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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Payne Loco (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Meathead by Story of the Year. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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BJJ White Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Payne Loco!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Chris Downing and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy shoots in and bounces Loco off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Murphy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Loco is keeping the position for now.
Loco is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Murphy sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Loco's guard.
Loco is trying to stand back up but Murphy is controlling him
Murphy is looking for a kimura here.
Murphy working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Loco really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Murphy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murphy passes the guard and advances to mount!
Murphy landing strikes from the mount.
Murphy is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Murphy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loco's face.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Murphy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loco's face.
Loco is rocked!
Loco looks gassed!
Loco is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Loco is still in real trouble! Can Murphy finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy is landing with some decent strikes but Loco is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Loco is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Loco taking shots to the head.
Murphy with a couple of short strikes.
Murphy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loco's face.
Murphy sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Loco is in a horrible position here. Murphy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Murphy has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Loco's face.
Murphy with shots to the head and body - Loco looks very uncomfortable down there.
Loco takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Murphy cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Loco is trying to escape but when you're mounted that's not too easy.
Murphy lands with some strikes.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Loco really wants to buck Murphy off and get back to his feet.
Murphy controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy trying to control but Loco is having none of it.
Loco is trying to stand up.
Murphy 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.
Murphy lands a big shot there that rocks Loco but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Murphy scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Loco?
Loco is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Murphy landing punches.
Murphy breaks from Loco's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Murphy with shots to the head and body - Loco looks very uncomfortable down there.
Murphy landing shots from mount.
Loco really wants to buck Murphy off and get back to his feet.
Loco seems to have recovered his senses.
Loco is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy dominating with strikes here.
Loco really wants to buck Murphy off and get back to his feet.
Murphy looking to control but Loco is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Loco is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Murphy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
A nice elbow there by Murphy.
Murphy in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy landing strikes from the mount and Loco is in trouble!
A nice elbow there by Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the head.
Murphy working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Loco is in a horrible position here. Murphy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Murphy working Loco over with strikes here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the head.
Murphy controlling from the full mount.
Murphy lands a big elbow.
Loco is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Murphy cracks Loco with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Murphy fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
You get the feeling that Loco really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Loco is bucking up trying to escape but Murphy cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Murphy punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murphy with the ground and pound from mount.
Loco is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy working Loco over with strikes here.
Loco is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
A nice elbow there by Murphy.
Murphy won't let Loco get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Murphy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Loco ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Loco sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy throws a hook but Loco avoids it easily.
Murphy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Loco is fending him off so far but Murphy persists. Nope, Loco circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for John Murphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy fails with the takedown.
Payne Loco seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Loco bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Loco tries to avoid it but Murphy manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Loco to the ground. Loco escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Loco avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murphy tries to clinch but Loco moves out of range.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Loco can do to turn this around?
Loco swats away the attempt to clinch by Murphy.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Loco.
Murphy shoots for a takedown but Loco saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Murphy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy throws a hook but Loco blocks it.
Murphy fails with the takedown.
Loco showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murphy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Loco is fending him off so far but Murphy persists. Nope, Loco circles away and we're back to standing.
Murphy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Loco swivels and escapes.
Murphy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Loco swivels and escapes.
Murphy is looking to clinch but Loco is avoiding it.
Murphy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
John Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murphy fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Murphy is looking to clinch.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Loco as he avoids it easily.
Murphy will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Murphy swinging wilding here.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Loco is just out of range.
Loco stuffs the takedown.
Murphy closes the distance and clinches.
Loco prevents a takedown attempt there.
Loco landing knees to the head.
Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Murphy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murphy avoiding damage as Loco throws knees to the body.
Murphy changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Loco fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Murphy closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Murphy lands in his opponent's guard.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Loco is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy stands and throws Loco's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Murphy cracks Loco with a big right hand but Loco just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Murphy wants to control but Loco is keeping him busy.
Loco takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Loco tries to escape back to his feet but Murphy has kept hold of him... Oh, now he's got Loco's back and is looking for the choke... Is it? Is it sunk in? YES! Loco is tapping! Murphy saw the opportunity and took it - ruthless!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). John Murphy!
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hype
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