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Event:
BFT-459
Date: Jun 25, 2016 |
#R1#
Murray needs to keep his hands up - Wallace had a free shot at his head there.
Wallace misses with a wild body shot.
Murray is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Wallace looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murray is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
A combination from Murray does no damage.
Wallace tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murray swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wallace wants to land a leg kick but Murray is out of range.
Murray uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Wallace has time to react.
Wallace throws a sloppy body shot
and Murray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wallace swings for the body but Murray moves out of range.
Murray unleashes a big counter combination but Wallace bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Murray moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.#CL2#
Murray gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray tries to work over Wallace's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #BC2#
Murray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murray misses with a looping left.#T1#
A looping hook to the body misses from Wallace. Murray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Despite the aggression on Murray's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Wallace throws a body shot but no joy.
Murray is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Murray misses with a few strikes there.
Murray cracks Wallace with an open hand slap.
Wallace avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.#CL2#
Murray has closed the distance and engaged Wallace in a clinch.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Wallace.
Wallace tries to work over Murray's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A short body shot lands from Murray as the two fighters clinch.
#T2#
Wallace looking to slow down the pace here.#BC2#
Murray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL2#
Murray rushes Wallace and presses him up against the cage.
Murray missing with knees to the body.
Wallace blocks the elbow strike.
Murray blocks a body shot from Wallace.
Wallace swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Wallace goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Wallace has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Murray after a bit of a struggle. #BC2#
Murray breaks the clinch.
Wallace misses with a takedown
and Murray counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wallace dodges the punch combination from Murray.
#T3##CL2#
Murray has taken the fight to the clinch.
Wallace tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
Wallace misses with a hook to the ribs.
A left hand lands to the body for Murray.
Wallace misses with a short punch on the inside.
Wallace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Wallace is trying to stall.
Wallace on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray digs a right hand underneath Wallace's ribcage. Wallace let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Wallace effectively controlling the action here.
Murray being controlled against the cage.#T4#
Wallace struggles to land a body shot inside as Murray controls his hands.
#BC2#
Murray manages to break the clinch.
Murray feints a jab promting Wallace to slip. Murray then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Wallace slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Murray works Wallace's body with a nice hook.
Murray scores with a jab to the body.
Wallace is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Murray pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Wallace back to the cage. Murray follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray feints a kick and comes over the top with a right hand, followed by a left hook - both land, sending Wallace crashing to the mat! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Lee Murray!
A relieved looking Lee Murray thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Antoine Wallace was interviewed post fight and said 'He was the better man tonight...the A-Train will be back and better than ever.'.
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Event:
BFT-453
Date: May 14, 2016 |
#R1#
Rokka scores with a hook.
Rokka lands a head shot.
Rokka shoots in and drives through. Murray sprawls well.#CL#
Rokka clinches.
Rokka is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Murray gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Rokka throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray.
Murray's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#BC#
Rokka's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murray lands a two punch combo.
Rokka throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rokka scores with a hook.
Rokka misses with a takedown attempt - Murray sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Antero Rokka. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Rokka lands with a nice combination. Murray backs away looking to recover.#CL2#
Murray fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rokka, pushing him back against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Rokka has been working on his elbows in the gym.#BC#
Rokka escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rokka misses with a lunging right hand
letting Murray counter with a right hand.
Rokka misses with an uppercut. Murray saw that one coming.
Antero Rokka seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T1#
Murray slaps away a takedown attempt from Rokka, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Murray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murray takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #ROC#
Murray is rocked!
Rokka steps into range and unloads a brutal right left combo! Murray is out on his feet! Rokka sets himself and nearly takes Murray's head off with a straight right, sending him crashing to the mat! Wow, that was nasty... but awesome! Wooo!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Antero Rokka!
Antero Rokka spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
Lee Murray spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm getting old now, thinking about putting up the gloves soon. Just looking for that last superfight'.
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Event:
BFT-441: Pol vs Sturtsil
Date: Mar 12, 2016 |
#R1#
El Toro fails miserably with a takedown attempt.#CL2#
Murray gets a clinch. #BC2#
Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray misses with a two punch combination.
Murray closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
No luck for El Toro with that takedown attempt.
El Toro throws an overhand right that lands on Murray's shoulder, as Murray tries to avoid the shot.
