PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neil Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mike Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Murray
vs
Smith

187 cm
25
215 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

185 cm
23
215 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

LUMBERJACK 160

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Neil Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Smith!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Shigeki Sano and Taro Takaoka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray moves away from the strike by Smith.
Murray was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Smith takes one on the chin but seems OK.

It looks like Mike Smith has been cut.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Murray.
Murray throws a hook but Smith avoids it easily.
Smith lands a nice looking body shot.
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.
Smith fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murray scores with a nice strike.
A jab lands there for Murray.
Smith fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murray is out of range.
Smith ducks under a wild hook from Murray.
Murray throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Murray's jab looks to have found its range, popping Smith under the eye.

Smith is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Smith is still on wobbly legs! Can Murray finish him?
Murray walks forward and throws a big overhand right! Smith drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Murray swarms on him with more punches until the referee wrestles him away from Smith's unconscious body! Wow, that was brutal!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:05 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neil Murray!
Neil Murray really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that LUMBERJACK 160 logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.