PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chad Murray (ranked 1498 p4p, 168 weight class) and Jon Snitch (ranked 2368 p4p, 253 weight class). Murray 's entrance music is Dead man walking. A fine choice. Snitch has chosen I Wanna Rock as his entrance music. Jon Snitch has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Murray
vs
Snitch

180 cm
34
166 lbs
28 - 19 - 1

183 cm
31
173 lbs
16 - 11 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 28 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Chad Murray !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jon Snitch!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Snitch scores with a punch to the head.
Murray looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murray .
Murray walks into a jab.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Snitch throws out a counter right but Murray avoids it with no problem.
Snitch bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Snitch takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Good leg kick by Murray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Snitch waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murray .
Murray misses with a looping right.
Murray backing away here, and Snitch unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Snitch 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.
Snitch fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Snitch moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
Snitch misses with a left hand
and Murray counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murray getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Snitch takes one to the side of the head.
Murray connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murray throws a sloppy body shot
and Snitch counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Snitch closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Murray to the mat! Murray manages to get full guard.

Murray scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Snitch has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murray .
Murray works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Snitch defending well as Murray loads up on a big left hand.

Snitch clinches up with Murray and pushes him back against the cage.

Murray 's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Snitch misses with a right hand
and Murray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Snitch scores with a decent looking hook.
Murray misses with a lunging right hand
and Snitch counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murray is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Snitch gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Murray throws a wild body kick that Snitch sees coming a mile off.
A jab from Snitch does it's job there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Snitch throws the left hand but Murray avoids the punch easily.
Murray swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Chad Murray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Snitch scores with a jab.
Murray tries to land a leg kick but Snitch saw it coming and moves away.
Snitch looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Snitch moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Snitch feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murray s jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Snitch throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Snitch fails with a takedown attempt.
Snitch fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murray connects with a jab.

Snitch moves into range and clinches up with Murray .
Snitch content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Snitch tries to work over Murray 's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snitch stalling the fight.
Murray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Snitch stalling the fight.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but Snitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murray struggles to land a body shot inside as Snitch controls his hands.
Snitch stalling against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murray .
Murray lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murray .
Murray has a couple of punches blocked by Snitch.
Snitch changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Murray fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murray .

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray connects with a leg kick. Snitch looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murray lands with a shot to the body.
Murray misses with a straight right.
Murray throws a big shot that misses.
Murray fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Jab, jab by Snitch - just one landing.
Snitch might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
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!
Snitch shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murray but Murray pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Murray is looking to counter punch.
Chad Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jon Snitch.
Murray lands a nice shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murray throws out a loose jab but Snitch uses good head movement to avoid it.
A punch combination from Snitch misses.
Murray connects with a body shot that sends Snitch's belly button to the back.
Snitch moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chad Murray dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Snitch throws a chopping leg kick but Murray manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A telegraphed right hand from Murray misses the target.
Snitch is looking to clinch.
Murray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murray connects with the punch.

Snitch is rocked!
BAM! Murray delivers a spinning backfist that drops Snitch like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Chad Murray !
After the fight, Chad Murray was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
The defeated Jon Snitch had this to say: 'This loss will make me better, I will be back.'.