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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Kota (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray comes to the cage accompanied by Smack My Bitch Up. Matt Kota struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 186.1lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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190 lbs
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190 cm
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
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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
5 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matt Kota!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray tries to clinch but Kota moves out of range.
Kota defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Murray.
Kota is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kota gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Murray postures up and lands a big shot to Kota's brow.
Murray wants to control from the top but Kota keeps moving.
Kota trying to control the position.
Murray decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Kota, up you get!
Kota slips a jab from Murray.
Murray circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murray darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kota misses with a takedown attempt
and Murray moves into the clinch.
Kota looks gassed!
Murray breaks from the clinch.
Murray closes the distance and clinches.
Kota tries to break free but Murray pushes him back against the cage.
Murray avoiding damage as Kota throws knees to the body.
Kota can't get the takedown.
Murray jumps into guard, dragging Kota to the mat.
Murray trying to control the position.
Murray tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Murray uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Murray fails to land with a series of punches.
Murray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray breaks the clinch.
Kota tries to clinch up but Murray circles away and keeps his distance.
Murray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Kota tries to clinch there but Murray circles away.
A head kick misses from Murray.
Kota tries to bum rush Murray with a series of wild strikes but Murray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A left and a right from Murray both land. Nice combination.
Kota with a lazy takedown attempt
so Murray counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Lee Murray has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matt Kota.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kota wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murray gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Murray throws a combination. Kota tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray looks for a takedown but Kota sprawls well.
Murray shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Kota manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Murray stands and steps away. Kota gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Murray lands a jab.
Murray circles away from the clinch attempt
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
Murray moves into the clinch.
Murray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kota slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kota tries a head kick but it misses.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murray, right into the meat.
Murray misses with a double jab
and Kota cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murray moves into range and clinches up with Kota.
Murray breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A big left from Kota misses.
Murray closes the distance and clinches.
Murray pulls Kota into guard.
Kota won't allow Murray to get back to his feet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murray pushes Kota off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kota paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Murray dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Murray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Kota.
Murray shoots for a takedown but Kota saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Murray tries a head kick but it misses.
Murray throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kota.
Murray will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Kota shoots for a double leg takedown but Murray sprawls well. He's pushed Kota's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Murray gets the takedown into side control.
Kota looks to move to half guard but instead Murray has passed into mount! Damn!
Kota wants to hold on but Murray pushes him away.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murray trying to control but Kota is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Murray.
Kota really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Murray looking to finish Kota with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kota!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Murray scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Kota?
Lee Murray overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kota is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Murray controlling his opponent.
Murray punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murray is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Kota to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Kota shrugs it off.
Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kota can do to turn this around?
Murray raining down shots from the mount!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray wants to control the pace but Kota is squirming around nicely.
Murray looking to finish Kota with some ground and pound. This is bad for Kota!
Murray looking to control but Kota is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kota is in a horrible position here. Murray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Murray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray avoids the attempt from Kota to control.
Kota tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murray punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murray tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Murray is working for a guillotine from mount but Kota frees his head quite easily.
Murray landing strikes from the mount and Kota is in trouble!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Murray dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Murray has managed to clinch.
Murray has hold of one of Kota's legs. Kota is fighting the takedown attempt but Murray gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Murray stands and throws Kota's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Murray scoring with punches and elbows.
Murray wants to lay and pray for a moment but Kota keeps working.
Murray decides to stand back up.
Murray closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Kota taking some punishment here, with Murray in his half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murray wants to pass the guard but Kota is defending well.
Murray has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Kota's head.
Kota scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Murray manages to mount him!
Murray landing shots from mount.
Kota taking shots to the head.
Murray avoids the attempt from Kota to control.
Kota is looking to get to half guard.
Kota wants to control but Murray is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Murray landing shots from mount.
Murray in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Murray lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Kota hang on?
Murray landing punches.
Murray with the ground and pound from mount.
Murray looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Kota in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray is landing with some decent strikes but Kota is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
BOOM! Murray connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Murray cracks Kota with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Murray landing shots from mount.
Murray wants to control the pace but Kota is squirming around nicely.
Murray lands with some strikes.
Murray cracks Kota with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Kota tries to reverse the position but Murray maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray with good strikes from the mount here!
Murray lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Murray working the ground and pound effectively.
Murray scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Kota is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murray lands with some strikes.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murray has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Andi Peters scores the fight 30:25
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:25
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lee Murray!
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energy
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hype
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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