PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Blue Cup (ranked 2012 p4p, 222 weight class) and Chad Murray (ranked 1304 p4p, 156 weight class). Murray is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Dead man walking. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Cup
vs
Murray

190 cm
29
183 lbs
8 - 8 - 0

180 cm
33
166 lbs
27 - 18 - 1

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Blue Cup!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 27 - 18 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Murray !
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cup to score with a decent uppercut.
Murray scoring well with a low kick there.
The crowd cheers as Murray lands an impressive looking overhand right. Cup doesn't seem phased though.

It looks like Blue Cup has been cut.
Murray connects with a solid leg kick.
Murray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Donk. Murray catches Cup right on the button with a cross.
Cup takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murray looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murray looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murray lands a leg kick that knocks Cup off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cup scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murray in his tracks.
Murray moves out of range of the body kick from Cup.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Cup checks a leg kick.

Murray ducks straight into an uppercut from Cup and tumbles to the canvas! It’s a flash knockdown though - Murray manages to regain guard straight away.

Murray is rocked!
Murray keeping full guard, as Cup tries to pass.
Murray is still in real trouble! Can Cup finish him?

Cup drops back looking for a leg! Murray is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Murray manages to kick Cup off! Cup jumps back into Murray 's guard.

Murray has his feet on Cup's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Murray seems to have recovered his senses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cup tries to land a front kick but Murray steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Murray misses the jab.
Cup on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murray . Murray obviously looking to wear him down.
Blue Cup seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A big left from Cup misses.
Cup pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Cup throws the left hand but Murray avoids the punch easily.
Cup misses with a low kick.
Murray 's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Cup connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murray scrambles back to his feet.
Murray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cup.
Cup shoots in looking for a takedown but Murray manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Cup's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Cup looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Murray throws a jab when Cup was well out of range.
Cup slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Cup swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray lands with a thumping leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cup misses with an uppercut
and Murray makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murray connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Cup momentarily.
That kick from Cup tenderised Murray 's leg. Murray is trying to keep his angry face on.
Cup throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murray counters with a right hand to the body.
Cup slips under a jab.
Cup seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Cup gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murray .

Cup is rocked!
and Murray counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Cup! He's just covering up as Murray starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Chad Murray !
Chad Murray decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
In defeat, Blue Cup stepped up to the mic, saying 'That wasn't fun.'.