Play by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary

Event: TOF 109
Date: May 03, 2024

#R1##CL#
Corbin gets tackled into the cage by Murphy. Murphy maintains the clinch.
Corbin has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Murphy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corbin's defenses.
Corbin is working for takedown but Murphy is calmly controlling the position for now.
Murphy is leaning against Corbin and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murphy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Corbin up against the cage.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Corbin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Corbin blocks with his arms.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside. #BC2#
Corbin manages to break the clinch.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Corbin was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.#T1#
Corbin scores with a body shot.
Decent striking displayed by Murphy there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Corbin. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Corbin misses with a looping left.
Murphy is looking to counter the offense by Corbin and move into the clinch.#CL#
Murphy takes the fight into the clinch.
Our sources have told us that Murphy has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Murphy lands a knee to the head. #CUT#It looks like Ulysses Corbin has been cut.
Murphy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Corbin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body. #T2#
Corbin looking to stall.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Corbin blocks with his arms.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Corbin has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murphy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Corbin can turn it around.
Murphy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Kaven Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ulysses Corbin.
Murphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Corbin backwards.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Corbin is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Murphy is defending well.
Murphy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Corbin wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.#T3#
Corbin misses with a hook from the clinch.
Corbin trying to control the position but instead, Murphy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Corbin into the cage.
Murphy is pushing Corbin up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Corbin prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Corbin's defenses.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Corbin drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murphy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Nice elbow from Murphy.
Corbin wants to break the clinch but can't. #T4#
Murphy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murphy is struggling to control the position.
Corbin takes an elbow to the temple.
A head punch on the inside from Corbin fails to land.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Corbin blocks with his arms.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Corbin gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Corbin misses with a body punch.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Corbin is trying to break the clinch but Murphy has him pressed against the cage. #T5#
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Corbin wants a takedown but no success here.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Corbin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Corbin on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy landing knees to the head.
Corbin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Still in the clinch, Corbin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Corbin.
Corbin misses with some punches. #T6#
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Murphy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Corbin throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Murphy gets through Corbin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy stalling. #BC2#
Corbin breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Corbin looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Corbin throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy wants to clinch up but Corbin keeps it at a distance.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Corbin.
Corbin throws an ugly left hook that misses #CL#
and Murphy counters by clinching up.
Murphy lands a nice knee to the body. #T7#
Murphy pushes Corbin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Corbin.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Corbin's elbow.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body.
Corbin is looking to take this one to the mat.
Murphy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Corbin.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Corbin controls his hands.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Corbin looks winded!
Murphy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Corbin up against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.#T8#
Corbin being controlled against the cage.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Corbin is defending well for now.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Corbin blocks it.
Corbin wants a takedown.
Corbin is trying to break the clinch but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Corbin avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Corbin leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy stalling. #T9#
Corbin blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
Corbin is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Corbin has Murphy pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Murphy manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Corbin or not.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Corbin goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murphy prevents it.
Corbin wants to take the fight to the mat but Murphy manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.#BC2#
Corbin breaks the clinch.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy throws the left hand but Corbin avoids the punch easily.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaven Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Ulysses Corbin's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2#
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Corbin moves away.
Corbin throws a series of strikes that have Murphy backpedaling. #CL#
Murphy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Corbin lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Corbin being controlled against the cage.
Murphy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy has Corbin pressed against the cage.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Kaven Murphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Corbin stalling in the clinch but Murphy improves position. #T1#
Murphy prevents the takedown attempt. #TD2#
Corbin lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Corbin is breathing heavily.
Murphy has hold of Corbin's hands but Corbin slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#ES#
Murphy pushes Corbin off and gets back to his feet.
Murphy connects with the punch.#ROC#Corbin is rocked!
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Corbin can do to turn this around?
Murphy lands a nice hook to Corbin's body. Corbin takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Corbin is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
Kaven Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Corbin seems to have recovered his senses.
Corbin avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murphy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Corbin manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Corbin takes a jab right on the kisser.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Corbin circles away and keeps his distance.#T2#
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy tries to clinch there but Corbin circles away.
Corbin with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy throws a hook but Corbin blocks it.
A little jabbing left from Corbin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Corbin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Murphy tries to avoid it but Corbin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Murphy to the ground. Murphy escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Corbin manages to avoid it.
Corbin misses with a left hand
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Murphy steps in with a hook that catches Corbin right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Murphy follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Corbin looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:41 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaven Murphy!
A less than humble Kaven Murphy misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.

Event: TOF 95
Date: Mar 30, 2024

#R1#
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Logan jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy throws out a powerful jab.
Logan stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Logan keeps the fight on the outside.
Logan appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murphy slips under a jab from Logan.
Logan misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.#CL2#
Logan has Murphy up against the cage in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Logan.
Logan tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Logan in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Our sources have told us that Murphy has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#T1#
Logan managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Logan misses with a body punch.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Logan avoids it.
Logan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Logan softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Logan misses with a punch to the body.
Logan works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Logan working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Logan lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Logan lands with a short shot to the head.
Logan avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Logan.
Logan lands a shot to the body.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Logan tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target. #T2#
Logan swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Logan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Logan struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Logan.
Logan lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murphy.
Logan misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Logan.
Logan misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Logan.
Logan is trying to pull guard but Murphy turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Logan backwards.
Logan tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow. #TD2#
Logan jumps guard.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Logan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
Logan controlling the position.#SUB2#
Logan pushes a forearm under Murphy's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Murphy is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Theodore Logan!
Theodore Logan managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Sakura Style, into his post fight interview.

