PBP Commentary

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

Murray
vs
Kilua

204 cm
19
214 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

181 cm
24
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

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 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Van Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Gon Kilua!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Jeff Smith and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Kilua is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Murray's half guard.
Murray is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Kilua drops an elbow to the side of Murray's head.
Murray is concentrating on defense, preventing Kilua from advancing position.
Murray won't allow Kilua to pass to mount.
Murray regains full guard. Nicely done.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilua stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Murray swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Murray seems keen to control Kilua's posture.

Kilua postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Murray is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Kilua, into his guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray sitting in guard here, content to control.
Kilua looking to control.
Murray is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Murray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murray will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Kilua bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Murray's guard.

Murray manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kilua manages to get himself to full guard.

Kilua looking to hit a scissor sweep but Murray is one step ahead there.
Murray loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murray content to stall in guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray with a flurry of punches that miss.
Murray is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murray content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Murray connects with a couple of short punches.
Murray's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Kilua working a defensive guard here.
Murray landing with the ground and pound.
Kilua wants to sweep here but Murray controlling him for the moment.
Kilua looks winded!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kilua keeps trying to improve his position.
Murray is working Kilua over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Murray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Murray content to stall in guard here.
Murray working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kilua has momentary wrist control but Murray slips an elbow through the middle.
Murray postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Murray distracts Kilua with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Murray scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Murray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Murray controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Murray seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kilua for as long as he can get away with.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kilua is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Murray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Kilua's head.
Murray has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murray engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Murray continues to stall.
Murray makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murray sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Murray is in close to Kilua's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Van Murray dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Murray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

Murray gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Murray content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Kilua wants to improve his position but Murray is controlling well.
Murray missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Murray looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Murray missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murray trying to control the pace.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murray lands a nice short elbow.
Nice strikes from Murray there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Kilua on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Murray is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Kilua is breathing heavily.
Ground and pound from Murray.
Murray takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Murray seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

Murray is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murray lands a nice short elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murray slips a nice elbow through Kilua's hands, connecting with Kilua's forehead.
Murray stalling.
Murray lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Murray takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Kilua is looking to control Murray's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kilua avoid being mounted?
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Murray winds up and cracks Kilua with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

Murray decides to stand and escape the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Murray instigates a clinch.
Stalling in the clinch from Murray.

Murray jumps guard.

Murray pushes Kilua off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Kilua closes the distance looking to clinch

and Murray counters with a takedown into side control.
Murray controlling the position.
Murray is putting a hurting on Kilua here, landing some big shots from side control.
Murray is working Kilua over with some ground and pound from side control.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Murray working the body and head with strikes.
A lull in the action here as Murray stalls from top position.
Murray working the head and body with strikes.
Murray working the body and head with strikes.
Murray working the ground and pound.
Murray content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Van Murray dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Murray takes the fight into the clinch.
Murray tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Kilua just stands there and leans against the cage.
Murray jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Kilua walks away with a smile on his face. Murray gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.

Murray instigates a clinch.

Murray ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Murray no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Kilua from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kilua looking to sit in guard and control but Murray gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Murray is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murray drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Murray jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Kilua tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kilua preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Murray scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murray works over Kilua with some ground and pound from guard.
Murray content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kilua takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Kilua's head.
Van Murray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

Murray gets to his feet - Kilua follows without any prompting.

Kilua gets a double leg takedown into Murray's guard.
Kilua trying to control but Murray is working from the bottom.
Murray is looking to stand up but Kilua isn't so interested in that idea.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray trying to control the position here.
Kilua stops Murray from standing up.

Murray has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Kilua is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Kilua manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

Murray decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Murray clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Murray successfully pulls guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Murray is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Kilua presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Murray will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kilua up against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Murray for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Kilua working hard to break the clinch.

Murray pulls guard effortlessly.
Murray is pulling down on Kilua's head to control his posture.
Murray wants to get back to his feet but Kilua is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Murray has control of Kilua's left arm, preventing Kilua from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Kilua from controlling successfully.
Murray has control of Kilua's left arm, preventing Kilua from doing any damage.
Kilua tries to free his leg and advance position but Murray is retaining full guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Murray seems keen to control Kilua's posture.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

Murray moves into the clinch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Van Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murray has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27

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