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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Guho Smith (ranked 4278 p4p, 5501 weight class) and Jimmy Murphy (ranked 481 p4p, 552 weight class). Jimmy Murphy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 1 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Guho Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Jimmy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Russell Pearce, Reed Andrews and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Smith throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Smith's body.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Smith throws a lazy right hand but Murphy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Smith closes the distance and clinches up with Murphy, looking for a takedown. Smith pushes Murphy against the ropes but Murphy circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Smith fails to land the takedown.
Murphy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
Smith rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy walks into a stiff left hand from Smith.
Murphy lands a jab to Smith's midsection.
Smith throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Nice jab there from Smith.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
A big left from Smith misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith throws a poor cross that misses
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murphy lands a slapping body shot.
Smith misses with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
It looked like Smith wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Smith throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
A swing and a miss from Smith.
Murphy takes a swing at Smith's ribcage but misses.
Murphy misses the jab.
Smith looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Smith was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
A big left from Smith misses.
Murphy lands a nice looking body shot.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Smith stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Smith throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Smith rather than just go for the knockout.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Smith.
Murphy slips a straight right by Smith.
Smith throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Smith looks to land a right hand but Murphy moved out of range.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Smith.
Smith uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Smith uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Smith misses with a straight left.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Smith.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Smith throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy slips a straight right by Smith.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Guho Smith.
Well Smith 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 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Russell Pearce scores the fight 10:10
Judge Reed Andrews scores the fight 10:9
Judge John Kavanagh scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Guho Smith!
A very excited looking Guho Smith rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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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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