PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Brown (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lewis McMurray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lewis McMurray has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Brown
vs
McMurray

185 cm
20
210 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

190 cm
21
213 lbs
7 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Very strong

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Hell's Kitchen Clothing

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, John Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lewis McMurray!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, John Roberts and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMurray swings for the body but Brown moves out of range.
A cross from McMurray lands.
Brown uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McMurray.
McMurray tries to clinch up but Brown circles away and keeps his distance.

McMurray clinches up with Brown and pushes him back against the cage.

McMurray breaks the clinch.
Brown stuns McMurray with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McMurray misses with a looping left.
McMurray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brown.
McMurray scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
A combination from McMurray does no damage.
Brown moves out of range as McMurray strikes.
McMurray misses with the combination.
McMurray bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brown's head.
McMurray looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
McMurray moves in looking to clinch but Brown pushes him off.
Donk. McMurray catches Brown right on the button with a cross.

McMurray tries to sprawl but Brown drives through with a takedown into half guard.
McMurray is looking for a sweep. Brown is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Brown performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
McMurray wants to get back to full guard.
McMurray is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brown not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
McMurray wants to control but Brown is keeping busy.
McMurray is trying to get back to full guard.
Brown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McMurray's head.
McMurray wants to get back to his feet.
McMurray is staying active underneath Brown, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Brown thows a huge punch but McMurray dodges it nicely.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McMurray defending well though.
McMurray is trying to stand up here but Brown is controlling him well.
McMurray wants to improve his position but Brown is controlling well.
Brown throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Brown not landing any meaningful shots this time.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if McMurray can do anything to dispel that myth.
Brown misses with a head shot. McMurray uses the momentum to regain guard.
McMurray working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brown.
Brown throwing strikes but missing.
McMurray is adopting a defensive guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control but McMurray is working from the bottom.
McMurray is trying to control the position from the bottom.
McMurray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
McMurray tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Brown wants to control from the top but McMurray keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown with a flurry of punches that miss.

McMurray has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Brown off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
McMurray misses with a jab, cross combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMurray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brown.
A jab from Brown misses.
Brown swings for the body but McMurray moves out of range.
Brown throws a looping overhand right but McMurray ducks down to avoid it.
McMurray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
McMurray takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brown lands a right hook to the body.
McMurray circles away from the clinch attempt
and McMurray counters with a two punch combo.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McMurray.
Brown blocks a jab.
McMurray looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
A slow jab from McMurray misses its intended target.
McMurray takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Brown ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McMurray moves away.
McMurray looks to land a right hand but Brown moved out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Lewis McMurray 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.

McMurray looks to land a left hand but Brown moved out of range nicely.
Lewis McMurray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brown shoots in but McMurray avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brown misses with a hook. McMurray ducked under it nicely.
McMurray on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Brown lands a nice shot that snaps McMurray's head back.

Brown shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
McMurray slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
McMurray really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Brown. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.

McMurray is defending against the submission attempts here by Brown.
Brown working McMurray over with strikes.
Brown sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. McMurray defending well though.
McMurray works his way to full guard. Good work.
McMurray managing to control the position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurray wants to get back to his feet but Brown is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
McMurray tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Brown has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Brown throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Brown wants to pass the guard but McMurray is keeping the position.
McMurray utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
McMurray is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Brown wants to control from the top but McMurray keeps moving.
Brown trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Brown pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McMurray is keeping the position for now.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
McMurray wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
Brown loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Brown content to stall in guard here.
McMurray working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Brown.
McMurray wants to stand but Brown is controlling the position.
Brown working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Brown lands a couple of digs.
Brown looking to pass the guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brown drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Brown jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
McMurray wants to get back to his feet but Brown is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
McMurray has Brown pulled in close to control his posture.

McMurray uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Brown avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brown takes a swing at McMurray's ribcage but misses.
McMurray throws a hook but Brown avoids it easily.
Brown swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brown fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brown connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brown connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMurray throws out a loose jab but Brown uses good head movement to avoid it.
McMurray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
A slow jab from Brown misses its intended target.
McMurray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brown.
McMurray throws a series of punches but Brown moves out of range.
Brown walks into a left hand.
Brown doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
McMurray cracks Brown with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brown ducks right into an uppercut from McMurray.
McMurray connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brown. Brown circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Some wild striking there from McMurray.
A big right from Brown misses.
McMurray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brown comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McMurray misses with an uppercut. Brown saw that one coming.
Brown defending well as McMurray loads up on a big left hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Brown will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Brown fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McMurray manages to avoid it.
Brown takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
McMurray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brown.
Brown misses with a body shot.
McMurray connects with a single shot there.
Brown throws a hook to the side of McMurray's head but McMurray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McMurray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brown.
McMurray throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brown sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brown drops his hands momentarily and McMurray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brown lands with a good body shot.
Brown throws a big shot that misses.
McMurray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brown moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McMurray misses the shot to the body.
Brown walks into a stiff left hand from McMurray.
McMurray missing with a left hand there. Brown was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McMurray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brown circles away quickly and effectively.
Brown takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Brown moves to clinch but McMurray breaks away
and McMurray counters with a one-two to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurray thows a body shot but no joy.
McMurray misses with a hook.
McMurray comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McMurray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brown was well out of range. Poor timing from McMurray.
McMurray tries to bum rush Brown with a series of wild strikes but Brown uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Nice shot lands for Brown.
Brown ducks under a wild hook from McMurray.
Brown looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? McMurray is fending him off so far but Brown persists. Nope, McMurray circles away and we're back to standing.
McMurray keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brown.
Brown connects with a body shot that sends McMurray's belly button to the back.
Jab by McMurray.
Lewis McMurray seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brown cracks McMurray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brown jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A combination from McMurray does no damage.
McMurray misses with a straight right.
No joy there for McMurray, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMurray moves out of range of the strikes.
Brown takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McMurray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brown.
Lewis McMurray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McMurray scores with a nice head shot.
McMurray punishes Brown's body with a nice straight punch.
McMurray stuns Brown with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
McMurray works Brown's body with a nice hook.

Brown looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McMurray tries to roll over but Brown keeps him under control.
Brown missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McMurray is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Brown's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Brown's back!
McMurray scores with strikes from the back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMurray has his opponent trapped and is landing shots. Not a good position for Brown.
Brown is taking damage to the body and head.
Brown is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
McMurray lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by McMurray.
McMurray softening up his opponent with strikes here.
McMurray is looking to control Brown but Brown is wriggling around and keeping busy.
McMurray lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
McMurray scores with punches and elbows.
Brown looking very determined here, making life difficult for McMurray.
McMurray not allowing Brown to control his hands.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a big shot to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
McMurray controlling well, preventing Brown from escaping the position.
Oooh a big shot gets through from McMurray. Many more shots like that and the referee will have to think about stepping in!
McMurray is hanging on to Brown's back as he tries to escape.
McMurray lands with a couple of good shots - one to the side of the head and one questionable shot that could be viewed as to the back of the head but the referee lets it go.
McMurray doesn't have the hooks in and Brown manages to turn into his guard.
Brown postures up.
McMurray is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Brown is controlling him.
Brown missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McMurray wants to stand and escape but Brown is having none of it.
Brown missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
McMurray working a defensive guard but Brown manages to pass into side control anyway.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lewis McMurray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well McMurray has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lewis McMurray!