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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Shaniqua Gorbdinkle (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Gorbdinkle comes to the cage accompanied by The Way I Feel. Matt Murdock will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Shaniqua Gorbdinkle!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Alec Ball, William Peck and Ian Loll.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gorbdinkle slips a jab from Murdock.
Murdock paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Gorbdinkle feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Gorbdinkle accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Murdock wants to stand up but Gorbdinkle is controlling him.
Murdock really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Gorbdinkle. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Gorbdinkle postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Murdock wants to stand up but Gorbdinkle is controlling him.
Gorbdinkle stands up from Murdock's guard - Gorbdinkle perhaps looking for a knockout.
Gorbdinkle shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gorbdinkle showed some decent athleticism there.
Murdock tries to kick Gorbdinkle off but Gorbdinkle keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Gorbdinkle controlling the action here.
Murdock is trying to stand up here but Gorbdinkle is controlling him well.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Murdock can do anything to dispel that myth.
Gorbdinkle trying to control the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gorbdinkle landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gorbdinkle is working for a kimura but Murdock is defending it quite comfortably.
Gorbdinkle thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Gorbdinkle missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Gorbdinkle is looking to take a break and control but Murdock is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Murdock wants to get back to his feet.
Gorbdinkle winds up and cracks Murdock with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Murdock is trying to stand.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Gorbdinkle shoots in looking for a takedown. Murdock tries to sprawl out of it but Gorbdinkle keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Murdock manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gorbdinkle shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Murdock but Murdock pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Murdock lands a glancing blow to the side of Gorbdinkle's head.
Murdock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Gorbdinkle drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Gorbdinkle decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Murdock, up you get!
Murdock connects with a high kick.
Gorbdinkle shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Gorbdinkle throws some wild stikes that Murdock manages to avoid easily.
Murdock is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Murdock looks gassed!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gorbdinkle cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Gorbdinkle with good strikes from the mount here!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murdock is really trying hard to get back to his feet.
Gorbdinkle connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Murdock is squirming around, avoiding Gorbdinkle's attempts to control the action.
Gorbdinkle unloading with bombs!
You get the feeling that Murdock really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Gorbdinkle fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Gorbdinkle cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Murdock is rocked!
Gorbdinkle won't let Murdock get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Murdock is still in real trouble! Can Gorbdinkle finish him?
Murdock seems to have recovered his senses.
Gorbdinkle working Murdock over with strikes here.
Gorbdinkle lands a heavy elbow.
Gorbdinkle dominating with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock is squirming around, avoiding Gorbdinkle's attempts to control the action.
Murdock really wants to buck Gorbdinkle off and get back to his feet.
Gorbdinkle with shots to the head and body - Murdock looks very uncomfortable down there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gorbdinkle looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Gorbdinkle looking to control but Murdock is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gorbdinkle with good strikes from the mount here!
Gorbdinkle unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Murdock wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Gorbdinkle celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Shaniqua Gorbdinkle!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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