PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Cameron Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tito Henry (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Murray might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Big Strong Bosss by SWANS. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!

Murray
vs
Henry

180 cm
27
193 lbs
18 - 9 - 1

188 cm
25
193 lbs
14 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Cameron Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 7 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tito Henry!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Konstantin Menshow and Vladimir Khabensky.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Henry cracks Murray with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murray wants to clinch up but Henry keeps it at a distance.
Henry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Murray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Henry cracks Murray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murray tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Henry manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murray wants to slow Henry down by chopping away at his legs.
Henry takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murray lands a nice shot that snaps Henry's head back.
Henry lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Henry avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Left hook, right uppercut from Murray.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray looks to land a left hand but Henry moved out of range nicely.
Henry uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
A swing and a miss from Murray.
Murray throws a lazy uppercut
and Henry counters with a right hand to the body.
A big left from Murray misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murray.
Henry cracks Murray with a good jab.
Henry is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Henry paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Henry connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Murray moves into the clinch successfully.
Murray lands a left hand.
Henry wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murray lands on the inside with an uppercut.

Henry breaks from the clinch.

Henry changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Murray looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Murray tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Henry wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Henry working the ground and pound but Murray is defending the strikes.
Murray defending against the ground and pound.
Murray is looking for a sweep.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Henry in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
An elbow from Henry crashes against the mat.
Henry creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murray sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Henry postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Henry landing strikes.
Murray avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Henry.
Henry is putting a hurting on Murray here, landing some big shots from side control.
Henry throws an elbow but Murray slips to the side and avoids it well.
Murray parries the strikes from Henry easily there. Henry is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Murray to escape.
Henry is putting a hurting on Murray here, landing some big shots from side control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An elbow from Henry crashes against the mat.
Henry throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Henry with the ground and pound but Murray regains half guard under the barage of strikes.
Henry not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murray tries to roll over but Henry keeps him under control.
Henry not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Murray blocking the ground and pound attempt from Henry.
Henry thows a huge punch but Murray dodges it nicely.
Henry throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Henry.
Murray is adopting a defensive guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Henry is working Murray over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Henry missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Henry throwing strikes but missing.
Murray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Henry has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Henry loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Henry scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Henry throwing strikes from guard but Murray blocks nicely.
Henry is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tito Henry dominated that round.
That's time! Murray's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Henry slips a straight right by Murray.
Murray pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Horrible takedown by Henry or perhaps it was just good defense by Murray which made him look bad.
Murray throws a combination that misses
and Henry counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murray misses with a body shot.

Henry moves into the clinch.
Henry tries to pull guard but Murray holds him up against the cage and eventually Henry drops back down to his feet.
Henry blocking some punches.

Henry gets control of Murray's arms and successfully pulls guard. Henry will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Henry looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murray is one step ahead there.
Henry looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Henry throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Henry 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.
Murray wants to control from the top but Henry keeps moving.
Murray postures up.

Henry is working an open guard so Murray takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Murray throws a hook but Henry avoids it easily.
Henry shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Murray defends it nicely.
Cameron Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Henry.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Henry looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Cameron Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray tries to clinch but Henry moves out of range.
Henry avoids the body shot from Murray.

Henry moves into range and clinches up with Murray.
Henry is trying to pull guard but Murray has him pressed against the cage.

Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Murray sprawls well. Murray wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Henry gets slowly back to his feet.
Murray lands with a good body shot.
Cameron Murray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
No luck for Henry with that takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a right and a left that Henry avoids nicely.
Henry doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Cameron Murray is winning the standup battle so far.
Henry doesn't manage to clinch there - Murray circles away.
Murray scores with a jab to the head.
Murray looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murray lands a two punch combo.
Henry misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Murray moves out of range of the strikes.
Murray throws a right and a left that Henry avoids nicely.
Murray wants to clinch

and Henry counters by moving into the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray lands a left hand.
Henry fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Murray misses with a short punch on the inside.
Henry wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Murray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Henry backwards.
Murray lands a body punch.

Henry decides to pull guard.
Murray has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murray wants to control from the top but Henry keeps moving.
Murray slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Cameron Murray dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Murray throws a nice looking combination but Henry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murray misses with the combination.
Murray scoring well with a low kick there.
Henry slips under a jab.
Henry fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice defenses there by Henry.
Murray on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Murray wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Henry tries to clinch there but Murray circles away.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Henry is defended easily by Murray.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Henry moves out of range and avoids them all easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray throws a nice looking combination but Henry bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Henry wants to clinch.
Murray scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Murray swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Henry counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murray throws a jab but it's blocked by Henry.
Murray on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Murray misses.
Murray wants to clinch.
Henry tries to clinch up but Murray circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Henry back to the cage. Murray follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Murray tries to bum rush Henry with a series of wild strikes but Henry uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murray stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Murray wants it to stay on the feet.
Murray slaps away a takedown attempt from Henry, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cameron Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tito Henry.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray throws a series of punches but Henry moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Murray.
Henry slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
Murray lands a really nice looking cross but Henry seems unphased.
Henry shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Murray as he jumps to the side.
Murray throws a low kick but it's checked well by Henry.
Henry shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Henry swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murray throws a left and a right that both miss
and Henry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henry tries to move into range but Murray moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A punch combination from Murray misses.
Henry lands with a nice body punch.
Murray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murray misses with a body punch
and Henry cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Henry tries for a takedown but Murray sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Henry shoots for a takedown but Murray saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Henry takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murray throws a combination that misses
and Murray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murray avoids the body shot from Henry.
Murray scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Henry doesn't seem bothered though.
Henry slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a shot from downtown. Henry moves away and avoids it.
Henry shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murray but Murray pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Murray throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Henry shoots in but Murray avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Murray throws a body punch but Henry moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray scores with a nice head shot.
Henry takes one on the button.
A jab from Henry does it's job there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Henry avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Henry throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murray's waist but Murray gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Henry off to one side.
The fighters circling - Murray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Henry looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Cameron Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Murray 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 Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Konstantin Menshow scores the fight 29:28
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Cameron Murray!