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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Brown (ranked 3614 p4p, 5588 weight class) and Phol Murhaa (ranked 473 p4p, 623 weight class). Brown comes to the cage accompanied by Titanium. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Cuts easily |
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Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Brown!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phol Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murhaa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brown throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murhaa moves out of range as Brown strikes.
Brown has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Tin Can Athletics in the buildup to the fight.
Brown throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa scores with a shot to the body.
Mike Brown seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Brown.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brown.
Murhaa digs a good body shot into Brown's ribs.
Murhaa dodges the punch combination from Brown.
Brown throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa leaves Brown with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Brown tries to score a power double leg takedown but Murhaa sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Brown somewhat.
Brown misses the body punch
and Murhaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Mike Brown has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa scores with a shot to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Brown rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murhaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phol Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murhaa connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brown momentarily.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brown.
The fighters circling - Brown throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Murhaa connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brown throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murhaa counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Jab, jab by Murhaa - just one landing.
Murhaa throws a right hand that Brown ducks under and follows up with a left that Brown also avoids with ease.
Murhaa moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brown is rocked!
Brown throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brown uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Good shot there by Murhaa.
Oh Brown is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murhaa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Brown seems to have got his legs back now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nice shot by Murhaa.
Brown takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Brown scores with a takedown into Murhaa's guard.
Murhaa pushes Brown off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Brown is breathing heavily.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Brown!
Brown throws a poor cross that misses
and Murhaa lands a stunning uppercut that sends Brown to the mat!
Mike Brown's cut is getting worse.
Murhaa controlling the action here.
Murhaa wants to free his trapped foot but Brown is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Murhaa scoring with strikes to the body and head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
It looks like Murhaa is going to stand back up.
Murhaa thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Brown is trying to stand back up but Murhaa is controlling him
Brown trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Brown is trying to stand.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Murhaa wants to stand but Brown has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Murhaa throws a nice looking combination but Brown bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Brown's head backwards.
Brown scores with a sloppy right hand. Murhaa should have avoided that one.
Brown tries to bum rush Murhaa with a series of wild strikes but Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brown misses with a right hand
and Murhaa counters with a left to the body.
Brown on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murhaa drops his shoulder and cracks Brown with a huge uppercut! Brown goes down! Can Murhaa finish him?
Murhaa controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Murhaa is looking to stand up but Brown won't let him.
Murhaa content to stall in guard here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brown is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Murhaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mike Brown's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brown takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brown moves away.
Brown takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Mike Brown's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Brown swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Brown misses with a jab to the body
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Brown 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 Brown off to one side.
Murhaa slips a jab from Brown.
Oh, that's a big right hand from Murhaa and Brown goes tumbling to the canvas! Murhaa follows him to the ground and looks to finish from half guard.
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!
Brown wants to improve his position but Murhaa is controlling well.
Murhaa perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Murhaa missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brown keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Brown desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa tries to stand but can't do so whilst Brown controls his leg.
Murhaa trying to control the pace.
Murhaa stops Brown from getting back to his feet.
Murhaa not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Murhaa is controlling the pace.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Murhaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murhaa is continuing to stall.
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Murhaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brown fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murhaa is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Brown with a body shot.
Murhaa moves into range and connects with a jab.
Jeez, Mike Brown's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Jab, jab by Murhaa - just one landing.
Brown throws a right hand that Murhaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Murhaa also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Brown misses.
Murhaa defending well as Brown loads up on a big left hand.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
Brown connects with a looping right hand.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Brown moves out of range.
Murhaa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murhaa has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brown keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brown shoots in and drives through. Murhaa sprawls well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
Phol Murhaa seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murhaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murhaa digs a good hook to Brown's body.
Murhaa with a jab.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Mike Brown's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Phol Murhaa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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