PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Murray (ranked 1036 p4p, 1811 weight class) and Hinski Grang (ranked 142 p4p, 244 weight class). Murray comes to the cage accompanied by Walkin - Denzel Curry. Grang has chosen JID - Ed, Edd & Eddy as his entrance music. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!

Murray
vs
Grang

185 cm
24
197
9 - 4 - 0

186 cm
33
222
15 - 8 - 0

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Solid boxing
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, James Murray!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Hinski Grang!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Robert Douchet.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray misses with a looping left.
Grang ducks under a wild hook from Murray.
Murray plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Grang throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Murray to counter with a crisp jab.
A low kick from Murray misses
and Murray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murray moves out of range of the strikes.
Grang looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
Grang looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray lands a nice shot to the body.
Murray scores with a nice right hand.
Grang swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Grang throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray scores with a jab to the head.
Murray throws a shot from downtown. Grang moves away and avoids it.
Grang keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
We've been told by Murray's head coaches at FIGHT FOUNDERS (CA) that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Murray digs a good body shot into Grang's ribs.
Murray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grang connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Grang scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Grang throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Grang rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Grang missing with a left hand there. Murray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray looks to land a left hand but Grang moved out of range nicely.
Grang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
A big right from Grang misses.
James Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Grang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray lands with an overhand left.
Grang throws a poor cross that misses
and Murray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murray connects with a looping right hand.
Grang misses with a left hand
and Murray counters with a series of strikes. Grang will be more careful next time no doubt.
Grang misses with a wild body shot.
Murray swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A swing and a miss from Murray.
Murray pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murray misses with a lunging right hand
and Grang counters with a nice body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big left from Murray misses.
Grang lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murray throws a shot from downtown. Grang moves away and avoids it.
Murray is looking to score with low kicks.
Murray throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Grang throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
Murray is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Grang's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Murray connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Grang scrambles back to his feet.
Murray blocks a jab.
Grang misses with a left hand
and Murray counters with an outside leg kick.
Murray misses with an uppercut. Grang saw that one coming.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grang takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murray throws a right hand that misses
and Grang counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Murray moves away from the strike by Grang.
Murray lunges at Grang with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Grang's hand.
Grang moves forwards but Murray connects with a nice, crisp jab.
A big right from Grang misses.
Murray is looking for a counter combo.
Grang misses the shot to the body.
Grang has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Murray blocks a jab.
Murray misses with a head kick.
Grang swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Murray dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

No joy there for Grang, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Grang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murray sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murray moves away from the strike by Grang.
Grang misses with a straight left.
Murray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
James Murray is winning the standup battle so far.
Grang misses with a wild body shot.
Murray takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Donk. Murray catches Grang right on the button with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grang throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Grang throws a series of punches but Murray avoids them all with ease.
Grang throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
Grang keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Grang looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grang connects with a right hand. Murray shakes it off.
A jab from Grang misses.
Murray appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murray throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Grang on the side of the head.
Murray looks to land a left hand but Grang moved out of range nicely.
Murray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Grang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Grang misses with a body shot.
Grang slips under a jab.
Grang scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice uppercut there from Grang.
Murray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Grang might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Murray has got the better of the exchanges.
Decent striking displayed by Murray there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grang 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.
Murray stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murray blocks a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grang throws a combination that misses
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
Murray throws a hook but Grang avoids it easily.
A nice side step and Grang releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Murray connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grang momentarily.
Murray misses with a looping left.
A head kick misses from Murray.
Grang scores with a sloppy right hand. Murray should have avoided that one.
Grang misses with a right hand
and Murray counters with a left and a right that stings Grang.
Grang looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murray throws a low kick but Grang avoids it.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Grang lands with a straight right. Murray didn't see that one coming.
A low kick lands for Murray.
Grang on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Murray here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Murray throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Grang.
Grang walks into a jab.
Murray misses the jab.
Grang looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Murray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grang takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murray scores with a hook.
Grang missing with a left hand there. Murray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
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!
Grang throws a jab when Murray was well out of range.
Grang drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Grang with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murray to score with a decent uppercut.
Grang avoids a kick to the body.
Grang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murray.
Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Grang can do to turn this around?
Grang throws a looping overhand right but Murray ducks down to avoid it.
Murray throws a jab but it's blocked by Grang.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murray.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Murray dominated that second 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.

