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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sully Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Granzi Marx (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Sully Murphy has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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161 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Granite chin |
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sully Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Granzi Marx!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy rushes Marx and presses him up against the cage.
Murphy looking for a takedown.
Marx lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Marx gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Murphy.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murphy tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sully Murphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Marx working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Marx slows down the pace here.
A short right from Marx on the inside.
Marx breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No luck for Murphy with that takedown attempt.
Murphy has a takedown stuffed.
Murphy doesn't manage to clinch there - Marx circles away.
Murphy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Marx fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murphy, pushing him back against the cage.
Murphy looking for a takedown.
Marx lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Marx taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A short body shot lands from Marx as the two fighters clinch.
Marx lands with a left to the head.
Marx pulls guard.
Murphy won't allow Marx to sweep him here.
Marx wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marx tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Murphy throwing strikes from guard but Marx blocks nicely.
Marx wants to sweep but no luck.
Marx really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Murphy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murphy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Marx is pulling down on Murphy's head to control his posture.
Marx wants to sweep but no luck.
Marx is trying to keep Murphy in close.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Marx shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Murphy is working to get back to half guard.
Murphy is squirming around, avoiding Marx's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Marx landing strikes, looking to finish!
A nice elbow there by Marx.
Murphy tries to hold on but Marx postures up.
Marx scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Murphy?
Marx wants to finish this one by submission but Murphy is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Marx.
Marx can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Murphy is looking to escape.
Murphy regains half guard.
Marx not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murphy throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Murphy punching from the bottom.
Marx tries to pass to full mount but Murphy defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Marx trying to control the action but Murphy is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Marx throws a strike but Murphy avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Marx looking to sit in guard and control but Murphy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Murphy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marx is keeping the position for now.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Murphy clinches with his opponent.
Marx lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marx escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy has his takedown stuffed
and Marx counters by moving into the clinch.
Marx has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Murphy is trying to keep an underhook but Marx manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Murphy is trying to control but can't.
Marx is looking to take a break and control but Murphy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Murphy punching from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy wants to control but Marx is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Marx looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Murphy regains full guard. Nicely done.
Murphy working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Marx doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Murphy is tightening it up a little... Marx has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Marx reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Marx taps out! nice BJJ there by Murphy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Sully Murphy!
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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