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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Greg Lundberg (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Justin Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Greg Lundberg has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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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
1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Greg Lundberg!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Justin Murray!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Gwen Towbar and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Lundberg's guard.
Lundberg keeping moving, preventing Murray from controlling successfully.
Murray stops Lundberg from standing up.
Murray trying to control but Lundberg is working from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Murray lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Murray looking to pass the guard.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Lundberg tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lundberg clinches up with Murray and pushes him back against the cage.
Murray wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murray has picked Lundberg up - he's going for a ride! Murray dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lundberg has hold of Murray's hands but Murray slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Lundberg wants to get back to his feet.
Murray controlling the action here.
Murray prevents Lundberg from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray is tying to control. Lundberg wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Lundberg tries to kick Murray off but Murray keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murray misses with a takedown attempt - Lundberg sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Murray looks gassed!
Lundberg throws a series of punches but Murray avoids them all with ease.
Murray drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Murray thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Lundberg is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Murray is controlling him.
Murray advances to half guard.
Murray is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg wants to get back to his feet.
Murray looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Lundberg is trying to stand back up but Murray is controlling him
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lundberg tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Murray manages to move to mount!
Murray sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lundberg is trying to stand up.
Murray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Lundberg can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray looking to control but Lundberg is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Lundberg wants to try and get back to his feet.
Murray moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Lundberg has worked his arm free - good work by Lundberg!
Murray moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Lundberg is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Murray lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Murray controlling from side mount.
Lundberg sneaks out the side door and pushes Murray away - he's back to his feet. The crowd show their appreciation for the escape.
Lundberg throws a right and a left that both miss.
Lundberg misses with a series of wild punches.
Lundberg shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murray as he avoids it easily.
Murray closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Lundberg tries to kick Murray off but Murray keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Murray wants to pass the guard but Lundberg is defending well.
Lundberg is trying to stand up here but Murray is controlling him well.
Lundberg gets back to full guard.
Lundberg is looking for a triangle but Murray pushes his legs off easily.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Lundberg closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A right hook to the body lands for Murray.
Still in the clinch, Lundberg scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lundberg wants to get back to striking at distance but Murray won't allow it.
Lundberg manages to break the clinch.
Lundberg shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Murray works his way to full guard. Good work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Murray dominated that round.
That's time! Lundberg's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Lundberg scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Lundberg misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murray throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Lundberg's waist but Lundberg gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Murray off to one side.
Murray missing with a left hand there. Lundberg was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murray tries for a takedown but Lundberg circles away easily
so Lundberg counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Murray working for a triangle but Lundberg defends it easily.
Lundberg is fighting to break Murray's control of his arms but Murray is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Lundberg would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
Lundberg stopping the sweep attempt from Murray.
Murray striking off his back.
Lundberg stopping the sweep attempt from Murray.
Lundberg gets to his feet - Murray follows without any prompting.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundberg fails to land the takedown.
Lundberg looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Murray is fending him off so far but Lundberg persists. Nope, Murray circles away and we're back to standing.
Lundberg tries to clinch up.
Lundberg fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Greg Lundberg. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murray shoots in for a takedown but Lundberg shows good takedown defense.
Murray is breathing heavily.
Lundberg lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Lundberg gets caught flat footed, as Murray shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Lundberg keeping moving, preventing Murray from controlling successfully.
Murray prevents Lundberg from getting back to his feet.
Lundberg avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murray stops Lundberg from standing up.
Lundberg is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lundberg tries to stand but his arm is trapped.
Murray makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Murray.
Lundberg decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg misses with the combination.
Murray bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Murray is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Lundberg knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Lundberg is pushing Murray's head away, looking to escape. Murray manages to hold on to the position though.
Murray thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Lundberg regains half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lundberg gets back to full guard.
Lundberg throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Murray pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lundberg is keeping the position for now.
Justin Murray has got the better of the ground game so far.
Murray drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Murray jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg working for a triangle but Murray defends it easily.
Murray connects with a couple of short punches.
Murray sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Murray's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Murray thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Murray stands up and waves to Lundberg to follow him.
Murray is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lundberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Lundberg lands with a slapping head kick.
Lundberg throws a head kick but Murray moves out of range.
Lundberg takes the fight into the clinch.
Lundberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg tries to stall but Murray uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Lundberg doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lundberg fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lundberg misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lundberg can't find room to land a body shot as Murray controls the action.
Lundberg escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Lundberg lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Greg Lundberg is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
The fight stays on the outside here - Lundberg looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Horrible takedown by Lundberg or perhaps it was just good defense by Murray which made him look bad.
Murray shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Murray prevents Lundberg from standing back up.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murray is looking for a kimura here.
Lundberg wants to improve his position but Murray is controlling well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Justin Murray 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!
Murray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lundberg clinches up with Murray and pushes him back against the cage.
Lundberg misses with a body punch.
Lundberg breaks the clinch.
Lundberg misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lundberg misses with a head kick.
Murray avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lundberg misses with a takedown
and Murray counters with a takedown into side control.
Murray prevents Lundberg from escaping the position.
Murray working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Lundberg tries to escape but Murray is in control.
Lundberg is not content to let Murray control the position.
Murray tries for a kimura but Lundberg is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Lundberg is pushing Murray's head away, looking to escape. Murray manages to hold on to the position though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lundberg is trying to get back to half guard.
Murray is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Lundberg has escaped the position, nice work there.
Murray stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Murray scores a takedown into full mount!
Lundberg is in a horrible position here. Murray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Murray scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Murray scoring with strikes but Lundberg is staying in there.
Lundberg is rocked!
Murray in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Oh Lundberg is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murray with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
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!
Lundberg is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Murray landing strikes from the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg tries to buck Murray off but he can't manage it.
Murray is working for a guillotine from mount but Lundberg frees his head quite easily.
Lundberg seems to have got his legs back now.
Murray won't let Lundberg get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Lundberg wants to control but Murray is having none of it.
Murray controlling from the full mount.
Lundberg is trying to stand.
Murray has control of Lundberg's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Lundberg regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Murray mounts Lundberg! Really nice guard pass there!
Murray looking to control and managing it successfully.
Murray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Lundberg is trying to stand up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray controlling his opponent.
Murray with a couple of short strikes.
Murray moves to back control.
Lundberg trying to get back to his feet but Murray is in full control for now.
Lundberg rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Murray not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murray tries to pass the half guard into mount. Lundberg knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lundberg tries to kick Murray off but Murray keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Murray is taking a breather. Lundberg says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Murray is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Murray is controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundberg looks like he's trying to stand up.
Murray is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Lundberg doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Murray.
Lundberg pushes Murray off and gets back to his feet.
Murray shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lundberg as he jumps to the side.
Lundberg darts in and clinches Murray up against the cage.
Greg Lundberg has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Murray showed some decent athleticism there.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lundberg is trying to stand back up but Murray is controlling him
Murray is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Lundberg is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but Murray pulls his head out easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Justin Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murray 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 Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Justin Murray!
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