PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murray Moses (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Karl Mcneil (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray Moses has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Moses
vs
Mcneil

207 cm
18
278 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

196 cm
22
250 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Murray Moses!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Karl Mcneil!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fray, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mcneil misses with a jab, cross combination.

Mcneil looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Mcneil preventing the sweep.
Mcneil is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

Mcneil gets to his feet - Moses follows without any prompting.
Mcneil throws a lazy head kick
and Moses counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Mcneil misses with the combination.

Mcneil fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Moses, pushing him back against the cage.
Mcneil is looking for a takedown.
Mcneil has Moses pressed against the cage, preventing Moses from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Moses trying to stall but Mcneil improves his position.
Moses's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A frustrated look appears on Moses's face as he tries to break the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moses is working for takedown but Mcneil is calmly controlling the position for now.
Moses is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Mcneil is keeping busy.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Mcneil.

It looks like Murray Moses has been cut.
Moses trying to stall but Mcneil improves his position.
Moses is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Moses lands an elbow that stopped Mcneil in his tracks for a moment.
Moses is trying to force a seperation but Mcneil has the dominant position.

Mcneil breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Mcneil ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Mcneil cracks Moses with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Moses looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Mcneil finish him?
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!
Mcneil drops Moses with a naaaaasty hook - Moses is in real trouble here! Mcneil dives in to side control and pounds out his opponent for a TKO victory! The crowd goes nuts!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Mcneil!