PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Knockie Outie (ranked 25230 p4p, 4297 weight class) and Jason Murray (ranked 508 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Outie
vs
Murray

185 cm
18
185
1 - 1 - 0

185 cm
24
185
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Knockie Outie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jason Murray!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Alec Ball and Yves DeLean.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Outie dives in for a single leg takedown but Murray sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.

Outie breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Outie throws a head kick that half lands.
Murray goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Murray forces Outie back against the cage and clinches.
Outie is pressed up against the cage. Murray has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Outie down to the mat. Outie avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Murray fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Outie is out of range.
Good work by Outie as he checks the leg kick.
Murray tries to bum rush Outie with a series of wild strikes but Outie uses good footwork to avoid the assault.

Murray has managed to clinch.
Outie keeps control of Murray as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Outie goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murray prevents it.
Outie is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Murray is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Knockie Outie. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Outie manages to break the clinch.
Murray dives in and grabs Outie's left leg, looking for a takedown. Outie pushes down on Murray's head and hops out.
Outie tries to counter by clinching up but Murray breaks away and moves out of range.

Murray drops Outie with a right and a left! Murray comes rushing in but Outie regains his composure and manages to keep Murray in guard.

Outie is rocked!

It looks like Knockie Outie has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Murray drops back looking for a leg! Outie is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Outie manages to kick Murray off! Murray jumps back into Outie's guard.
Oh Outie is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray throws a big elbow that misses.
Outie avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Outie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Murray connects with a couple of short punches.
Outie utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Murray throwing strikes from guard but Outie blocks nicely.
Outie is breathing heavily.
Murray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Murray throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Murray loads up on a big left hand. Outie felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Murray looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Outie can't hide his disappointment, as Murray celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jason Murray!