PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Andy Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chance Chase (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray comes to the cage accompanied by Go Square Go. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Murray
vs
Chase

191 cm
18
180 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

182 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Andy Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chance Chase!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chase wants to clinch.
Murray scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Nice takedown defense from Murray. No joy for Chase on that attempt.
Murray with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chase checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
An inside leg kick from Murray misses.

Chase scores with a takedown into Murray's guard.
Murray has his hands on Chase's head, controlling the position.
Chase is looking to stand up but Murray won't let him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chase is stalling in the full guard.
Chase trying to control but Murray is working from the bottom.
Murray lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Chase!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Murray looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Chase is working to get back to half guard.
Chase bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Chase throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Murray is trying to keep Chase in close.
Murray has Chase pulled in close to control his posture.
Chase controlling from the top position.
Murray manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Murray tries to control but Chase wriggling away.
Chase is in all sorts of trouble here.
Murray is trying to take his opponent's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase is just holding on here. Murray manages to take his back.
Good control from Murray.
Will Murray go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Murray controlling well, preventing Chase from escaping the position.
Murray is not going to allow Chase to sit and survive in this position.
Chase looks gassed!
Chase is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Murray has good solid back control here.
Chase manages to reverse the position and now he's in Murray's guard. Nice work there by Chase.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Chase being controlled here momentarily.
Chase trying to control but Murray is working from the bottom.
Murray looking to control.

The referee stands the fighters back up. Andy Murray just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Murray stuffs the takedown attempt from Chase. Chase gets slowly back to his feet.
Chase avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murray pushes Chase away with a front kick.
Chase avoids the head kick by Murray.
Murray waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Chase.
Chase shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murray but Murray pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Andy Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chance Chase.
Murray lands a head kick!

Chase looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Murray!
Chase trying to control but he's not successful this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andy Murray dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

A left and a right from Chase both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Andy Murray has been cut.
Murray scores with a jab to the jaw.
Murray connects with a high kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Murray.
Murray swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murray lands a head kick!
Chase shoots in for a takedown but Murray shows good takedown defense.
Chase moves out of range of the leg kick from Murray.
Murray buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chase tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Murray swivels and escapes.
Murray lands a jab to the head.
Chase fails with the takedown.
Andy Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chance Chase.
Murray pulls out of a head kick attempt.

Chase looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Murray!
Murray can't escape the position.
Murray wants to control but Chase is having none of it.
Chase controlling the position easily from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Chase lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Chase content just to control the position here.
Murray is squirming around, avoiding Chase's attempts to control the action.
Chase avoids the attempt from Murray to control.
Chase pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Murray wants to hold on but Chase pushes him away.
Murray sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Chase trying to control from half guard but Murray is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Chase connects with a nice short shot to Murray's temple.
Murray tries to roll over but Chase keeps him under control.
Still in half guard, Chase seems content to control.
Chase is trying to control the action in half guard but Murray is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Murray holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Murray trying to control but Chase postures up.
Murray is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Murray looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Chase misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Andy Murray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot lands for Murray.
Chase takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murray lands a nice leg kick that just misses Chase's sensitive parts.
Chase throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Chase fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Murray is fending him off so far but Chase persists. Nope, Murray circles away and we're back to standing.
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Chase checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Chase fails to land with a series of punches.
Chase fails with the takedown.

Chase shoots in and bounces Murray off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Murray keeping full guard, as Chase tries to pass.

Chase decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Murray, up you get!
Chase checks a low kick from Murray.
Murray throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murray throws a front kick aimed at Chase's knee but Chase avoids it well.
Chase fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Murray doesn't manage to clinch there - Chase circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Chase feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Murray keeping moving, preventing Chase from controlling successfully.
Chase looking to pass the guard.

Murray working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Chase has passed into half guard!
Murray is looking to improve his position.
Murray is looking to control Chase's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Murray avoid being mounted?
Murray controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.

Murray actively working from the bottom here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Chance Chase showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Andy Murray's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Murray scores with a leg kick.
Chase checks a low kick from Murray.
Chance Chase is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Chase moves out of range of the leg kick from Murray.
Chase fails to land the takedown.
Murray misses with a body kick.
Chase throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
Murray throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chase.
Murray connects with a solid leg kick.
Chase throws a head kick but Murray moves out of range.
Murray chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murray tries to work over Chase's front leg with a kick but Chase checks it.
Murray is looking to clinch but Chase is avoiding it.
Murray misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Chase.
Murray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Chase tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murray keeps Chase at a distance using the push kick.
Chase takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murray feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Chase's calf.
Good leg kick by Murray there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Chase will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Murray avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray throws a head kick that Chase semi-blocks.
Chase checks the leg kick nicely there.
Chase chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murray can pounce on him.
Murray goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chase shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murray as he avoids it easily.
Andy Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chance Chase.
Murray wants to slow Chase down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice sprawl there from Murray as Chase shoots in.
Chase takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murray stuffs the takedown.
Murray throws a nice outside leg kick.
Chase tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murray pivots, looking for a leg kick but Chase is out of range and Murray settles back down.
Chase takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Chase pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murray avoids a punch combination nicely.

Chase changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Murray looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Chase scoring with punches from side control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray defending against the ground and pound.
Murray is trying to get back to half guard.

Chase tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Chase has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Murray is not content to let Chase control the position.
Murray is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Chase off and has taken his back!

Chase preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Murray.
Chase is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Murray controlling the positon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chase wants to control his opponent's hands but Murray gets his hands free.
Chase rolls, trying to escape but Murray keeps control of the position.
Chase is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Murray is not going to allow Chase to sit and survive in this position.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Murray's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Chase is trying to break free.

Chase showing good submission defense here.
Chance Chase has got the better of the ground game so far.
Murray wants to control but Chase manages to buck him off and is now in Murray's guard! Nice work there by Chase!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Murray is looking to score with low kicks.
Chase throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murray's waist but Murray gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Chase off to one side.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Chase checks a leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Murray misses.
Chase throws the left hand but Murray avoids the punch easily.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Chase tries a head kick but it misses.
Murray does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Murray throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murray connects with a solid leg kick.
Nice body kick from Murray.
Chase circles away from the clinch attempt

and Chase counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Murray's guard now.
Murray working a defensive guard here.
Chase thows a big elbow that misses.
Chase is looking to advance position but Murray has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Chase tries to hold on but Murray postures up.

And that's the end of the fight!
Andy Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Murray has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 29:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andy Murray!