but Murray improves position.
Murray drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Newtron gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Newtron trying to land knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Newtron misses with a knee strike.
A short uppercut from Murray.
Murray keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Newtron's efforts to push away.
Murray gets through Newtron's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Newtron is breathing heavily.
Murray stalling in the clinch.
Newtron looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Newtron is looking to break free of the clinch but Murray has double underhooks.
Murray is looking to take this one to the mat.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Murray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Newtron missing with knees to the body.
Murray changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Newtron fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Murray shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Newtron as he avoids it easily.

Murray scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Murray throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Murray content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Murray lands an elbow.
Murray advances nicely into full mount.
Poor strikes thrown by Murray there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Murray thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray working Newtron over with strikes here.
Murray working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murray throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
James Murray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Poor strikes thrown by Murray there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Murray throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Murray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Murray misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murray throws some wild stikes that Newtron manages to avoid easily.
Murray controlling from the full mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Newtron for as long as he can get away with.
Murray misses with a head shot.
Murray controlling the pace for now.
Murray has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murray thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
Murray looking to ground and pound but Newtron is blocking nicely.
Murray controlling the position easily from mount.
Murray throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Murray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Murray thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Murray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Murray dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Newtron walks into a jab.
Newtron slaps away a takedown attempt from Murray, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Newtron throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murray.
Newtron lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
A big right from Murray misses.
Newtron fails to land with a series of punches.
Nice shot by Newtron.
Murray lands with a right hand.
Newtron ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Newtron does it's job there.
Newtron throws a nice looking combination but Murray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Newtron is just out of range.
Newtron takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Newtron feints a jab promting Murray to slip. Newtron then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Murray slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray misses with a looping right.
Newtron moves forwards but Murray connects with a nice, crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray lands with a hook. Newtron tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Murray misses with a series of wild punches.
Newtron lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Jimmy Newtron seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murray fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Newtron.
Jimmy Newtron is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Newtron throws a series of punches but Murray avoids them all with ease.
Newtron cracks Murray with a good jab.
Murray throws a series of punches but Newtron avoids them all with ease.
Newtron fails to land with a series of punches.
Some wild striking there from Newtron.
Murray cracks Newtron with a good jab.

Murray instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Newtron's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murray has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Newtron is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray presses Newtron against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newtron backwards.
A right hand to the body from Murray.
Murray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Newtron backwards.
Murray is working Newtron over against the cage.
A short right from Murray on the inside.
Newtron's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A right hook to the body lands for Murray.
A nice left hand lands by Murray.
Murray tries to score a body lock takedown but Newtron shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for James Murray. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Murray gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Murray controlling the action here.
Murray thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Murray's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Murray not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Murray seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murray throws a hook but Newtron blocks it.
Murray misses with a low kick.
Newtron looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murray looks to land a right hand but Newtron moved out of range.
Murray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Newtron.
Murray walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Newtron checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murray lands a really nice looking cross but Newtron seems unphased.
Newtron takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murray misses with a hook.
Murray will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murray stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Newtron can do to turn this around?
Newtron displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murray throws out the jab.
Jimmy Newtron has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Newtron moves out of range as Murray strikes.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Murray, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 30:27
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Murray!