PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Steve Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Michael The Count (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The Count has chosen The streets don't love you no more!!! as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Murray
vs
The Count

180 cm
24
180 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

185 cm
20
170 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

Decent wrestler
Solid boxing
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Steve Murray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Michael The Count!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Count manages to avoid it.
The Count avoids a punch combination nicely.
The Count scores with a sloppy right hand. Murray should have avoided that one.
Murray misses with a straight left.
The Count misses with an uppercut.
Murray swings for the body but The Count moves out of range.
The Count slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
Murray throws a hook but The Count blocks it.
The Count keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.

The Count moves into the clinch successfully.
Murray lands a body shot.
The Count stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The Count lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murray backwards.
Murray blocks an uppercut.
Murray dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
The Count with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Still in the clinch, Murray scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Murray.
Murray is pushing The Count up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Murray stalling in the clinch but The Count improves position.
Murray blocks an uppercut.
Murray leaning his opponent against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The Count wants to stall.
Murray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Count backwards.
The Count is trying to stall.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by The Count as Murray tries to tie him up.
A head punch on the inside from The Count fails to land.
Murray taking a breather.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Steve Murray.
The Count with a hook.
Murray ducks under a wild hook from The Count.
Murray throws a series of punches but The Count moves out of range.
Murray walks into a left hand.
The Count moves out of range as Murray strikes.
Michael The Count seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Count. The Count obviously looking to wear him down.
The Count defending well as Murray loads up on a big left hand.
Murray throws a series of punches but The Count moves out of range.
The Count works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Murray.
The Count lands a nice shot to the body.
Murray closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but The Count moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murray misses with a body punch
and The Count counters with a leg kick.
Murray is breathing heavily.
Murray throws a nice looking combination but The Count bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The Count lands a nice looking body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murray swings wildly with a couple of big hooks

and The Count counters by moving into the clinch.
A short body shot lands from The Count as the two fighters clinch.
The Count lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hand to the body from The Count.
The Count lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Count lands with a light punch inside.
The Count throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
The Count trying to control the position but instead, Murray has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Count into the ropes.
The Count digs a right hand into Murray's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Murray's gas tank.
The Count stalling.
The Count blocks a punch to the side of the head.
The Count scores with a shot to the side of Murray's head.
The Count scores with a shoulder strike.
Murray dodges an elbow strike from The Count.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray blocks an uppercut.
Murray misses with a punch on the inside.
The Count lands a good knee to the midsection. Murray won't want to take too many of those.
A short uppercut from The Count.
The Count lands with a short shot to the head.
The Count lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murray backwards.
The Count looking to throw knees to the head but Murray is blocking nicely.
The Count taking a breather.
The Count throws a knee to the head but misses.
The Count lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The Count swings wildly with an uppercut but Murray uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Count prevents a body shot from Murray.
The Count lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murray backwards.
The Count slowing the pace effectively.
Murray struggles to land a body shot inside as The Count controls his hands.
The Count gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The Count is trying to maintain a safe position but Murray gets an underhook and turns The Count into the ropes.
The Count lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from The Count.
The Count taking a breather.
A body shot lands from The Count.
A right handed body shot lands from The Count.
The Count trying to stall but Murray improves his position.
Murray misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from The Count fails to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Count lands a shoulder strike.
A short right from The Count on the inside.
The Count trying to control the position but instead, Murray has worked for underhooks and has pushed The Count into the ropes.
The Count blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murray lands a body punch in the clinch.
The Count looking to stall.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murray.
Nice body punch from The Count.
Murray stalling in the clinch but The Count improves position.
The Count looking to stall.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, The Count creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The Count lands with a short shot to the head.
Murray lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Murray.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A short left from Murray.
The Count throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray.

Murray pulls guard successfully.
The Count missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The Count trying to control but Murray is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Michael The Count dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murray throws a looping overhand right but The Count ducks down to avoid it.
The Count doesn't manage to clinch there - Murray circles away.
Steve Murray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murray keeps the fight on the outside.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from The Count.
The Count fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murray.
Murray throws a series of punches but The Count moves out of range.
The Count steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murray.
The Count scoring well with a low kick there.
The Count looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murray throws a right and a left that The Count avoids nicely.
Murray throws a one two combo.
The Count looks to land a combination. Murray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Count manages to avoid it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
The Count looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
The Count keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murray gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Nice straight punches there by The Count. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of The Count.
Murray takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Count slips a jab from Murray.
The Count throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
The Count scores with a jab.

Murray is rocked!
Murray takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Murray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
I'm just looking down at my notes here and I see that.... oh! The Count has cracked Murray with a big right, followed by a left! He's out on his feet! The Count lands another huge swinging hook and Murray tumbles to the canvas! The ref dives in to save Murray, before The Count can land any more shots!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Michael The Count! Michael The Count retains his welterweight title!