PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Scott Murley (ranked 1618 p4p, 232 weight class) and John Tarley (ranked 1431 p4p, 211 weight class). Murley's entrance music is Rage Against The Machine | Bulls On Parade. A fine choice. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murley
vs
Tarley

194 cm
28
212 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

185 cm
21
210 lbs
7 - 1 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank

KOMBAT KLOTHING
Freebok (85% Laundry)

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 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Murley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Tarley!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Alan Glass.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab lands there for Murley.
Tarley lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

Tarley clinches with his opponent.
Tarley has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murley avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Tarley is looking for a takedown.
Tarley tries to score a body lock takedown but Murley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Scott Murley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Tarley.
Tarley misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tarley scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tarley blocking some punches.
Tarley blocks a body shot from Murley.
Murley misses with some punches.
Murley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Tarley has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Tarley blocking some punches.
Come on Murley - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Tarley wants a takedown but no success here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Murley slowing the pace effectively.
Murley misses with the head strike.
Tarley tries to score a body lock takedown but Murley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murley lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tarley has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Murley is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Murley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A short right from Murley on the inside.
Murley stalling in the clinch but Tarley improves position.
Murley lands a left hand.
Murley working aggressively here.
Tarley goes for a takedown attempt but Murley pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tarley smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murley lands with a straight right. Tarley didn't see that one coming.
Murley works Tarley's body with a nice hook.

Tarley moves into range and clinches up with Murley.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tarley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Murley gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Murley prevents a takedown attempt there.
Tarley takes a shot to the head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murley misses with some punches.
Murley tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tarley's elbow.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murley.
Murley is trying to stall.
Tarley looking for a takedown.
Tarley blocking some punches.
Murley throws a head punch that misses.
Tarley lands with a right to the head.
Murley tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murley lands a nice uppercut.
Murley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murley swings wildly with an uppercut but Tarley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murley misses with some punches.
Tarley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tarley tries a body shot but Murley blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murley lands a shot to the body.
Murley misses with a body punch.
Murley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murley gets through Tarley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murley stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Tarley looks winded!
Murley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Tarley manages to break the clinch.
Murley lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Tarley at a distance.
Murley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Murley drops Tarley with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Tarley looks back up at him and smiles so Murley waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.

Tarley is rocked!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murley stuns Tarley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Tarley is still on wobbly legs! Can Murley finish him?

Tarley gets tackled into the cage by Murley. Murley maintains the clinch.
Tarley seems to have recovered his senses.
Murley lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tarley backwards.
Murley struggles to land a body shot inside as Tarley controls his hands.
A left hand lands to the body for Murley.
Tarley is working for takedown but Murley is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murley lands on the inside with an uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murley lands a body shot.
Murley is leaning against Tarley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murley lands a left hand.
Murley lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Tarley tries for a takedown but Murley manages to get underhooks.
Murley misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murley gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Tarley.
Murley has a couple of punches blocked by Tarley.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tarley.
Murley is pressed up against the cage. Tarley has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Murley down to the mat. Murley avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Tarley misses with a hook.
Murley swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murley looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice takedown defense from Murley. No joy for Tarley on that attempt.

Murley cracks Tarley with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Tarley looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Murley finish him?
Murley cracks Tarley with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Scott Murley!
Scott Murley decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.