Event: TOF 84
Date: Mar 03, 2024

#R1#
Mack lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Murphy lands a slapping body shot.
Murphy tries to clinch but Mack is having none of it.
Mack seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.#CL2#
Murphy has closed the distance and engaged Mack in a clinch.
Murphy misses with an elbow strike.
Murphy told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Mack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a knee to the head.
Mack managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Mack - that landed with a thud.
Mack lands with a short punch from the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murphy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Mack's brow. #T1#
Mack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Mack blocking some punches.
Mack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Mack blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy controlling the action here for a moment.
Murphy misses with a knee strike.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Mack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mack's defenses. #T2#
Mack blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mack misses with a body punch.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body.
The referee calls for Murphy to work.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Mack tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mack's elbow.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Mack avoids the damage to the body. #T3#
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Mack working hard to break the clinch.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Murphy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Murphy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Mack up against the cage.#T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Mack has Murphy pressed against the cage.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murphy.
Murphy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Murphy continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Murphy stalls.
Murphy receives a warning from the referee for stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kaven Murphy.
Murphy throws a hook but Mack avoids it easily.
Murphy throws a hook but Mack blocks it.
Mack was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.#T5#
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Mack sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Mack appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.#CL2#
Murphy moves into range and clinches up with Mack.
Mack definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Mack.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mack.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mack blocks it with crossed arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murphy.
Mack scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Mack blocks with his arms. #T6#
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Murphy lands an elbow just above Mack 's eye.
Murphy is stalling here.
Murphy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mack takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murphy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Mack avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage. #T7#
Mack is trying to break the clinch but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Mack being controlled against the cage.
Mack takes an elbow to the temple. #CUT2#It looks like Trace Mack has been cut.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Mack avoids the damage to the body.
Mack is trying to break free.
A bit of stalling here from Murphy.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T8#
Murphy is stalling here.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy stalling the fight.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Mack uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Murphy.
Murphy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.#T9#
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kaven Murphy.#CL2#
Murphy moves into the clinch successfully.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Mack leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy misses with a knee strike.
Murphy avoiding damage.
Come on Murphy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The crowd are getting on Murphy's back here. They're not happy about his lack of aggression in the clinch.
Mack blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#BC#
Mack's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaven Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trace Mack's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Mack takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body. Mack takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. #CL2#
Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mack, pushing him back against the cage.
Murphy stalling.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Murphy holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Murphy leaning his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mack is trying to break free.#T1#
Mack being controlled against the cage.
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Kaven Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Mack avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Mack wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murphy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Mack avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body. #T2#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy stalls.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Mack.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Mack avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Murphy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Mack blocks with his arms.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs. #T3#
Murphy slows down the pace here.
Murphy with a knee to the head.
Mack looking to slow down the pace here.
Murphy cracks Mack with a nice body shot.
Mack blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Murphy taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Kaven Murphy.
Murphy tries to clinch but Mack moves out of range. #T4#
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Mack is looking to counter punch.#CL2#
Murphy instigates a clinch.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murphy tries a body shot but Mack blocks it.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Mack.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murphy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Murphy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.#T5#
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
Mack's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Murphy lands an elbow just above Mack 's eye. #T6#
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Mack wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Murphy misses with an elbow over the top.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Mack's elbow.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murphy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters. #T7#
Mack throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Mack avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Mack throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Mack avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
The referee is keeping an eye on Mack - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Mack avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Murphy missing with knees to the body. #T8#
Murphy displaying some good clinch control by pressing Mack up against the cage.
Mack takes an elbow to the temple.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mack.
A short left from Murphy. #TD#
Mack ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Mack no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Murphy works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Mack is trying to stand up here but Murphy is controlling him well. #T9#
Murphy keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Murphy wants to stand up but Mack has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Mack looks like he's trying to stand up.
Mack is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Murphy seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mack pushes Murphy off looking to stand but Murphy dives back in and keeps control. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Kaven Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Trace Mack's cut.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Mack throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy feints a counter leg kick.
Murphy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murphy takes a swing at Mack's ribcage but misses.
A quick step to the side and Mack tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy scores with a three punch combo!
A big right from Murphy misses.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Murphy throws a hook but Mack avoids it easily.
A little feinted left hand from Mack on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Mack jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Mack was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
As Murphy looks to move away, Mack throws a big counter combo but Murphy just gets out of the way.
Murphy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.#T1#
Murphy with a nice calf kick.#CL2#
Murphy has closed the distance and engaged Mack in a clinch.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Mack is trying to maintain a safe position but Murphy gets an underhook and turns Mack into the cage.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mack avoids it.
Mack takes an elbow to the forehead.
Mack pressing his opponent against the cage.
Murphy pressing his opponent against the cage. #T2#
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mack has Murphy pressed against the cage.
Murphy stalls.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy working Mack over with knees to the body.#T3#
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mack digs a right hand underneath Murphy's ribcage. Murphy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murphy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murphy misses with an elbow over the top.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy lands a shot to the body.
Murphy content to slow the pace in the clinch. #T4#
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A hook to the body from Murphy. #BC#
Mack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Mack tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Mack slips under a jab from Murphy.
A little feinted left hand from Mack on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Kaven Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy tries to clinch but Mack is having none of it.
It looked like Mack was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murphy.#T5#
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Mack pushes him off.
Mack takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Mack swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Mack is looking to counter punch.
Murphy misses with a hook. Mack ducked under it nicely.
Murphy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Mack swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy throws a low kick but Mack moves out of range easily.
Mack throwing a counter right hand but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murphy tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Mack to counter with a crisp jab. #T6#
Mack throws a half hearted mid kick.
Mack tries to move into range but Murphy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Mack ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Mack stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murphy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A swing and a miss from Mack.
Mack sets himself, and Murphy steps forward looking for the clinch! Mack avoids it this time.
A punch lands to the side of Mack 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Mack takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mack throws out the jab.
Mack throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily. #T7#
Mack blocks a jab.
Mack has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murphy finds it's way round the side to connect with Mack's head. #CL2#
Murphy moves into range and clinches up with Mack.
Trace Mack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Mack backwards.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Murphy controlling the action here for a moment.
Mack blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murphy. #T8#
Murphy is stalling here.
Murphy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murphy stalling.
Murphy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mack's face. #CUT2#Trace Mack's cut is getting worse.
Murphy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Murphy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace. #T9#
Mack prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy digs a right hand into Mack's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Mack's gas tank.
Murphy taking a breather.
Murphy scores with a knee to the head.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
Mack avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Mack.
Murphy working Mack over with knees to the body.
Kaven Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murphy misses with a body punch.

