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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Murphy (ranked 337 p4p, 399 weight class) and Narek Sirakanian (ranked 55 p4p, 62 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 30 - 19 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tobias Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 26 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Narek Sirakanian!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy scores with a nice head shot.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murphy.
Sirakanian on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Sirakanian just misses with a punch to the body.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sirakanian doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy tries to break free but Sirakanian pushes him back against the cage.
Sirakanian blocking some punches.
Murphy breaks the clinch.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
and Sirakanian counters with a good low kick that Murphy was not able to check.
Sirakanian slips a straight right by Murphy.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sirakanian misses with a leg kick.
Sirakanian takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Murphy lands a jab to Sirakanian's midsection.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Murphy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sirakanian makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy blocks a low kick nicely.
Sirakanian walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murphy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Sirakanian has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Murphy lands a leg kick that knocks Sirakanian off balance momentarily.
The crowd cheers as Sirakanian lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murphy doesn't seem phased though.
Sirakanian jabs Murphy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sirakanian throws a low kick, looking for Murphy's leg but Murphy calmly moves out of range.
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Murphy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
A low kick from Murphy misses
and Sirakanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sirakanian tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Sirakanian tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Murphy jabs Sirakanian right on the nose. Sirakanian blinks but takes it well.
Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sirakanian cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Sirakanian checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Good work by Sirakanian as he checks the leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Sirakanian's body. Sirakanian takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Sirakanian lands a jab to the head.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sirakanian. That's going to slow Murphy down.
Murphy looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Good work by Sirakanian as he checks the leg kick.
Sirakanian checks a leg kick.
Sirakanian throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Sirakanian pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sirakanian. Sirakanian obviously looking to wear him down.
Tobias Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy misses with an uppercut. Sirakanian saw that one coming.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Sirakanian slips a straight right by Murphy.
Sirakanian fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Sirakanian takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Sirakanian moved out of range nicely.
Sirakanian throws a leg kick but Murphy moved away.
Murphy wants to land a leg kick but Sirakanian is out of range.
Murphy checks a low kick from Sirakanian.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Murphy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy throws a low kick, looking for Sirakanian's leg but Sirakanian calmly moves out of range.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sirakanian.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Sirakanian sees it coming and moves out of range.
Murphy checks a leg kick.
Sirakanian blocks a leg kick.
Sirakanian misses with a straight right.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Sirakanian manages to avoid it.
Jab from Murphy.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Sirakanian takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Sirakanian! But no joy.
Murphy lands with a nice body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to score with a low kick but Sirakanian moves his leg out of the way.
Sirakanian only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Murphy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Sirakanian feints a counter leg kick.
Murphy checks the leg kick.
A quick step to the side and Murphy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Sirakanian.
A solid leg kick lands there for Sirakanian.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sirakanian throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sirakanian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy swings for the body but Sirakanian moves out of range.
Good work by Sirakanian as he checks the leg kick.
Sirakanian is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murphy.
A clash of legs there as Murphy blocks the low kick.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Sirakanian saw that one coming.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy is looking to counter punch.
Murphy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Murphy dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Sirakanian was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sirakanian avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Sirakanian. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy throws a wild body kick that Sirakanian sees coming a mile off.
Sirakanian tries a quick counter leg kick but Murphy is wise to it.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Sirakanian was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A jab from Sirakanian finds it's way through Murphy's defenses.
Sirakanian scores with a decent looking hook.
Murphy throws a hook but Sirakanian avoids it easily.
Murphy throws the kick towards the body but Sirakanian avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Sirakanian.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Sirakanian checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
A nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat of the thigh.
A clash of legs there as Sirakanian blocks the low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and Sirakanian counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sirakanian manages to avoid it.
Murphy checks a low kick from Sirakanian.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sirakanian misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Sirakanian is able to avoid easily.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy throws a low kick but Sirakanian moves out of range easily.
Murphy clobbers Sirakanian with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Sirakanian fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Sirakanian wants to land a leg kick but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Sirakanian's head.
Sirakanian swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murphy is looking to score with low kicks.
Tobias Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy lands with an overhand left.
Sirakanian's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sirakanian throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy connects with an inside leg kick.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy throws a hook but Sirakanian blocks it.
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sirakanian moves into range and connects with a jab.
