PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Dan Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stun Howard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Dan Murray is staring across the cage at his opponent, tweaking his nipples... Tweaking his own nipples that is.

Murray
vs
Howard

179 cm
25
162 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

173 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
Inexperienced

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Dan Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Stun Howard!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Chris Edwards and Steven Brown.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Howard lands with a shot to the body.
Howard throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Howard. Murray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murray thows a body shot but no joy.
Howard throws a nice looking combination but Murray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

Howard tries to keep at a distance but Murray has taken the fight into the clinch.
Howard wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Howard is trying to break the clinch but Murray is controlling him.
Murray keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Howard's efforts to push away.
Murray drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Howard gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Murray manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Howard is bucking up trying to escape but Murray cracks him with another couple of good strikes.

Murray is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Howard is surviving well by controlling Murray's body position as best he can.
Howard really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Murray. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murray sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Howard is trying to escape the mount.

Murray jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Howard manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Howard tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray tries to advance to mount but can't.
Murray 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 working the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Murray is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Howard looks calm but he's in trouble here. Murray gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Howard is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! Murray lets go of the hold and Howard can pop his arm back in it's socket.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Dan Murray!