And that's the end of the fight!
Kaven Murphy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Murphy has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Gregory Folan scores the fight 27:30
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ian Loll scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kaven Murphy!
Kaven Murphy decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.

Event: TOF 75
Date: Feb 03, 2024

#R1#
Marks lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Murphy connects with a right hand. Marks shakes it off.
Marks lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Murphy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Marks checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Marks manages to avoid it.
Marks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murphy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Marks explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marks feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Marks lands with a nice body kick.
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!
Marks swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Marks swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Marks looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Marks checks the leg kick nicely there. #T1#
Marks moves out of range of the body kick from Murphy.
Marks lands a nice looking kick to the body. Murphy takes a step back to recover.
A head kick by Marks misses #CL#
and Murphy counters by moving into the clinch.
Marks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy has Marks pressed against the cage, preventing Marks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Marks working hard to break the clinch.
Marks looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Marks wants to get back to striking at distance but Murphy won't allow it.
Our sources have told us that Murphy has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Murphy has Marks pressed against the cage, preventing Marks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
A short right from Marks on the inside.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marks's defenses. #CUT#It looks like Jeremy Marks has been cut.
Murphy stalling against the cage.
Marks has had enough of the clinch but Murphy keeps him there for the moment.#T2#
Marks scores with a shoulder strike.
Marks wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murphy is pushing Marks up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. #BC2#
Marks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marks stuns Murphy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Marks looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Marks missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. #CL#
Murphy rushes Marks and presses him up against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Marks working aggressively here.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murphy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Marks tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Marks back against the cage. #T3#
Murphy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marks's efforts to push away.
Marks can't break the clinch.
Murphy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Marks's efforts to push away.
Marks is trying to push Murphy away but Murphy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Marks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murphy works on Marks's body with a couple of short punches.#BC2#
Marks's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Marks thuds his right hand into Murphy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Marks thuds his shin into the meat of Murphy's side.
Marks throws a front kick that sends Murphy stumbling back into the cage.
Marks throws a leg kick that misses.
Marks throws a head kick that misses.
Murphy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.#T4#
Nice body kick there by Marks.
Marks moves out of range of the strikes.#CL#
Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Marks has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.#BC2#
Marks manages to break the clinch.
Marks throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Marks manages to circle out of the way.
Marks turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Marks counters with a flying knee. Nice.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marks on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Murphy as he connects with a hook.
Marks throws a right and a left that Murphy avoids nicely.
Marks throws a lazy head kick #CL#
and Murphy counters by moving into the clinch.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses. #T5#
Good body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Marks takes an elbow to the forehead.
Marks swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marks blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Marks managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Marks is trying to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling him.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Marks lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy with a knee to the head.
Marks managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy landing knees to the head. #T6##BC2#
Marks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murphy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Marks with a hook.
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!
Marks throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy misses with a low kick as Marks jumps back.
Murphy moves away from the strike by Marks.
Murphy wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Marks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Marks misses with a head kick.
Jab, jab by Murphy - just one landing.
Marks throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Marks jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murphy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Marks counters with a one-two to the body.
Murphy misses with a straight right. #T7#
Murphy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Marks. That one must have hurt.
Murphy scores with a jab.
Marks lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murphy's sensitive parts.
Marks on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murphy. Murphy obviously looking to wear him down.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Marks moves away and avoids it.
Marks scores with a jab.
Marks throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
Marks takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.#CL#
Murphy moves into the clinch.
A short right from Murphy.
Marks looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Marks is trying to push Murphy away but Murphy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#T8#
Murphy holding his opponent close, against the cage. #BC2#
Marks manages to break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Murphy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Marks throws a nice outside leg kick.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Marks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Marks tries to work over Murphy's front leg with a kick but Murphy checks it.
Marks swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Marks lands with a hook. Murphy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Marks throws a combination that misses #CL#
and Murphy counters by moving into the clinch.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Marks avoids it.
Marks fails to land with a short punch on the inside. #T9#
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Marks takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy slowing the pace effectively.#BC2#
Marks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Marks has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Marks and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Marks appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murphy throws a body punch but Marks moves out of range.
A lazy body kick from Marks #CL#
and Murphy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Murphy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marks.
Marks has had enough of the clinch but Murphy keeps him there for the moment.#BC2#
Marks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murphy works Marks's body with a nice hook.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jeremy Marks will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Marks's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Marks's shoulder, as Marks tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Marks paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Marks saw that one coming.
Marks lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Marks defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Murphy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Marks fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murphy tries to clinch but Marks moves away
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marks lands a jab to the nose.
Marks throws a chopping leg kick but Murphy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Murphy throws out a leg kick but Marks moves out of range and Murphy only half commits.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marks swats him away and circles back towards the center. #T1#
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murphy takes a kick to the side of the head.
Marks with a nice cross.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Murphy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Marks - the referee stops the clock and Murphy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Marks. Murphy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Marks scores with a kick to the midsection.
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Marks can pounce on him.
Marks lands a jab.
Murphy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murphy looks to land a body kick but Marks moved away.
Marks flicks out a counter leg kick but Murphy steps away.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Marks.
The fighters circling - Marks throws out the jab but it was never going to land. #T2#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy closes the distance but Marks moves to the side
and Marks makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Murphy really felt that one!
Jeremy Marks seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Marks lands with a cross.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Marks counters with a nice kick to the body.
Marks lands with a thumping leg kick.
A head kick misses from Marks.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Marks swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Marks connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Marks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Marks checks a low kick from Murphy.
