PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 5235 p4p, 21457 weight class) and Jake Demuss (ranked 545 p4p, 592 weight class). Demuss has chosen Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck as his entrance music. Jake Demuss struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 206.8lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Jake Demuss has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Lee Murray's chin.

Murray
vs
Demuss

195 cm
22
220
5 - 2 - 0

185 cm
36
225
9 - 15 - 0

World class MT
Cardio machine

Dangerous knees
Heavy handed

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jake Demuss!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Murray misses.
Murray looks to throw a body kick
and Demuss counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

Murray pushes Demuss up against the ropes in a clinch.
Demuss trying to land knees to the body.
Demuss avoiding damage as Murray throws knees to the body.
Murray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murray seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but Demuss is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Demuss dodges an elbow strike from Murray.
Demuss is trying to maintain a safe position but Murray gets an underhook and turns Demuss into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murray misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Demuss.
Murray blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Demuss prevents a body shot from Murray.
Murray throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Demuss blocks it with crossed arms.
Murray missing with knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Demuss tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.

Demuss breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murray scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Demuss lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Demuss keeps the fight on the outside.
Demuss wants to counter the offense by Murray and move into the clinch position.
Murray throws a leg kick
and Demuss counters with a slapping leg kick.
Murray scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.

It looks like Jake Demuss has been cut.
Murray throws a sloppy head kick and Demuss moves out of range easily.
Demuss ducks under a wild hook from Murray.
A telegraphed right hand from Murray misses the target.
Demuss tries a quick counter leg kick but Murray is wise to it.
Murray misses with a jab to the body
letting Demuss counter with a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a predictable looking body shot
and Demuss counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Demuss swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murray swings for the body but Demuss moves out of range.
Murray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Demuss avoids a kick to the body.
Demuss appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murray tries to clinch but Demuss moves out of range.
Demuss lands with a nice body punch.

Murray clinches.
Demuss misses with a punch to the body.
Murray scores a nice knee to the body.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Murray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Demuss's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Demuss walks into a stiff left hand from Murray.
Murray throws a wild body kick that Demuss sees coming a mile off.
Demuss raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Demuss defending well as Murray loads up on a big left hand.
Demuss looks like he wants to counter punch here.

Murray clinches.
Murray throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Demuss is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murray is keeping busy.
Murray tries to land knees in the clinch but Demuss avoids the damage to the body.
Demuss tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murray's elbow.
Demuss has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murray seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Demuss can turn it around.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demuss.
Murray misses with a knee strike.
Our sources have told us that Murray has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Murray lands an elbow just above Demuss 's eye.
Demuss is trying to force a seperation but Murray has the dominant position.
Demuss tries to land a knee to the head but Murray blocks with his arms.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Murray throws an elbow but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray tries to land knees in the clinch but Demuss avoids the damage to the body.
Murray lands an elbow that stopped Demuss in his tracks for a moment.
Demuss lands an elbow that stopped Murray in his tracks for a moment.

It looks like Lee Murray has been cut.
Murray's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Murray is rocked!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murray.
Oh Murray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murray trying to land knees to the body.
Lee Murray has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murray.
Murray misses with an elbow strike.
Demuss throws a head punch that misses.
Demuss misses with the head strike.
Murray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Demuss.
Murray trying to stall but Demuss improves his position.
Demuss working aggressively here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Murray blocks an uppercut.
Demuss misses with the head strike.
Demuss misses with the head strike.
Demuss fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Demuss has a couple of punches blocked by Murray.
Demuss smacks Murray right on the bridge of the nose with a massive elbow! Another one lands and Murray goes down! He's clearly dazed - will he beat the count? 3,4,5,6,7... up to one knee... 8,9,10! He's not made it! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Jake Demuss!
During a confident post fight interview, Jake Demuss thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.