PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jean Claude Patrick (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Claude Patrick
vs
Murray

185 cm
33
200 lbs
16 - 3 - 0

185 cm
37
200 lbs
22 - 15 - 0

BJJ White Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Heavy handed

Arcticus University: London

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jean Claude Patrick!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 22 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Lee Murray!
The judges for this bout are Wagner Zegers, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Patrick lands the left hand.
A punch lands to the side of Patrick 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murray blocks a jab.
A clash of legs there as Patrick blocks the low kick.
Patrick thuds a left hand into Murray's body.
Patrick cracks Murray with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Patrick rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murray moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Patrick digs a good body shot into Murray's ribs.
Murray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Patrick.
Patrick pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Patrick misses with a wild combination.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A punch combination from Murray misses.
Nice body punch from Patrick.
Patrick throws a sloppy body shot
and Murray counters with a solid body kick.
Patrick has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Killer Instinct ☠ in the buildup to the fight.
Patrick looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
Patrick scoring well with a low kick there.
Murray avoids the body shot from Patrick.
Murray keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murray.
Murray takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Patrick takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Patrick swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Murray counters with a low kick, right behind Patrick 's knee.
Donk. Murray catches Patrick right on the button with a cross.
Patrick scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murray doesn't seem bothered though.
Murray has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Murray fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Patrick has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Patrick fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A countering left hand to the body from Murray misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murray.
Murray takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murray lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murray throws a leg kick that is checked
and Patrick counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Patrick swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Patrick is looking to wear down Murray with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Patrick bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murray's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Patrick throws a hook but Murray avoids it easily.
Murray checks the leg kick.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murray let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murray misses with a series of wild punches.
Murray finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Patrick crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murray - the referee stops the clock and Patrick gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murray. Patrick manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
A slapping body kick lands there for Murray.
Patrick lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murray moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Patrick. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Patrick.
Murray scoring well with a low kick there.
Patrick is looking to land body kicks.
Murray looks to land a left hand but Patrick moved out of range nicely.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murray. That's going to slow Patrick down.
Patrick pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Patrick throws a body shot but no joy.
Patrick thuds his shin into the meat of Murray's side.
Murray throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Patrick wants to slow Murray down by chopping away at his legs.
Patrick swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Murray makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murray takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murray misses with a hook. Patrick ducked under it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Patrick tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Patrick.
Murray will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Patrick lands a nice shot to the body.
Patrick throws a half hearted mid kick.
Patrick lets his hands go wild with a nice combination. Left! Right! Uppercut! Spinning backfist! Murray goes down and covers up as Patrick starts wailing on him! The ref watches the action closely before stepping in and putting a stop to the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jean Claude Patrick!
Jean Claude Patrick thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Lee Murray was interviewed post fight and said 'He is good, respect.'.