Marks throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marks has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Marks misses with the combination.
Murphy tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Marks manages to circle out of the way.#T3#
Marks lands a jab to the head.
Murphy throws the left hand but Marks avoids the punch easily.
Murphy slips under a jab from Marks.
Marks throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murphy.
Marks throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Marks is avoiding it.
Murphy tries to clinch but Marks is having none of it.
Marks throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murphy tries to clinch but Marks is having none of it. #T4##CL#
Murphy moves into the clinch.
Murphy stalling against the cage.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Marks blocks the elbow strike.
Marks letting Murphy take a breather here.
Murphy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on Marks - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Marks is trying to force a seperation but Murphy has the dominant position.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body. #T5#
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Marks wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Marks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy has Marks pressed against the cage, preventing Marks from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Murphy is pushing Marks up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Kaven Murphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.#BC2#
Marks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marks pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Marks loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.#CL#
Murphy moves into the clinch.#T6#
Marks managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Marks wants to get back to striking at distance but Murphy won't allow it.
Murphy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marks's face.
Marks swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marks goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #BC2#
Marks breaks from the clinch.
Marks tries to land a front kick but Murphy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Marks takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Marks throws a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Murphy tries to work over Marks's front leg with a kick but Marks checks it.
Marks lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Marks throws a leg kick #CL#
and Murphy moves into the clinch.#T7#
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Marks is defending well for now.
Marks lands a shoulder strike.
Marks is trying to force a seperation but Murphy has the dominant position.
Murphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Markss head.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Marks wants to break free but Murphy has control.
Murphy stalling.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murphy lands an elbow just above Marks 's eye.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marks blocks it with crossed arms.
Marks takes an elbow to the temple. #CUT#That has opened up Jeremy Marks's cut even more.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Marks blocks it. #T8#
Marks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Murphy stalling against the cage.
Murphy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Marks is trying to break free.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body. #T9#
Marks on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Marks tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murphy keeps control of Marks as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Marks is looking to break free of the clinch but Murphy has double underhooks.
Marks scores with a nice hook to the head.
Marks misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy slows down the pace here.
Marks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Jeremy Marks will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Marks's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Marks scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A combination from Marks does no damage.
Murphy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Marks was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Marks circles away and keeps his distance.#CL#
Murphy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Marks takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike. #BC2#
Marks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marks lands with a nice combination. Murphy backs away looking to recover.
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Marks pushes him off.
Marks throws a leg kick but Murphy moved away.
Marks checks a leg kick.
Marks looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.#T1#
Murphy throws a leg kick
and Marks counters with a nice leg kick.
Murphy moves out of range as Marks throws a body kick.
Murphy wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marks moves away.
Murphy doesn't manage to clinch there - Marks circles away.
Marks shapes to counter with a head kick.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Marks flicks out a counter leg kick but Murphy steps away.
Murphy tries to clinch but Marks is having none of it.
Marks steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Marks looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Marks lands a jab to the nose.
Marks throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Marks displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Marks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.#T2#
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Murphy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big left from Murphy misses.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marks moves away.
Murphy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Murphy tries to clinch up.#CL#
Murphy clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Murphy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Marks lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Marks's defenses. #BC2#
Marks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Marks swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.#T3#
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy tries to clinch there but Marks circles away.
Marks throws a head kick that misses.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Marks moves away.
Murphy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.#CL#
Murphy has Marks up against the cage in a clinch.
Marks lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Murphy or not.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Murphy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Marks. #T4#
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Marks backwards.
Marks wants to get back to striking at distance but Murphy won't allow it.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment. #BC2#
Marks escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Marks.
Marks takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy tries to clinch up.
Murphy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Marks is out of range and Murphy settles back down. #T5#
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Marks moves away and avoids it.
Murphy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Marks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Marks.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick from Marks.
The fighters circling - Marks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Marks doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy moves out of range as Marks throws a body kick.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Marks is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy tries to clinch but Marks is having none of it.
Murphy tries to clinch up.#T6#
Marks scores with a shot to the body.
Marks bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murphy's head backwards.
Marks keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Marks explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Marks blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Marks's corner calls for a 1-2. Marks obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Marks with the inside leg kick.
Murphy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.#ROC2#Murphy is rocked!
Marks is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
Oh Murphy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murphy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy seems to have got his legs back now.#T7#
Marks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Marks blocks a jab.
Marks avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy avoids the head kick by Marks.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Marks manages to avoid it.
Marks staying out of range there.
Marks looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Marks.
A bone on bone clash there as Marks blocks the leg kick.
Marks lands a jab to Murphy's midsection.
Marks tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
Murphy moves out of range as Marks throws a body kick.
Murphy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Marks to score with a decent uppercut.#T8#
Murphy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Murphy there as he acknowledges the shot.#CL#
Murphy moves into the clinch.
Marks tries to circle away but Murphy has him pinned against the cage.
Marks wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
A bit of stalling here from Murphy.
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murphy is pushing Marks up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Murphy seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.#BC2#
Marks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance. #KD2#
Marks lands a big head kick that sends Murphy tumbling to the mat! Marks takes a step backwards and waves Murphy back to his feet - he wants the finish!#T9##CL#
Murphy darts in and clinches Marks up against the cage.#BC2#
Marks breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murphy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murphy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murphy throws a low kick but Marks avoids it.
Murphy avoids a kick to the body.
Murphy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nice uppercut there from Marks.#CL#
Murphy moves into the clinch.
Kaven Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jeremy Marks is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Marks blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Marks comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Marks winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 27:30
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 29:30
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jeremy Marks!
A very excited looking Jeremy Marks 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.

