PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kai Gold (ranked 1959 p4p, 904 weight class) and Lee Murray (ranked 212 p4p, 103 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Gold
vs
Murray

186 cm
22
198
6 - 3 - 0

190 cm
22
190
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kai Gold!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Lee Murray !
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Illya Tyunina and Konstantin Menshow.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Gold pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murray staying out of range there.
Gold jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murray was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Kai Gold seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gold tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Gold.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Gold.
Murray tries a quick counter leg kick but Gold is wise to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Gold bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray is trying to improve his position.
The strikes coming from Gold are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Murray prevents Gold from moving into mount.
Gold has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murray defending against the ground and pound.
Gold misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Gold in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Gold creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murray sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Murray can do anything to dispel that myth.
Murray tries to improve position but can't.
Gold working the ground and pound but Murray is defending the strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gold working the ground and pound but Murray is defending the strikes.
Gold looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Murray is avoiding damage well.
Murray dodges the ground and pound from Gold.
Gold lands a decent elbow from side control.
Gold creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.

It looks like Lee Murray has been cut.
Gold fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Murray felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Gold creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Gold wants to control but Murray is keeping him busy.
The strikes coming from Gold are missing the target in this wave of attacks.
Gold creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Murray sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gold looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Murray is avoiding damage well.
Gold misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Gold creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gold scores with punches from side control.
Gold throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Murray works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Gold thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murray 's head.
Gold sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Murray defending well though.
Gold has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Murray taking shots to the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gold scoring with strikes but Murray is staying in there.

Murray is rocked!
Murray keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Murray is still in real trouble! Can Gold finish him?
Gold unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Murray wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Gold celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kai Gold!
A very excited looking Kai Gold made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.