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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Fred Lowry (ranked 1519 p4p, 204 weight class) and Dale Murphy (ranked 1664 p4p, 216 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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200 lbs
9 - 2 - 0 |
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195 cm
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215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Fred Lowry!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dale Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lowry takes one to the chin there.
Murphy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lowry, pushing him back against the cage.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lowry pressing his opponent against the cage.
Lowry is fighting off a takedown attempt but Murphy is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Lowry to the mat. Lowry regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Lowry wants to get back to his feet but Murphy is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lowry manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Murphy manages to get himself to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lowry is one step ahead there.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Lowry stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Murphy rushes Lowry and presses him up against the cage.
A hook to the body from Murphy.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Lowry.
Lowry pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Lowry definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Murphy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Dale Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lowry throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murphy tries to counter with a clinch but Lowry shakes him off and moves away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lowry tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy has Lowry up against the cage in a clinch.
Lowry tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Lowry tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Fred Lowry has been cut.
With the fighters up against the cage, Lowry throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lowry backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lowry.
Lowry misses with the head strike.
Lowry misses with an elbow over the top.
Lowry dodges an elbow strike from Murphy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Lowry misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Lowry on the inside.
Lowry fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
A left hand lands to the body for Lowry.
A nice left hand lands by Lowry.
Lowry misses with some punches.
Lowry takes a shot to the head.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lowry misses with some punches.
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Murphy lands with a light punch inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Murphy - that landed with a thud.
Lowry throws a head punch that misses.
Lowry throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy breaks the clinch.
Murphy has closed the distance and engaged Lowry in a clinch.
Lowry is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murphy is keeping busy.
Lowry throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy is leaning against Lowry and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lowry misses with an elbow strike.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Lowry misses with the head strike.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dale Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Fred Lowry's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Lowry swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Murphy moves into the clinch.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Lowry throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Lowry throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murphy lands with a light punch inside.
Lowry swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Dale Murphy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lowry blocking some punches.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Murphy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
Murphy blocks an elbow strike from Lowry.
A shot in the inside from Lowry.
Murphy scores with a shoulder strike.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lowry is rocked!
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Oh Lowry is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fred Lowry's cut is getting worse.
Lowry is stalling here.
Murphy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murphy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
A head punch on the inside from Lowry fails to land.
Lowry misses with a short punch on the inside.
A short body shot lands from Murphy as the two fighters clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped Lowry in his tracks for a moment.
Murphy pushes Lowry against the cage. Murphy is working some dirty boxing. Murphy pushes off with a quick right hook! Lowry goes down! Lowry tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Murphy moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dale Murphy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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