PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lewis McMurray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Rummer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

McMurray
vs
Rummer

190 cm
23
213 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

180 cm
23
215 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lewis McMurray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ryan Rummer!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rummer throws a right and a left that McMurray avoids nicely.
McMurray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
McMurray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rummer.
McMurray misses with a body shot.
Rummer slips under a jab from McMurray.
McMurray stuffs the takedown.
McMurray cracks a nice hook into Rummer's ribs.
McMurray missing with a left hand there. Rummer was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McMurray lands a nice shot that snaps Rummer's head back.
McMurray fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Nice body punch from McMurray.
McMurray throws out a loose jab but Rummer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rummer takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rummer avoids the body shot from McMurray.
Rummer jabs McMurray to the body, keeping him at a distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurray tries to bum rush Rummer with a series of wild strikes but Rummer uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
McMurray throws a right and a left that Rummer avoids nicely.
No joy there for McMurray, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

McMurray moves into range and clinches up with Rummer.
McMurray digs a right hand underneath Rummer's ribcage. Rummer let out a lung full of air as it connected.
McMurray lands a hook to the side of the head.
McMurray lands a shoulder strike.
Rummer prevents a body shot from McMurray.
Rummer is working for takedown but McMurray is calmly controlling the position for now.
McMurray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Rummer wants a takedown but no success here.
Lewis McMurray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Rummer.
Rummer has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. McMurray is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.

McMurray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rummer slips a jab from McMurray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from McMurray.
McMurray misses with a straight right.
McMurray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Rummer swats him away and circles back towards the center.
McMurray takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McMurray misses with a straight right.
McMurray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rummer misses with a takedown attempt - McMurray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Nice defenses there by McMurray.
Rummer takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

McMurray clinches up with Rummer and pushes him back against the cage.
McMurray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Rummer backwards.

It looks like Ryan Rummer has been cut.
McMurray working some nice short punches in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMurray gets through Rummer's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rummer wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but McMurray has him pressed against the cage.
Rummer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as McMurray walks away with a smile on his face. Rummer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
McMurray lands a jab.
McMurray throws the left hand but Rummer avoids the punch easily.
A big right from McMurray misses.
Rummer moves out of range as McMurray strikes.
McMurray gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Rummer takes a jab right on the kisser.
Rummer is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by McMurray.
The fight stays on the outside here - McMurray looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Rummer fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rummer scores with a jab.
McMurray loads up on a big right hand but Rummer slips the punch.
McMurray avoids a punch combination nicely.
McMurray misses with a right hand
and Rummer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McMurray misses with a double jab.
McMurray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McMurray moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

Rummer has McMurray up against the cage in a clinch.
McMurray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Rummer tightens his grip and picks McMurray up, before dumping him to the ground. McMurray manages to land in guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Rummeris looking to pass into half guard but McMurray pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now McMurray is in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lewis McMurray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ryan Rummer's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Rummer takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
McMurray misses with a hook. Rummer ducked under it nicely.
McMurray moves away from the strike by Rummer.
McMurray loads up on a big right hand but Rummer slips the punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rummer looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
McMurray misses with a hook. Rummer ducked under it nicely.
Rummer fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Rummer dodges the punch combination from McMurray.
Nice uppercut lands for McMurray. That snapped Rummer's head back.
Rummer tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but McMurray swivels and escapes.
McMurray throws a looping overhand right but Rummer ducks down to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurray stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and McMurray wants it to stay on the feet.
Lewis McMurray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Rummer.
McMurray tries to clinch up.
Rummer blocks a jab.
McMurray lands a jab to Rummer's midsection.
McMurray fails to land with a series of punches.
Rummer looks to land a right hand but McMurray moved out of range.
A jab lands there for McMurray.
McMurray scores with a jab.

Rummer scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
McMurray holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McMurray trying to control here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMurray is trying to control but Rummer manages to pass to mount!
McMurray is trying to escape the mount.
McMurray tries to lock up and control but Rummer gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
McMurray is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Rummer putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Rummer there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Rummer has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
McMurray tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rummer is in the full mount, landing strikes.

McMurray is rocked!
Rummer loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have McMurray scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Rummer land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Rummer stands and salutes the crowd.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Rummer!