Event: TOF 61
Date: Dec 16, 2023

#R1#
Bronze fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
A clash of legs there as Bronze blocks the low kick.
Good leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Bronze half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronze throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Bronze.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Bronze.
Murphy tries a quick counter leg kick but Bronze is wise to it.
Bronze misses with a body shot.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bronze.
Bronze drops down looking for a counter takedown but Murphy sprawls and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy tries to clinch up#TD#
and Bronze counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Murphy!
Murphy is not content to let Bronze control the position.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Murphy can do anything to dispel that myth.
Murphy is trying to control Bronze's posture but Bronze avoids it. #T1#
Murphy tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Bronze wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Murphy really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bronze. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murphy is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Bronze is controlling him well.
Bronze sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Murphy is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Bronze in side control lands a decent elbow.
Murphy controls the position for a moment.
Bronze scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Murphy to see if he's OK.
Murphy struggling a bit here.#T2#
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Bronze's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Murphy is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
Murphy wants to control but Bronze postures up.
Bronze is chipping away with strikes.
Bronze works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Murphy is not content to let Bronze control the position. #T3#
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Bronze lands an elbow.
Murphy can't do much from the bottom here.
Bronze trying to control the position but Murphy is working away.
Bronze cracks Murphy with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Bronze scoring with punches from side control. #T4#
You can see the frustration on Murphy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Murphy taking a bit of punishment here - Bronze scoring with strikes.
Murphy is not content to let Bronze control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy tries to buck Bronze off but Bronze is having none of it.
Murphy wants to get back to his feet but Bronze drags him back down.
Murphy struggling a bit here.
Murphy seems a little lost for a moment, as Bronze dominates the positioning.#T5#
Bronze wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murphy keeps working.
Murphy tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Murphy is working to avoid the ground and pound but Bronze connects with a decent elbow.
Murphy is trying to get back to half guard.
Murphy is not content to let Bronze control the position.
Bronze is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Murphy will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Bronze lands a few punches from side control.#T6#
Murphy tries to bench press Bronze off him but Bronze keeps the position.
Bronze sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Murphy is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murphy tries to buck Bronze off but Bronze is having none of it.
Bronze working away.
Murphy is looking to regain half guard here but Bronze keeps moving and retains side control.
Murphy takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
You can see the frustration on Murphy's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Murphy tries to bench press Bronze off him but Bronze keeps the position. #T7#
Bronze wants to control but Murphy is keeping him busy.
Bronze taking a breather here.
Check out the look on Bronze's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Murphy taking a bit of punishment here - Bronze scoring with strikes.
Murphy taking a bit of punishment here - Bronze scoring with strikes.
Murphy taking punishment in the form of punches.
Bronze lands a decent elbow from side control.
Bronze working the body and head with strikes.
Bronze working the ground and pound.#T8#
Murphy stops Bronze from passing to mount.
Murphy struggling a bit here.
Bronze cracks Murphy with a big right hand but Murphy just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go. #SUB#
Bronze looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bronze working away.
Bronze is looking to take a break and control but Murphy is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bronze grinds an elbow into Murphy's temple. #T9#
Murphy is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Bronze working the ground and pound but Murphy is defending the strikes.
Bronze throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Murphy takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Murphy is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Bronze lands a few punches from side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bronze working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Grady Bronze dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.#R2#
Bronze looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Bronze tries for a takedown but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses.
Murphy moves out of range as Bronze strikes.
Murphy takes a swing at Bronze's ribcage but misses.
A cross from Murphy lands.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
It looked like Bronze was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murphy.
A swing and a miss from Bronze.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronze has his takedown stuffed
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Grady Bronze. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand #TD#
and Bronze counters with a shoot takedown. Murphy fights it but they end up in guard.
Bronze is standing up over Murphy. Murphy looks to escape but Bronze dives into side control. #REVB#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bronze working the ground and pound. #T1#
Bronze working the body and head with strikes.
Murphy dodges the ground and pound from Bronze.
Bronze is working Murphy over with some ground and pound from side control.
Bronze landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Murphy is looking to reverse the position.
Bronze advances nicely into full mount.
Murphy is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Bronze is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Murphy is trying to escape the mount. #T2#
Bronze looking to control and managing it successfully.
Bronze unloading with bombs!
Murphy is in a horrible position here. Bronze smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position. #ROC#Murphy is rocked!
Murphy slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Murphy is looking to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bronze wants to pass to mount but Murphy is defending the position. #T3#
Bronze passes the guard and advances to mount!
Bronze tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Murphy is trying to stand.
Bronze landing strikes from the mount and Murphy is in trouble!
Bronze breaks from Murphy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Murphy is in all sorts of trouble here. #T4#
Bronze tries to control but Murphy wriggling away.
Bronze landing strikes from the mount and Murphy is in trouble!
Murphy is still in real trouble! Can Bronze finish him?
Bronze prevents Murphy from getting the reversal.
Bronze working the ground and pound effectively.
A nice elbow there by Bronze.
Murphy manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronze working Murphy over with strikes.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Bronze looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Murphy with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. #T5#
Bronze trying to control from half guard but Murphy is working away.
Bronze lands strikes from half guard.
Bronze is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Murphy seems to have recovered his senses.
Bronze scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murphy wants to get back to full guard.
Bronze takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Ground and pound from Bronze.
Bronze looks to score some points with some ground and pound.#T6#
Bronze lands a massive shot from half guard that has rocked Murphy! More strikes land and this one is all over! Bronze jumps to his feet and is applauded loudly by the crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grady Bronze!
Our winner, Grady Bronze, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.

