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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kaven Murphy (ranked 1178 p4p, 1396 weight class) and Loratcho Bradock (ranked 166 p4p, 201 weight class). Bradock has chosen BRUNO MARTINI - LIVING ON THE OUTSIDE as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Good wrestling
Great elbows
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Kaven Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Loratcho Bradock!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy closes the distance and clinches.
Bradock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
It looks like Loratcho Bradock has been cut.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
Our sources have told us that Murphy has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Murphy blocks an elbow strike.
Bradock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
It looks like Kaven Murphy has been cut.
Bradock throws a knee to the head but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bradock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murphy's brow.
Bradock managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bradock is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
A right handed body shot lands from Murphy.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bradock is defending well for now.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Bradock.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murphy as Bradock tries to tie him up.
Bradock avoids a wild elbow strike from Murphy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradock takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Bradock.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped Bradock in his tracks for a moment.
A body shot lands from Bradock.
Bradock misses with an elbow over the top.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped Bradock in his tracks for a moment.
Bradock tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Bradock avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Bradock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murphy is defending well for now.
Bradock lands an elbow inside.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Bradock.
Bradock missing with knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradock can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bradock throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Bradock blocks it.
Murphy scores with a knee to the head.
That has opened up Loratcho Bradock's cut even more.
Murphy avoiding damage as Bradock throws knees to the body.
Murphy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Bradock lands a right hand.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Bradock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murphy is defending well for now.
Bradock creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Bradock is blocking nicely.
Murphy avoids a wild elbow strike from Bradock.
Bradock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Bradock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murphy.
Murphy blocks the elbow strike.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradock backwards.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Bradock blocks it.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Bradock throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
Bradock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bradock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Bradock lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy pushes off an throws an elbow but Bradock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murphy.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Murphy avoids the elbow strike from Bradock, against the cage.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murphy.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy slows down the pace here.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Bradock is defending well for now.
Murphy taking a breather.
A short right from Bradock.
Bradock can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Murphy lands an elbow just above Bradock 's eye.
Bradock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murphy takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids a wild elbow strike from Bradock.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Bradock scores a nice knee to the body.
Murphy is pushing Bradock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Murphy digs a right hand underneath Bradock's ribcage. Bradock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Bradock tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Bradock tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Bradock is blocking nicely.
Nice elbow from Bradock.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bradock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Murphy stalls.
Bradock misses with an elbow strike.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but Bradock blocks it.
Bradock takes an elbow to the temple.
Bradock throws a knee to the head but misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Bradock swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bradock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Bradock tries to land knees in the clinch but Murphy avoids the damage to the body.
Bradock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
Bradock misses with an elbow strike.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.
Bradock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bradock misses with a knee to the head.
Bradock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murphy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Bradock backwards.
Bradock takes a shot to the head.
Nice elbow from Bradock.
Murphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy trying to land knees to the body.
Bradock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
The cut above Loratcho Bradock's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Bradock pushes off an throws an elbow but Murphy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murphy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradock's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bradock throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bradock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Bradock.
Bradock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Murphy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murphy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Bradock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Murphy stalling.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Bradock backwards.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Bradock.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Bradock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Bradock managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy avoiding damage as Bradock throws knees to the body.
Bradock looking to throw knees to the head but Murphy is blocking nicely.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Bradock controls the action.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradock.
Murphy misses with a knee strike.
Bradock misses with some punches.
Murphy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
Murphy blocks an elbow strike.
Bradock is trying to maintain a safe position but Murphy gets an underhook and turns Bradock into the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Kaven Murphy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Murphy jabs Bradock right on the nose. Bradock blinks but takes it well.
Murphy blocks a head kick by Bradock.
Bradock slips under a jab from Murphy.
Bradock connects with a high kick.
Bradock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Bradock circles away and keeps his distance.
Bradock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murphy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Bradock blocks a low kick nicely.
Bradock is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Murphy with a body shot.
Murphy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Bradock under the eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Bradock has time to react.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Bradock scores with a nice head shot.
Bradock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murphy blocks a leg kick.
Murphy takes a swing at Bradock's ribcage but misses.
Bradock checks a leg kick.
Murphy scores with a jab to the body.
Jab by Murphy.
Bradock misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Kaven Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy wants to clinch.
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 Bradock has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Bradock and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Bradock misses with a straight right.
Nice uppercut lands for Murphy. That snapped Bradock's head back.
Murphy tries to clinch up.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Bradock! But no joy.
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!
Bradock blocks a jab.
Bradock throws the kick towards the body but Murphy avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradock tries to keep at a distance but Murphy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Bradock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Knees to the body from Murphy.
Bradock is breathing heavily.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Bradock blocks with his arms.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
Bradock blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy lands an elbow that stopped Bradock in his tracks for a moment.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Bradock trying to land knees to the body.
Bradock lands an elbow just above Murphy 's eye.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy lands a body punch.
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Bradock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Murphy throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murphy blocks an elbow strike.
Bradock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Bradock shrugs off.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
Kaven Murphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murphy digs a right hand into Bradock's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bradock's gas tank.
Murphy stalling in the clinch.
Bradock trying to land knees to the body.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murphy.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Bradock controls the action.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murphy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bradock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Bradock.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Bradock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a knee to the head.
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Murphy misses with some punches.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Bradock blocks with his arms.
Bradock managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice elbow.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murphy managing to block the knees to the body from Bradock.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Bradock can do to turn this around?
Bradock blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it.
Bradock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Bradock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Bradock missing with knees to the body.
Murphy stalling in the clinch.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy landing knees to the head.
Loratcho Bradock's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice elbow from Bradock.
Murphy using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Bradock has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Bradock managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Bradock avoids it.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murphy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knees to the body from Murphy.
Murphy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murphy tries to land knees in the clinch but Bradock avoids the damage to the body.
Murphy working Bradock over with knees to the body.
Murphy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Murphy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murphy.
Bradock takes an elbow to the forehead.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Loratcho Bradock's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Kaven Murphy!
Kaven Murphy spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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