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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Aleksi Heimo (ranked 2151 p4p, 114 weight class) and Alex Murray (ranked 2551 p4p, 134 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Great elbows
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Aleksi Heimo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Alex Murray!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Wagner Zegers and Radbod Blank.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray misses with a wild body shot.
Murray on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murray throws a big shot that misses.
Heimo attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Murray has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Sloppy strikes from Murray. Those never looked like landing.
Heimo misses with a wild combination.
Heimo swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murray misses with a hook
enabling Heimo to counter with a crisp jab.
Heimo missing with a left hand there. Murray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A combination from Heimo does no damage.
Murray misses with a hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray closes the distance and clinches.
Murray lands with a short shot to the head.
Heimo can't find room to land a body shot as Murray controls the action.
Murray throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Heimo breaks the clinch.
Heimo dodges the punch combination from Murray.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimo throws a right and a left that both miss.
Heimo throws a head kick but Murray moves out of range.
Heimo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Heimo has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murray finds it's way round the side to connect with Heimo's head.
Heimo shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murray takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Heimo cracks the inside of Murray's front leg.
Murray misses with a straight left.
Murray throws a jab when Heimo was well out of range.
Murray throws a jab but it's blocked by Heimo.
Murray swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Heimo counters with a thumping low kick.
Murray throws a big shot that misses.
Heimo lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Murray connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murray takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Heimo. Murray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heimo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Murray misses its intended target.
Heimo thuds a left hand into Murray's body.
Heimo lands a glancing blow to the side of Murray's head.
Heimo throws a head kick but Murray moves out of range.
Heimo throws a body shot but no joy.
Heimo throws a hook but Murray avoids it easily.
Heimo misses with a series of wild punches.
Heimo tries to keep at a distance but Murray has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murray looking to slow down the pace here.
Heimo lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murray is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Murray blocks a body shot from Heimo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Heimo lands an uppercut.
Murray misses with a knee strike.
Heimo goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murray is pushing Heimo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A head punch on the inside from Heimo fails to land.
Murray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Murray - that landed with a thud.
Heimo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murray stalls.
Heimo tries to throw a body punch but Murray avoids it by throwing Heimo back against the cage.
Murray lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Aleksi Heimo has been cut.
Heimo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Heimo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murray's elbow.
Heimo throws a head punch that misses.
Heimo misses with a punch to the body.
Murray is trying to stall.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Heimo can't find room to land a body shot as Murray controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murray.
Heimo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Heimo tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murray's elbow.
Heimo lands with a left to the head.
Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
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!
Murray trying to stall but Heimo improves his position.
A right hand to the body from Heimo.
Heimo misses with a punch to the body.
Heimo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The fighters circling - Murray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murray scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Heimo misses with a two punch combination.
Heimo scores with a kick to the body.
Heimo listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Heimo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murray.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aleksi Heimo dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aleksi Heimo's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Murray misses with a hook.
Heimo uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murray.
Alex Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Heimo fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murray manages to avoid it.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Murray misses with a straight left.
Heimo swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murray misses with a hook
and Heimo counters with a straight right hand.
Murray tries to clinch but Heimo moves out of range.
Murray looks to throw the jab but Heimo is out of range.
Heimo swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murray lands with a good body shot.
Murray takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Heimo throws a big shot that misses.
Heimo throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray throws a looping overhand right but Heimo ducks down to avoid it.
Heimo throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Heimo takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murray connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Heimo digs a good hook to Murray's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Heimo misses with a body shot.
Heimo lands a jab to the head.
Murray on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Heimo keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Heimo tries to bum rush Murray with a series of wild strikes but Murray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murray tries to clinch but Heimo moves out of range.
Murray loads up on a big right hand but Heimo slips the punch.
An attempted straight right counter from Heimo misses the target.
Heimo misses with a wild combination.
Heimo lands a jab.
Heimo uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murray.
Heimo swinging wildly here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Heimo throws a body shot but no joy.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A good leg kick by Heimo.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a body punch but Heimo moves out of range.
Heimo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murray can do to turn this around?
Nice defenses there by Heimo.
A slow jab from Murray misses its intended target.
Heimo scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murray in his tracks.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray takes a swing at Heimo's ribcage but misses.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Heimo swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Heimo swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Heimo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murray.
Heimo takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Heimo paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Heimo appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Murray lands a glancing blow to the side of Heimo's head.
Heimo avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Heimo takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Good exchange - Heimo coming out on top.
Murray loads up on a big right hand but Heimo slips the punch.
Murray staying out of range there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Heimo.
Heimo tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Heimo.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Murray in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Heimo stuns Murray with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Heimo throws a nice looking combination but Murray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Heimo swinging wildly here.
Heimo tries to move into range but Murray moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Heimo waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murray.
Murray tries to clinch but Heimo moves out of range.
Heimo avoids the body shot from Murray.
Murray dodges the punch combination from Heimo.
Murray misses with a hook.
Murray swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murray tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Heimo manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Heimo was well out of range. Poor timing from Murray.
Murray dips to his left and cracks Heimo with an uppercut!
Murray jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A punch lands to the side of Heimo 's head but he takes it in his stride.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murray lands a nice shot that snaps Heimo's head back.
Heimo is rocked!
Murray drops Heimo with a straight right hand, right on the button! Murray follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alex Murray!
Alex Murray seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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