PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bobcat Gremlin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murray
vs
Gremlin

180 cm
25
160 lbs
11 - 5 - 0

170 cm
28
155 lbs
13 - 12 - 0

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Dangerous knees
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

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Fury Nutrition Inc.

GREEN!160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Bobcat Gremlin!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Gremlin - that will leave a mark!
Murray with a nice cross.
Murray scores with a sloppy right hand. Gremlin should have avoided that one.
A cross from Murray lands.
Murray looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murray lands with a shot to the body.
Murray throws a right and a left that Gremlin avoids nicely.
Gremlin throws a jab but it's blocked by Murray.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gremlin.

Gremlin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gremlin prevents a body shot from Murray.
Gremlin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Murray lands a right hand that snaps the head of Gremlin backwards.
Murray with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A knee to the head by Murray.

It looks like Bobcat Gremlin has been cut.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murray.
Murray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murray lands a left hand.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the head but Murray blocks with his arms.
Murray lands with a light punch inside.
Murray throws a punch but it's blocked by Gremlin.
Murray with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gremlin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murray's brow.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gremlin throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray.
Gremlin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murray misses with a knee strike.
Murray presses Gremlin against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murray blocks an elbow strike.
Murray gets through Gremlin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murray has a couple of punches blocked by Gremlin.
Murray lands a body punch.
Murray lands a shoulder strike.
Gremlin told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Murray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gremlin blocks it with crossed arms.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Gremlin.
Murray misses with a hook to the ribs.
Gremlin putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Murray in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Gremlin trying to land knees to the body.
Murray lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murray with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murray lands a left hand that snaps the head of Gremlin backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murray tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Gremlin lands a knee to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a knee to the head.
Murray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gremlin backwards.
Gremlin landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gremlin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murray.
Murray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gremlin blocks it with crossed arms.
Murray avoids a wild elbow strike from Gremlin.
Murray tries a knee to the head but Gremlin blocks it.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.

It looks like John Murray has been cut.
Murray misses with a knee to the head.
Gremlin missing with knees to the body.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gremlin missing with knees to the body.
Murray blocks an elbow strike from Gremlin.
Murray misses with a knee strike.
Gremlin throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray.
Murray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Gremlin throws an elbow but misses.
Murray throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murray tries to throw a body punch but Gremlin avoids it by throwing Murray back against the cage.
Gremlin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murray blocks it with crossed arms.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gremlin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murray lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Gremlin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murray throws a knee to the head but misses.
Gremlin missing with knees to the body.
A short left from Murray.
Murray misses with some punches.
Gremlin with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murray misses with a knee to the head.
Murray looking to throw knees to the head but Gremlin is blocking nicely.
Murray looking to throw knees to the head but Gremlin is blocking nicely.
Murray lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murray misses with a knee to the head.
Murray lands with a left to the head.
Gremlin trying to land knees to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Gremlin.
Gremlin with an attempt at a knee that misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin trying to land knees to the body.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murray avoids it.
Murray tries to land a knee to the head but Gremlin blocks with his arms.
Murray tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murray lands a body shot.
Murray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Murray.
Murray cracks Gremlin with a nice body shot.
Gremlin with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gremlin's elbow.
Gremlin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gremlin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murray blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murray lands a nice knee to the body.
Murray takes an elbow to the temple.
Murray misses with a knee to the head.
Gremlin throws an elbow that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Murray dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Gremlin displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murray throws out the jab.
Gremlin throws a hook but Murray blocks it.
Murray slips a straight right by Gremlin.
Gremlin loads up on a big right hand but Murray slips the punch.
Gremlin moves away from the strike by Murray.
Gremlin feints a counter leg kick.
John Murray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Gremlin misses with a kick to the body.
Gremlin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gremlin manages to avoid it.
Nice straight punches there by Gremlin. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gremlin.
Murray ducks under a wild hook from Gremlin.
Gremlin defending well as Murray loads up on a big left hand.
Gremlin defending well as Murray loads up on a big left hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray throws a hook but Gremlin blocks it.
Gremlin moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.
Murray connects with a single shot there.
Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Gremlin can do to turn this around?
Murray lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Murray misses with a straight left.
Murray throws an overhand right that lands on Gremlin's shoulder, as Gremlin tries to avoid the shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray stuns Gremlin with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.

