PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jonas Breekman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank McMurdoch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Breekman
vs
McMurdoch

155 cm
20
130 lbs
7 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
148 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jonas Breekman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank McMurdoch!
The judges for this bout are Dean Styles, Joseph Jones and Russell Pearce.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMurdoch works Breekman's body with a nice hook.
McMurdoch throws a series of strikes that have Breekman backpedaling.
The fight stays on the outside here - Breekman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McMurdoch closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Breekman is looking to clinch but McMurdoch is avoiding it.
McMurdoch keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Breekman catches McMurdoch with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Breekman looks for a takedown but McMurdoch sprawls well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McMurdoch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Breekman has time to react.

Breekman clinches with his opponent.
Breekman jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McMurdoch walks away with a smile on his face. Breekman gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Breekman has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McMurdoch.
McMurdoch lands with a right hand.
Breekman takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Frank McMurdoch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMurdoch tries a head kick but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurdoch connects with a single shot there.
McMurdoch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Breekman was well out of range. Poor timing from McMurdoch.
McMurdoch is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Breekman wants to clinch.
McMurdoch connects with a high kick.

Breekman is rocked!
Breekman ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Frank McMurdoch is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
McMurdoch thows a left - swing and a miss!
McMurdoch missing with a left hand there. Breekman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McMurdoch scores with the left hand. Breekman knows he should have avoided that one.
Breekman avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Breekman takes one on the button.
Oh Breekman is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A left and a right from Breekman both land. Nice combination.
Breekman seems to have got his legs back now.
McMurdoch fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Breekman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McMurdoch swings for the body but Breekman moves out of range.
Breekman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonas Breekman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMurdoch scores with a push kick.
Breekman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Breekman is breathing heavily.
Breekman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Breekman looks to clinch
and McMurdoch counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Breekman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts McMurdoch as he jumps to the side.
Breekman takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
McMurdoch fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Breekman shoots in but no luck this time.
McMurdoch circles away from the clinch attempt.
Breekman tries to work over McMurdoch's front leg with a kick but McMurdoch checks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breekman steps to the side to avoid the strikes from McMurdoch.
Breekman fails in his attempt to clinch.
Breekman closes the distance but McMurdoch moves to the side
and McMurdoch counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A jab from McMurdoch finds it's way through Breekman's defenses.
McMurdoch misses with a lunging right hand

so Breekman counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Breekman trying to control but McMurdoch is working from the bottom.
Breekman looking to sit in guard and control but McMurdoch gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
McMurdoch scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
McMurdoch trying to control the position from guard on top but Breekman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Breekman looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
McMurdoch trying to control the position from guard on top but Breekman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Breekman might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
McMurdoch throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Breekman looking to hit a scissor sweep but McMurdoch is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Frank McMurdoch dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

The fight stays on the outside here - Breekman looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Frank McMurdoch seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A big left from McMurdoch misses.
Breekman tries to close the distance and clinch up but McMurdoch swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Breekman shoots in for a takedown but McMurdoch shows good takedown defense.
McMurdoch circles away from the clinch attempt.
McMurdoch ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McMurdoch has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
McMurdoch throws out a powerful jab.
McMurdoch looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
McMurdoch scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Breekman is looking to clinch.
Breekman tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but McMurdoch paws at him with a jab and circles away.
McMurdoch works Breekman's body with a nice hook.
Nice uppercut lands for McMurdoch. That snapped Breekman's head back.

Breekman decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurdoch is staying active underneath Breekman, who seems content to just control the action from this position.

Breekman is working for a submission of some sort.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Breekman wants to pass the guard but McMurdoch is defending well.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Breekman sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Breekman thows a big elbow that misses, also allowing McMurdoch to regain full guard.
Breekman won't allow McMurdoch to sweep him here.
Breekman working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Breekman in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMurdoch avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Breekman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. McMurdoch is keeping the position for now.
Breekman trying to control but McMurdoch is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Breekman pushes down on McMurdoch's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. McMurdoch manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breekman throwing strikes from guard but McMurdoch blocks nicely.
Breekman throwing strikes from guard but McMurdoch blocks nicely.
McMurdoch wants to sweep but no luck.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Breekman trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Breekman prevents McMurdoch from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jonas Breekman dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Breekman slips under a jab from McMurdoch.

Breekman moves into the clinch.
McMurdoch has a couple of punches blocked by Breekman.
Breekman avoiding damage as McMurdoch throws knees to the body.
McMurdoch misses with a punch on the inside.
Breekman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Breekman using the Thai plumb to throw knees but McMurdoch has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
McMurdoch is pressed up against the cage. Breekman has hold of a leg and is looking to drag McMurdoch down to the mat. McMurdoch avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
McMurdoch listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Breekman tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McMurdoch swivels and escapes.
McMurdoch throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McMurdoch bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
McMurdoch lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
McMurdoch looks to throw the jab but Breekman is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McMurdoch throws a good cross that connects.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurdoch swats away the attempt to clinch by Breekman.
McMurdoch displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Breekman throws out the jab.
McMurdoch throws a head kick that Breekman semi-blocks.
McMurdoch lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McMurdoch jabs Breekman right on the nose. Breekman blinks but takes it well.
Breekman blocks a jab.
McMurdoch connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Breekman momentarily.

Breekman clinches.
McMurdoch misses with a hook to the ribs.
McMurdoch misses with a shot to the kidneys.
McMurdoch on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
McMurdoch avoiding damage as Breekman throws knees to the body.
McMurdoch lands a nice uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from McMurdoch.

McMurdoch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Breekman ducks under a wild hook from McMurdoch.
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!
McMurdoch throws the left hand but Breekman avoids the punch easily.
Breekman is looking to clinch.
McMurdoch scores with a jab to the head.
McMurdoch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
McMurdoch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Breekman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. McMurdoch manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Breekman wants to clinch.
McMurdoch throws out a loose jab but Breekman uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Breekman is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
McMurdoch lands a jab to Breekman's midsection.
McMurdoch throws a big shot that misses.

Breekman rushes McMurdoch and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
McMurdoch goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Breekman is looking for a takedown up against the cage. McMurdoch gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jonas Breekman. That's going to take a lot out of him.
McMurdoch lands a body shot.
Breekman's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Breekman stalling against the cage.
McMurdoch tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
McMurdoch wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Breekman changes levels and goes for a takedown here. McMurdoch fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Breekman looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Breekman walks into a stiff left hand from McMurdoch.
Breekman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Breekman moves in looking to clinch but McMurdoch pushes him off.
Breekman closes this distance looking for a takedown but McMurdoch circles away.
Breekman will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Breekman takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab lands there for McMurdoch.
McMurdoch darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McMurdoch throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
McMurdoch looks to land a left hand but Breekman moved out of range nicely.
McMurdoch lands a nice looking body shot.

And that's the end of the fight!
Frank McMurdoch comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think McMurdoch has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
Judge Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank McMurdoch!