PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Rico Dominguez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank McMurdoch (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Dominguez might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Click, Click, BOOM!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dominguez
vs
McMurdoch

167 cm
21
146 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

170 cm
22
142 lbs
6 - 6 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Rico Dominguez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank McMurdoch!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Columbo Gatti and Jorge Garcia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dominguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McMurdoch.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dominguez.
A looping hook to the body misses from McMurdoch. Dominguez does a little dance to reset his feet.
Dominguez throws a series of punches but McMurdoch moves out of range.
A nice combination there by McMurdoch.
Dominguez connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
McMurdoch slips under a jab.
Dominguez explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
McMurdoch throws a lazy right hand but Dominguez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dominguez misses with a wild combination.
Dominguez throws a leg kick but McMurdoch checks it.
McMurdoch throws a jab but it's blocked by Dominguez.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McMurdoch throws a right hand that Dominguez ducks under and follows up with a left that Dominguez also avoids with ease.
McMurdoch is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
McMurdoch lands a nice shot to the body.
McMurdoch missing with a left hand there. Dominguez was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Dominguez scores with a one two! McMurdoch had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Dominguez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McMurdoch doesn't seem bothered though.
McMurdoch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dominguez was well out of range. Poor timing from McMurdoch.
McMurdoch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dominguez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McMurdoch on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
McMurdoch throws a hook to the side of Dominguez's head but Dominguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Dominguez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dominguez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Dominguez throws a hook but McMurdoch blocks it.
McMurdoch takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
McMurdoch misses with a looping left.
McMurdoch connects with a body shot that sends Dominguez's belly button to the back.
McMurdoch looks to land a right hand but Dominguez moved out of range.
Dominguez lands with a thumping leg kick.
McMurdoch throws a hook to the side of Dominguez's head but Dominguez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
McMurdoch throws a head kick but Dominguez moves out of range.
Dominguez lands a slapping body shot.
McMurdoch on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dominguez buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
McMurdoch steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Dominguez.
Dominguez bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McMurdoch misses with an uppercut. Dominguez saw that one coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McMurdoch throws a body punch but Dominguez moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMurdoch misses with a wild combination.
McMurdoch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dominguez.
Dominguez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from McMurdoch.
Dominguez scores with a head kick.
McMurdoch uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Dominguez has time to react.
Dominguez lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
A jab from McMurdoch finds it's way through Dominguez's defenses.
McMurdoch throws a body punch but Dominguez moves out of range.
McMurdoch punishes Dominguez's body with a nice straight punch.
Dominguez scores with a nice head shot.
A slow jab from Dominguez misses its intended target.
McMurdoch tries to score with a low kick but Dominguez moves his leg out of the way.
McMurdoch throws a front kick aimed at Dominguez's knee but Dominguez avoids it well.
McMurdoch clobbers Dominguez with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Dominguez thuds his right hand into McMurdoch's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
McMurdoch connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Dominguez's hands.
Frank McMurdoch seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMurdoch dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Dominguez. That did some damage!
McMurdoch tries to land a leg kick but Dominguez saw it coming and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMurdoch throws a jab but it's blocked by Dominguez.
Dominguez scores with a three punch combo!
McMurdoch needs to keep his hands up - Dominguez had a free shot at his head there.
McMurdoch tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dominguez was well out of range. Poor timing from McMurdoch.
Dominguez misses with a head kick.
Dominguez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McMurdoch.
Dominguez throws a right and a left that both miss.
McMurdoch is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McMurdoch misses with a hook.
McMurdoch just misses with a punch to the body.
McMurdoch lands a nice hook to Dominguez's body. Dominguez takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
McMurdoch walks into a left hand.
McMurdoch swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dominguez lands a lovely overhand right.
McMurdoch dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice defenses there by Dominguez.
Dominguez walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Dominguez looks to land a right hand but McMurdoch moved out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMurdoch showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dominguez.
Dominguez is breathing heavily.
Dominguez throws a head kick that misses.
McMurdoch thuds a left hand into Dominguez's body.
Donk. McMurdoch catches Dominguez right on the button with a cross.
McMurdoch misses the shot to the body.
Dominguez misses with a hook. McMurdoch ducked under it nicely.
Dominguez takes a shot right to the bread basket.
McMurdoch thows a body shot but no joy.
McMurdoch scores with a decent looking hook.
A punch combination from Dominguez misses.
McMurdoch thuds a left hand into Dominguez's body.
Dominguez walks into a left hand.
McMurdoch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
McMurdoch just misses with a punch to the body.
McMurdoch misses with a body shot.
Dominguez slips a jab from McMurdoch.
McMurdoch misses with a body shot.
Dominguez needs to keep his hands up - McMurdoch had a free shot at his head there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Frank McMurdoch will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Dominguez staying out of range there.
McMurdoch moves forwards but Dominguez connects with a nice, crisp jab.
McMurdoch tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
McMurdoch keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Dominguez lands a jab to the nose.
McMurdoch thows a leg kick but Dominguez checks it
and Dominguez counters with a low kick, right behind McMurdoch 's knee.
Dominguez misses with a wild body shot.
McMurdoch ducks right into an uppercut from Dominguez.
McMurdoch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dominguez.
A jab from Dominguez misses.
Dominguez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from McMurdoch.
McMurdoch slips under a jab from Dominguez.
McMurdoch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Dominguez.
Dominguez dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
McMurdoch tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McMurdoch misses with a looping right.
McMurdoch takes a swing at Dominguez's ribcage but misses.
McMurdoch on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McMurdoch throws a head kick that misses.
Dominguez scores with a head kick.

McMurdoch is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McMurdoch is still on wobbly legs! Can Dominguez finish him?
McMurdoch gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Dominguez gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rico Dominguez!