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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pauke Murhaa (ranked 784 p4p, 1071 weight class) and John Muir (ranked 113 p4p, 156 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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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 27 - 15 - 0, fighting out of New York, Pauke Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Muir!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Yuuki Gou and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muir is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Murhaa's half guard.
Muir not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Murhaa is controlling Muir's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Muir working the head and body with strikes.
Muir is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Murhaa doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Muir.
Murhaa blocking the ground and pound attempt from Muir.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muir not landing any meaningful shots this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muir takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Murhaa is controlling Muir's trapped leg to prevent Muir from advancing to side control.
Muir throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Muir stalling away here and it's allowed Murhaa to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Muir throws a big elbow that misses.
Muir has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Muir is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murhaa is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Muir with a flurry of punches that miss.
Muir is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Muir throwing strikes from guard but Murhaa blocks nicely.
Muir throwing strikes from guard but Murhaa blocks nicely.
Muir throws an elbow that misses. Murhaa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Muir's guard. Nice move by Murhaa!
Murhaa content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muir working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Murhaa doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Murhaa manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Muir trying to control the position here.
Muir looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Murhaa passes into side control.
Murhaa working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Muir tries to improve position but can't.
Muir regains half guard.
Muir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murhaa pulls his head out easily.
Muir has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Murhaa is working away from the top position though.
Muir is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murhaa pulls his head out easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Muir trying to control here.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
John Muir dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Muir wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Muir looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
As Muir looks to move away, Murhaa throws a big counter combo but Muir just gets out of the way.
Muir misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Muir throws a big shot that misses.
Muir misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Muir lands a nice looking body shot.
Murhaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Muir.
Murhaa seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa throws a hook but Muir blocks it.
Muir is looking to land body kicks.
Murhaa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murhaa slips a jab from Muir.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa feints and then cracks Muir's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Muir down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Muir. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Muir has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murhaa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
It looked like Murhaa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Murhaa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Muir throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Muir throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Muir digs a good hook to Murhaa's body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Muir lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Murhaa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murhaa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
John Muir seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muir throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murhaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muir throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Muir gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murhaa.
Muir is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Muir feints a jab promting Murhaa to slip. Muir then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Murhaa slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Muir rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Muir dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Muir was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Muir tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Muir fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murhaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice leg kick lands there from Muir.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Muir throws out the jab.
Muir takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Muir has closed the distance and engaged Murhaa in a clinch.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A head punch on the inside from Muir fails to land.
Murhaa dodges an elbow strike from Muir.
Murhaa pushes Muir back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muir tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Muir back against the cage.
Murhaa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Muir misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murhaa lands a head shot.
A punch lands to the side of Muir 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murhaa closes the distance and lands a brutal uppercut that knocks Muir out! We're looking at the replay now - he was out before he hit the floor!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Pauke Murhaa!
An out of breath Pauke Murhaa thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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