PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shane Murphy (ranked 3899 p4p, 430 weight class) and Jacob McWilliam (ranked 4616 p4p, 490 weight class). Shane Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murphy
vs
McWilliam

185 cm
25
190 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

181 cm
25
187 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Powerful

Bank of noobs

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 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jacob McWilliam!
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Bruno Lombardi and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but McWilliam shows good takedown defense.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says McWilliam as he avoids it easily.

Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Murphy trying to stall but McWilliam improves his position.

Murphy jumps guard and drags McWilliam to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
McWilliam has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Murphy is proving hard to escape from.
Murphy is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Murphy is actively looking for submissions from his back. He's worked himself a little space on the bottom and seems to be going for a triangle. No, he's switched into an armbar! That was slick! McWilliam rolls with it to try and escape but Murphy cranks on the arm and McWilliam is forced to tap out! This one is aaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Shane Murphy!
After the fight, Shane Murphy was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.