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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mick Murphy (ranked 183 p4p, 31 weight class) and George Salvador (ranked 652 p4p, 93 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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203 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
Good gas tank |
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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
15 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mick Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, George Salvador!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Chad Campbell and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salvador pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Salvador in his tracks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Salvador.
Murphy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salvador's head backwards.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Salvador rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Salvador. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy swings for the body but Salvador moves out of range.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Salvador.
Salvador steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Murphy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Salvador swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Salvador closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Salvador pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy throws a jab when Salvador was well out of range.
Murphy backing away here, and Salvador unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Salvador gets off balance looking for a body kick
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Murphy cracks Salvador with a right hand to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Salvador clinches up with Murphy and pushes him back against the cage.
Salvador pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A head punch on the inside from Salvador fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salvador lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Salvador misses with some punches.
Salvador tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Salvador.
Murphy tries to work over Salvador's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Salvador goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Nice body punch from Murphy - that landed with a thud.
Salvador has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Salvador tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Salvador back against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salvador.
Salvador blocking some punches.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Salvador can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
A short body shot lands from Murphy as the two fighters clinch.
Salvador looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch on the inside from Salvador fails to land.
Salvador lands an uppercut.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Salvador.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Salvador backwards.
Salvador pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Salvador working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy digs a right hand into Salvador's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Salvador's gas tank.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Salvador blocks an uppercut.
Salvador lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tries to work over Salvador's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Salvador working aggressively here.
Salvador misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a shot to the body.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy pushes Salvador back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salvador.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Salvador uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Salvador misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salvador backwards.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy blocking some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salvador blocks an uppercut.
Salvador fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy digs a right hand underneath Salvador's ribcage. Salvador let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murphy is leaning against Salvador and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Salvador lands a right hand.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Salvador backwards.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Salvador.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Salvador uses good head movement to avoid it.
Salvador doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Salvador misses with the head strike.
Salvador swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salvador doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Murphy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Salvador looks winded!
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Salvador stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Salvador backwards.
Salvador working aggressively here.
A right hook to the body lands for Murphy.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
Salvador prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Salvador blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Salvador misses with a body punch.
Salvador misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Salvador blocking some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mick Murphy dominated that round.
That's time! Murphy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A big left from Murphy misses.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Salvador now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Salvador moves into range and connects with a jab.
Salvador walks into a left hand.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Salvador.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Salvador moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Salvador swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murphy works the jab nicely.
Murphy avoids the head kick by Salvador.
Nice straight punches there by Murphy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murphy.
Salvador takes a shot to the body in his stride.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.
Salvador misses with a low kick.
Salvador is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy scores with the left hand. Salvador knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Salvador looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Salvador misses with a leg kick
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy connects with a single shot there.
Salvador has taken the fight to the clinch.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murphy tries to work over Salvador's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Salvador's elbow.
Salvador blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salvador lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Salvador is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Salvador lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
Salvador gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Salvador can do to turn this around?
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Mick Murphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salvador wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Salvador blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Salvador misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Salvador misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Salvador avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy is working Salvador over against the cage.
Salvador doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Salvador misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Salvador's elbow.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Salvador misses with a punch on the inside.
Salvador tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salvador blocking some punches.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Salvador controls the action.
Salvador goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Salvador throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salvador misses with a hook from the clinch.
Salvador blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Salvador working aggressively here.
Salvador blocks an uppercut.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Salvador goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Salvador misses with a short punch on the inside.
Salvador misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Murphy - that landed with a thud.
Salvador is breathing heavily.
A short right from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Salvador is rocked!
Salvador throws a head punch that misses.
Salvador is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
Good body shot from Murphy.
Murphy tries a body shot but Salvador blocks it.
Salvador seems to have recovered his senses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy lands a left hand.
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!
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Salvador.
Murphy lands a big right hand that drops Salvador! The killer instinct kicks in and Murphy finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Murphy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mick Murphy!
Mick Murphy took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview.
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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