Murray throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Gremlin tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Murray is in Gremlin's guard.
Gremlin can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Murray controls the pace.
Murray looking to sit in guard and control but Gremlin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Gremlin is stalling in the full guard.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Gremlin from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Murray is trying to control but can't.
Gremlin is controlling the pace.
Gremlin is thwarting Murray's attempts to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray wants to get back to full guard but Gremlin has mounted him!
Murray wants to hold on but Gremlin pushes him away.
Gremlin controlling his opponent.
Murray is trying desperately to improve position.
Murray tries to lock up and control but Gremlin gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Murray wants to hold on but Gremlin pushes him away.
Gremlin looking to control and managing it successfully.
Murray is squirming around, avoiding Gremlin's attempts to control the action.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gremlin might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Murray haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that John Murray will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Gremlin tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.

Gremlin gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Gremlin is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Murray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short right from Murray.
Murray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gremlin looking to throw knees to the head but Murray is blocking nicely.
Murray throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murray blocks an elbow strike.
Murray avoiding damage as Gremlin throws knees to the body.
Murray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gremlin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murray lands a right hand.
Gremlin missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray lands a body shot in the clinch.
Gremlin pushes off an throws an elbow but Murray leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gremlin unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Gremlin struggles to land a body shot inside as Murray controls his hands.
Murray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gremlin throws an elbow but it misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Murray in his tracks for a moment.
Murray with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murray tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Gremlin avoids it.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the head but Murray blocks with his arms.
Gremlin tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
Gremlin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Gremlin obliges.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murray.
Gremlin misses with an elbow over the top.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
Murray connects with a knee to the head.
Gremlin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gremlin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Gremlin.
Gremlin scores with a knee to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Bobcat Gremlin has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray lands with a left to the head.
Murray lands with a light punch inside.
Murray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Gremlin has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murray takes an elbow to the temple.
Murray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gremlin lands an elbow inside that Murray shrugs off.
Gremlin throws an elbow but it misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Gremlin.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gremlin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murray's brow.
Gremlin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murray avoids the elbow strike from Gremlin, against the cage.
Murray tries to land a knee to the head but Gremlin blocks with his arms.
Gremlin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murray lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A knee to the head by Murray.
Gremlin lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Gremlin lands a hook that snaps the head of Murray backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gremlin trying to land knees to the body.
Murray scores with a shot to the side of Gremlin's head.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gremlin's elbow.
Gremlin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gremlin lands with a short shot to the head.
A knee to the head by Murray.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Gremlin just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murray's brow.
Gremlin pushes off an throws an elbow but Murray leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Gremlin looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Gremlin is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murray is defending well for now.
Murray tries a knee to the head but Gremlin blocks it.
Murray is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Gremlin is defending well for now.
Gremlin lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Gremlin misses with a body punch.
Murray scores with a nice hook to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Murray.
Gremlin tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray lands a shoulder strike.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Gremlin throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murray avoids it.
Murray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
Gremlin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Gremlin misses with a punch on the inside.
Gremlin lands an elbow that stopped Murray in his tracks for a moment.
Gremlin misses with a body punch.
Murray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Gremlin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Gremlin tries to land a knee to the head but Murray blocks with his arms.
Gremlin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murray blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gremlin tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.
Murray tries to land a knee to the head but Gremlin blocks with his arms.
Gremlin missing with knees to the body.
John Murray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Gremlin utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Murray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Gremlin blocks it with crossed arms.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to John Murray.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Murray, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27

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