Sirakanian just misses with a punch to the body.
Sirakanian checks the leg kick.
Murphy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Sirakanian's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murphy under the eye.
Sirakanian looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Nice defenses there by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian blocks a leg kick.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
Sirakanian tries to clinch but Murphy is having none of it.
Murphy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Good work by Sirakanian as he checks the leg kick.
Sirakanian checks a leg kick nicely.
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
A low kick from Murphy is predictable there
and Sirakanian counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murphy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Sirakanian checks a leg kick.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sirakanian moves away.
Murphy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
An inside leg kick from Murphy misses.
Sirakanian checks the leg kick.
Murphy tries to land a leg kick but Sirakanian saw it coming and moves away.
Murphy connects with an inside leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Sirakanian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sirakanian wants to counter the offense by Murphy and move into the clinch position.
Sirakanian throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Sirakanian throws a solid leg kick but Murphy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Sirakanian.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but Murphy moves out of range easily.
Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sirakanian counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murphy's knee momentarily.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Sirakanian's shoulder, as Sirakanian tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy misses with a leg kick
and Sirakanian counters with a good low kick that Murphy was not able to check.
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!
A looping hook to the body misses from Sirakanian. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Sirakanian misses with a body shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Sirakanian checks a leg kick.
Sirakanian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Sirakanian tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Sirakanian ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Sirakanian tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
Sirakanian goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Murphy is looking to score with low kicks.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Narek Sirakanian will probably get the nod - 10:9.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Murphy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Sirakanian only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Sirakanian lands a nice shot to the body.
Sirakanian throws a chopping leg kick but Murphy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Murphy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murphy throws a body punch but Sirakanian moves out of range.
A low kick from Murphy misses
and Sirakanian counters with a nice body shot.
Sirakanian chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy 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 Sirakanian has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Sirakanian and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
A slow jab from Sirakanian misses its intended target.
Sirakanian on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sirakanian ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice uppercut lands for Murphy. That snapped Sirakanian's head back.
Murphy misses with a body punch
letting Sirakanian counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy jabs at Sirakanian's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Sirakanian checks it
and Sirakanian counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Murphy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Sirakanian throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murphy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Sirakanian throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy works the jab nicely.
Sirakanian wants to land a leg kick but Murphy is out of range.
Sirakanian tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
Good leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy jabs at Sirakanian's body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Sirakanian does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sirakanian throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Sirakanian sees it coming and moves out of range.
Sirakanian keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Sirakanian cracks Murphy with a right hand to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sirakanian fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murphy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy scores with a nice strike.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Sirakanian checks it
and Sirakanian counters with an inside leg kick.
Sirakanian takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murphy feints and then cracks Sirakanian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sirakanian down.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sirakanian.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Sirakanian on the side of the head.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Sirakanian.
Sirakanian lands a jab.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Sirakanian.
Murphy throws a leg kick which misses Sirakanian's front leg but catches the back leg as Sirakanian tries to avoid it.
Murphy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
A big left from Sirakanian misses.
Sirakanian swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Sirakanian slips a straight right by Murphy.
Sirakanian bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
A nice inside leg kick there by Sirakanian. That's going to slow Murphy down.
Murphy throws a leg kick
and Sirakanian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
Sirakanian throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Nice straight punches there by Murphy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murphy.
Sirakanian staying out of range there.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Sirakanian slips the punch.
Sirakanian throws out a counter right but Murphy avoids it with no problem.
Murphy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Sirakanian.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body. Sirakanian takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sirakanian goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good shot there by Sirakanian.
Sirakanian blocks a low kick nicely.
Murphy lunges at Sirakanian with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sirakanian's hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sirakanian attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy feints and then cracks Sirakanian's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Sirakanian down.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sirakanian was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Sirakanian throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
Sirakanian misses the shot to the body.
Sirakanian slips under a jab from Murphy.
Sirakanian tries a quick counter leg kick but Murphy is wise to it.
Sirakanian misses with a low kick.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Murphy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Some bone on bone action there as Sirakanian checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Sirakanian throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Sirakanian works Murphy's body with a nice hook.
Murphy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Sirakanian counters with a straight right hand.
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 Tobias Murphy.
I think Murphy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobias Murphy!
A very excited looking Tobias Murphy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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