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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lyoto Yoshida (ranked 1738 p4p, 232 weight class) and Shane Murphy (ranked 2973 p4p, 367 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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189 lbs
5 - 2 - 0 |
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190 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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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
5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Lyoto Yoshida!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Shane Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but Yoshida shows good takedown defense.
Murphy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Yoshida swivels and escapes.
Yoshida rushes Murphy and presses him up against the cage.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Yoshida is blocking nicely.
Yoshida lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
We've been informed that Murphy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy avoids the elbow strike from Yoshida, against the cage.
A short right from Yoshida on the inside.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
Yoshida stalling.
Yoshida lands a left hand.
Yoshida lands an elbow that stopped Murphy in his tracks for a moment.
It looks like Shane Murphy has been cut.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Yoshida blocks it.
Yoshida scores a nice knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy misses with a knee strike.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Yoshida as Murphy tries to tie him up.
Yoshida digs a right hand underneath Murphy's ribcage. Murphy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Yoshida throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yoshida is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Yoshida presses Murphy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Nice body punch from Yoshida - that landed with a thud.
Yoshida comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Yoshida stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murphy looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Yoshida scores with a nice short uppercut.
Yoshida works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Yoshida throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
A body shot lands from Yoshida.
Yoshida is working Murphy over against the cage.
Yoshida lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Yoshida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
That has opened up Shane Murphy's cut even more.
Yoshida lands a nice uppercut.
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!
Yoshida lands a nice shot to the body.
Yoshida lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Yoshida blocks it with crossed arms.
Yoshida working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Yoshida lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yoshida lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Yoshida scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
The cut above Shane Murphy's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
A nice left hand lands by Yoshida.
A short uppercut from Yoshida.
Nice body punch from Yoshida - that landed with a thud.
Yoshida gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Yoshida presses Murphy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Yoshida lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Yoshida scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Yoshida.
Yoshida lands an elbow just above Murphy 's eye.
Shane Murphy's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Yoshida lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Yoshida leaning against his opponent.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Yoshida takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Yoshida lands an uppercut.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Shane Murphy's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Lyoto Yoshida!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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