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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Raheem Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Peepers (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is hilo. Raheem Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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193 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
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195 lbs
3 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Good wrestler
Counter striker
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Raheem Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mr Peepers!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Peepers.
Peepers drives through with a takedown into guard.
Murphy controls Peepers momentarily but Peepers frees himself.
Peepers must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Peepers landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Murphy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Peepers trying to control the position from guard on top but Murphy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peepers in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Peepers from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murphy on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Murphy tries to get out of the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Peepers avoids them all with ease.
Peepers scores a takedown into full mount!
BOOM! Peepers connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Peepers content just to control the position here.
Murphy tries to lock up and control but Peepers gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Peepers controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peepers lands a nice shot to the head.
Murphy tries to buck Peepers off but he can't manage it.
Peepers landing shots from mount.
Murphy regains half guard.
Peepers drops an elbow to the side of Murphy's head.
Peepers trying to control from half guard but Murphy is working away.
Peepers scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy won't allow Peepers to pass to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peepers wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murphy keeps working.
Murphy is pressing down on Peepers's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Peepers tries to free his leg and advance position but Murphy is retaining full guard.
Peepers throwing strikes but missing.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Peepers from controlling successfully.
Peepers stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Murphy swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Peepers is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Murphy shoots in and drives through. Peepers sprawls well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Peepers connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Peepers misses with a head kick.
Peepers fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Peepers avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Peepers throws a head kick but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Peepers counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Peepers.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Peepers from controlling successfully.
Murphy preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Peepers dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.
Peepers tries to clinch up.
Peepers misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peepers wants to clinch.
Peepers moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice takedown defense from Murphy. No joy for Peepers on that attempt.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Peepers sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Peepers tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Peepers swinging wildly here.
Peepers shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Murphy manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Peepers wants to get back to his feet.
Peepers wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Murphy postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Peepers to stand up.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Peepers manages to avoid it.
Murphy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Peepers counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Peepers wants to pass the guard but Murphy is defending well.
Peepers missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peepers with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Murphy is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Peepers scores with a couple of nice shots.
Murphy trying to control but Peepers postures up.
Peepers with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Peepers lands a nice short elbow.
Peepers not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Murphy is trying to stand up here but Peepers is controlling him well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Murphy wants to improve his position but Peepers is controlling well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Peepers connects with a nice short shot to Murphy's temple.
Murphy is not content to let Peepers control the position.
Mr Peepers has got the better of the ground game so far.
Murphy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Peepers.
Peepers is stalling here. Murphy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Peepers seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Murphy has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mr Peepers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Murphy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Peepers keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy fails with the takedown
and Peepers counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Murphy's guard now.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Peepers from controlling successfully.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Mr Peepers.
Murphy shoots in but no luck this time.
Peepers throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Peepers showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murphy.
Raheem Murphy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Peepers shoots in but Murphy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Murphy throws a right hand that Peepers ducks under and follows up with a left that Peepers also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Peepers was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy with a lazy takedown attempt
and Peepers counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Raheem Murphy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murphy being controlled here, momentarily.
Murphy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Murphy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Peepers.
Peepers trying to control the position from guard on top but Murphy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Peepers's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Peepers postures up and lands a big shot to Murphy's brow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Peepers throwing strikes from guard but Murphy blocks nicely.
Peepers stops Murphy from standing up.
Peepers trying to control but Murphy is working from the bottom.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Murphy with a poor takedown
and Peepers counters with a single leg into guard. Murphy didn't expect that.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Peepers from controlling successfully.
Peepers working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murphy's head.
Peepers postures up.
Peepers trying to control but Murphy is working from the bottom.
Peepers makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Peepers missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Peepers showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Peepers thows a big elbow that misses.
Peepers working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Peepers thows a big elbow that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Peepers accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Peepers trying to control but Murphy is working from the bottom.
Murphy wants to stand up but Peepers is controlling him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
Murphy gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Peepers counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Peepers has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Peepers shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Peepers was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Peepers breaks from Murphy's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Peepers scoring with strikes but Murphy is staying in there.
Raheem Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Mr Peepers is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Peepers scoring with strikes but Murphy is staying in there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mr Peepers comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Peepers has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 for Mr Peepers!
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight for Mr Peepers!
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight for Mr Peepers!
Mr Peepers wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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