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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Paul Muhapuro (ranked 2310 p4p, 277 weight class) and Alan Spence (ranked 1451 p4p, 184 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Paul Muhapuro has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Paul Muhapuro seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Paul Muhapuro!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Alan Spence !
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muhapuro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Spence at a distance.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Muhapuro, right into the meat.
Paul Muhapuro seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Spence keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Muhapuro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Good body shot from Muhapuro.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Muhapuro.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Spence .
Muhapuro scores with a shot to the side of Spence 's head.
Spence being controlled against the cage.
Muhapuro swings wildly with an uppercut but Spence uses good head movement to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence is trying to stall.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Spence .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Spence blocks an uppercut.
Muhapuro avoiding damage.
Spence breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Muhapuro misses with a hook.
Spence throws a hook to the side of Muhapuro's head but Muhapuro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muhapuro thumps Spence with a low kick.
Muhapuro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spence takes one to the side of the head.
We've been informed that Spence has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Spence misses with a looping right.
A chopping leg kick lands by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro's corner calls for a 1-2. Muhapuro obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Muhapuro misses with a kick to the body
and Spence counters with a stiff right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Spence checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spence ! But no joy.
Muhapuro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spence manages to avoid it.
Muhapuro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Spence let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
A lazy body kick from Muhapuro
letting Spence counter with a right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muhapuro just misses with a punch to the body.
Muhapuro jabs at Spence 's body.
Muhapuro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Muhapuro throws a leg kick but Spence sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Spence looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spence slips a straight right by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Muhapuro throws a body punch but Spence moves out of range.
Spence throws out a counter right but Muhapuro avoids it with no problem.
Muhapuro connects with the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro lands a glancing blow to the side of Spence 's head.
Muhapuro looks to throw the jab but Spence is out of range.
Muhapuro just misses with a punch to the body.
Spence looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Spence on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muhapuro. Muhapuro obviously looking to wear him down.
Spence on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Muhapuro. Muhapuro obviously looking to wear him down.
Spence looks to throw the jab but Muhapuro is out of range.
Muhapuro gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Spence has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Spence blocking some punches.
Spence blocks an uppercut.
Spence is pushing Muhapuro up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Stalling in the clinch from Muhapuro.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro working aggressively here.
Muhapuro lands with a light punch inside.
Muhapuro has a couple of punches blocked by Spence .
Muhapuro displaying some good clinch control by pressing Spence up against the cage.
Spence stalling in the clinch but Muhapuro improves position.
Spence prevents a body shot from Muhapuro.
Muhapuro has Spence pushed against the cage.
Muhapuro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Muhapuro lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Muhapuro.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Come on Spence - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Muhapuro dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Muhapuro is looking to clinch but Spence is avoiding it.
Muhapuro drives through and clinches with Spence against the cage.
Spence manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Spence blocking some punches.
Spence breaks the clinch.
Muhapuro swings away with a leg kick that misses.
The fighters circling - Muhapuro throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Spence throws out a counter right but Muhapuro avoids it with no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence lands with an overhand left.
Muhapuro rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Spence counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Muhapuro feints a jab promting Spence to slip. Muhapuro then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Spence slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Spence on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Paul Muhapuro is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhapuro bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Spence 's head backwards.
Muhapuro lands with a good body shot.
Muhapuro turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Muhapuro.
Muhapuro changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Muhapuro looks to score with a jab to the body but Spence is just out of range.
Muhapuro throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spence ! But no joy.
Muhapuro thuds his right hand into Spence 's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Muhapuro misses with a leg kick.
Spence takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Spence ducks right into an uppercut from Muhapuro.
Spence showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Muhapuro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Muhapuro looks to land a body kick but Spence moved away.
Muhapuro wants to clinch.
Spence uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Muhapuro.
Muhapuro throws out a loose jab but Spence uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jab by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro lands a body shot.
A slow jab from Muhapuro misses its intended target.
Spence thows a left - swing and a miss!
Spence misses with a body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Spence moves away.
Muhapuro works Spence 's body with a nice hook.
Muhapuro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Spence throws a hook to the side of Muhapuro's head but Muhapuro sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Muhapuro throws a solid leg kick but Spence takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Muhapuro.
Muhapuro moves out of range of the strikes.
We've been told by Muhapuro's head coaches at Gymi that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Muhapuro throws a head kick that misses.
Muhapuro jabs at Spence 's body.
Muhapuro takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
It looks like Paul Muhapuro has been cut.
Spence takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheers as Muhapuro lands an impressive looking overhand right. Spence doesn't seem phased though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro misses with a low kick.
Spence blocks a leg kick.
Spence shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Spence closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Spence moves out of range of the leg kick from Muhapuro.
Muhapuro tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Spence paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Spence ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Muhapuro throws a lazy right hand but Spence sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Muhapuro misses with a low kick as Spence jumps back.
It seemed like Spence was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Muhapuro looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Muhapuro works Spence 's body with a nice hook.
Muhapuro instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Muhapuro dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paul Muhapuro's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Nice body punch from Muhapuro.
Spence takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Muhapuro is looking to clinch but Spence is avoiding it.
Muhapuro connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A telegraphed right hand from Spence misses the target.
Spence avoids the body shot from Muhapuro.
Spence throws a poor cross that misses
and Muhapuro counters with a nice uppercut.
Spence takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Spence catches Muhapuro with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Muhapuro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spence manages to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spence ! But no joy.
Muhapuro missing with a left hand there. Spence was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Muhapuro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muhapuro takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Muhapuro is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Spence can do to turn this around?
Muhapuro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Good work by Spence as he checks the leg kick.
Muhapuro throws a leg kick but Spence sees it coming and moves out of range.
Muhapuro lands a nice leg kick that just misses Spence 's sensitive parts.
Muhapuro fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Spence misses with a few strikes there.
Spence might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Muhapuro throws a hook but Spence avoids it easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Spence ! But no joy.
Muhapuro ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Spence misses with an uppercut.
Muhapuro throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Spence now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Muhapuro dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Spence 's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Spence takes one to the chin there.
Spence blocks the body kick.
It seemed like Spence was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Muhapuro swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Spence counters with a nice body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Spence pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A thudding body kick lands there by Muhapuro!
Muhapuro lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Good shot there by Muhapuro.
Muhapuro just misses with a punch to the body.
Spence looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Muhapuro swings away with a body shot that misses
and Spence counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Muhapuro throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Muhapuro connects with an inside leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro throws a leg kick which misses Spence 's front leg but catches the back leg as Spence tries to avoid it.
Muhapuro misses the shot to the body.
Muhapuro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muhapuro bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Muhapuro throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Muhapuro swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Spence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Muhapuro fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Spence has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Muhapuro avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Muhapuro looks to score with a jab to the body but Spence is just out of range.
A big right from Muhapuro misses.
Spence doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Muhapuro just misses with a punch to the body.
Spence takes one to the chin there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muhapuro takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Alan Spence has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muhapuro tries to clinch up.
Spence is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Muhapuro with a body shot.
Muhapuro fails in his attempt to clinch.
Muhapuro lands a front kick.
Muhapuro connects with an inside leg kick.
Spence slips under a jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Muhapuro as he connects with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Muhapuro fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Spence manages to avoid it.
Spence throws out a counter right but Muhapuro avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muhapuro. Spence does a little dance to reset his feet.
Spence misses with a body shot.
Muhapuro wants to clinch up but Spence keeps it at a distance.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Muhapuro showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Muhapuro has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Muhapuro!
Alan Spence spoke after the fight, saying 'Racism '.
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