PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Eduardo Vieira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Joseph Murray has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Vieira
vs
Murray

185 cm
20
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
20
170 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Solid chin

Freebok (85% Laundry)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Eduardo Vieira!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Joseph Murray!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Colin Fray and Micheangelo Fripello.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vieira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vieira tries to clinch up but Murray circles away and keeps his distance.
Murray steps in looking to counter with the mid kick but it doesn't connect.
Good standup being displayed there by Vieira as he connects with a hook.
Vieira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murray throws a jab but it's blocked by Vieira.
Vieira sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vieira lands a jab.
Eduardo Vieira seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Vieira misses.
Vieira looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Vieira stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murray.
Murray throws the kick towards the body but Vieira avoids it.
Vieira lands with a nice body punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vieira lands with a shot to the body.
Vieira listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vieira lands a glancing blow to the side of Murray's head.
Murray ducks right into an uppercut from Vieira.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray is looking to chop away at Vieira's legs.
Nice straight punches there by Vieira. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Vieira.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murray.
Murray ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.

Vieira rushes Murray and presses him up against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Murray.
Murray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Murray displaying some good clinch control by pressing Vieira up against the cage.
Vieira lands with a left to the head.
Vieira struggles to land a body shot inside as Murray controls his hands.
Vieira working aggressively here.
Murray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Vieira tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Vieira struggles to land a body shot inside as Murray controls his hands.
Vieira misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vieira swings wildly with an uppercut but Murray uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Vieira.
Vieira misses with the head strike.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Murray scores a nice knee to the body.
Murray leaning against his opponent.
Murray tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Vieira avoids it.
Vieira is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Vieira is trying to pull guard but Murray turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Vieira lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murray tries to throw a body punch but Vieira avoids it by throwing Murray back against the cage.
Murray struggles to land a body shot inside as Vieira controls his hands.

Vieira jumps guard.
Vieira will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Vieira is looking for a triangle but Murray pushes his legs off easily.

Murray got a little sloppy there for a moment and Vieira has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Murray has managed to get both his arms back between Vieira's legs - danger averted.

Vieira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Vieira is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Vieira is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Murray felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Murray looks like he's trying to stand up.
Vieira working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Murray's thigh. Murray counters though and makes it back to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira passes into half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Vieira wants to control but Murray is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Vieira is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Murray is just riding it out for now. Vieira eventually gives up the hold.
Murray is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.

Vieira is looking for a kimura here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Vieira dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Vieira throws a jab when Murray was well out of range.
Murray looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Vieira is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Vieira lands with a good body shot.
Vieira cracks a nice hook into Murray's ribs.
Vieira is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Vieira scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murray.
Vieira scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murray shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira tests Murray's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murray throws a wild body kick that Vieira sees coming a mile off.
Murray throws a wild body kick that Vieira sees coming a mile off.
Murray misses with a body kick.
Vieira dips down and scores with a jab to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray throws a wild body kick that Vieira sees coming a mile off.
Nice defenses there by Murray.
Murray throws a lazy body kick
and Vieira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vieira is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murray can do to turn this around?
Nice body kick from Murray.
Eduardo Vieira is winning the standup battle so far.
Vieira fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Vieira slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murray misses with a right hand
and Vieira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murray throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vieira scores with a punch to the head.
A jab from Vieira finds it's way through Murray's defenses.
Murray throws a series of punches but Vieira moves out of range.
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 shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray takes one on the button.
Murray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vieira.
Vieira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Vieira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vieira takes a swing at Murray's ribcage but misses.
Vieira takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murray takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The fighters circle momentarily. Murray darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murray. Vieira does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murray has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Vieira looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murray feints a counter leg kick.
Vieira cracks Murray with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Vieira throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murray makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira scores with a punch to the head.
Murray looks to land a right hand but Vieira moved out of range.
Vieira lands with a good body shot.
Vieira lands with an uppercut that bounces Murray off the cage and back into range.
Vieira bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Vieira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Vieira takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vieira.
Vieira fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murray misses with a hook. Vieira ducked under it nicely.
Vieira throwing a counter right hand but Murray manages to avoid it.
Vieira misses with a hook. Murray ducked under it nicely.
Murray looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murray. Vieira does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Murray.
Murray tries to bum rush Vieira with a series of wild strikes but Vieira uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Vieira misses with the combination.
Vieira walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vieira lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murray drops his hands momentarily and Vieira takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Vieira bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murray's head.
Vieira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Murray throws a push kick but Vieira slaps the foot to one side.
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vieira throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murray on the side of the head.
Vieira pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murray looks like he wants to counter punch here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Vieira dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Murray moves forwards but Vieira connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murray changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vieira.
Vieira punishes Murray's body with a nice straight punch.
A swing and a miss from Vieira.
Murray misses with a series of wild punches.
Vieira keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Vieira looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
Vieira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray throws a jab when Vieira was well out of range.
Vieira was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nice shot lands for Vieira.
Murray is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Vieira uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Vieira throws a hook to the side of Murray's head but Murray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray tries a low kick but Vieira avoids it.
Vieira misses with the combination.
Murray steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Vieira.
A swing and a miss from Vieira.
Murray is trying to counter with his kicks.
Vieira misses with a jab to the body
and Murray counters with a one-two to the body.
Murray takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murray misses with a left hand
and Vieira counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murray doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Murray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murray displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vieira throws out the jab.
Vieira looks to score with a jab to the body but Murray is just out of range.
Despite the aggression on Murray's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A bone on bone clash there as Vieira blocks the leg kick.
Vieira tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murray paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Vieira moves into the clinch successfully.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vieira's elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vieira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vieira misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murray lands a good knee to the midsection. Vieira won't want to take too many of those.
Vieira is trying to pull guard but Murray has him pressed against the cage.
Murray is struggling to control the position.
Vieira tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Murray just stands there and leans against the cage.
Vieira is trying to pull guard but Murray turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Eduardo Vieira. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vieira throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vieira's elbow.

