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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Murphy (ranked 8065 p4p, 731 weight class) and Blake Justice (ranked 2715 p4p, 354 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Róisín Murphy - Primitive. The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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213 lbs
45 - 34 - 2 |
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190 cm
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206 lbs
11 - 7 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
45 - 34 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Blake Justice!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Justice counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Justice.
Justice preventing the sweep.
Justice working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Justice is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Justice passes Murphy's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Justice is trying to work for a kimura but Murphy is defending well.
Justice perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Justice scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Murphy wants to get back to full guard.
Justice is taking a breather. Murphy says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Murphy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Justice.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Justice is trying to control. Murphy wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Justice controlling the action here.
Justice tries to pass the half guard into mount. Murphy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Justice is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Murphy sees it coming and defends easily.
Murphy is trying to get back to full guard.
Justice with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murphy blocking the ground and pound attempt from Justice.
Justice seems to be working for a kimura but Murphy defends the submission attempt.
Justice is pressing down on Murphy's thigh, looking to free his foot. Murphy is holding on for now.
Justice 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 avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Justice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Justice lands with a punch from half guard.
Murphy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Justice keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Justice scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Justice is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Murphy sees it coming and defends easily.
Justice with the ground and pound but Murphy uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Justice stands and throws Murphy's legs to the side, diving into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Justice fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Justice content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Justice scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Murphy to see if he's OK.
Justice scores with punches from side control.
Murphy seems a little lost for a moment, as Justice dominates the positioning.
Let's hope that Justice has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Justice working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murphy being controlled for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blake Justice dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Justice moves into the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Justice.
Justice stalling in the clinch.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy breaks the clinch.
Murphy throws a head kick but Justice moves out of range.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Justice counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Murphy's face as Justice controls the position.
Justice tries to advance to mount but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A lull in the action here as Justice stalls from top position.
Murphy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Justice trying to control the position but Murphy is working away.
Justice has hold of Murphy's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Murphy tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Justice cranks the arm and Murphy screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Murphy, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Blake Justice!
Brian Murphy spoke after the fight, saying 'Can I still cut it?'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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