PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Neil Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rafael Flores (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Flores has chosen The XX - Intro as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Murray
vs
Flores

187 cm
26
215 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

195 cm
25
212 lbs
9 - 5 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Very quick

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Conviction

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Neil Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 5 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Rafael Flores!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Paul Tew and Phil Schofield.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray checks a leg kick.
Flores missing with a left hand there. Murray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Flores fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murray manages to avoid it.
We've been told by Murray's head coaches at Body Pain_12elite_599$+VM that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murray checks a leg kick.
Murray throwing a counter right hand but Flores manages to avoid it.
Flores thumps Murray with a low kick.
Flores connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Flores tries to clinch
and Murray cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Flores rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
enabling Murray to counter with a crisp jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Flores clinches with his opponent.
Flores misses with some punches.
Murray tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Flores just stands there and leans against the cage.
Murray jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Flores walks away with a smile on his face. Murray gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Murray steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Flores.
Murray was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Flores throws a combination that misses
and Murray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Flores getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Flores throws a leg kick
and Murray counters with a nice low kick that buckles Flores's knee momentarily.
Flores misses with a lunging right hand
letting Murray counter with a right hand.
Flores throws an overhand right that lands on Murray's shoulder, as Murray tries to avoid the shot.
Flores lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Flores swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A clash of legs there as Murray blocks the low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Murray misses the target.
Flores throws out a powerful jab.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Flores swings wildly with an uppercut but Murray uses good head movement to avoid it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flores tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murray blocking some punches.
Murray stalling in the clinch but Flores improves position.
Murray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flores working aggressively here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murray blocking some punches.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murray - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.

Murray pulls guard effortlessly.
Murray is looking to sweep but instead, Flores has passed into half guard.
Flores keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Flores prevents Murray from improving his position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flores prevents Murray from standing back up.
Murray tries to kick Flores off in order to stand up. Flores Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Flores controlling from side mount.

Murray explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Flores misses with a looping right.
Flores misses with a lunging right hand
and Murray counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Flores throws a leg kick
and Murray counters with a stiff right hand.
Murray on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Flores misses with a hook
enabling Murray to counter with a crisp jab.
Murray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
As Flores backs away, Murray returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Flores tries a head kick but it misses.
Murray was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Flores throws the left hand but Murray avoids the punch easily.
Flores throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murray counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Flores throws a shot from downtown. Murray moves away and avoids it.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Flores tries to work over Murray's front leg with a kick but Murray checks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rafael Flores dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Flores throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
Flores closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murray cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Rafael Flores seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Flores throws a lazy right hand but Murray sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.

Flores cracks Murray with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Flores has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Murray to stand back up!
Flores tries to clinch
and Murray counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
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!
Flores throws a leg kick which misses Murray's front leg but catches the back leg as Murray tries to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Flores.
Flores tries to clinch up.
Flores just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromMurray.
Flores fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murray.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Flores cracks Murray with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Flores has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Murray to stand back up!

Murray is rocked!
Murray avoids the head kick by Flores.
Oh Murray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
An inside leg kick lands from Flores.
Flores tries to clinch but Murray is having none of it.
Murray sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Flores throws a leg kick which misses Murray's front leg but catches the back leg as Murray tries to avoid it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Murray limp body while Flores jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Rafael Flores!
In his post fight interview, Rafael Flores gave a big smile as he said 'It feels good to beat the best manager in the game. But, Unfortunately you were not able to do that today. Nice fight. '.