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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dave Murray (ranked 2940 p4p, 4766 weight class) and Ricardo Mendes (ranked 389 p4p, 544 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dave Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricardo Mendes!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mendes fails with a takedown attempt.
Murray slaps away a takedown attempt from Mendes, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Mendes moves into the clinch.
Mendes lands a knee to the body.
Mendes is pressed up against the cage. Murray has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Mendes down to the mat. Mendes avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Mendes throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Mendes fails to land the takedown.
Dave Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ricardo Mendes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mendes lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Dave Murray has been cut.
Murray 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray prevents Mendes from getting back to his feet.
Murray working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Mendes trying to control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Mendes can do anything to dispel that myth.
Murray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murray scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Mendes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Murray doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Murray manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Mendes looks winded!
Murray chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray with a nice head shot there.
Murray throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murray scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murray missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Mendes keeping full guard, as Murray tries to pass.
Murray cracks Mendes with a solid left hand.
Murray content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Murray is in close to Mendes's body, working some short punches and elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murray accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mendes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Murray's guard.
Murray bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Mendes's guard.
Murray landing some decent shots from guard.
Murray works over Mendes with some ground and pound from guard.
Murray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Murray landing with the ground and pound.
Murray working some strikes from top position.
Murray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Murray landing with the ground and pound.
Murray scoring with some ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray scoring with some ground and pound.
Mendes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Murray lands a couple of elbows.
Murray postures up and lands a big shot to Mendes's brow.
Murray postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendes looking for a sweep. Not yet Mendes, not yet.
Murray landing with the ground and pound.
Murray lands a couple of digs.
Murray looking to pass the guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Murray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dave Murray's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Murray darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Mendes keeping hold of Murray's head, controlling as best he can.
Mendes looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Murray slips a nice elbow through Mendes's hands, connecting with Mendes's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Mendes is breathing heavily.
Mendes wants to improve his position but Murray is controlling well.
Nice strikes from Murray there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Murray drops an elbow to the side of Mendes's head.
Mendes is rocked!
Murray seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Mendes is still in real trouble! Can Murray finish him?
Murray scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murray slips a nice elbow through Mendes's hands, connecting with Mendes's forehead.
Murray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Mendes punching from the bottom.
Murray is sitting in half guard. He's postured up and lands a nice elbow. Oh, Mendes is hurt! He's hurt bad - Murray fires away with more strikes and the referee jumps in to save Mendes from any more punishment! Congratulations to Murray! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Murray!
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FIGHT
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