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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hoe Ray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ray's entrance music is BONE. A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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215 lbs
8 - 4 - 0 |
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188 cm
23
221 lbs
12 - 5 - 0 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple 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
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hoe Ray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Johanna Lukiainen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Murphy.
Ray tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Murphy counters with a big head kick but Ray shrugs it off.
Ray looks to clinch
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Ray closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murphy throws the left hand but Ray avoids the punch easily.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Murphy counters with a straight right hand.
It looks like Hoe Ray has been cut.
Hoe Ray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy misses the jab.
Ray gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Ray misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Ray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ray has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Ray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ray lands a body punch.
Ray swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Ray misses with the head strike.
Good body shot from Ray.
Murphy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Ray closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy counters with a body kick that stops Ray in his tracks momentarily.
Nice body kick from Murphy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ray displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ray tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Ray instigates a clinch.
Ray tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ray.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ray lands a shoulder strike.
Ray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ray lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ray has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Ray moves to clinch but Murphy breaks away
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ray tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Murphy counters with a nice kick to the body.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Ray takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Ray tries to clinch but Murphy moves away
and Murphy counters with an outside leg kick.
Ray closes the distance but Murphy moves to the side
and Murphy counters with a one-two to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Ray is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Ray tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ray closes the distance but Murphy moves to the side
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Ray tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a jab when Ray was well out of range.
Ray closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Murphy.
A head punch on the inside from Ray fails to land.
Ray gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Ray throws a punch but it's blocked by Murphy.
A nice right hand lands inside from Ray.
Ray doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ray blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ray misses with a punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Ray misses with the head strike.
Murphy has had enough of the clinch but Ray keeps him there for the moment.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Ray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hoe Ray's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Ray closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ray closes the distance but Murphy moves to the side
and Murphy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murphy swinging wildly here.
Ray blocks a head kick by Murphy.
Ray tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Murphy counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Ray is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Ray tries to clinch
and Murphy counters with a head kick that drops Ray to the mat! Ray scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Ray is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Oh Ray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Ray tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Murphy scores with a counter punch that sends Ray to the canvas! Murphy smells blood - he's punishing Ray with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Ray has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:52 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Murphy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
RATING
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