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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Arlindo Moralles (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nobu Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nobu Murphy will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple 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
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Arlindo Moralles!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nobu Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Summer Carpenter and Bruno Hogan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Moralles takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murphy lands a jab to the head.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Moralles has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Moralles and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murphy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Moralles.
Murphy throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Moralles stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Murphy tries to sprawl but Moralles drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Moralles scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to stand.
Moralles wants to lay and pray for a moment but Murphy keeps working.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moralles is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Moralles is trying to work for a kimura but Murphy is defending well.
Murphy has hold of Moralles's hands but Moralles slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Moralles is stalling here. Murphy is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Moralles 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.
Murphy stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Nobu Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Moralles.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moralles shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Moralles takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Moralles is breathing heavily.
Moralles dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
Murphy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Moralles avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Moralles slips a jab and a cross from Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Moralles checks a leg kick nicely.
Moralles fails with the takedown
and Murphy counters with a one-two to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murphy.
Murphy lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Murphy scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses
and Moralles counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy is looking to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Murphy feints and then cracks Moralles's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Moralles down.
Moralles on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Murphy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murphy scores with a head kick. Moralles tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Moralles moves out of range of the body kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nobu Murphy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Murphy tries to bum rush Moralles with a series of wild strikes but Moralles uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy feints a jab promting Moralles to slip. Murphy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Moralles slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Moralles moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murphy lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murphy throws a one two combo.
Moralles checks a low kick from Murphy.
Moralles takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Moralles blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Moralles with a poor takedown
and Murphy counters with a two punch combo.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Moralles checks it
and Moralles counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy pushes Moralles off and scrambles back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Moralles dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
Moralles is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Murphy.
Murphy misses with the combination.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Moralles moves out of range easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy swinging wildly here.
Murphy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murphy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murphy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Murphy cracks the inside of Moralles's front leg.
Murphy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Arlindo Moralles is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Murphy is looking to chop away at Moralles's legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moralles stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murphy.
A right-left combo lands from Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nobu Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Danga de danga de dang - Murphy scores with a four punch combination!
Murphy throws a wild body kick that Moralles sees coming a mile off.
Moralles takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murphy misses with a two punch combination.
Murphy tries to land a leg kick but Moralles saw it coming and moves away.
Moralles with a poor takedown
and Murphy counters with a nice kick to the body.
Moralles on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Moralles takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a wild combination.
Murphy lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy throws a nice looking combination but Moralles bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murphy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murphy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Moralles eats them both and turns towards Murphy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Left hook, right uppercut from Murphy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy stalks Moralles and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Moralles's face. Moralles staggers backwards, shaken.
Moralles looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Murphy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murphy lands a jab-cross combination.
Nobu Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Moralles showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murphy.
Nice body kick there by Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Moralles avoids them all with ease.
Murphy scores with a shot to the body.
Murphy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murphy misses with a series of wild punches.
An inside leg kick lands from Murphy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Murphy.
Nobu Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murphy scores with a three punch combo!
Nobu Murphy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Moralles is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murphy stalks Moralles and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Moralles's face. Moralles staggers backwards, shaken.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy thumps Moralles with a low kick.
Arlindo Moralles has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murphy lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nobu Murphy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murphy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Damien Edna scores the fight 26:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 26:30
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nobu Murphy!
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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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