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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ispa Murhaa (ranked 188 p4p, 317 weight class) and Ciro Terranova (ranked 21 p4p, 39 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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World class boxer
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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 33 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 16 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ciro Terranova!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
Terranova throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a hook but Terranova blocks it.
Murhaa thumps Terranova with a low kick.
Ciro Terranova seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Terranova tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murhaa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Terranova looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa throwing a counter right hand but Terranova manages to avoid it.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Terranova was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Terranova wants to clinch but Murhaa slips to the side
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Terranova throws a leg kick that is checked
and Murhaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Terranova misses with a hook. Murhaa ducked under it nicely.
Terranova throws a chopping leg kick but Murhaa manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Terranova ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Terranova scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murhaa doesn't seem bothered though.
Terranova pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murhaa takes a swing at Terranova's ribcage but misses.
Terranova jabs Murhaa to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Terranova ducked under it nicely.
Terranova tries to land a leg kick but Murhaa saw it coming and moves away.
Terranova rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murhaa counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova misses with a left hand
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The fighters circle momentarily. Terranova darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Terranova has taken the fight to the clinch.
Terranova manages to break the clinch.
Murhaa scores with a decent looking hook.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Terranova.
Terranova throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Terranova uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murhaa. That's going to slow Terranova down.
Terranova throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terranova misses the jab.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Murhaa 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.
Terranova keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murhaa.
Terranova feints a counter leg kick.
Terranova scores with a nice strike.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murhaa.
Nice straight punches there by Terranova. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Terranova.
Murhaa misses with a looping left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Terranova throws a leg kick but Murhaa sees it coming and moves out of range.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Terranova.
Terranova tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Terranova.
Terranova scores with a sloppy right hand. Murhaa should have avoided that one.
Terranova lands a right hook to the body.
Nice uppercut lands for Murhaa. That snapped Terranova's head back.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
Terranova throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Terranova tries to land a leg kick but Murhaa saw it coming and moves away.
Murhaa looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Good standup being displayed there by Murhaa as he connects with a hook.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Terranova 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.
Murhaa misses with a hook. Terranova ducked under it nicely.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Terranova sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Terranova misses with a straight left.
Terranova looks to land a combination but Murhaa avoids it well.
Terranova takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A slow jab from Terranova misses its intended target.
Terranova lands a jab to Murhaa's midsection.
Terranova uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa walks into a jab.
Terranova slips under a jab.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Terranova! But no joy.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.
Terranova throws a lazy uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murhaa throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murhaa lands a leg kick that knocks Terranova off balance momentarily.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
Terranova keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Terranova moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
Murhaa throws a jab but it's blocked by Terranova.
Terranova throws the kick towards the body but Murhaa avoids it.
Terranova throws a quick inside leg kick.
Terranova dodges the punch combination from Murhaa.
The fighters circling - Terranova throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murhaa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Terranova throws a lazy head kick
letting Murhaa 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!
Terranova waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murhaa.
Terranova throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terranova just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Murhaa throws a hook but Terranova blocks it.
Murhaa checks a leg kick.
Murhaa connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Terranova. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Terranova there.
Murhaa connects with an inside leg kick.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
Terranova looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
A quick step to the side and Murhaa tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Terranova ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Terranova throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Terranova moved away.
Decent striking displayed by Terranova there.
Murhaa avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murhaa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terranova is looking to clinch but Murhaa is avoiding it.
Terranova lands a leg kick that knocks Murhaa off balance momentarily.
Murhaa works the jab nicely.
Terranova lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Ispa Murhaa will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Terranova ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Terranova throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
Terranova scores with a hook.
Terranova tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murhaa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Terranova lands with a cross.
Terranova fakes the leg kick and cracks Murhaa in the body.
A nice inside leg kick there by Terranova. That's going to slow Murhaa down.
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but Terranova ducks down to avoid it.
Terranova misses with a looping right.
Murhaa comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murhaa misses with a straight left.
Murhaa scores with a leg kick.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Terranova sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on Terranova's shoulder, as Terranova tries to avoid the shot.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Terranova clobbers Murhaa with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Terranova's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Terranova misses with a jab, cross combination.
Terranova misses the jab.
That kick from Terranova tenderised Murhaa's leg. Murhaa is trying to keep his angry face on.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terranova uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Terranova moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
A left lands for Terranova.
Terranova throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Terranova stuns Murhaa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Terranova.
Terranova scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Terranova throws out a powerful jab.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
Murhaa staying out of range there.
