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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Edwin Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Larry O Leary (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying O Leary's choice of entrance music: one day like this. Larry O Leary acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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275 lbs
7 - 3 - 0 |
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190 cm
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265 lbs
14 - 4 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Great low kicks
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
Good elbows
Powerful |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Edwin Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
14 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Larry O Leary!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Leary misses with a looping left.
Murray gets caught flat footed, as O Leary shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
O Leary wants to control from the top but Murray keeps moving.
O Leary postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
O Leary is pushing down on Murray's leg trying to pass to half guard. Murray is fighting to maintain full guard but O Leary has managed to sneak the leg through.
Murray on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Murray tries to get out of the position.
O Leary with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Murray is trying to stand back up but O Leary is controlling him
O Leary sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Murray defending well though.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
O Leary is trying to control. Murray wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, O Leary seems content to control.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Larry O Leary.
O Leary tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murray paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Leary forces Murray back against the cage and clinches.
A left hand lands to the body for Murray.
O Leary looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murray lands a nice shot to the body.
Murray lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
O Leary looks gassed!
A head punch on the inside from O Leary fails to land.
O Leary has Murray pressed against the cage.
Murray misses with a knee strike.
O Leary takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murray landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Leary has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murray misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from O Leary.
Murray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Leary has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Murray tries a body shot but O Leary blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Murray.
Murray landing knees to the head.
O Leary goes for a takedown in the clinch but Murray prevents it.
Murray working some nice short punches in the clinch.
O Leary takes a shot to the head.
O Leary doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murray lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murray lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Murray.
Murray lands a nice uppercut.
Murray lands a damaging elbow.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murray.
Murray looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murray scores with a hook to the body.
Murray lands a shoulder strike.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murray.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murray has a couple of punches blocked by O Leary.
Murray misses with an elbow over the top.
Murray lands a knee to the head.
Murray lands a shoulder strike.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murray.
Murray throws a punch but it's blocked by O Leary.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murray using the Thai plumb to throw knees but O Leary has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
O Leary looking to stall.
Still in the clinch, Murray scores with a nice short uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Murray.
A short right from Murray on the inside.
O Leary blocks a body shot from Murray.
O Leary tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Murray on the inside.
Murray gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
O Leary lands with a left to the head.
Murray tries to land knees in the clinch but O Leary avoids the damage to the body.
O Leary blocking some punches.
Murray lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt O Leary or not.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but O Leary uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murray landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Murray gets through O Leary's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
O Leary on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murray's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murray throws a front kick that sends O Leary stumbling back into the cage.
Murray throws a right and a left that O Leary avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a low kick as O Leary jumps back.
O Leary shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Murray defends it nicely.
O Leary moves into range and connects with a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murray ducks under a wild hook from O Leary.
O Leary fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Edwin Murray dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Horrible takedown by O Leary or perhaps it was just good defense by Murray which made him look bad.
O Leary moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but O Leary paws at him with a jab and circles away.
O Leary wants to clinch
and Murray counters with a good low kick that O Leary was not able to check.
Murray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
O Leary swinging wildly here.
O Leary is breathing heavily.
O Leary tries to clinch up but Murray circles away and keeps his distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Larry O Leary seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
O Leary throws a series of punches but Murray avoids them all with ease.
Murray circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murray throws a low kick but O Leary moves out of range easily.
Murray attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Jab, jab by O Leary - just one landing.
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.
A jab from Murray misses.
Murray throws a front kick aimed at O Leary's knee but O Leary avoids it well.
O Leary throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
O Leary is looking to clinch but Murray is avoiding it.
O Leary lands a jab.
It looks like Edwin Murray has been cut.
A left and a right from O Leary both land. Nice combination.
Murray throws a sloppy body shot
enabling O Leary to counter with a crisp jab.
Murray has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Murray there as he acknowledges the shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a looping left.
Murray tries to clinch but O Leary moves away
and O Leary counters with a nice body shot.
Murray throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and O Leary counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
O Leary misses the shot to the body.
Murray misses with a jab to the body
and O Leary cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
O Leary tries to clinch there but Murray circles away.
Larry O Leary seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murray walks straight into a right hand from O Leary - that's dropped him! O Leary jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Murray from any more punishment! Murray complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Larry O Leary!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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