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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alex Alexandrov (ranked 2592 p4p, 3186 weight class) and Paddy Murphy (ranked 341 p4p, 395 weight class). Murphy has chosen Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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32 - 35 - 0 |
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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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 32 - 35 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Alexandrov!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Paddy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Damien Edna and Eliza Hachem.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murphy is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Murphy is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Alexandrov's half guard.
Alexandrov on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Alexandrov tries to get out of the position.
Murphy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Murphy drops an elbow to the side of Alexandrov's head.
Murphy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murphy slips a nice elbow through Alexandrov's hands, connecting with Alexandrov's forehead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Murphy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murphy scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murphy slips a nice elbow through Alexandrov's hands, connecting with Alexandrov's forehead.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murphy lands a nice short elbow.
Murphy stops Alexandrov from getting back to his feet.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Murphy working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Alexandrov wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alexandrov knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Murphy on the ground.
Murphy drops an elbow to the side of Alexandrov's head.
Murphy scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Alexandrov pushes Murphy off looking to stand but Murphy dives back in and keeps control.
Alexandrov has hold of Murphy's hands but Murphy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alexandrov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Murphy scores with a couple of nice shots.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy lands with a punch from half guard.
Murphy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Murphy thows a huge punch but Alexandrov dodges it nicely.
Murphy is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Murphy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Murphy winds up and cracks Alexandrov with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a punch from half guard.
Alexandrov makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Alexandrov tries a head kick but it misses.
Murphy throws a big counter head kick but Alexandrov avoids it with no problem.
Alexandrov clinches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alexandrov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexandrov backwards.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Alexandrov landing knees to the head.
Our sources have told us that Alexandrov has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Alexandrov lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murphy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Alexandrov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Still in the clinch, Alexandrov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Alexandrov blocks it.
Alexandrov has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Murphy uses from the top position.
Alexandrov wants to stand but Murphy is controlling the position.
Alexandrov throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov is striking from the bottom but Murphy uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Alexandrov has hold of Murphy's hands but Murphy slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alexandrov pushes Murphy off looking to stand but Murphy dives back in and keeps control.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murphy lands a nice short elbow.
Murphy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Murphy looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alexandrov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Alexandrov is trying to stand up here but Murphy is controlling him well.
Alexandrov is trying to control but Murphy manages to pass to mount!
Alexandrov working to try and regain half guard.
Alexandrov taking shots to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy won't let Alexandrov get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Murphy landing strikes from the mount.
Alexandrov tries to hold on but Murphy pushes him away.
Murphy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Murphy punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murphy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Alexandrov is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Murphy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexandrov wants to hold on but Murphy pushes him away.
Murphy dominating with strikes here.
Murphy lands a big shot there that rocks Alexandrov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Alexandrov is in a horrible position here. Murphy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Alexandrov tries to lock up and control but Murphy gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Murphy lands a heavy elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paddy Murphy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Murphy rushes Alexandrov and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Alexandrov lands a right hand.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Alexandrov avoids the damage to the body.
Alexandrov wants to get back to striking at distance but Murphy won't allow it.
Alexandrov managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Murphy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Alexandrov managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Alexandrov breaks from the clinch.
Alexandrov tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy tries to counter by closing the distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a head kick but Alexandrov moves out of range.
Alexandrov throws a big counter combination but Murphy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Murphy closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Alexandrov to the mat! Alexandrov manages to get full guard.
Alexandrov pushes Murphy off and gets back to his feet.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Alexandrov fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murphy tries to counter by closing the distance.
Murphy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Alexandrov, pushing him back against the cage.
Alexandrov stalling the fight.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
Alexandrov tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Alexandrov avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Murphy to keep the fight standing.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexandrov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Alexandrov throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Alexandrov is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Murphy to keep the fight standing.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Alexandrov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Alexandrov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
Alexandrov takes a shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped Alexandrov in his tracks for a moment.
Stalling in the clinch from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Alexandrov tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Murphy smiles and moves away.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Alexandrov.
Murphy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Alexandrov closes the distance and clinches.
Murphy looking to slow down the pace here.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Alexandrov can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy scores with a knee to the head.
Murphy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Alexandrov backwards.
Murphy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Alexandrov misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Alexandrov is blocking nicely.
Alexandrov tries to stall but Murphy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Alexandrov drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murphy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov taking a breather.
Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexandrov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Alexandrov blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Alexandrov works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Alexandrov avoids the damage to the body.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Murphy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Murphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Alexandrov backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Paddy Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!
Alexandrov shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Murphy eats them both and turns towards Alexandrov to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Murphy scores with a head kick.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Murphy.
Alexandrov throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alexandrov slaps away a takedown attempt from Murphy, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Murphy gets a clinch.
Alexandrov is trying to pull guard but Murphy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Alexandrov.
Murphy misses with an elbow strike.
Alexandrov avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy wants to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy trying to stall but Alexandrov improves his position.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy working Alexandrov over with knees to the body.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Alexandrov.
Alexandrov pressing his opponent against the cage.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alexandrov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alexandrov blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Alexandrov tries to pull guard but Murphy holds him up against the cage and eventually Alexandrov drops back down to his feet.
Alexandrov fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Alex Alexandrov. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alexandrov tries to pull guard but Murphy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Alexandrov jumps guard but Murphy stands there with Alexandrov around his waist. Alexandrov gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Murphy is stalling here.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Alexandrov shrugs off.
Alexandrov lands a left hand.
Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body.
Alex Alexandrov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Alexandrov tries to pull guard but Murphy forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Alexandrov is trying to force a seperation but Murphy has the dominant position.
Murphy controlling the action here for a moment.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Paddy Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
Alexandrov misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alexandrov unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexandrov blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Alexandrov tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Alexandrov blocks it.
Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage.
Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Alexandrov jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murphy walks away with a smile on his face. Alexandrov gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
No luck for Murphy with that takedown attempt.
Alexandrov throws a big counter combination but Murphy scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Alexandrov blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Alexandrov is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Murphy changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Alexandrov looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Alexandrov throws his opponent off and manages to get back to his feet! Nicely done!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to maintain a safe position but Alexandrov gets an underhook and turns Murphy into the cage.
Alexandrov jumps guard but Murphy turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Alexandrov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Alexandrov gets a clinch.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Alexandrov controls the action.
Alexandrov misses with a body punch.
Murphy being controlled against the cage.
Alexandrov taking a breather.
A nice right hand lands inside from Alexandrov.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Alexandrov avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Paddy Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Alexandrov.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paddy Murphy.
I've got Murphy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Eliza Hachem scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paddy Murphy!
An out of breath Paddy Murphy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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