A telegraphed right hand from Terranova misses the target.
Murhaa lands a jab to Terranova's midsection.
Terranova misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
Terranova staying out of range there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Terranova steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Terranova fails to land with a series of punches.
Terranova on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Good leg kick by Terranova.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
Murhaa scores with a nice strike.
Terranova throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Terranova with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murhaa throws a lazy right hand but Terranova sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Terranova moved away.
Murhaa with a jab.
Murhaa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Terranova tries to move into range but Murhaa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Terranova throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Terranova throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Ciro Terranova seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Terranova gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Terranova throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Terranova loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Murhaa blocks a jab.
Murhaa moves out of range as Terranova strikes.
Terranova throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terranova walks into a stiff left hand from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Terranova moves away and avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Murhaa blocks the leg kick.
Terranova fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murhaa throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
A little jabbing left from Terranova on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murhaa clobbers Terranova with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Terranova throws an off balance right hand
and Murhaa counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa takes one to the chin there.
Terranova rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murhaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Terranova misses with a looping left.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
Terranova shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murhaa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A low kick lands for Murhaa.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Terranova throws a jab but it's blocked by Murhaa.
A telegraphed right hand from Terranova misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Terranova misses with a few strikes there.
Terranova misses with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Terranova.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Terranova is just out of range.
Murhaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
A head kick misses from Terranova.
Murhaa scores with a one two! Terranova had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Terranova lands with a right hand.
Terranova throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa is looking to counter punch.
Murhaa lands with a hook. Terranova tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Nice body kick there by Murhaa.
Good leg kick by Terranova.
Murhaa connects with a solid leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
Terranova misses with a low kick.
Murhaa blocks a low kick nicely.
Murhaa scores with a hook.
Terranova shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Ispa Murhaa will probably get the nod.
That's time! Murhaa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Murhaa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good standup being displayed there by Terranova as he connects with a hook.
Murhaa slips a jab and a cross from Terranova.
Murhaa avoids the head kick by Terranova.
Terranova misses with a kick to the body.
Murhaa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Murhaa looks to land a right hand but Terranova moved out of range.
Terranova misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
Terranova with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murhaa to score with a decent uppercut.
Terranova on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murhaa. Murhaa obviously looking to wear him down.
Murhaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murhaa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Terranova slips a jab from Murhaa.
Terranova ducks right into an uppercut from Murhaa.
Terranova bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murhaa's head backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice leg kick lands there from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Terranova tries to clinch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murhaa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Terranova saw that one coming.
Terranova moves out of range of the leg kick from Murhaa.
Terranova appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murhaa throws a series of strikes that have Terranova backpedaling.
Terranova takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Terranova throws a series of punches but Murhaa avoids them all with ease.
A cross from Terranova lands.
Terranova goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murhaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Terranova ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Terranova tries to clinch up.
Murhaa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Terranova throws out the jab.
Terranova's corner calls for a 1-2. Terranova obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Terranova has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
The crowd cheers as Terranova lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murhaa doesn't seem phased though.
A big left from Terranova misses.
Terranova throws an overhand right that lands on Murhaa's shoulder, as Murhaa tries to avoid the shot.
Terranova throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Terranova rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murhaa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Terranova dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
Nice uppercut there from Terranova.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murhaa.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Terranova.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Terranova wants to clinch.
Murhaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Terranova missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
An attempted straight right counter from Murhaa misses the target.
A big left from Murhaa misses.
Terranova connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murhaa. Murhaa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murhaa scoring well with a low kick there.
Terranova shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murhaa misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Murhaa.
Murhaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Terranova looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Terranova smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murhaa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Terranova.
Terranova checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murhaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Terranova.
Terranova uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Murhaa feints and then cracks Terranova's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Terranova down.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Terranova does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some bone on bone action there as Murhaa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Ciro Terranova has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A solid leg kick lands there for Terranova.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
Terranova lands a lovely overhand right.
Terranova throws a leg kick but Murhaa moved away.
Murhaa throws a push kick but Terranova slaps the foot to one side.
A telegraphed right hand from Terranova misses the target.
Terranova cracks Murhaa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murhaa wants to land a leg kick but Terranova is out of range.
Terranova dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Ispa Murhaa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Terranova fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murhaa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Murhaa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Terranova misses with a head kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Terranova throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Terranova closes the distance and clinches.
Terranova lands a right hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Ciro Terranova.
I think Murhaa 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:30
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 27:30
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 29:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ciro Terranova!
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