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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Santosh Nagasaki (ranked 392 p4p, 22 weight class) and Paul Murhaa (ranked 744 p4p, 44 weight class). Nagasaki comes to the cage accompanied by Execute Plan: Nuclear Tortoise. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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144 lbs
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169 cm
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144 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
22 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Santosh Nagasaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
24 - 8 - 2, fighting out of New York, Paul Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nagasaki fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Murhaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nagasaki connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murhaa pushes Nagasaki away with a front kick.
Nagasaki throws an overhand right that lands on Murhaa's shoulder, as Murhaa tries to avoid the shot.
Nagasaki misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nagasaki looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murhaa feints a counter leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.
Nagasaki backing away here, and Murhaa unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nagasaki lands a jab to the head.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Murhaa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Nagasaki. Nagasaki obviously looking to wear him down.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nagasaki.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nagasaki.
Santosh Nagasaki seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nagasaki throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murhaa lunges at Nagasaki with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nagasaki's hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa is looking to land body kicks.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nagasaki checks a leg kick.
Nagasaki gets a double leg takedown into Murhaa's guard.
Nagasaki stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Murhaa swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Nagasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nagasaki postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Nagasaki postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Nagasaki postures up in Murhaa's guard and throws a big left but Murhaa blocks it.
Nagasaki missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Nagasaki throws a strike but Murhaa rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
I've been told that Murhaa has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Nagasaki bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Murhaa's guard.
Nagasaki is looking to advance position but Murhaa has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Nagasaki tries to reverse the position but Murhaa maintains control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki is working hard here to advance position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nagasaki regains half guard.
It looks like Murhaa is going to stand back up.
Nagasaki wants to get back to full guard.
Nagasaki gets full guard.
Nagasaki throws a couple of heel strikes.
Murhaa stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A shot to the liver by Nagasaki. Beautiful body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Nagasaki is having none of it.
Nagasaki throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Murhaa was covering up waiting for the punch and Nagasaki finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Murhaa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagasaki has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murhaa wants to sweep but no luck.
Murhaa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Nagasaki won't allow Murhaa to sweep him here.
Murhaa working a defensive guard but Nagasaki passes into half guard.
Murhaa is concentrating on defense, preventing Nagasaki from advancing position.
Nagasaki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Murhaa holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murhaa's head.
Nagasaki throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Nice strikes from Nagasaki there.
Murhaa wants to improve his position but Nagasaki is controlling well.
Murhaa avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Murhaa is not content to let Nagasaki control the position.
Murhaa is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nagasaki's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nagasaki's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Santosh Nagasaki dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Good shot there by Nagasaki.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Nagasaki cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Nagasaki moves out of range of the body kick from Murhaa.
Nagasaki connects with a nice looking jab.
Nagasaki lands with an uppercut that bounces Murhaa off the cage and back into range.
An inside leg kick from Murhaa misses.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nagasaki throws out the jab.
Nagasaki dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa throws a chopping leg kick but Nagasaki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nagasaki ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Nagasaki is looking to clinch but Murhaa is avoiding it.
Murhaa is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
It looked like Nagasaki was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murhaa.
Nagasaki throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murhaa's waist but Murhaa gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Nagasaki off to one side.
Nagasaki motions for Murhaa to come forward. Nagasaki throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Paul Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa digs a good body shot into Nagasaki's ribs.
Nagasaki misses the jab.
Murhaa scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Nagasaki misses with a body punch
and Murhaa counters with a left and a right that stings Nagasaki.
Murhaa misses with a few strikes there.
Nagasaki misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murhaa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Nagasaki in his tracks.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Nagasaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murhaa scrambles back to his feet.
Nagasaki tries to clinch up.
Santosh Nagasaki is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nagasaki lands a jab to the nose.
Murhaa fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Nagasaki checks it well.
Murhaa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
No joy there for Nagasaki, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Nagasaki misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki swinging wildly here.
Murhaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nagasaki misses with a right hand
and Nagasaki takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Good shot there by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa lands with a thumping leg kick.
Nagasaki avoids a kick to the body.
Murhaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nagasaki.
Murhaa stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Santosh Nagasaki. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murhaa works the jab nicely.
Murhaa throws the left hand but Nagasaki avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Nagasaki moves away and avoids it.
Nagasaki takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Nagasaki misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Nagasaki with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murhaa cracks a nice hook into Nagasaki's ribs.
Nice uppercut lands for Nagasaki. That snapped Murhaa's head back.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murhaa.
Murhaa works Nagasaki's body with a nice hook.
Murhaa thuds his shin into the meat of Nagasaki's side.
Nagasaki throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murhaa.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
Nagasaki throws a solid leg kick but Murhaa takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nagasaki.
Murhaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Nagasaki.
Nagasaki slips a straight right by Murhaa.
No luck for Nagasaki with that takedown attempt.
That's four 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!
Nagasaki uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Nagasaki with a poor takedown
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Nagasaki looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nagasaki uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Nagasaki takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murhaa takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Nagasaki is defended easily by Murhaa.
Nagasaki takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Nagasaki loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Murhaa showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Nagasaki has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Nagasaki throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nagasaki takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murhaa uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Nagasaki lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murhaa defending well as Nagasaki loads up on a big left hand.
Murhaa appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Nagasaki swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Nagasaki.
That kick from Murhaa tenderised Nagasaki's leg. Nagasaki is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murhaa delivers a nice body kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasaki on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Murhaa cracks Nagasaki with an open hand slap.
Murhaa tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nagasaki throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murhaa fakes the leg kick and cracks Nagasaki in the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nagasaki to score with a decent uppercut.
Nagasaki decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Murhaa is staying active underneath Nagasaki, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Nagasaki missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Nagasaki is looking to advance position but Murhaa won't allow it.
Nagasaki looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Murhaa is trying to maintain the position but Nagasaki is very close to passing his half guard.
Nagasaki trying to control from half guard but Murhaa is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nagasaki thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Murhaa's head.
Nagasaki lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Nagasaki trying to advance position but Murhaa counters by regaining guard.
Murhaa pulls Nagasaki in close to prevent any damage.
Murhaa keeping full guard, as Nagasaki tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa trying to control the position.
Nagasaki is working Murhaa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Murhaa looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Murhaa keeping full guard, as Nagasaki tries to pass.
Murhaa is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Nagasaki throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Nagasaki paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murhaa lands a slapping body shot.
Nagasaki closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Murhaa's guard.
Murhaa pushes Nagasaki off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nagasaki lands a jab to the nose.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nagasaki jabs Murhaa right on the nose. Murhaa blinks but takes it well.
Murhaa takes a swing at Nagasaki's ribcage but misses.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Nagasaki.
Nice shot by Nagasaki.
Nagasaki takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murhaa checks a low kick from Nagasaki.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nagasaki moves away.
Murhaa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Nagasaki connects with a body shot.
Nagasaki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murhaa wants to slow Nagasaki down by chopping away at his legs.
Nagasaki is looking to counter punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Paul Murhaa.
I think Murhaa has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Paul Murhaa!
Paul Murhaa spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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