PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Adam McDonough (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McDonough is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Break On Through. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murray
vs
McDonough

186 cm
21
186 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

178 cm
25
170 lbs
5 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class MT
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Adam McDonough!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Ackerman and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McDonough just misses with a punch to the body.
McDonough misses with a right hand
and Murray counters with a low kick, right behind McDonough 's knee.
McDonough lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murray circles away quickly and effectively.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
As McDonough tries to get set, Murray tries to push him back and clinch up but McDonough manages to avoid the attempt.
McDonough comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
A slow jab from McDonough misses its intended target.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Murray.
Murray's hands are dropping dangerously low here and McDonough connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murray scrambles back to his feet.
McDonough misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murray appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
A shot to the liver by McDonough. Beautiful body shot.
Murray looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
McDonough swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and McDonough takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
McDonough rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murray counters with a good low kick that McDonough was not able to check.
McDonough looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Murray gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Murray is working McDonough over against the cage.
Murray lands with a short head shot on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of McDonough backwards.
Murray lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
McDonough takes a shot to the head.
McDonough takes a shot to the head.
Murray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murray cracks McDonough with a nice body shot.
Murray lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murray works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murray throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short right from Murray on the inside.

McDonough is rocked!
Murray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
McDonough is still on wobbly legs! Can Murray finish him?
Murray creates a bit of space for himself and rocks McDonough with a big uppercut! McDonough tries to clinch up but Murray pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples McDonough to the mat! McDonough covers up and Murray unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Lee Murray!
After the fight, Lee Murray was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.