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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Liam Murphy (ranked 2966 p4p, 2972 weight class) and Bruce Kiwi (ranked 413 p4p, 415 weight class). Kiwi has chosen Ka Mate Nagual as his entrance music. Liam Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Liam Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Bruce Kiwi!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Dean Styles and Joseph Jones.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kiwi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Kiwi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murphy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murphy breaks the clinch.
Decent striking displayed by Kiwi there.
Kiwi tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Kiwi gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A short right from Murphy.
A short body shot lands from Kiwi as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Kiwi struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Kiwi lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Murphy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Kiwi tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Kiwi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Bruce Kiwi seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kiwi connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Kiwi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kiwi scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Kiwi darts in and clinches Murphy up against the cage.
Kiwi misses with a body punch.
Kiwi scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Kiwi has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kiwi.
Kiwi closes the distance and clinches.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Murphy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy throws a push kick but Kiwi slaps the foot to one side.
Kiwi let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Kiwi moves to clinch but Murphy breaks away
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Kiwi connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murphy. Murphy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kiwi ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Kiwi misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Kiwi misses with a jab to the body
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Kiwi throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Kiwi swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Kiwi, as that shot connected.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Kiwi.
Kiwi scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Kiwi misses with a looping right.
Kiwi blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Kiwi doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Kiwi is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
Kiwi tries to clinch up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bruce Kiwi dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Kiwi digs a good hook to Murphy's body.
Kiwi looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Kiwi throws a sloppy body shot
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murphy darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Kiwi scores with a jab to the head.
Kiwi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Kiwi misses with a wild body shot.
Kiwi tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
It appears Murphy was looking to counter with a kick there.
Kiwi tries to clinch up
and Murphy counters with a nice body kick.
Kiwi cracks Murphy with an open hand slap.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Kiwi.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Kiwi.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Kiwi lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murphy doesn't seem phased though.
Kiwi throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Kiwi misses with a hook.
Murphy tried to counter with a leg kick but Kiwi avoided it.
Kiwi with a nice cross.
Kiwi moves into the clinch successfully.
Kiwi swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiwi struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murphy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Kiwi tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kiwi throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kiwi throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy slips under a jab from Kiwi.
Kiwi steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy lunges at Kiwi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Kiwi's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kiwi blocks an uppercut.
Murphy lands a right hand.
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Murphy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Kiwi clinches up against the cage.
Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiwi.
Murphy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murphy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
A jab from Kiwi does it's job there.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kiwi rushes Murphy and presses him up against the cage.
Kiwi lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Bruce Kiwi will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Murphy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Kiwis jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Murphy moves away from the strike by Kiwi.
Kiwi forces Murphy back against the cage and clinches.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Murphy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Kiwi.
Bruce Kiwi seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kiwi swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Kiwi struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Kiwi controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Kiwi.
Kiwi is leaning against Murphy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Kiwi.
Murphy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Kiwi.
A jab from Murphy misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a head kick but Kiwi moves out of range.
Murphy gets tackled into the cage by Kiwi. Kiwi maintains the clinch.
I was talking to Murphy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Kiwi working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Kiwi lands with a left to the head.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Kiwi lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tries to work over Kiwi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Kiwi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Kiwi lands a left hand.
Kiwi lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Murphy to his knees! Kiwi keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Bruce Kiwi!
Bruce Kiwi thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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