PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hugues De Payens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray comes to the cage accompanied by KO muzik. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Murray
vs
De Payens

190 cm
33
218 lbs
19 - 8 - 0

187 cm
26
210 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Milwaukee's Best 160
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Milwaukee's Best 160

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hugues De Payens!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Igor Prikhodko and Valeri Chadov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray throws a shot to the body.
De Payens misses with a wild body shot.
Murray comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murray misses with a telegraphed body shot
and De Payens cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
De Payens avoids the body shot from Murray.
Murray missing with a left hand there. De Payens was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
De Payens staying out of range there.
Murray swings and misses with a shot to the body
and De Payens counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murray's knee momentarily.
Murray moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Murray takes one on the button.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and De Payens counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
De Payens avoids the body shot from Murray.
Murray lands a straight punch to the body, keeping De Payens at a distance.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
De Payens keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Murray throws a right hand that misses
and De Payens makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Murray changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. De Payens tries to avoid it but Murray manages to keep hold of a leg and drag De Payens to the ground. De Payens escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by De Payens.
Murray is breathing heavily.
De Payens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Murray throws a jab when De Payens was well out of range.
De Payens uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Murray throws a predictable looking body shot
and De Payens counters with a three punch combo that has Murray backing up. Murray nods at De Payens to acknowledge the strikes.
De Payens punishes Murray's body with a nice straight punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Payens lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
De Payens throws a nice outside leg kick.
Lee Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Payens scores with a body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by De Payens.
De Payens throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
De Payens throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murray takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
De Payens fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murray.
De Payens digs a good hook to Murray's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Payens tries to close the distance and clinch but Murray swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Crunch! De Payens slams his shin into Murray's torso.
De Payens buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murray stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from De Payens.
De Payens tries to clinch but Murray moves out of range.
De Payens cracks Murray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murray looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hugues De Payens is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
De Payens takes one to the side of the head.
De Payens scores with a spinning back kick!

De Payens feints and then winds up with a huge right hand that connects perfectly and sends Murray sprawling to the canvas! Murray rolls over backwards and springs off the cage and manages to regain his footing - how acrobatic! Oh, he's still wobbly - can De Payens finish him?!

Murray is rocked!
Crack! De Payens connects with the perfect overhand right and Murray falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for De Payens!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Hugues De Payens!
An intense looking Hugues De Payens took to the microphone post fight and gave a little speech: 'To understand the nature of enlightenment requires infinite understanding, sometimes the evil we perceive in this reality, is merely our own human nature learning to cast free the shackles of illusion. Love to you all, never stop believing! Broken Halo! You are all God's awake and act as such wi'.
Lee Murray was interviewed post fight and said 'It sucks to get old '.