PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Johnny Vegas (ranked 653 p4p, 84 weight class) and Chad Murray (ranked 1241 p4p, 151 weight class). Murray is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Dead man walking. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Vegas
vs
Murray

173 cm
24
161 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

180 cm
31
166 lbs
23 - 16 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Bullet Proof System

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Johnny Vegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Murray !
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray misses with a hook
and Vegas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murray looks to land a body kick but Vegas moved away.
Vegas has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Murray throws a chopping leg kick but Vegas manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Vegas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Vegas.
Murray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Jab from Murray .
Murray misses with an uppercut.
Murray lands a jab.
Murray connects with a leg kick. Vegas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray scores with a body shot.
Vegas connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Vegas drives through and clinches with Murray against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
Vegas misses with some punches.

Murray pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vegas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murray manages to avoid it.
Vegas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murray .
Murray chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Vegas can pounce on him.
A slapping leg kick lands for Vegas.
Murray misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Vegas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murray tries to score with a low kick but Vegas moves his leg out of the way.
Vegas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Murray misses the target.
Vegas seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Vegas throws a jab when Murray was well out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Murray is predictable there
and Vegas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Vegas staying out of range there.
A little feinted left hand from Vegas on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Vegas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vegas scores with a hook to the body. Murray takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Vegas looks to land a left hand but Murray moved out of range nicely.
Murray scores with a jab. Vegas acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Murray rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vegas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vegas tries a low kick but Murray avoids it.
Murray throws the left hand but Vegas avoids the punch easily.
A bone on bone clash there as Murray blocks the leg kick.

Vegas moves into the clinch successfully.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vegas misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray blocks an uppercut.
Vegas scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vegas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murray throws an elbow but it misses.
Vegas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murray misses with a punch to the body.
Vegas has a couple of punches blocked by Murray .
Vegas throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murray s head.
Vegas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Vegas lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murray backwards.
Vegas misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vegas blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vegas.
Vegas scores with a shot to the side of Murray 's head.
Murray prevents a body shot from Vegas.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murray .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Vegas tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murray .
Vegas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vegas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murray presses Vegas against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Vegas scores with a shoulder strike.
Vegas's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vegas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vegas.
Murray lands a shoulder strike.
A nice left hand lands by Murray .
Murray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but Vegas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Vegas misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short left from Murray .

Vegas breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Johnny Vegas 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.

Murray misses with a lunging right hand
and Vegas counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Vegas on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murray checks a leg kick nicely.
Murray dips to his left and cracks Vegas with an uppercut!
Vegas scores with a kick to the midsection.
Nice shot lands for Murray .
Murray on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murray throws the left hand but Vegas avoids the punch easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vegas fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab by Murray .
Murray throws a hook but Vegas blocks it.
Murray has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Vegas looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Good work by Murray as he checks the leg kick.
Vegas finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murray looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Vegas darts in trying to clinch
and Murray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murray tries to move into range but Vegas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Vegas throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Nice uppercut lands for Murray . That snapped Vegas's head back.
Vegas misses with a body kick.
Murray was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Vegas just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray throws a lazy right hand but Vegas sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
It looked like Vegas was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Vegas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murray .

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vegas.
Vegas thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murray lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Murray misses with an uppercut
and Vegas counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murray misses with a right hand
and Vegas counters with a solid body kick.
Vegas connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A cross from Vegas lands.
Vegas misses with a hook. Murray ducked under it nicely.
Murray misses with a leg kick
and Vegas counters with a stiff right hand.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murray .
A telegraphed right hand from Murray misses the target.
Murray lands with an uppercut that bounces Vegas off the cage and back into range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray swings for the body but Vegas moves out of range.
Murray blocks a jab.
Murray counters with a body kick.
Vegas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Vegas checks the leg kick nicely there.
Vegas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murray lands with a shot to the body.
Vegas throws a sloppy body shot
and Murray counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murray wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Vegas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murray .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a leg kick
and Vegas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nice shot lands for Vegas.

Murray is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray moves out of range of the strikes.
Murray changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Vegas avoids the body shot from Murray .
Vegas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vegas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Murray is still on wobbly legs! Can Vegas finish him?
Murray slips a jab from Vegas.
Vegas displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murray throws out the jab.
Vegas tried to counter with a leg kick but Murray avoided it.

Vegas gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Still in the clinch, Murray scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Vegas dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Vegas manages to avoid it.
Murray seems to have recovered his senses.
Vegas throws a leg kick
and Murray counters with a nice low kick that buckles Vegas's knee momentarily.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vegas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murray tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Vegas moves out of range of the body kick.
Johnny Vegas is winning the standup battle so far.
Murray sizes up Vegas with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Vegas throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Decent striking displayed by Vegas there.
Vegas misses with the combination.
Vegas misses with an uppercut.
Murray swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vegas takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murray swats away the attempt to clinch by Vegas.
Murray connects with a leg kick. Vegas looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vegas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vegas on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Vegas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Vegas crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murray - the referee stops the clock and Vegas gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murray . Vegas manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Vegas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Murray .
Vegas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murray counters with a leg kick.
Vegas throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vegas.
Vegas throws a big counter combination but Murray scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Vegas misses with a body shot
and Murray counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murray looks to throw the jab but Vegas is out of range.
Vegas pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vegas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murray can pounce on him.
Vegas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murray lands a jab.
Chad Murray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Murray .
Vegas looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Murray on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murray scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murray fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Vegas bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnny Vegas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Vegas wants to clinch.
Murray takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vegas takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Vegas looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.

Vegas moves into range and clinches up with Murray .
Vegas misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray blocking some punches.

Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Vegas.
Murray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Vegas.
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!
A nice leg kick lands there from Vegas.
A big right from Murray misses.
Vegas uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray .

And that's the end of the fight!
Chad Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vegas has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29

The fight is ruled a majority draw!