PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Art Vandelay (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray comes to the cage accompanied by Go Square Go. The crowd seem to be enjoying Vandelay's choice of entrance music: sizzla - solid as a rock. Andy Murray could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Art Vandelay's chin.

Murray
vs
Vandelay

191 cm
18
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

182 cm
22
170 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

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 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andy Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Art Vandelay!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Bruno Hogan and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vandelay scores with a leg kick.
Murray throws a leg kick but Vandelay moved away.
Murray throws a sloppy head kick and Vandelay moves out of range easily.
Murray misses with a few strikes there.
Vandelay thows a leg kick but Murray checks it
and Murray counters with an inside leg kick.
A choreographed right hand from Murray misses the target.
Vandelay pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vandelay throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vandelay blocks a head kick by Murray.
Art Vandelay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vandelay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Murray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Vandelay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murray checks a low kick from Vandelay.
Danga de danga de dang - Vandelay scores with a four punch combination!
Vandelay scores with a hook.
Vandelay lands an overhand right.
Murray scores with a body shot.
Vandelay finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murray checks a leg kick.
Vandelay slips under a jab.
Murray tries for a takedown but Vandelay sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Vandelay staying out of range there.
Murray throws a body kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay needs to keep his hands up - Murray had a free shot at his head there.
Murray will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A jab from Vandelay finds it's way through Murray's defenses.
Vandelay lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murray at a distance.
A jab from Vandelay finds it's way through Murray's defenses.
Murray pushes Vandelay away with a front kick.
Vandelay scores with a three punch combo!
A solid body kick from Vandelay.
Vandelay scores with a push kick.
Vandelay throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Murray stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Vandelay looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Murray.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vandelay connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murray throws a sloppy body shot
and Vandelay connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murray is breathing heavily.
Murray misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Vandelay both land. Nice combination.
Vandelay lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Murray misses with a two punch combination.
Vandelay looks to land a combination. Murray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Horrible takedown by Murray or perhaps it was just good defense by Vandelay which made him look bad.
Vandelay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murray takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Vandelay scores with a nice right hand.
Vandelay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vandelay lands a two punch combo.
Vandelay is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round!Murray had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murray gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Vandelay connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Vandelay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murray.
Vandelay moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Jab from Vandelay.
Vandelay getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vandelay is looking to land body kicks.
Art Vandelay is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay lands a jab-cross combination.
Vandelay has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murray swings away with a body shot that misses
and Vandelay counters with a straight right hand.
Vandelay ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murray attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Murray shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Murray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vandelay lands with an overhand left.
Vandelay looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
Vandelay with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Vandelay lands with a shot to the body.
Murray is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vandelay.
Nice uppercut lands for Vandelay. That snapped Murray's head back.
Vandelay lands with a hook. Murray tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Murray looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vandelay misses with a wild combination.
Murray slips a jab and a cross from Vandelay.
Murray throws a solid leg kick but Vandelay takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murray.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Murray. Vandelay shrugs it off though.
Murray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murray throws a shot from downtown. Vandelay moves away and avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Murray.
Vandelay tries to bench press Murray off him but Murray keeps the position.

Murray tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Vandelay stops Murray from passing to mount.
Murray taking a breather here.
Murray advances to mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vandelay manages to regain half guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Art Vandelay dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Vandelay lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vandelay getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Vandelay fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murray looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murray pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nice cross by Vandelay.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vandelay.
Murray is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a series of strikes that have Murray backpedaling.
Murray scores with a push kick.
Vandelay misses with a head kick.
Vandelay is working the combinations to good effect here.
Vandelay moves out of range of the body kick from Murray.
Murray throws a series of punches but Vandelay avoids them all with ease.
Murray finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Vandelay lands a lovely overhand right.
Murray scores with a push kick.
Vandelay is breathing heavily.
Murray misses with a hook to the body
and Vandelay counters with a nice body kick.
Vandelay misses with a head kick.
Murray misses with a looping right.
Vandelay misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Andy Murray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murray misses with a head kick.
Vandelay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murray.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vandelay darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vandelay connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Vandelay, right into the meat.
Vandelay showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murray.
Murray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vandelay displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Murray misses with a wild combination.
Vandelay throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vandelay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Good exchange - Vandelay coming out on top.
Murray throws a sloppy head kick and Vandelay moves out of range easily.
Vandelay throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Vandelay connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murray. Murray circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Vandelay checks the leg kick.
Murray slow jab from Vandelay misses its intended target.
Murray connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Murray lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Vandelay takes a head kick and keeps coming.