Event: TOF 54
Date: Nov 18, 2023

#R1#
Halkias lands with a cross.
Murphy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Murphy misses with a leg kick
enabling Halkias to counter with a crisp jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Halkias.
Halkias thows a left - swing and a miss!
Halkias moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.#CL#
Halkias moves into range and clinches up with Murphy.
Halkias lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Halkias.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy tries a body shot but Halkias blocks it.
Halkias works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murphy lands an elbow just above Halkias 's eye. #CUT2#It looks like Stavros Halkias has been cut.
Murphy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Halkias lands a right hand. #T1#
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Halkias lands a nice elbow. #CUT#It looks like Kaven Murphy has been cut.
A head punch on the inside from Halkias fails to land.
Halkias misses with a punch to the body.
Halkias misses with some punches.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
A short left from Halkias.
Halkias lands an elbow that stopped Murphy in his tracks for a moment.
Halkias throws a head punch that misses.
Halkias blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halkias.
Halkias can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Halkias blocks an elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Halkias fails to land.
A short left from Halkias.
Halkias swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it. #T2#
Halkias blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Halkias swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Halkias has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Halkias scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Halkias avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
Halkias tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Halkias lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Halkias is defending well for now.
Halkias lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Halkias prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Halkias avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Halkias misses with a punch to the body.
Halkias digs a right hand underneath Murphy's ribcage. Murphy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Good body shot from Halkias. #T3#
Nice elbow from Halkias.
Halkias makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Halkias.
Halkias throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Halkias stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Halkias swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Still in the clinch, Halkias scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halkias gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A shot in the inside from Halkias.
Halkias blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Halkias tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
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!
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside. #T4#
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Halkias's elbow.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Halkias lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy cracks Halkias with a nice body shot.
Halkias blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Still in the clinch, Halkias scores with a nice short uppercut.
Halkias scores with an uppercut up the middle.#ROC#Murphy is rocked!
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Halkias goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Nice elbow from Halkias.
Halkias misses with a body punch.
Halkias lands with a left to the head.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Halkias finish him?
Halkias misses with a short punch on the inside.
Halkias managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Halkias throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy. #T5#
Halkias tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #KD#
Halkias drops Murphy onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Murphy is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Halkias backwards.
Halkias fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy blocks the elbow strike.
Halkias takes a shot to the head.
Halkias fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Halkias tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Halkias misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Halkias.
Halkias lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
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!
Murphy pushes Halkias back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Halkias tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Halkias back against the cage.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Halkias misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy working aggressively here. #T6#
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy lands a shot to the body.
Halkias throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Halkias is defending well for now.
Halkias blocks an elbow strike.
Murphy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Halkias tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Halkias tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Halkias looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Halkias tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Halkias avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Halkias lands a body shot in the clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Halkias.
Halkias avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage. #T7#
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Halkias blocking some punches.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Halkias leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Halkias fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Halkias avoids the damage to the body.
Halkias lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Halkias wants to stall.
Halkias lands a left hand.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Halkias.
Halkias lands a shot to the body.
Murphy looks winded!
Halkias can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Halkias has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy. #T8#
Murphy blocks the elbow strike.
Halkias lands a body shot.
Halkias creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Halkias lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy takes a shot to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Halkias lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Halkias lands a body shot in the clinch.
Halkias lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murphy.
Halkias creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Halkias lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Halkias tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Halkias tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Halkias gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Halkias lands an uppercut.#KD#
Halkias drops Murphy onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Murphy is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!#T9#
Murphy blocking some punches.
Nice body punch from Halkias.
Halkias swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Halkias lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
A short right from Halkias.
Halkias struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Halkias tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #KD#
Halkias lands a big left hand right to the temple and Murphy goes down!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#SUB#
Halkias is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Halkias is trying to control the action in half guard but Murphy is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Halkias controlling the action here.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Stavros Halkias dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Murphy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Halkias fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Halkias staying out of range there.
Halkias bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Halkias connects with a body shot that sends Murphy's belly button to the back.
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Halkias cracks Murphy with an open hand slap.
Halkias dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy avoids the head kick by Halkias.
Murphy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Halkias is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Halkias connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Halkias drops Murphy with a straight right hand, right on the button! Halkias 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 1:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stavros Halkias!
A less than humble Stavros Halkias misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.

