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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Murhaa (ranked 861 p4p, 118 weight class) and Norman Pearson (ranked 698 p4p, 98 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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272 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Mike Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Norman Pearson!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Donald Grub and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pearson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murhaa cracks Pearson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Pearson keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from Pearson misses the target.
Murhaa tries to counter by clinching up but Pearson breaks away and moves out of range.
Murhaa clinches with his opponent.
Pearson lands with a left to the head.
Pearson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Pearson swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa misses with a body punch.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Pearson controls his hands.
Murhaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murhaa misses with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Pearson.
A short uppercut from Pearson.
Pearson misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
Pearson working aggressively here.
Pearson scores with a shoulder strike.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa lands an uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pearson.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murhaas head.
Good body shot from Pearson.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pearson lands a hook that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Pearson's elbow.
A right hand to the body from Pearson.
Murhaa is breathing heavily.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Pearson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pearson has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murhaa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Pearson can turn it around.
Murhaa tries to work over Pearson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short uppercut from Pearson.
Pearson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murhaa's elbow.
Pearson lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Pearson uses good head movement to avoid it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Pearson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Pearson pushes Murhaa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Pearson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pearson drops Murhaa onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Murhaa is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Murhaa is rocked!
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!
Pearson creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Murhaa with a big uppercut! Murhaa tries to clinch up but Pearson pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Murhaa to the mat! Murhaa covers up and Pearson unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Norman Pearson!
A very excited looking Norman Pearson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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