PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Van Hell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Murghes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hell comes to the cage accompanied by Ruby. Matt Murghes has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Hell
vs
Murghes

188 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

175 cm
21
170 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter striker
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Van Hell!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Murghes!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hell throws a right and a left that Murghes avoids nicely.
Murghes looks really tired already! That doesn't bode well for a good, competitive fight!
Hell misses with a double jab.
Hell lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Hell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murghes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hell tries to bum rush Murghes with a series of wild strikes but Murghes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Hell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hell fails to land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hell lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Murghes backs up against the cage.
Hell misses with a few strikes there.
Hell scores with a one two! Murghes had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Hell fails to land with a series of punches.
Hell misses with a wild combination.
Hell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hell tries to bum rush Murghes with a series of wild strikes but Murghes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hell throws a nice looking combination but Murghes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Hell throws a right and a left that Murghes avoids nicely.
Hell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murghes slips a jab and a cross from Hell.
Murghes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hell.
Hell scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Hell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Hell.
Hell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murghes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hell misses with a wild combination.
Hell misses with a few strikes there.
Murghes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murghes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hell.
Hell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Murghes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hell looks to land a combination but Murghes avoids it well.
A combination from Hell does no damage.
Hell throws a series of strikes that have Murghes backpedaling.
Van Hell seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
A combination from Hell does no damage.
Hell is working the combinations to good effect here.
Some wild striking there from Hell.
Murghes slips a jab and a cross from Hell.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Van Hell dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Hell looks to land a combination but Murghes avoids it well.
Murghes slips a jab and a cross from Hell.
Hell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hell misses with a double jab.
A combination from Hell does no damage.
Murghes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hell.
Murghes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hell fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murghes is breathing heavily.
Hell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Hell.
Hell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murghes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A combination from Hell does no damage.
Murghes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Van Hell is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murghes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hell fails to land with a series of punches.
Hell throws a series of punches but Murghes avoids them all with ease.
Hell looks to land a combination but Murghes avoids it well.
Hell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hell throws a series of punches but Murghes avoids them all with ease.
Hell misses with a double jab.
Hell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hell misses with a series of wild punches.
Hell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hell tries to bum rush Murghes with a series of wild strikes but Murghes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hell lands a two punch combo.
No joy there for Hell, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hell misses with a series of wild punches.
Hell throws a right and a left that both miss.
Hell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murghes dodges the punch combination from Hell.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Hell throws a nice looking combination but Murghes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hell throws a nice looking combination but Murghes bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hell looks to land a combination but Murghes avoids it well.
Hell misses with a double jab.
Murghes avoids a punch combination nicely.
A combination from Hell does no damage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murghes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hell.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Hell!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Van Hell dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!

Hell misses with a jab, cross combination.
Hell fails to land with a series of punches.
Hell tries to bum rush Murghes with a series of wild strikes but Murghes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hell rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murghes moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hell tries to bum rush Murghes with a series of wild strikes but Murghes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murghes slips a jab and a cross from Hell.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hell throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hell throws a right hand that Murghes ducks under and follows up with a left that Murghes also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Hell misses.
Murghes takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Hell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murghes.
Hell throws a right hand that Murghes ducks under and follows up with a left that Murghes also avoids with ease.
Hell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hell looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murghes slips a jab and a cross from Hell.
Murghes is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Hell.
Murghes dodges the punch combination from Hell.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hell swinging wilding here.
Hell will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Hell swinging wilding here.
Hell misses with a two punch combination.
Hell misses with a few strikes there.
Hell lands a jab-cross combination.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murghes avoids a punch combination nicely.
Hell swinging wilding here.
Hell misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Hell goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hell throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Hell throws a right hand that Murghes ducks under and follows up with a left that Murghes also avoids with ease.
Hell throws a series of punches but Murghes moves out of range.

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.
Hell tries to bum rush Murghes with a series of wild strikes but Murghes uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Hell misses with a few strikes there.
Hell throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murghes.
Hell throws a series of punches but Murghes avoids them all with ease.
Murghes showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Hell.
Hell swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Matt Murghes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hell scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Hell scores with a three punch combo!
Hell lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hell.

And that's the end of the fight!
Van Hell showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Hell has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Van Hell!