PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Chad Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Severo Del Bosque (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray comes to the cage accompanied by Dead man walking. Del Bosque has chosen Mimosa - Drippin as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Chad Murray has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murray
vs
Del Bosque

180 cm
27
166 lbs
18 - 10 - 0

175 cm
24
165 lbs
12 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent grappler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

Aspire Clothing
Arcticus University: London

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 18 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Murray !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Severo Del Bosque!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Steven Brown and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Del Bosque gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Murray breaks from the clinch.
Murray misses with an uppercut.
Del Bosque lunges at Murray with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murray 's hand.

Del Bosque closes the distance and pushes Murray back into the cage.
Del Bosque missing with knees to the body.
Del Bosque misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but Del Bosque uses good head movement to avoid it.
Del Bosque misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murray lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Del Bosque's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murray .
We've been informed that Del Bosque has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Del Bosque lands with a light punch inside.
Del Bosque misses with some punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Del Bosque blocks an uppercut.
A short right from Del Bosque.
Del Bosque scores with a shoulder strike.
Del Bosque tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Del Bosque tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Del Bosque swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murray has a couple of punches blocked by Del Bosque.

Murray breaks from the clinch.
Murray avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Del Bosque lands with an uppercut that bounces Murray off the cage and back into range.
Murray getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Del Bosque is looking to clinch but Murray is avoiding it.
Murray lands an overhand right.
Murray displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Del Bosque throws out the jab.
Murray feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Chad Murray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Del Bosque drives through and clinches with Murray against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murray .
Murray throws a punch but it's blocked by Del Bosque.
Murray tries a body shot but Del Bosque blocks it.
Murray pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murray lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Del Bosque backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray cracks Del Bosque with a nice body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but Del Bosque uses good head movement to avoid it.
A body shot lands from Murray .
Murray struggles to land a body shot inside as Del Bosque controls his hands.
Murray struggles to land a body shot inside as Del Bosque controls his hands.
A nice left hand lands by Murray .
Del Bosque stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Del Bosque breaks the clinch.
Del Bosque throws a hook but Murray blocks it.
Del Bosque throws a hook but Murray blocks it.
Murray feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Murray misses with a body punch
and Del Bosque counters with a straight right hand.
Del Bosque uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Del Bosque throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Del Bosque connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murray . Murray circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murray swats away the attempt to clinch by Del Bosque.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Murray .
Decent striking displayed by Del Bosque there.
Del Bosque might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.

Del Bosque clinches up with Murray and pushes him back against the cage.
Still in the clinch, Murray scores with a nice short uppercut.
Del Bosque misses with a knee to the head.
Del Bosque tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Del Bosque tries to land a knee to the head but Murray blocks with his arms.
Del Bosque working aggressively here.

Del Bosque breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Del Bosque throws a big shot that misses.
Murray throws a low kick but it's checked well by Del Bosque.
Del Bosque throws a jab but it's blocked by Murray .
A jab from Murray misses.
Del Bosque loads up on a big right hand but Murray slips the punch.
Del Bosque misses with a wild body shot.
Murray appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Murray finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Murray connects with a good right hand that stumbles Del Bosque. Del Bosque circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray throws a body punch but Del Bosque moves out of range.
Severo Del Bosque seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Del Bosque cracks Murray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Del Bosque throws a right hand that misses
and Murray counters with a nice kick to the body.
Murray misses the jab.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murray .

Del Bosque clinches up against the cage.
Murray gets through Del Bosque's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Del Bosque wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Murray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Good work by Del Bosque as he checks the leg kick.
Murray throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Del Bosque is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murray had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murray fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Del Bosque has a takedown stuffed.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murray fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Del Bosque throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Severo Del Bosque will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Del Bosque misses with a body punch
and Murray counters with a good, hard body kick but Del Bosque shrugs it off.
Murray throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Del Bosque with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murray to score with a decent uppercut.

It looks like Severo Del Bosque has been cut.
Del Bosque misses with a lunging right hand
and Murray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Del Bosque throws an off balance right hand
and Murray counters with a stiff right hand.

Del Bosque is rocked!
Murray drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Del Bosque right on the button. Del Bosque goes down! Murray follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Murray gets the win via TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Murray !
An out of breath Chad Murray thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.