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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between RP McMurphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Philip Dyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters will be looking to make this an exciting fight for the fans, I'm sure!
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257 lbs
5 - 0 - 0 |
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247 lbs
11 - 3 - 0 |
Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, RP McMurphy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Philip Dyson!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Steve Smith and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McMurphy shoots in and gets a takedown into Dyson's guard.
Dyson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
McMurphy wants to control from the top but Dyson keeps moving.
Dyson punching from the bottom - just letting McMurphy know he's still in a fight.
Dyson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Dyson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dyson keeping full guard, as McMurphy tries to pass.
McMurphy trying to control but Dyson is working from the bottom.
Dyson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dyson wants to sweep but no luck.
Dyson lands some strikes from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyson throws a couple of heel strikes.
McMurphy trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dyson looking to hit a scissor sweep but McMurphy is one step ahead there.
Dyson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurphy is looking to work some ground and pound but Dyson has wrist control.
Dyson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dyson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Dyson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
McMurphy jabs Dyson right on the nose. Dyson blinks but takes it well.
McMurphy throws out a loose jab but Dyson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Dyson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
McMurphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
RP McMurphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McMurphy shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Dyson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
McMurphy wants to control from the top but Dyson keeps moving.
McMurphy content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Dyson throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Dyson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Dyson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dyson throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Dyson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Dyson tries to strike from the bottom.
McMurphy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Dyson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dyson trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Dyson keeping full guard, as McMurphy tries to pass.
Dyson throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Dyson looking to hit a scissor sweep but McMurphy is one step ahead there.
Dyson will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Decent striking displayed by McMurphy there.
McMurphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Dyson throws a counter combo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McMurphy misses with a few strikes there.
McMurphy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Dyson blocks a jab.
Dyson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
McMurphy misses with a combination
and Dyson counters with a three punch combo that has McMurphy backing up. McMurphy nods at Dyson to acknowledge the strikes.
McMurphy cracks Dyson with a right hand to the side of the head.
McMurphy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Dyson as he jumps to the side.
Dyson is looking for the big counter here.
McMurphy gets a takedown into half guard.
Dyson felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMurphy wants to control but Dyson is keeping him busy.
Dyson throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Dyson lands a couple of sideways elbows.
Dyson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Dyson missing with punches from the bottom.
McMurphy trying to control from half guard but Dyson is working away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McMurphy working over Dyson with some ground and pound. Dyson looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
McMurphy blocks the strikes from Dyson.
Dyson punching from the bottom.
Dyson moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dyson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
McMurphy postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
RP McMurphy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
McMurphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Dyson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Dyson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Dyson doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Dyson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dyson throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Dyson keeping moving, preventing McMurphy from controlling successfully.
McMurphy pushes down on Dyson's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Dyson punching from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dyson missing with punches from the bottom.
Dyson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Dyson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
McMurphy blocks the strikes from Dyson.
RP McMurphy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Dyson punching from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurphy wants to free his trapped foot but Dyson is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Dyson misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Dyson tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
McMurphy is pressing down on Dyson's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dyson is holding on for now.
McMurphy winds up and cracks Dyson with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Dyson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dyson punching from the bottom.
Dyson landing strikes from the bottom.
McMurphy is trying to control. Dyson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Dyson regains full guard. Nicely done.
Dyson trying to strike off his back.
Dyson thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
McMurphy slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
Dyson sneaks back into half guard.
McMurphy wants to control but Dyson is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McMurphy blocks the strikes from Dyson.
McMurphy blocks the strikes from Dyson.
McMurphy works his way into side control.
Dyson is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dyson throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land.
Dyson is trying to improve his position.
McMurphy scoring with punches from side control.
McMurphy avoids the strikes from the bottom by Dyson.
McMurphy blocks the strikes from Dyson.
Dyson sneaks back into half guard.
McMurphy tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dyson knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dyson is not content to let McMurphy control the position.
McMurphy controlling the pace.
Dyson is trying to get back to full guard.
McMurphy is trying to control the action in half guard but Dyson is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dyson is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of McMurphy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take McMurphy's back!
McMurphy rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Dyson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McMurphy's head.
Dyson drops an elbow to the side of McMurphy's head.
Dyson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Dyson missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Dyson missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
McMurphy wants to control but Dyson is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McMurphy is looking to improve his position.
Dyson lands with a punch from half guard.
Dyson not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Dyson slips a nice elbow through McMurphy's hands, connecting with McMurphy's forehead.
Dyson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed McMurphy's head.
McMurphy has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dyson is working away from the top position though.
Dyson throwing shots but McMurphy is blocking nicely.
McMurphy keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
McMurphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dyson can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
McMurphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Dyson.
McMurphy moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Dyson throwing strikes but missing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that RP McMurphy will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
McMurphy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Dyson counters with a two punch combo.
Dyson takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
McMurphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Dyson lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Dyson slips under a jab.
Dyson is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
McMurphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Dyson counters with a three punch combo that has McMurphy backing up. McMurphy nods at Dyson to acknowledge the strikes.
The fighters circling - McMurphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McMurphy misses with a hook
and Dyson counters with a series of strikes. McMurphy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dyson ducks under a wild hook from McMurphy.
McMurphy fails to land the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McMurphy bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
McMurphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dyson keeps working.
Dyson is trying to strike from the bottom but McMurphy has passed into full mount.
Dyson is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Dyson is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
McMurphy landing punches.
It looks like Philip Dyson has been cut.
Dyson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Dyson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Dyson is wriggling around trying to escape.
McMurphy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Dyson is squirming around, avoiding McMurphy's attempts to control the action.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dyson swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
McMurphy lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Dyson hang on?
That has opened up Philip Dyson's cut even more.
Dyson flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
McMurphy pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The cut above Philip Dyson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice elbow there by McMurphy.
Philip Dyson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Philip Dyson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). RP McMurphy!
RP McMurphy is the new heavyweight champion!
As RP McMurphy got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Thank you everybody for coming. My opponent, hats off to you, thanks for the great fight, all respect. My coaches and Team Burns helped me so much, thank you. I will continue to shock and inspire nations'.
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energy
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