PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Chris Murney (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tra Falgar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Falgar comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Trafalgar - Damned Cross kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Murney
vs
Falgar

190 cm
26
300 lbs
3 - 3 - 0

205 cm
22
302 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI
SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Chris Murney!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tra Falgar!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar is having none of it.
Murney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Falgar looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Murney clinches with his opponent.
Murney unloads a knee to the mid-section. Falgar lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Falgar looks gassed!

Murney pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murney tries to clinch there but Falgar circles away.

Murney drives through and clinches with Falgar against the ropes.

Murney breaks the clinch.
Murney tries to close the distance and clinch but Falgar swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murney fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murney fails in his attempt to clinch.

Murney gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Murney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murney is looking to clinch but Falgar is avoiding it.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murney pushes Falgar up against the ropes in a clinch.

Murney breaks the clinch.
Murney is looking to clinch.
Murney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Falgar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murney wants to clinch up but Falgar keeps it at a distance.
Murney tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Murney gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murney with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murney could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Murney connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Tra Falgar has been cut.
Murney is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Murney with an attempt at a knee that misses.

Murney breaks from the clinch.

Falgar tries to keep at a distance but Murney has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murney landing some nice looking knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murney misses with a knee strike.

Murney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murney wants to clinch up but Falgar keeps it at a distance.

Murney instigates a clinch.

Murney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murney is looking to clinch but Falgar is avoiding it.
Falgar throws a shot from downtown. Murney moves away and avoids it.
Murney moves in looking to clinch but Falgar pushes him off.
Murney wants to clinch up but Falgar keeps it at a distance.
Falgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Murney wants to clinch.

Murney gets in close and instigates a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Murney.
Murney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murney tries a knee to the head but Falgar blocks it.

Murney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Falgar tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murney swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Falgar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Falgar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murney looks to clinch
and Falgar counters with a stiff right hand.
Murney wants to clinch but Falgar slips to the side
and Falgar counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Murney closes the distance looking to clinch
letting Falgar counter with a right hand.
Murney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murney keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Falgar.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar moves out of range.
Murney is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar is having none of it.
Murney moves in looking to clinch but Falgar pushes him off.
Falgar swats away the attempt to clinch by Murney.

Murney closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murney lands a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Murney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murney is looking to clinch.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chris Murney dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tra Falgar's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Murney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Falgar swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Falgar tries to keep at a distance but Murney has taken the fight into the clinch.

Murney breaks from the clinch.
Murney is looking to clinch but Falgar is avoiding it.
Murney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Falgar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar is having none of it.
Falgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Murney is looking to clinch but Falgar is avoiding it.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murney moves in looking to clinch but Falgar pushes him off.
Falgar swats away the attempt to clinch by Murney.
Falgar tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Murney paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Falgar looks to score with a jab to the body but Murney is just out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murney closes the distance but Falgar moves to the side
and Falgar counters with a three punch combo that has Murney backing up. Murney nods at Falgar to acknowledge the strikes.
Falgar is breathing heavily.

Murney has Falgar up against the ropes in a clinch.
Murney with a knee to the head.
Chris Murney has scored more points in the clinch so far.

Murney breaks the clinch.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar moves away
and Falgar counters with a straight right hand.
Murney looks to clinch
and Falgar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murney wants to clinch
enabling Falgar to counter with a crisp jab.

Falgar gets tackled into the ropes by Murney. Murney maintains the clinch.
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!
Murney crunches a lovely knee into Falgar's ribcage.
Murney landing knees to the body.
Murney putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Falgar in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Murney's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murney is looking to clinch but Falgar is avoiding it.
Murney is looking to clinch.
Falgar circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murney is looking to clinch.
Murney wants to clinch up but Falgar keeps it at a distance.
Murney closes the distance looking to clinch
and Falgar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murney tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Falgar counters with a nice uppercut.
Falgar is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Murney tries to clinch up.
Falgar has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murney circles away from the clinch attempt

and Murney counters by clinching up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Murney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Falgar circles away from the clinch attempt
and Falgar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Falgar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar is having none of it.
Falgar closes the distance but Murney moves to the side

and Murney holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.

Murney breaks the clinch.
Murney tries to clinch there but Falgar circles away.
Murney tries to clinch
and Falgar counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murney moves to clinch but Falgar breaks away
and Falgar counters with a series of strikes. Murney will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Falgar tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murney tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Falgar paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Falgar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar moves out of range.
Murney wants to clinch
and Falgar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murney wants to clinch.
Murney tries to close the distance and clinch up but Falgar swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Falgar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar moves away
and Falgar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Tra Falgar will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Tra Falgar's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Falgar misses with a shot to the body

and Murney counters by moving into the clinch.
Murney lands a good knee to the midsection. Falgar won't want to take too many of those.
Murney lands a knee to the body.
Murney landing knees to the head.
Murney tries a knee to the head but Falgar blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murney obliges.
Murney misses with a knee strike.

Murney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Murney takes the fight into the clinch.
Murney working Falgar over with knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murney landing knees to the head.
Falgar keeps control of Murney as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murney is trying to break the clinch but Falgar has him pressed against the ropes.
Murney with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Falgar has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Falgar blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A frustrated look appears on Falgar's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Murney breaks the clinch.
Murney takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.

Murney darts in and clinches Falgar up against the ropes.
Murney tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murney misses with a knee strike.
Murney tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Falgar avoids it.
Murney tries to land knees in the clinch but Falgar avoids the damage to the body.
Murney tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Falgar's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Murney missing with knees to the body.
Murney misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Falgar.
Murney has Falgar pressed against the ropes, preventing Falgar from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murney throws a knee to the head but misses.
Falgar tries to break the clinch but Murney is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Falgar managing to block the knees to the body from Murney.
Murney trying to land knees to the body.

Murney breaks from the clinch.
Murney wants to clinch
and Falgar counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Falgar misses with a series of wild punches.

Murney forces Falgar back against the ropes and clinches.
Murney throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Falgar blocks it with crossed arms.
Falgar looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murney crunches a lovely knee into Falgar's ribcage.
Murney tries a knee to the head but Falgar blocks it.

Murney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Murney forces Falgar back against the ropes and clinches.
Falgar scores with a nice hook to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Falgar wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murney lands a knee to the head.

Murney manages to break the clinch.
Murney tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Falgar counters with a two punch combo.
Murney wants to clinch
and Falgar counters with a series of strikes. Murney will be more careful next time no doubt.
Murney tries to clinch
and Falgar counters with a left and a right that stings Murney.
Murney closes the distance but Falgar moves to the side

and Falgar counters by moving into the clinch.
Murney landing knees to the body.

Murney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murney tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Falgar counters with a right hand to the body.
Chris Murney seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar is having none of it.

Murney takes the fight into the clinch.
Tra Falgar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

Murney breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Falgar tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Murney manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murney looks to clinch
and Falgar counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Falgar keeps the fight on the outside.
Murney uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Falgar.

Murney gets a clinch.

Murney escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murney tries to clinch but Falgar moves out of range.
Murney tries to clinch
and Falgar counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

And that's the end of the fight!
Chris Murney showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Murney has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 William Peck scores the fight for Chris Murney!
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight for Chris Murney!
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight for Chris Murney!

Chris Murney wins by unanimous decision!