Event: TOF 49
Date: Oct 29, 2023

#R1#
Murphy with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Smiff shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murphy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Smiff.
Smiff shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Murphy sprawls well. Murphy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smiff gets slowly back to his feet.
Kaven Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Javontonius Smiff.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Smiff shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Murphy sprawls well. Murphy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smiff gets slowly back to his feet.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Smiff closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. #T1#
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Smiff down.
Smiff shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Murphy sprawls well. Murphy wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Smiff gets slowly back to his feet.
Murphy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Murphy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Smiff. That did some damage!
Smiff misses with a leg kick.
Murphy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Murphy scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy lands with a shot to the body.
Smiff takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murphy.
Javontonius Smiff seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Smiff shoots for a takedown but Murphy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Murphy seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Smiff fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Murphy scores with a shot to the body. #T2#
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smiff sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy tests Smiff's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Good leg kick by Murphy.
Smiff has his takedown stuffed#CL#
and Murphy counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Our sources have told us that Murphy has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
Smiff looks winded!
Murphy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Murphy with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Murphy - that landed with a thud.
Murphy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body. #T3#
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
Murphy lands with a left to the head.
Murphy landing knees to the head. #ROC#Smiff is rocked!
Smiff takes a shot to the head.
Smiff is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
Murphy throws a big uppercut that drops Smiff! More strikes from Murphy and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Smiff lies dazed against the cage as Murphy celebrates with his cornermen!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaven Murphy!

Event: TOF 40
Date: Sep 24, 2023

#R1#
Murphy scores with a hook.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Manfred off balance momentarily.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Manfred.
Manfred half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.#CL2#
Murphy clinches up against the cage.
Manfred can't get the takedown.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Manfred blocking some punches.
Murphy tries to work over Manfred's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Manfred goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murphy prevents it.
Manfred avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body.
Manfred is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Klaus Manfred. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Manfred controls the action.
Murphy lands a shot to the body.#T1#
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Manfred is defending well for now.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.#CUT2#It looks like Klaus Manfred has been cut.
Knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Manfred drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Manfred swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Manfred drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murphy prevents the takedown attempt.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.#T2#
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Manfred goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murphy prevents it.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy working Manfred over with knees to the body.
Manfred is breathing heavily.
A right handed body shot lands from Murphy.
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!
Murphy presses Manfred against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
Manfred avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Manfred backwards. #T3#
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Manfred's defenses. #CUT2#Klaus Manfred's cut is getting worse.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Manfred tries to pull guard but Murphy won't allow it.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy digs a right hand into Manfred's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Manfred's gas tank.
Murphy lands an elbow just above Manfred 's eye.
Murphy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Manfred or not.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch. #T4#
Manfred takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murphy lands a body shot.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy landing knees to the head. #CUT2#Klaus Manfred's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
A short right from Murphy.
Manfred takes an elbow to the forehead.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.
Manfred has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Manfred's head. #CUT2#Jeez, Klaus Manfred's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Nice elbow from Murphy.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Klaus Manfred's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kaven Murphy!

Event: TOF 33
Date: Sep 02, 2023

#R1#
Soderberg uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Soderberg misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Soderberg ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Soderberg sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Soderberg throws a lazy uppercut #CL#
and Murphy holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Soderberg throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soderberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Soderberg misses with a body punch.
Soderberg takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy. #CUT#It looks like Stefan Soderberg has been cut.
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!
Murphy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Soderberg in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Soderberg looks winded!
Soderberg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Soderberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
Soderberg goes for a body shot but it's blocked. #T1#
Soderberg takes an elbow to the forehead.
Soderberg has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Soderberg.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.
Soderberg takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy lands with a left to the head.
Murphy lands a nice knee to the body.
Murphy tries to work over Soderberg's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Soderberg backwards.
Murphy lands a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
Our sources have told us that Murphy has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Soderberg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murphy.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Soderberg lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murphy pushes Soderberg back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy lands an elbow inside. #T2#
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Soderberg tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy digs a right hand into Soderberg's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Soderberg's gas tank.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murphy.
Murphy with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murphy working Soderberg over with knees to the body.
Murphy lands a good knee to the midsection. Soderberg won't want to take too many of those.
Murphy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Nice elbow from Murphy.
A knee to the head by Murphy. #CUT#That has opened up Stefan Soderberg's cut even more.
Soderberg is trying to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling him.
Soderberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Nice elbow from Murphy.
Murphy tries a body shot but Soderberg blocks it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Soderberg.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Soderberg fails to land. #T3#
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Murphy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Soderberg.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Soderberg controls his hands.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Soderberg can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Soderberg tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Soderberg misses with the head strike.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Soderberg is trying to break the clinch but Murphy is controlling him.
Murphy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
A short body shot lands from Soderberg as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Soderberg takes an elbow to the forehead. #CUT#The cut above Stefan Soderberg's eye is starting to cause him problems now.#T4#
Soderberg blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
Murphy crunches a lovely knee into Soderberg's ribcage.
Murphy working Soderberg over with knees to the body.
Murphy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Soderberg shrugs off. #ROC#Soderberg is rocked!
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice knee to the body.
Murphy lands a big knee! That's hurt Soderberg! Oh, he's all over the place! Murphy lands another knee that sends Soderberg to the floor and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaven Murphy!