El Toro misses with a hook
and Murray counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#CUT2#
It looks like Julio El Toro has been cut.
El Toro digs a good body shot into Murray's ribs.
Murray lands with a hook. El Toro tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
El Toro scores with a three punch combo!
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!#CL2#
Murray has El Toro up against the cage in a clinch.
El Toro goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murray prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Julio El Toro. That's going to take a lot out of him.#BC#
El Toro breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #T1#
El Toro throws a hook to the side of Murray's head but Murray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
El Toro slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
El Toro was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murray ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Julio El Toro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Danga de danga de dang - Murray scores with a four punch combination!
El Toro slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
#CL#
El Toro has Murray up against the cage in a clinch.
Murray has El Toro pressed against the cage, preventing El Toro from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murray pushes El Toro back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murray prevents El Toro from breaking the clinch.
El Toro wants a takedown but no success here.
El Toro jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Murray walks away with a smile on his face. El Toro gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Murray wants to clinch up but El Toro keeps it at a distance.
El Toro tries to counter with a takedown but Murray is quick to defend against it.#CL2#
Murray moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Murray breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Murray.#T2#
Murray avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but El Toro moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
El Toro wants to clinch.
Murray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A lazy left from Murray finds it's target.
El Toro tries to clinch but Murray is having none of it.
El Toro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray scores with a shot to the body.
El Toro swats away the attempt to clinch by Murray.
El Toro seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Murray looks to land a left hand but El Toro moved out of range nicely.
Murray is looking to clinch but El Toro is avoiding it.
Murray slips a jab from El Toro.
Murray looks to land a combination but El Toro avoids it well.
El Toro appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
A combination from El Toro does no damage. #T3#
Murray fails to land with a series of punches.
#CL#
El Toro takes the fight into the clinch. #BC#
El Toro breaks from the clinch.
#KD2#
A jab-cross combination lands for Murray and sends El Toro crashing to the mat! Murray follows him down to the mat - El Toro regains half guard but he's not out of trouble yet!
El Toro might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#SUB#
El Toro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murray pulls his head out easily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#SUB#
El Toro looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
El Toro actively working from the bottom here.
El Toro works his way to full guard. Good work.#SUB#
El Toro isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Murray stacks El Toro on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Murray!
Murray lands a few punches from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T4#
Murray tries to advance to mount but El Toro denies him.
El Toro is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
El Toro is trying to improve his position.
Murray landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
You can see the frustration on El Toro's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
El Toro manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Murray lands with a punch from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
El Toro gets full guard.#SUB#
El Toro is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Murray defends well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Murray dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julio El Toro's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Murray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
El Toro misses with a hook.
Murray will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murray scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Murray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murray doesn't manage to clinch there - El Toro circles away.
El Toro takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murray misses with a few strikes there.
#KD2#
Murray lands a left and a right that sends El Toro crashing to the canvas! Murray dives into mount looking to finish!#ROC2#
El Toro is rocked!#CUT2#
Julio El Toro's cut is getting worse.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
El Toro really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Oh El Toro is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
El Toro's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
El Toro manages to regain half guard. Good work.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
#SUB2#
Murray is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and El Toro defends it well. #T1#
Murray winds up and cracks El Toro with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #SUB#
El Toro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murray pulls his head out easily.
El Toro seems to have got his legs back now.
El Toro tries to get to full guard but Murray has control of the leg.
Murray stops El Toro from getting back to his feet.
El Toro missing with punches from the bottom.
El Toro wants to improve his position but Murray is controlling well.
Murray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murray throwing shots but El Toro is blocking nicely.
Murray thows a huge punch but El Toro dodges it nicely.
#T2#
Murray slows the pace down in half guard.
El Toro on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Murray prevents El Toro from improving his position.
Murray working over El Toro with some ground and pound. El Toro looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murray tries to pass the half guard into mount. El Toro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are battling for position here. El Toro manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Murray must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
El Toro being controlled here, momentarily.
Murray wants to control from the top but El Toro keeps moving. #T3##SUB#
El Toro has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Murray should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, El Toro has tightened it up now! Murray should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Julio El Toro!
Julio El Toro managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Conquer, into his post fight interview.
In defeat, Lee Murray stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm getting old now, thinking about putting up the gloves soon. Just looking for that last superfight'.
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