PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Stout (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Lee Murray has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Lee Murray seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?

Murray
vs
Stout

185 cm
22
208 lbs
7 - 0 - 0

188 cm
29
216 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Elite Canadian Threads

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lee Murray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brad Stout!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Stout misses.
Stout misses with a left hand
and Murray makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Stout pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murray slips under a jab from Stout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murray.
Murray keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Stout.

Murray moves into the clinch.
Stout looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A body shot lands from Murray.
Murray lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Stout.
Stout looks winded!
This has been an exciting period of action!
A left hand lands to the body for Murray.
Murray lands a nice shot to the body.
Murray scores with a hook to the body.
Murray lands a body punch.
We've been hearing reports that Murray has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Murray is struggling to control the position.
Still in the clinch, Murray scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murray lands a left hand that snaps the head of Stout backwards.
A right handed body shot lands from Murray.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murray works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.

It looks like Brad Stout has been cut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Murray.
Murray lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Nice body punch from Murray - that landed with a thud.
Murray presses Stout against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Stout's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A right hook to the body lands for Murray.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray works on Stout's body with a couple of short punches.
Murray gets through Stout's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murray throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short left from Murray.
Murray cracks Stout with a nice body shot.
Murray pushes Stout back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murray lands with a short head shot on the inside.

Stout is rocked!
Murray throws a big uppercut that drops Stout! More strikes from Murray and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Stout lies dazed against the cage as Murray celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Murray!
Lee Murray retains his light heavyweight title!