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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Greggory Silalahi (ranked 266 p4p, 660 weight class) and Matthew Murray (ranked 26 p4p, 65 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 19 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Greggory Silalahi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matthew Murray!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray moves into the clinch.
Murray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silalahi taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Silalahi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
Silalahi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murray misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murray goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murray working aggressively here.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murray pushes Silalahi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Silalahi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Silalahi lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Silalahi tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice body punch from Murray - that landed with a thud.
Murray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Silalahi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silalahi throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray.
Murray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murray.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray lands a left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murray.
Silalahi stalling the fight.
Silalahi scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murray misses with the head strike.
Murray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Silalahi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Silalahi sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
A nice inside leg kick there by Silalahi. That's going to slow Murray down.
Murray rushes Silalahi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murray misses with a body punch.
Murray lands a nice uppercut.
Silalahi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murray's elbow.
A shot in the inside from Murray.
Silalahi can't break the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Murray.
Silalahi tries to work over Murray's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray lands a right hand.
Murray tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murray.
Silalahi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Silalahi blocks an uppercut.
Murray misses with some punches.
The referee calls for Silalahi to work.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
Silalahi blocks an uppercut.
Silalahi misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silalahi's elbow.
Murray misses with some punches.
Silalahi tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murray avoids it.
Murray can't find room to land a body shot as Silalahi controls the action.
Silalahi prevents a body shot from Murray.
Murray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murray lands a nice uppercut.
Silalahi makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A short right from Murray.
It looks like Greggory Silalahi has been cut.
Murray scores with a hook to the body.
Silalahi blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silalahi looking to slow down the pace here.
Murray lands a left hand.
Silalahi misses with a punch on the inside.
Murray lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silalahi or not.
Silalahi working hard to break the clinch.
Murray lands a left hand that snaps the head of Silalahi backwards.
Silalahi is rocked!
Silalahi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Oh Silalahi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Silalahi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murray lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Silalahi or not.
Silalahi is breathing heavily.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
Murray misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silalahi wants to get back to striking at distance but Murray won't allow it.
Murray swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murray throws a punch but it's blocked by Silalahi.
Silalahi blocks an uppercut.
Silalahi seems to have got his legs back now.
A short right from Murray on the inside.
Murray digs a right hand underneath Silalahi's ribcage. Silalahi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silalahi's elbow.
Murray swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Silalahi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silalahi fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Murray.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silalahi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murray is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Murray.
Murray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silalahi's elbow.
Silalahi pushes Murray back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murray working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murray lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silalahi.
Murray lands a big right hand that drops Silalahi! The killer instinct kicks in and Murray finishes his opponent with a series of strikes from mount. A dominating finish by Murray!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matthew Murray!
After winning the bout, Matthew Murray thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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