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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sonny Giovanni (ranked 540 p4p, 865 weight class) and Ispa Murhaa (ranked 78 p4p, 116 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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 10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sonny Giovanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 40 - 17 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ispa Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Giovanni throws a poor cross that misses
letting Murhaa counter with a right hand.
Giovanni misses the body punch
and Murhaa counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murhaa throws a head kick but Giovanni moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Giovanni misses.
Giovanni connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murhaa momentarily.
Giovanni takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Murhaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giovanni looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sloppy strikes from Murhaa. Those never looked like landing.
Murhaa throws a head kick that half lands.
Murhaa tries a head kick but it misses.
Murhaa moves away from the strike by Giovanni.
Murhaa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Giovanni blocks a head kick by Murhaa.
As Murhaa looks to move away, Giovanni throws a big counter combo but Murhaa just gets out of the way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Giovanni.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Giovanni counters with a thumping low kick.
Murhaa throws a right hand that misses
and Giovanni counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Giovanni on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Giovanni slips under a jab from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
An attempted straight right counter from Giovanni misses the target.
Giovanni misses with a body shot
and Murhaa counters with a left to the body.
Giovanni throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Giovanni with a nice calf kick.
Murhaa throws a sloppy head kick and Giovanni moves out of range easily.
Murhaa lands a nice hook to Giovanni's body. Giovanni takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've been informed that Murhaa has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa darts in trying to clinch
and Giovanni counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Giovanni scores with a jab to the body.
Giovanni connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Giovanni looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Giovanni connects with a leg kick.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Giovanni is just out of range.
Giovanni ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
We've been told by Giovanni's head coaches at Convicted Top Team that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Giovanni scores with a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Giovanni.
Murhaa lands a head kick. Giovanni smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Murhaa wants to clinch up but Giovanni keeps it at a distance.
Giovanni misses with a looping right.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa throws a sloppy head kick and Giovanni moves out of range easily.
Giovanni throws a head kick that misses
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murhaa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Giovanni gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Giovanni uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murhaa throws a hook but Giovanni avoids it easily.
Ispa Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Giovanni connects with the punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa avoids a kick to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giovanni throws a wild body kick that Murhaa sees coming a mile off.
Giovanni thows a leg kick but Murhaa checks it
enabling Murhaa to counter with a crisp jab.
Giovanni blocks a head kick by Murhaa.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Giovanni.
Murhaa throws a lazy head kick
and Giovanni counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Murhaa throws a lazy head kick
and Giovanni cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Giovanni is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Murhaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Giovanni was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murhaa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Murhaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Giovanni counters with a lovely shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sonny Giovanni dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Giovanni throws a shot to the body.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Murhaa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Giovanni has got the better of the exchanges.
Murhaa misses with a hook
and Giovanni makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Giovanni looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Giovanni.
Some wild striking there from Giovanni.
Murhaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murhaa throws a big counter head kick but Giovanni avoids it with no problem.
Murhaa cracks a nice hook into Giovanni's ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giovanni misses with a leg kick
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Murhaa crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Giovanni - the referee stops the clock and Murhaa gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Giovanni. Murhaa manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Giovanni misses with a shot to the body
and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Giovanni throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it.
Sonny Giovanni is winning the standup battle so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a big shot that misses.
Giovanni connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murhaa misses with a head kick.
Giovanni fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murhaa just manages to avoid it.
Giovanni throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Giovanni misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Giovanni connects with a high kick.
Murhaa scores with a punch to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Giovanni does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murhaa throws a right hand that misses
and Giovanni counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Giovanni jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Giovanni lands a big uppercut and Murhaa crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Murhaa looks OK. Giovanni waves Murhaa back to his feet!
Murhaa is rocked!
Murhaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murhaa is breathing heavily.
Giovanni throws a quick head kick that knocks Murhaa silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Giovanni is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sonny Giovanni!
A very excited looking Sonny Giovanni 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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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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