It looks like Art Vandelay has been cut.
Vandelay uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Murray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Art Vandelay seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vandelay lands with a right hand.
Vandelay ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murray misses with a straight right.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murray, right into the meat.
Murray shoots for a takedown but Vandelay saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Vandelay scoring well with a low kick there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vandelay lands a jab-cross combination.
Murray takes one on the button.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vandelay closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Donk. Vandelay catches Murray right on the button with a cross.
Vandelay tries a head kick but it misses.
Murray has his takedown stuffed
and Vandelay counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Vandelay moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Vandelay goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vandelay throws a sloppy head kick and Murray moves out of range easily.
Murray throws a lazy head kick
and Vandelay counters with a thumping low kick.
Vandelay lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Vandelay goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Vandelay stalks Murray and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Murray's face. Murray staggers backwards, shaken.
Vandelay throws a combination that misses
and Murray counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Vandelay is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vandelay!
Murray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murray throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Vandelay takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murray.
Vandelay takes one to the side of the head.
Murray misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Murray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vandelay checks a leg kick.
Murray loads up on a big right hand but Vandelay slips the punch.
Murray slips a straight right by Vandelay.
Both fighters circling a little - Murray finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
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!
Murray looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Vandelay lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murray tries to score with a low kick but Vandelay moves his leg out of the way.
No joy there for Vandelay, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Vandelay bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Vandelay cracks Murray with an open hand slap.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Vandelay scores with a one two! Murray had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Vandelay misses with a few strikes there.
Vandelay scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
A lazy left from Vandelay finds it's target.
A solid leg kick lands there for Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a right and a left that Murray avoids nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Art Vandelay will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Art Vandelay's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Vandelay smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Vandelay is looking to slow Murray down with leg kicks.
Vandelay throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murray.
Vandelay displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Murray throws a leg kick that misses.
Murray throws a combination that misses
and Vandelay counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murray thinking.
Murray shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vandelay as he jumps to the side.
Vandelay throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murray scores with a nice body kick.
Vandelay cracks the inside of Murray's front leg.
Murray moves forwards but Vandelay connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Vandelay keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Vandelay catches Murray with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Vandelay scores with a three punch combo!
Vandelay fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murray moves out of range of the body kick from Vandelay.
Vandelay works over Murray's head and body with a nice combination.
Vandelay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vandelay lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murray's sensitive parts.
Murray ducks right into an uppercut from Vandelay.
Vandelay throws a head kick that misses.
Murray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vandelay lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Murray shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Vandelay as he jumps to the side.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Andy Murray. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vandelay lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Murray looks for the body kick but Vandelay saw that one coming.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Vandelay!
Vandelay misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murray throws a leg kick which misses Vandelay's front leg but catches the back leg as Vandelay tries to avoid it.
Vandelay thows a body shot but no joy.
Murray throws a low kick, looking for Vandelay's leg but Vandelay calmly moves out of range.
Murray moves out of range as Vandelay strikes.
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vandelay throws a nice looking combination but Murray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Vandelay lands a head shot.
Murray throws a leg kick that is checked
and Vandelay counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murray's knee momentarily.
Vandelay paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vandelay looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murray fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Murray tries for a takedown but Vandelay sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
A jab lands there for Vandelay.
Vandelay with a nice cross.
Vandelay lands with a right hand.
Vandelay misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vandelay dodges the punch combination from Murray.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murray, right into the meat.
A head kick misses from Murray.
Danga de danga de dang - Vandelay scores with a four punch combination!
A shot to de liver by Murray. Beautiful body shot.
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murray swinging wilding here.
Vandelay scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Vandelay moves out of range as Murray strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray walks into a straight right hand from Vandelay.
A punch lands to the side of Murray 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Danga de danga de dang - Vandelay scores with a four punch combination!
Murray misses with a head kick.
Vandelay misses with a double jab.
Murray misses the jab.
Murray throws a head kick that misses.
Vandelay tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vandelay scores with a three punch combo!
Andy Murray has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Vandelay lands with a shot to the body.
Murray on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Vandelay throws out a leg kick but Murray moves out of range and Vandelay only half commits.
Murray takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Vandelay scores with a decent looking hook.
Vandelay has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Murray.
Vandelay checks the leg kick nicely there.
Murray thows a left - swing and a miss!
Some wild striking there from Vandelay.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Vandelay, as that shot connected.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Vandelay's hands.
Murray misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murray takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murray tries to land a body kick
and Vandelay counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Vandelay looks to land a combination. Murray sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Murray misses with a wild body shot.
A nice combination there by Vandelay.
Murray feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Vandelay's calf.
Murray is looking to slow Vandelay down with leg kicks.
Vandelay checks the leg kick.
Murray scoring well with a low kick there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
A head kick misses from Vandelay.
Murray tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Murray gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vandelay takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.

And that's the end of the fight!
Art Vandelay comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Vandelay winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Art Vandelay!