PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Van Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jinx Lyons (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Van Murray has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.

Murray
vs
Lyons

204 cm
20
214 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

180 cm
23
220 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Experienced

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 2 - 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, Jinx Lyons!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Roger Salmon and Josh West.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lyons drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Lyons tries to move to mount but Murray blocks the move with his legs.
Lyons working away.
Lyons wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murray keeps working.
Murray is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Lyons is controlling him well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray defending against the ground and pound.
Murray struggling a bit here.
Who's going to make the next move?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.

Murray kicks Lyons off and gets back to his feet.

Lyons shoots in and bounces Murray off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Murray tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Lyons stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Murray swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lyons must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Lyons controls from within his opponent's guard.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Lyons from controlling successfully.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray wants to get back to his feet but Lyons is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Lyons from controlling successfully.
Murray will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Murray has his feet on Lyons's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Lyons thows a leg kick but Murray checks it

and Murray counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
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 wants to get up but he can't break Lyons's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyons managing to control the position.
Murray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lyons's head.
Lyons throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Murray looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Murray postures up.
Lyons is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Lyons wants to sweep but no luck.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murray chips away with some ground and pound.
Lyons is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Lyons should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Murray with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Murray lands a couple of elbows.
Murray lands a couple of elbows.

Lyons working for a triangle but Murray defends it easily.
Murray scoring with some ground and pound.
Murray works over Lyons with some ground and pound from guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murray postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Murray wants to stand but Lyons has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Lyons wants to stand but Murray is controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Van Murray dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Lyons moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.

Murray tries to sprawl but Lyons drives through with a takedown into half guard.

Lyons is working for a kimura but Murray is defending it quite comfortably.
Murray is trying to control but can't.

Lyons is looking for a kimura here.
Lyons trying to control from half guard but Murray is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lyons prevents Murray from improving his position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyons prevents Murray from standing back up.
Murray tries to roll over but Lyons keeps him under control.
Lyons wants to stand up but Murray has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Lyons is looking to take a break and control but Murray is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Lyons keeps the fight on the outside.

Lyons forces Murray back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Murray decides to pull guard.
Lyons showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Lyons in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murray is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

Murray is working an open guard so Lyons takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Lyons throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murray was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

The fight moves into the clinch position.

Murray manages to pull guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray wants to stand up but Lyons is controlling him.
Lyons looking to sit in guard and control but Murray gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Lyons looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Lyons striking off his back but it's not causing Murray any problems.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lyons can do anything to dispel that myth.
Murray trying to stand up but can't free himself from Lyons's guard.
Murray sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Murray landing with the ground and pound.
Murray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lyons's head.
Lyons has a closed guard, preventing Murray from standing up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lyons is trying to keep Murray in close.
Murray keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lyons's head.
Murray stops Lyons from standing up.
Lyons being controlled here, momentarily.
Murray cracks Lyons with a solid left hand.
Murray distracts Lyons with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Murray wanted to stand there but Lyons had control of the position.
Murray looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lyons is trying to keep Murray in close.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
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 Van Murray will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Lyons 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 really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Lyons can do to turn this around?
Murray gets back to full guard.

Murray wriggles free and stands up.
Murray is looking to clinch but Lyons is avoiding it.
Lyons unleashes a big counter combination but Murray bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.

Lyons closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray is working for takedown but Lyons is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murray has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Lyons avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.

Lyons has hold of one of Murray's legs. Murray is fighting the takedown attempt but Lyons gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.

Murray kicks Lyons off and gets to his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lyons throws a lazy head kick
and Lyons takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

Murray gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Lyons in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Lyons from controlling successfully.
Lyons trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lyons loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Lyons wants to control from the top but Murray keeps moving.
Lyons trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Van Murray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lyons's guard.

Murray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Murray is stalling in the full guard.

Murray avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Murray landing with the ground and pound.
Murray cracks Lyons with a solid left hand.
Murray postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Lyons wants to sweep but no luck.
Murray scoring with punches to the head and body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lyons looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lyons trying to control the position.
Murray won't allow Lyons to get back to his feet.
Murray would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Lyons is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Murray's half guard.
Lyons takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.

Murray pushes Lyons off and gets back to his feet.

Lyons shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Murray preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Murray lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray stands up over Lyons, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Murray sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lyons is trying to keep Murray in close.
Murray with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Murray working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Lyons's head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murray scoring with some ground and pound.
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 is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jinx Lyons has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Van Murray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Lyons throwing strikes off his back to little effect.

And that's the end of the fight!
Van Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
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 Chris Saunders scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Josh West scores the fight 30:27

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