PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Kuchar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Murray
vs
Kuchar

180 cm
33
160 lbs
20 - 8 - 0

170 cm
33
158 lbs
9 - 2 - 0

Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent

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 20 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matt Kuchar!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kuchar missing with a left hand there. Murray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Kuchar has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kuchar misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Kuchar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kuchar moves out of range as Murray strikes.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Kuchar moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Kuchar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Kuchar swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheers as Murray lands an impressive looking overhand right. Kuchar doesn't seem phased though.
Kuchar walks into a jab.
Murray throws a nice head kick!
The fighters circling - Kuchar throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murray swinging wildly here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kuchar misses with a head kick.
Murray lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Kuchar lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Murray keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A right-left combo lands from Murray.
Murray's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Murray duly obliges.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Nice straight punches there by Murray. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murray.
Kuchar throws a head kick but Murray moves out of range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Kuchar.
Murray throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kuchar rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murray moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murray throws a body punch but Kuchar moves out of range.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Kuchar dodges the punch combination from Murray.
Kuchar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murray throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kuchar stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kuchar throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Kuchar on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murray lands with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuchar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murray bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Kuchar takes a shot right to the bread basket.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a hook.
Murray is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Murray moves away from the strike by Kuchar.
Kuchar misses with a low kick.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Murray fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murray scores with a shot to the body.
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
John Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kuchar uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Murray throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Kuchar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murray.
Murray slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Kuchar misses with a straight left.
A punch combination from Murray misses.
Murray scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murray lands a right hook to the body.
A shot to the liver by Murray. Beautiful body shot.
A punch lands to the side of Kuchar 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Kuchar is just out of range.
Murray listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murray is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Murray cracks Kuchar with a good jab.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuchar lands a nice hook to Murray's body. Murray takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Kuchar throws a head kick that misses.
Kuchar looks to land a left hand but Murray moved out of range nicely.
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
It seemed like Kuchar was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murray.
Murray throws a right hand that misses
and Kuchar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Kuchar staying out of range there.
Kuchar is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Murray slips a jab from Kuchar.
Kuchar avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murray scores with a sloppy right hand. Kuchar should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Kuchar.
Kuchar takes one on the button.
Murray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murray moves out of range of the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kuchar loads up on a big right hand but Murray slips the punch.
Murray throws the left hand but Kuchar avoids the punch easily.
Kuchar connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murray's hands.

It looks like John Murray has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A chopping leg kick lands by Kuchar.
Murray throws a predictable looking body shot
and Kuchar counters with a left to the body.
Kuchar thows a body kick. Murray tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Kuchar is looking to clinch.
Murray misses with a straight right.
Murray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murray blocks a jab.
A jab from Murray does it's job there.
Kuchar scoring well with a low kick there.
Jab from Murray.
Murray throws a series of punches but Kuchar avoids them all with ease.
Kuchar only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Kuchar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murray moves away.
Murray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Kuchar.
Kuchar loads up on a big right hand but Murray slips the punch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murray misses with a few strikes there.
Murray walks into a jab.
A punch combination from Kuchar misses.
Murray tries to bum rush Kuchar with a series of wild strikes but Kuchar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

John Murray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on John Murray's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Murray throws a shot to the body.

Kuchar darts in and clinches Murray up against the cage.
Kuchar blocks a body shot from Murray.
Murray avoiding damage as Kuchar throws knees to the body.
Kuchar throws a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Kuchar.
Kuchar fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kuchar misses with a knee strike.
Murray has had enough of the clinch but Kuchar keeps him there for the moment.
Kuchar tries to land knees in the clinch but Murray avoids the damage to the body.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Kuchar just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murray's brow.
Kuchar has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Murray tries to throw a body punch but Kuchar avoids it by throwing Murray back against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kuchar throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murray landing knees to the head.

It looks like Matt Kuchar has been cut.
Kuchar misses with a punch to the body.

Murray breaks the clinch.
Murray cracks Kuchar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kuchar slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
Kuchar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murray slips under a jab from Kuchar.
Murray dips to his left and cracks Kuchar with an uppercut!
Kuchar connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murray swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kuchar.
Kuchar throws a jab when Murray was well out of range.
A little feinted left hand from Murray on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kuchar avoids the body shot from Murray.
Kuchar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Kuchar.
Murray walks into a straight right hand from Kuchar.
Kuchar tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuchar manages to avoid it.
Murray defending well as Kuchar loads up on a big left hand.
Murray scores with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
Murray swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Kuchar.
John Murray is winning the standup battle so far.
Murray works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Murray waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Kuchar.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Kuchar.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Murray misses with a head kick.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Kuchar moves away.
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
Kuchar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A slow jab from Murray misses its intended target.
Kuchar chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murray lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Kuchar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murray misses with an uppercut.
Kuchar is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murray.
Murray moves out of range of the leg kick from Kuchar.
Kuchar throws a leg kick that is checked
and Murray counters with a series of strikes. Kuchar will be more careful next time no doubt.
Murray takes a swing at Kuchar's ribcage but misses.
Kuchar loads up on a big right hand but Murray slips the punch.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kuchar manages to avoid it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kuchar throws a leg kick but Murray sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Murray misses the body punch
and Kuchar counters with a stiff right hand.
Murray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Kuchar lands a jab to the nose.

Murray is rocked!
Murray switches off momentarily and Kuchar cracks him with a monster right hand! Murray topples backwards and makes a semi conscious attempt to cover up, as Kuchar dives in to land one more shot, before the referee has time to call the fight. What a finish by Kuchar!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Kuchar!
A less than humble Matt Kuchar misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
John Murray spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck this fuckin' shit. Fuck you opponent, Fuck you crowd, and fuck you ref'.