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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryu Kumamoto (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kirk Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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219 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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188 cm
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222 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ryu Kumamoto!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kirk Murphy!
The judges for this bout are , Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Kumamoto is looking to clinch.
Kumamoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Kumamoto misses with a low kick.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
The fight stays on the outside here - Kumamoto looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A head kick misses from Kumamoto.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Kumamoto takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kumamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Kumamoto uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Kumamoto stuffs the takedown.
Kumamoto clinches up against the cage.
Murphy wants a takedown but no success here.
Ryu Kumamoto has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kirk Murphy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kumamoto tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Murphy is working for takedown but Kumamoto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murphy taking a breather.
Murphy is working for takedown but Kumamoto is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kumamoto prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Kumamoto tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Kumamoto blocks an uppercut.
Murphy is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Kumamoto gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kumamoto utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Murphy looks gassed!
Kumamoto lands a knee to the head.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kumamoto lands a good knee to the midsection. Murphy won't want to take too many of those.
Kumamoto with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Kirk Murphy has been cut.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch but Kumamoto keeps him there for the moment.
Kumamoto landing knees to the head.
Kumamoto working Murphy over with knees to the body.
Kumamoto throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Kumamoto using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Kumamoto tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Kumamoto lands a knee to the head.
Kumamoto looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Murphy goes for a takedown attempt but Kumamoto pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Murphy avoids the head kick by Kumamoto.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Kumamoto throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Kumamoto tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Kumamoto tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Ryu Kumamoto is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Kumamoto tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Kumamoto tries to clinch up.
A solid body kick from Kumamoto.
Kumamoto tries a head kick but it misses.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Murphy.
Kumamoto is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Murphy is putting a hurting on Kumamoto here, landing some big shots from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy working the head and body with strikes.
Murphy goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Kumamoto has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Murphy but great work by Kumamoto.
Kumamoto thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kumamoto throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kumamoto wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Murphy, who protects the arm well.
Murphy regains half guard.
Kumamoto is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Murphy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Murphy kicks off Kumamoto and gets to his feet.
Kumamoto drops his hands momentarily and Murphy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Kumamoto wants to clinch.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Kirk Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kumamoto.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy looks to land a combination. Kumamoto sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Kumamoto tries to move into range but Murphy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Kumamoto is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kumamoto drops his hands momentarily and Murphy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murphy gets the takedown into side control.
Murphy connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kumamoto some visible discomfort.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murphy lands a few punches from side control.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murphy scores with a couple of short elbows.
Murphy cracks Kumamoto with a big elbow.
Murphy working the body and head with strikes.
Murphy scoring with punches from side control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Kumamoto down.
Murphy scoring with punches and elbows.
Murphy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Murphy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Murphy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kirk Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kirk Murphy's cut.
That's time! Kumamoto's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kumamoto sprawls well. Kumamoto wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Murphy gets slowly back to his feet.
Kumamoto throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
Kumamoto tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kumamoto.
Kumamoto throws a nice outside leg kick.
Kumamoto throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Kumamoto plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Kumamoto fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kumamoto lands with a kick to the temple. Murphy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Murphy shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Kumamoto's guard.
Murphy throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Kumamoto works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kumamoto looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kumamoto looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kumamoto!
Kumamoto trying to control the action but Murphy is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Murphy manages to get to full guard.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Murphy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Kumamoto is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Murphy scores with a couple of nice shots.
Kumamoto wants to get back to his feet.
Murphy passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kumamoto trying desperately to get to his feet.
Murphy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Murphy is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Murphy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kirk Murphy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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