Vieira gets control of Murray's arms and successfully pulls guard. Vieira will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Murray won't allow Vieira to sweep him here.
Murray wants to get up but he can't break Vieira'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.
Murray wants to stand and escape but instead Vieira has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

Murray keeping full guard, as Vieira tries to pass.
Murray seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.

Vieira thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Vieira from controlling successfully.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Vieira looking to pass the guard.
Murray really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Vieira. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murray is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Vieira passes Murray's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Vieira looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murray trying to hold on to Vieira's head to control him but Vieira postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Vieira clearly takes that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Murray scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vieira scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Vieira misses with an uppercut
and Murray counters with an inside leg kick.
Murray blocks a jab.
Murray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murray appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Vieira lands with a right hand.
Vieira misses with a looping right.
Murray looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murray connects with the punch.
Vieira misses with a left hand
and Murray makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vieira lands a jab.
Vieira throws a shot from downtown. Murray moves away and avoids it.
Vieira throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murray on the side of the head.
Vieira fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira lands a right hook to the body.
Murray throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
As Murray tries to get set, Vieira tries to push him back and clinch up but Murray manages to avoid the attempt.
Vieira fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Vieira bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murray's head backwards.
Both fighters circling a little - Murray finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vieira manages to avoid it.
Murray keeps the fight on the outside.
Vieira swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vieira listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vieira throws a combination that misses
and Murray counters with a leg kick.
Murray throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Vieira takes a swing at Murray's ribcage but misses.
Murray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vieira lands a body shot.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vieira throws the left hand but Murray avoids the punch easily.
Murray swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Good leg kick by Murray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murray misses the jab.
Vieira throwing a counter right hand but Murray manages to avoid it.
A slow jab from Murray misses its intended target.
Murray throws a push kick but Vieira slaps the foot to one side.
Murray slips a straight right by Vieira.
A lazy body kick from Murray
and Vieira counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murray throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murray looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murray tries to move into range but Vieira moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vieira tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murray manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murray misses with a kick to the body.
Murray shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murray avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murray lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murray avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Nice defenses there by Murray.
Vieira is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murray thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Vieira if he has to take too many more of those.
Vieira scores with a hook to the body. Murray takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murray tried to score with a low kick but Vieira checks it.
Vieira throws out a loose jab but Murray uses good head movement to avoid it.
A little jabbing left from Murray on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Vieira swings and misses with a hook to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vieira dips to his left and cracks Murray with an uppercut!
A leg kick checked by Vieira.
Vieira scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Vieira's corner calls for a 1-2. Vieira obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Good shot there by Vieira.
Murray takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Jab, jab by Vieira - just one landing.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vieira.
Vieira thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vieira blocks a head kick by Murray.
Murray tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Vieira is able to avoid easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eduardo Vieira had his way with Joseph Murray in that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!

Vieira slips a straight right by Murray.
Vieira throws the left hand but Murray avoids the punch easily.
Vieira bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Murray slips under a jab from Vieira.
Murray throws the kick towards the body but Vieira avoids it.
It looked like Vieira wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Murray thuds his shin into the meat of Vieira's side.
Murray scores with a kick to the midsection.
Vieira cracks Murray with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Murray lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Vieira closes the distance but Murray moves to the side
and Murray counters with a body kick that stops Vieira in his tracks momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vieira misses with a hook.
A jab lands there for Vieira.
Vieira jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Vieira uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Vieira scores with a nice head shot.
Murray misses with a hook.
An attempted straight right counter from Vieira misses the target.
Some bone on bone action there as Vieira checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murray swats away the attempt to clinch by Vieira.
Vieira will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Murray walks into a stiff left hand from Vieira.
Murray pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murray is looking to land body kicks.
Vieira is looking to counter punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vieira fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murray throws a looping overhand right but Vieira ducks down to avoid it.
Vieira connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murray's hands.
An inside leg kick lands from Murray.
Vieira throws a hook to the side of Murray's head but Murray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray looks to throw a body kick
and Vieira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murray tries to land a body kick
and Vieira counters with a nice uppercut.
Vieira slips a straight right by Murray.
Vieira is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murray scoring well with a low kick there.
Vieira is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vieira misses with a hook. Murray ducked under it nicely.
Murray on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Murray walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murray moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murray misses with a lunging right hand
and Vieira counters with a left and a right that stings Murray.
Murray scores with a push kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Vieira. That snapped Murray's head back.
Vieira waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murray.
Murray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Murray throws a right hand that Vieira ducks under and follows up with a left that Vieira also avoids with ease.
Murray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vieira listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Vieira avoids a kick to the body.
Vieira was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vieira connects with a nice looking jab.
Murray circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murray looks to land a body kick but Vieira moved away.
Vieira looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.
Murray throws a hook but Vieira avoids it easily.
Murray slips a jab from Vieira.
Murray counters with a body kick.
The fighters circling - Vieira throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vieira stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Vieira cracks Murray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murray misses with a double jab
and Vieira counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Joseph Murray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vieira lands a jab to Murray's midsection.

And that's the end of the fight!
Eduardo Vieira showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Vieira 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 50:45
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 50:45
Judge Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Eduardo Vieira!
Eduardo Vieira is the new welterweight champion!
In his post fight interview, Eduardo Vieira started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.