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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Captain Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Da Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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162 lbs
15 - 5 - 0 |
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173 cm
24
165 lbs
11 - 4 - 2 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Powerful takedowns
Decent boxing
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Captain Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Bruno Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Silva misses with an uppercut
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Da Silva throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Da Silva takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Da Silva missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Da Silva misses with an uppercut
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
Da Silva throws a leg kick but Murphy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Murphy.
Da Silva gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Murphy prevents Da Silva from improving his position.
Murphy seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Da Silva does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Da Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murphy pulls his head out easily.
Murphy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Da Silva tries to roll over but Murphy keeps him under control.
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 is nestled in close to Da Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Da Silva avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Murphy.
Murphy sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Da Silva defending well though.
Murphy thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Da Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Murphy is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Da Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Da Silva avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murphy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Murphy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Da Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murphy trying to control but Da Silva is working from the bottom.
That's two 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.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murphy postures up in Da Silva's guard and throws a big left but Da Silva blocks it.
Da Silva is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Murphy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Da Silva is keeping the position for now.
Da Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Murphy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Murphy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Da Silva preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Da Silva not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Da Silva looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Murphy passes into half guard.
Murphy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Da Silva actively working from the bottom here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Murphy lands a nice short elbow.
Da Silva wants to get back to full guard but Murphy has mounted him!
Murphy punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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!
BOOM! Murphy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Murphy landing strikes from the mount and Da Silva is in trouble!
Da Silva is rocked!
Murphy prevents Da Silva from getting the reversal.
Da Silva is still in real trouble! Can Murphy finish him?
Murphy working for a guillotine from mount but Da Silva is in no mood to give up.
Da Silva seems to have recovered his senses.
Da Silva is trying desperately to improve position.
Murphy looking to control but Da Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Murphy raining down shots from the mount!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Da Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Da Silva wants to improve his position but Murphy is controlling well.
Da Silva looks gassed!
Da Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Ground and pound from Murphy.
Murphy trying to pass the guard but Da Silva defending well.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Murphy is trying to control the action in half guard but Da Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Da Silva is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Murphy's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Murphy's back!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy is trapped and Da Silva is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Da Silva working for a choke but Murphy is defending well.
Murphy just trying to survive but Da Silva is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Captain Murphy dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Murphy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murphy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Da Silva!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Da Silva regains half guard.
Captain Murphy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Da Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Da Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Murphy is aware though and is defending well.
Murphy tries to free his leg and advance position but Da Silva is retaining full guard.
Da Silva looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Da Silva is on top in guard.
Da Silva throws a strike but Murphy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Murphy scoring with some ground and pound.
Murphy slips nicely into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murphy pulls his head out easily.
Murphy wants to take a breather but Da Silva is having none of it.
The fighters are battling for position here. Da Silva manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Da Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Murphy defends well.
Da Silva is breathing heavily.
Murphy trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Da Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Murphy is aware though and is defending well.
Murphy landing with the ground and pound.
Da Silva can't keep his opponent in guard - Murphy advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Da Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Da Silva escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Murphy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Murphy cracks Da Silva with a solid left hand.
Murphy drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Murphy jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Murphy trying to control but Da Silva is working from the bottom.
Murphy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Da Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murphy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Da Silva keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Da Silva has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Murphy has managed to get both his arms back between Da Silva's legs - danger averted.
Murphy looking to pass the guard.
Da Silva looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murphy preventing the sweep.
Da Silva keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.
Da Silva looking for a guillotine here but Murphy defends easily.
Da Silva looking for subs off his back but Murphy has passed one foot through into half guard.
Da Silva on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murphy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Ground and pound from Murphy.
Da Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Da Silva working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Murphy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Murphy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Murphy working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Da Silva's head.
Da Silva is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Murphy defends well.
Murphy working some strikes from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Captain Murphy will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Murphy fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Da Silva sprawls well initially but Murphy persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Murphy is trying to work for a kimura but Da Silva is defending well.
Da Silva is looking to improve his position.
Da Silva is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Murphy pulls his head out easily.
Da Silva manages to get to full guard.
Murphy is looking to work some ground and pound but Da Silva has wrist control.
Da Silva is looking for a triangle but Murphy pushes his legs off easily.
Da Silva takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Da Silva is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Murphy is aware though and is defending well.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Da Silva is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murphy thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Silva had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Murphy defends it easily.
Murphy pushing down on Da Silva's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Murphy is nestled in close to Da Silva, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Da Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Murphy working over Da Silva with some ground and pound. Da Silva looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murphy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Da Silva is in a horrible position here. Murphy smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Murphy prevents Da Silva from getting the reversal.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy working the ground and pound effectively.
Da Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
A nice elbow there by Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the head.
Murphy goes for an armbar but Da Silva turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Da Silva.
Da Silva looking to improve position, pressing down on Murphy's thigh with his hand. Murphy seems to be working to lock up a guilotine though... is Da Silva paying attention? Apparently not! He's locked it up tight! Da Silva's face has turned purple! Will he tap? Will he! YES! He's tapped! Murphy picked his opening and made it count! Great finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:51 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Captain 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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