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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jari Mountain (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mountain comes to the cage accompanied by kuningas. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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209 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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188 cm
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221 lbs
9 - 3 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jari Mountain!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Marco Blurström and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy staying out of range there.
Mountain fails with an attempt to clinch.
Mountain throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
A clash of legs there as Mountain blocks the low kick.
Mountain swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murphy tries a head kick but it misses.
Mountain lands a jab.
Mountain uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Jari Mountain seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy misses with the body kick
and Mountain counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mountain is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Mountain displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Mountain's head but Mountain sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Mountain.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mountain throws out the jab.
Murphy throws a jab when Mountain was well out of range.
Mountain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Mountain dives in and grabs Murphy's left leg, looking for a takedown. Murphy pushes down on Mountain's head and hops out.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Mountain sees it coming and moves out of range.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
Mountain ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Mountain moves into range and connects with a jab.
Mountain misses with a wild body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain lands a nice hook to Murphy's body. Murphy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Mountain lands with a hook. Murphy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Mountain misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with a thumping low kick.
Mountain throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Mountain thows a body shot but no joy.
Mountain throws a low kick but it's checked well by Murphy.
Mountain tests Murphy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murphy checks a leg kick nicely.
Nice straight punches there by Murphy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murphy.
Murphy slips a jab and a cross from Mountain.
Mountain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain misses with a straight right.
Mountain misses with a kick to the body
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
Mountain takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Mountain tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Mountain.
Murphy throws a low kick but Mountain moves out of range easily.
Mountain tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Mountain checks it
enabling Mountain to counter with a crisp jab.
A swing and a miss from Mountain.
Mountain misses with a hook.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Mountain.
Murphy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain checks a low kick from Murphy.
Mountain steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Murphy. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Mountain chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Mountain throws a series of punches but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy misses with a hook.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mountain. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy blocks a jab.
Mountain with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Mountain misses the shot to the body.
Murphy throws a wild body kick that Mountain sees coming a mile off.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Mountain.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Mountain dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Mountain throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Mountain throws a leg kick but Murphy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Nice body kick from Murphy.
Mountain checks a leg kick.
Murphy scores with a nice strike.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mountain.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Mountain misses with a body shot.
Murphy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice uppercut there from Murphy.
Mountain lands with a nice body punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mountain throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Murphy was covering up waiting for the punch and Mountain finishes the takedown easily into guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Mountain is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Mountain with a flurry of punches that miss.
Mountain stops Murphy from standing up.
Murphy utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mountain wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.
Mountain throws an elbow that misses. Murphy uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Mountain's guard. Nice move by Murphy!
Mountain is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Murphy is controlling him.
Mountain 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mountain is working an open guard so Murphy takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Mountain.
Mountain looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Mountain cracks a nice hook into Murphy's ribs.
Murphy throws a front kick aimed at Mountain's knee but Mountain avoids it well.
Mountain avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Mountain closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Murphy did well to prevent Mountain getting side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mountain thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mountain is looking for a kimura here.
Mountain content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jari Mountain dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Murphy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Mountain looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Mountain takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Mountain.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Mountain manages to avoid it.
Mountain slips a straight right by Murphy.
Nice shot by Mountain.
Mountain misses with a body shot.
Mountain blocks a low kick nicely.
Mountain throws a front kick aimed at Murphy's knee but Murphy avoids it well.
Mountain thows a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Mountain misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Mountain clinches with his opponent.
Mountain tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Mountain lands an uppercut.
Mountain is trying to break the clinch but Murphy has him pressed against the cage.
Mountain tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mountain breaks from the clinch.
Mountain jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Mountain. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Mountain misses with a wild body shot.
Jari Mountain is winning the standup battle so far.
The fighters circling - Murphy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Mountain throws a shot to the body.
Mountain loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Mountain on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy tries to work over Mountain's front leg with a kick but Mountain checks it.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Mountain throws out the jab.
Mountain throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Mountain misses the shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy motions for Mountain to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mountain scores with a sloppy right hand. Murphy should have avoided that one.
The crowd cheers as Mountain lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murphy doesn't seem phased though.
Nice uppercut there from Murphy.
Mountain rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Mountain stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Mountain takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Mountain.
A left and a right from Mountain both land. Nice combination.
Murphy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Mountain throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Mountain throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Mountain misses the jab.
Mountain takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Mountain checks it.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Mountain misses the body punch
and Murphy counters with an inside leg kick.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mountain looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy takes a swing at Mountain's ribcage but misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jari Mountain showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Mountain has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Johanna Lukiainen scores the fight for Jari Mountain!
Judge Marco Blurström scores the fight for Jari Mountain!
Judge Ben Zyskovitsi scores the fight for Jari Mountain!
Jari Mountain wins by unanimous decision!
Jari Mountain decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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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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