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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phol Murhaa (ranked 2498 p4p, 3409 weight class) and Charles Luciano (ranked 317 p4p, 435 weight class). Charles Luciano has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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190 cm 18 220 3 - 0 - 0 |
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190 cm 19 215 1 - 0 - 0 |
Good wrestling Basic striking KO power |
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BJJ Blue Belt Excellent boxer Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Phol Murhaa! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Charles Luciano! The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Daniel Franklin and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Murhaa throws a hook to the side of Luciano's head but Luciano sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Luciano lands with a straight right. Murhaa didn't see that one coming. Murhaa throws a series of punches but Luciano avoids them all with ease. Luciano thuds a left hand into Murhaa's body. Luciano throws a combination that misses and Murhaa counters into the clinch. Nicely done. Luciano blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Luciano is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Luciano lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards. Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside. Luciano is trying to break the clinch but Murhaa has him pressed against the cage. Come on Luciano - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Murhaa is struggling to control the position. A short left from Murhaa. With the fighters clinched against the cage, Luciano creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. A bit of stalling here from Murhaa.
I was talking to Murhaa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Luciano escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murhaa throws a hook but Luciano avoids it easily. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! A telegraphed right hand from Luciano misses the target. Luciano connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murhaa's hands.
That's one minute gone in the round. Murhaa takes one to the side of the head.
Murhaa takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot. Luciano scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murhaa doesn't seem bothered though. Luciano lands a nice shot to the body.
Luciano connects with a crisp jab. Luciano works Murhaa's body with a nice hook. Luciano lands a right hook to the body.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Luciano saw that one coming. Murhaa takes one to the side of the head.
Luciano throws an off balance right hand
and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Murhaa slips under a jab from Luciano. Luciano lands a head shot. Luciano tests Murhaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murhaa is rocked! Luciano thuds a left hand into Murhaa's body. Oh Murhaa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Nice defenses there by Luciano. Murhaa seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Luciano swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murhaa. Luciano scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Luciano throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it. Luciano connects with a body shot. Luciano is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murhaa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. Oooooh!!! Luciano has knocked Murhaa down with a huge combo! Luciano steps away and waves a wobbly Murhaa back to his feet! This one might not go much longer! Luciano cracks Murhaa with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Murhaa looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Luciano finish him?
Murhaa defending well as Luciano loads up on a big left hand. Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Luciano. Luciano scores with a body shot.
Nice cross by Murhaa. Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Luciano misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Luciano lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent. Luciano waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murhaa. Luciano drops Murhaa with a beautiful combination! Murhaa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Luciano is looking for the KO! Luciano connects with a body shot that sends Murhaa's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Murhaa scores with a hook. Luciano has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight. Luciano digs a good body shot into Murhaa's ribs. Luciano fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it. Murhaa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luciano circles away quickly and effectively. Some wild striking there from Luciano.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Luciano. Luciano throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd. Murhaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Luciano misses with a left hand and Murhaa counters with a stiff right hand. Luciano tries to move into range but Murhaa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand. 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! Luciano throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Luciano ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Luciano lands a body shot.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Luciano.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Luciano slips under a jab. Murhaa cracks Luciano with a right hand to the side of the head. Murhaa slips a jab and a cross from Luciano.
Luciano misses with a hook. Murhaa throws a sloppy body shot
and Luciano counters with a nice uppercut. Luciano connects with a body shot. Luciano misses with a right hand and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Luciano throws a big shot that misses. Luciano misses with a head kick.
Luciano scores with a hook to the body. Murhaa takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. Luciano uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murhaa. Luciano misses with a head kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Murhaa avoids the head kick by Luciano.
Luciano misses with a body shot.
Murhaa lands with a nice body punch. A swing and a miss from Luciano. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Charles Luciano dominated that round. That's time! Murhaa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Nice defenses there by Luciano. Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa. A jab from Murhaa misses. Murhaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Luciano misses with a hook. Murhaa slips a jab and a cross from Luciano.
Luciano cracks Murhaa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business. Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luciano. Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Luciano moves away. Luciano connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. Luciano throws a wild combination but nothing lands. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luciano. Murhaa looks to land a right hand but Luciano moved out of range. Murhaa lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Luciano circles away quickly and effectively. A swing and a miss from Murhaa. Luciano ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa. Charles Luciano seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Murhaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Murhaa lands with a good body shot. Charles Luciano seems to be getting the better of the standup. Luciano lands a left and a right that send Murhaa crashing to the mat, dazed. Luciano thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet! Luciano attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Murhaa tries to clinch but Luciano is having none of it. A left lands for Murhaa. Luciano walks into a jab. Murhaa tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance. And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luciano! But no joy. Murhaa doesn't manage to clinch there - Luciano circles away.
This has been an exciting period of action! Luciano circles away from the clinch attempt.
A nice side step and Luciano releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. Luciano looks to throw the jab but Murhaa is out of range. Luciano throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Luciano drops Murhaa with a beautiful combination! Murhaa stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Luciano is looking for the KO! Murhaa connects with a jab. Murhaa has Luciano up against the cage in a clinch.
Luciano pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Murhaa avoids the body shot from Luciano.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Murhaa blocks a head kick by Luciano.
Murhaa is looking to counter punch. Murhaa dodges the punch combination from Luciano.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Luciano. Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Luciano. Luciano dodges the punch combination from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body. Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Luciano. Luciano lands the left hand. Luciano throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily. Murhaa lands a jab to Luciano's midsection. Murhaa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murhaa moves out of range as Luciano strikes. Murhaa tries to counter by clinching up but Luciano breaks away and moves out of range. Luciano misses the jab. Murhaa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Luciano throws a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. A jab from Luciano misses. Murhaa tries to clinch up but Luciano circles away and keeps his distance. Luciano dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Murhaa lands an overhand right. Murhaa takes a shot right to the bread basket. Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Luciano. Murhaa moves in looking to clinch but Luciano pushes him off. A jab from Luciano does it's job there. Luciano scores with a nice head shot. A looping hook to the body misses from Luciano. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet. Luciano looks to throw the jab but Murhaa is out of range. Murhaa closes the distance but Luciano moves to the side and Luciano counters with a lovely straight right hand! Murhaa thows a left - swing and a miss! A swing and a miss from Luciano. Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Luciano displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. This has been an exciting period of action! Luciano uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Luciano jabs Murhaa to the body, keeping him at a distance. Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luciano.
Murhaa throws a wild hook but Luciano just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Murhaa gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Luciano raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charles Luciano!
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energy
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hype
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