PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Junior Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dawgius Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Silva
vs
Murray

191 cm
25
245 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

193 cm
20
265 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Junior Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dawgius Murray!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray tries to clinch up but Silva circles away and keeps his distance.

Silva clinches.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Silva using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murray has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murray is defending well for now.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Murray won't want to take too many of those.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murray is defending well for now.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
A knee to the head by Silva.

It looks like Dawgius Murray has been cut.
Murray looks gassed!
Murray avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva throws a knee to the head but misses.
Silva landing knees to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Silva is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva connects with a knee to the head.
Silva lands a nice knee to the body.
Murray misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva with a knee to the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva working Murray over with knees to the body.
Murray has Silva pushed against the cage.

Murray has clasped his hands together around Silva's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Silva is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Murray has just dragged him back down to the mat.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva can't do much from the bottom here.
Silva tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Murray wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Silva is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray lands an elbow.
Silva gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Murray raining down shots from the mount!
Murray avoids the attempt from Silva to control.
Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Silva takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Silva throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Murray lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Murray looking to control and managing it successfully.
Silva really trying hard to get back to half guard here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Murray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Murray's attempts to control the action.

Silva somehow manages to escape the mount and get back to his feet!
Murray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murray throws a series of punches but Silva moves out of range.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Silva throws a sloppy head kick and Murray moves out of range easily.
Silva doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Silva lands a high kick!
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murray tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murray to the ground. Murray escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Silva tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murray swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Murray closes the distance and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murray is defending well for now.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Murray holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Murray lands a nice shot to the body.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murray blocks it with crossed arms.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva has Murray pressed against the cage, preventing Murray from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murray is defending well for now.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Murray avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Murray has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Silva misses with a knee to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murray lands a body punch.
Murray avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.

Murray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dawgius Murray's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Murray circles away.
Silva wants to clinch up but Murray keeps it at a distance.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Murray tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Murray manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Murray lands a jab-cross combination.
Murray blocks a head kick by Silva.
Murray swinging wildly here.
Murray throws a leg kick

so Silva counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Murray is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Silva is controlling him.

Murray looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murray tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray 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 prevents Silva from standing back up.
Silva is looking for a sweep. Murray is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Silva wants to control but Murray is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silva is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Murray landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murray is looking to advance position but Silva won't allow it.
Murray is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva blocking the ground and pound attempt from Murray.
The fighters are battling for position here. Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work.

Silva pushes Murray off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.

Silva has taken the fight to the clinch.
Murray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Murray makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Murray tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murray is defending well for now.
Silva tries to land a knee to the head but Murray blocks with his arms.
Murray takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murray works on Silva's body with a couple of short punches.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Murray scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Silva.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murray is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Silva asserts his dominance and retains side control.

Silva stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Silva shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Murray sprawls well. Murray wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Silva gets slowly back to his feet.
Silva blocks the body kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva dives in and grabs Murray's left leg, looking for a takedown. Murray pushes down on Silva's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murray displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Silva.
Murray blocks a head kick by Silva.

Murray moves into the clinch.

Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Silva.
Junior Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Murray does no damage.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown but Murray manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Silva's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Silva throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Murray's head.
Murray keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Silva changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murray tries to avoid it but Silva manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murray to the ground. Murray escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Junior Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dawgius Murray's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Silva dodges the punch combination from Murray.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Silva swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Silva tries a head kick but it misses.
Silva will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Murray circles away.
Murray wants to clinch up but Silva keeps it at a distance.
Silva shoots for a takedown but Murray saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Silva shoots in looking for a takedown. Murray tries to sprawl out of it but Silva keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Murray manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Silva moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a takedown attempt
and Murray counters with a stiff right hand.
Silva will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murray looks to land a combination. Silva sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Silva wants to clinch up but Murray keeps it at a distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray swinging wildly here.
Dawgius Murray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Silva is looking to clinch but Murray is avoiding it.
Murray lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murray closes the distance but Silva moves to the side

and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Silva connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murray's face.
Murray tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Murray working hard to break the clinch.
Silva scores a nice knee to the body.
Silva tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.
Silva landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Murray is working Silva over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Murray fails to land.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murray wants to break free but Silva has control.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murray avoids it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Murray blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Murray avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Silva unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Murray tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Murray.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Silva throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murray blocks it with crossed arms.
Silva trying to land knees to the body.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murray avoids it.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Silva.
Murray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva landing knees to the head.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Murray won't want to take too many of those.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murray is trying to break free.
Murray trying to stall but Silva improves his position.
Silva lands a good knee to the midsection. Murray won't want to take too many of those.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.
Murray avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Murray is trying to force a seperation but Silva has the dominant position.
Silva tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murray avoids it.
Silva is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murray is defending well for now.
Junior Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray effectively controlling the action here.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Silva misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murray.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Silva backwards.
Murray misses with an elbow strike.
Silva keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murray's efforts to push away.
Murray avoiding damage as Silva throws knees to the body.
Murray on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Silva obliges.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva missing with knees to the body.
Murray wants to break free but Silva has control.

And that's the end of the fight!
Dawgius Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Silva 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 Suge Night scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Junior Silva!