PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Julio El Toro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray has chosen Alan Parsons Project - Sirius/Eye In The Sky as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

El Toro
vs
Murray

178 cm
34
196 lbs
16 - 14 - 0

190 cm
40
203 lbs
26 - 19 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 16 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Julio El Toro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Chris Dean and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
El Toro fails miserably with a takedown attempt.

Murray gets a clinch.

Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray misses with a two punch combination.
Murray closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
No luck for El Toro with that takedown attempt.
El Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Murray's shoulder, as Murray tries to avoid the shot.
El Toro misses with a hook
and Murray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.

It looks like Julio El Toro has been cut.
El Toro digs a good body shot into Murray's ribs.
Murray lands with a hook. El Toro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
El Toro scores with a three punch combo!
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!

Murray has El Toro up against the cage in a clinch.
El Toro goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murray prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio El Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.

El Toro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
El Toro throws a hook to the side of Murray's head but Murray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
El Toro slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
El Toro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Julio El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danga de danga de dang - Murray scores with a four punch combination!
El Toro slips a jab and a cross from Murray.

El Toro has Murray up against the cage in a clinch.
Murray has El Toro pressed against the cage, preventing El Toro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murray pushes El Toro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murray prevents El Toro from breaking the clinch.
El Toro wants a takedown but no success here.
El Toro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murray walks away with a smile on his face. El Toro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Murray wants to clinch up but El Toro keeps it at a distance.
El Toro tries to counter with a takedown but Murray is quick to defend against it.

Murray moves into the clinch.

Murray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Murray.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but El Toro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro wants to clinch.
Murray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A lazy left from Murray finds it's target.
El Toro tries to clinch but Murray is having none of it.
El Toro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray scores with a shot to the body.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Murray.
El Toro seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Murray looks to land a left hand but El Toro moved out of range nicely.
Murray is looking to clinch but El Toro is avoiding it.
Murray slips a jab from El Toro.
Murray looks to land a combination but El Toro avoids it well.
El Toro appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A combination from El Toro does no damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray fails to land with a series of punches.

El Toro takes the fight into the clinch.

El Toro breaks from the clinch.

A jab-cross combination lands for Murray and sends El Toro crashing to the mat! Murray follows him down to the mat - El Toro regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
El Toro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

El Toro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murray pulls his head out easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

El Toro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.

El Toro actively working from the bottom here.
El Toro works his way to full guard. Good work.

El Toro isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Murray stacks El Toro on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Murray!
Murray lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray tries to advance to mount but El Toro denies him.
El Toro is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
El Toro is trying to improve his position.
Murray landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
You can see the frustration on El Toro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
El Toro manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Murray lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Toro gets full guard.

El Toro is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Murray defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lee Murray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Murray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Toro misses with a hook.
Murray will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murray scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Murray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murray doesn't manage to clinch there - El Toro circles away.
El Toro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murray misses with a few strikes there.

Murray lands a left and a right that sends El Toro crashing to the canvas! Murray dives into mount looking to finish!

El Toro is rocked!

Julio El Toro's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Toro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Oh El Toro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
El Toro's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
El Toro manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

Murray is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and El Toro defends it well.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray winds up and cracks El Toro with a swinging punch to the side of the head.

El Toro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murray pulls his head out easily.
El Toro seems to have got his legs back now.
El Toro tries to get to full guard but Murray has control of the leg.
Murray stops El Toro from getting back to his feet.
El Toro missing with punches from the bottom.
El Toro wants to improve his position but Murray is controlling well.
Murray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murray throwing shots but El Toro is blocking nicely.
Murray thows a huge punch but El Toro dodges it nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray slows the pace down in half guard.
El Toro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Murray prevents El Toro from improving his position.
Murray working over El Toro with some ground and pound. El Toro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murray tries to pass the half guard into mount. El Toro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. El Toro manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Murray must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
El Toro being controlled here, momentarily.
Murray wants to control from the top but El Toro keeps moving.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

El Toro has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Murray should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, El Toro has tightened it up now! Murray should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Julio El Toro!
Julio El Toro managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Conquer, into his post fight interview.
In defeat, Lee Murray stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm getting old now, thinking about putting up the gloves soon. Just looking for that last superfight'.