Murray misses with a two punch combination.
Grang looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.
Nice shot by Grang.
Murray throws out a loose jab but Grang uses good head movement to avoid it.
A nice side step and Grang releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grang moves away.
Grang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Grang.
Grang has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Grang lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray lands with a cross.
Murray moves away from the strike by Grang.
Murray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
An inside leg kick lands from Murray.
Grang throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
Murray listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grang circles away quickly and effectively.
Murray misses with the combination.
Murray smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Grang misses with a looping left.
Murray scores with a one two! Grang had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Grang misses with a combination
and Murray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grang uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Murray throws a big shot that misses.
Grang takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grang throws a big shot that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murray throws a sloppy head kick
and Grang counters with a left to the body.
Murray scores with a sloppy right hand. Grang should have avoided that one.
The fighters circling - Murray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grang lands a right hook to the body.
Murray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Grang circles away quickly and effectively.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Grang.
It looked like Murray was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Grang misses with a few strikes there.
A jab from Murray misses.
Grang works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Murray throws a big shot that misses.
Murray misses with a hook. Grang ducked under it nicely.
Grang misses with a double jab.
Grang slips a jab from Murray.
Murray connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Grang momentarily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray slips a jab from Grang.
It looked like Murray was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Murray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grang is out of range.
Murray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Grang ducks under a wild hook from Murray.
Murray throws a leg kick but Grang sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Murray misses with a left hand
and Grang counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray swinging wildly here.
It seemed like Grang was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Grang throws a combination that misses
and Murray counters with an inside leg kick.
Grang throws out a loose jab but Murray uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Murray clearly takes that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Murray misses the jab.
Grang shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Grang now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Murray smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murray misses with a straight left.
Grang misses with a combination
enabling Murray to counter with a crisp jab.
Grang's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grang throws an off balance right hand
and Grang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grang lands an overhand right.
Murray misses with a hook. Grang ducked under it nicely.
A little jabbing left from Grang on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murray misses the jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grang throws a jab but it's blocked by Murray.
Grang avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murray takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Murray staying out of range there.
Murray walks into a straight right hand from Grang.
Grang throws a jab but it's blocked by Murray.
Good work by Grang as he checks the leg kick.
Murray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grang misses the body punch
letting Murray counter with a right hand.
Grang lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Grang throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murray cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Grang misses with a right hand
and Murray makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Grang throws a hook but Murray blocks it.
Murray tried to counter with a leg kick but Grang avoided it.
Grang misses with an uppercut
and Murray counters with a stiff right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray motions for Grang to come forward. Murray throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grang swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Grang avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grang throws a right and a left that Murray avoids nicely.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Grang crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murray - the referee stops the clock and Grang gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murray. Grang manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Grang moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Murray misses with a looping right.
Murray walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Grang checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grang misses with a hook.
Grang walks into a jab.
Murray throws a jab when Grang was well out of range.
Grang lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Murray throws a jab when Grang was well out of range.
Murray fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray lands an overhand right.
Murray takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murray throws a hook to the side of Grang's head but Grang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murray moves out of range as Grang strikes.
Murray throws a hook to the side of Grang's head but Grang sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murray staying out of range there.
Grang slips under a jab from Murray.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Grang! But no joy.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Grang is just out of range.
Grang now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

James Murray had his way with Hinski Grang in that round.
That's time! Murray's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

A decent looking cross lands there for Murray.
Murray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murray feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Grangs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Grang throws a lazy uppercut
and Murray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murray connects with a body shot that sends Grang's belly button to the back.
Good exchange - Grang coming out on top.
Murray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grang.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murray looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Grang misses with a series of wild punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Grang ducks under a wild hook from Murray.
Grang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murray.
Murray scoring well with a low kick there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Grang. Murray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murray throws out the jab.
Grang drops his hands momentarily and Murray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray walks into a straight right hand from Grang.
Grang misses the body punch
and Murray connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A nice leg kick from Murray, right into the meat of the thigh.
Grang takes one on the button.
Grang uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murray.
Grang fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murray manages to avoid it.
Murray bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Grang's head.
Grang misses with a double jab
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray lands a leg kick that knocks Grang off balance momentarily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Grang throws a jab but it's blocked by Murray.
Murray slips a jab from Grang.
It looked like Murray was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Grang.
Murray ducks right into an uppercut from Grang.
Grang misses with a right hand
and Murray counters with a nice uppercut.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
An attempted straight right counter from Murray misses the target.
Grang misses the shot to the body.
Murray avoids the body shot from Grang.
It looked like Murray wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Murray moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Grang displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murray throws out the jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grang throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Grang takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Grang misses with a left hand
and Murray counters with a nice uppercut.
Grang checks the leg kick.
Grang lands with a cross.
Grang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murray sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Grang tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Grang.
Grang loads up on a big right hand but Murray slips the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Grang just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Hinski Grang has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murray turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
James Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murray 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 William Peck scores the fight 50:45
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 50:45
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 50:45

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Murray!
James Murray retains his light heavyweight title!
An out of breath James Murray thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.