Event: TOF 30
Date: Aug 13, 2023

#R1##CL2#
Murphy closes the distance and pushes Silvennoinen back into the cage.
Silvennoinen pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy pushes Silvennoinen back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Silvennoinen controls the action.
Silvennoinen gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Silvennoinen avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Good body shot from Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silvennoinen lands with a right to the head.
Murphy tries to work over Silvennoinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Silvennoinen misses with a hook from the clinch. #T1#
Silvennoinen lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Murphy or not.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silvennoinen is defending well for now.
Silvennoinen presses Murphy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Silvennoinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Silvennoinen is defending well for now.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silvennoinen cracks Murphy with a nice body shot.
Silvennoinen lands with a light punch inside.
Silvennoinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvennoinen blocking some punches.
Silvennoinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Silvennoinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #T2#
Murphy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Silvennoinen's face.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
A shot in the inside from Silvennoinen.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvennoinen doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Silvennoinen scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
A right hook to the body lands for Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Silvennoinen lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Silvennoinen avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Silvennoinen lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Silvennoinen swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Silvennoinen.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Silvennoinen misses with a short punch on the inside. #T3#
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Silvennoinen is blocking nicely.
Silvennoinen has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Silvennoinen tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Silvennoinen avoids it.
Silvennoinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silvennoinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silvennoinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Silvennoinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A shot in the inside from Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen scores with a shoulder strike. #ROC#Murphy is rocked!
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Silvennoinen backwards.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Silvennoinen finish him?#BC#
Silvennoinen breaks the clinch.
Murphy seems to have recovered his senses.
Nice uppercut there from Silvennoinen.#T4#
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Silvennoinen punishes Murphy's body with a nice straight punch.
Silvennoinen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy throws a leg kick #CL#
and Silvennoinen moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Silvennoinen's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Silvennoinen tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Silvennoinen.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvennoinen's elbow.
Silvennoinen takes a shot to the head.
Silvennoinen avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Silvennoinen.
A short uppercut from Silvennoinen. #T5#
Silvennoinen is working Murphy over against the cage.
Murphy looks winded!
Silvennoinen lands an uppercut.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Silvennoinen misses with a hook to the ribs.
Silvennoinen misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body.
Silvennoinen lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Silvennoinen prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Silvennoinen shrugs off.
Murphy tries to work over Silvennoinen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silvennoinen on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Silvennoinen controls the action.
Silvennoinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
Silvennoinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Silvennoinen throws a head punch that misses. #T6#
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvennoinen avoids the damage to the body.
Nice body punch from Silvennoinen - that landed with a thud.
Silvennoinen tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Silvennoinen blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Silvennoinen lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Silvennoinen softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Silvennoinen.
Silvennoinen working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silvennoinen lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silvennoinen's elbow.
Silvennoinen blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silvennoinen lands a shoulder strike.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Silvennoinen avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot. #T7#
Silvennoinen misses with a punch to the body.
Silvennoinen lands a body punch in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Silvennoinen.
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Silvennoinen swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Silvennoinen lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Still in the clinch, Silvennoinen scores with a nice short uppercut.
Silvennoinen is working Murphy over against the cage.
Silvennoinen working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Silvennoinen is working Murphy over against the cage.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silvennoinen prevents a body shot from Murphy.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Silvennoinen creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Silvennoinen struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands. #T8##BC#
Silvennoinen breaks the clinch.
Silvennoinen fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Murphy to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Murphy looks to clinch but Silvennoinen throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Murphy taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Lottovoittaja Silvennoinen!

Event: TOF 25
Date: Jul 23, 2023

#R1#
Jab, jab by Thorn - just one landing.
Thorn takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Thorn ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Thorn throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Thorn misses with a double jab #CL2#
and Murphy counters by clinching up.
Murphy told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Murphy lands a nice elbow. #CUT2#It looks like Lance Thorn has been cut.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Thorn shrugs off.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy tries a body shot but Thorn blocks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thorn blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Thorn blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Thorn wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Thorn is looking to control Murphy's arms but Murphy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Thorn has his back to the cage. #T1#
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
Thorn blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Murphy on the inside. #CUT2#Lance Thorn's cut is getting worse.
Thorn blocking some punches.
Murphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Thorns head.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Thorn avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Thorn is trying to break free.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Murphy. #T2#
Murphy pushes Thorn back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Thorn looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Thorn.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Thorn controls his hands.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
A short left from Murphy. #CUT2#Lance Thorn's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.#T3#
Murphy works on Thorn's body with a couple of short punches.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Murphy.
Thorn prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Thorn blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped Thorn in his tracks for a moment. #CUT2#Jeez, Lance Thorn's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Lance Thorn's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kaven Murphy!

Event: Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 02, 2023

#R1#
Prospect bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Prospect moves out of range easily.
Murphy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Prospect keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Prospect.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Prospect manages to avoid it.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
and Prospect counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Prospect is just out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Prospect counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murphy lands a jab to the head.
Prospect misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Prospect misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Kaven Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T1#
Prospect throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
A head kick misses from Prospect.
Prospect misses with a looping left.
Prospect moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Prospect is looking to slow Murphy down with leg kicks.
Prospect jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice shot by Prospect.
Prospect tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Prospect throws a body shot but no joy.
A jab lands there for Murphy.
Murphy motions for Prospect to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Prospect wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance.#T2#
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Prospect's shoulder, as Prospect tries to avoid the shot.
Prospect misses with a left hand #CL#
and Murphy counters by clinching up.
A head punch on the inside from Prospect fails to land.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Murphy lands a body punch.
Prospect fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Prospect misses with a knee to the head.
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!
Murphy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Prospect blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Prospect leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy gets through Prospect's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murphy tries a body shot but Prospect blocks it.
Prospect looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Prospect misses with a hook to the ribs.
Prospect throws a knee to the head but misses. #T3#
Murphy lands a body punch.
Prospect looks winded!
Murphy is leaning against Prospect and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Prospect misses with some punches.
Murphy digs a right hand underneath Prospect's ribcage. Prospect let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Murphy digs a right hand underneath Prospect's ribcage. Prospect let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Prospect.
Murphy is working Prospect over against the cage.
Prospect avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy digs a right hand into Prospect's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Prospect's gas tank.
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
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!
Murphy lands a shot to the body.
Murphy pushes Prospect back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #T4#
A right handed body shot lands from Murphy.
Murphy lands a right hand. #ROC#Prospect is rocked!
Clinched against the cage, Murphy lands a big elbow that drops Prospect! The ref dives in to save him from more shots - Prospect is complaining that he's OK but he was done.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kaven Murphy!

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