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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Murphy MacManus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Christer Fugelsang (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). 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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196 lbs
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190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Excellent boxer
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Murphy MacManus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Christer Fugelsang!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Fugelsang fails with the takedown.
MacManus motions for Fugelsang to come forward. MacManus throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
MacManus slips a jab from Fugelsang.
Fugelsang moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
MacManus throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Fugelsang does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Nice uppercut lands for Fugelsang. That snapped MacManus's head back.
MacManus drops his hands momentarily and Fugelsang takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fugelsang scores with a decent looking hook.
MacManus moves in looking to clinch but Fugelsang pushes him off.
MacManus looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fugelsang fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Nice straight punches there by Fugelsang. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Fugelsang.
Fugelsang dodges the punch combination from MacManus.
MacManus is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fugelsang lands with an overhand left.
MacManus fails in his attempt to clinch.
MacManus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fugelsang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
MacManus closes the distance and clinches.
MacManus taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fugelsang escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
MacManus scores with a sloppy right hand. Fugelsang should have avoided that one.
MacManus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
MacManus wants to clinch.
MacManus has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fugelsang breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fugelsang slips a jab and a cross from MacManus.
Fugelsang lands a nice shot that snaps MacManus's head back.
This has been an exciting period of action!
MacManus on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Fugelsang swats away the attempt to clinch by MacManus.
MacManus tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Fugelsang was well out of range. Poor timing from MacManus.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacManus moves into the clinch successfully.
Fugelsang tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Murphy MacManus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christer Fugelsang.
MacManus pushes Fugelsang back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Fugelsang tries to score a body lock takedown but MacManus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
MacManus breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Fugelsang will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
A jab lands there for Fugelsang.
Fugelsang connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between MacManus's hands.
Fugelsang lands a straight punch to the body, keeping MacManus at a distance.
Christer Fugelsang seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fugelsang works MacManus's body with a nice hook.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fugelsang.
Fugelsang lands with a straight right. MacManus didn't see that one coming.
Murphy MacManus is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Fugelsang misses with an uppercut.
MacManus tries to clinch but Fugelsang moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacManus looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Fugelsang is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! MacManus had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Fugelsang shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Fugelsang dodges the punch combination from MacManus.
MacManus moves out of range of the strikes.
Fugelsang looks for a takedown but MacManus sprawls well.
MacManus throws a leg kick that misses.
Fugelsang doesn't succeed with the takedown
and MacManus counters with a series of strikes. Fugelsang will be more careful next time no doubt.
Fugelsang changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. MacManus tries to avoid it but Fugelsang manages to keep hold of a leg and drag MacManus to the ground. MacManus escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
MacManus stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and MacManus wants it to stay on the feet.
Fugelsang might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Fugelsang looks winded!
Fugelsang misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from MacManus.
MacManus darts in and clinches Fugelsang up against the cage.
MacManus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fugelsang is defending well for now.
MacManus is stalling here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fugelsang is trying to break the clinch but MacManus is controlling him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fugelsang tries to break the clinch but MacManus is controlling the position.
MacManus goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
MacManus misses with a knee strike.
MacManus taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Fugelsang is trying to break the clinch but MacManus has him pressed against the cage.
Fugelsang can't break the clinch.
MacManus tries to work over Fugelsang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Fugelsang tries to pull guard but MacManus holds him up against the cage and eventually Fugelsang drops back down to his feet.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from MacManus.
Fugelsang tries to break free but MacManus pushes him back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Fugelsang is looking to take this one to the mat.
MacManus escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fugelsang fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but MacManus avoids it really well and circles away.
MacManus cracks Fugelsang with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Christer Fugelsang dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
MacManus has managed to clinch.
Fugelsang wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Fugelsang is trying to pull guard but MacManus has him pressed against the cage.
MacManus can't find room to land a body shot as Fugelsang controls the action.
MacManus breaks from the clinch.
Fugelsang fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Fugelsang throws a quick inside leg kick.
MacManus tries to close the distance and clinch but Fugelsang swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Christer Fugelsang seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Fugelsang has a takedown stuffed.
Fugelsang shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts MacManus as he jumps to the side.
Murphy MacManus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christer Fugelsang.
Fugelsang fails with a takedown attempt.
Fugelsang misses with a hook. MacManus ducked under it nicely.
MacManus takes the fight into the clinch.
MacManus throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fugelsang blocks it with crossed arms.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from MacManus.
Fugelsang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Fugelsang is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Fugelsang has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
MacManus gets through Fugelsang's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Fugelsang wants to break free but MacManus has control.
MacManus keeps control of Fugelsang as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Fugelsang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
MacManus manages to break the clinch.
MacManus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Fugelsang closes the distance and clinches up with MacManus, looking for a takedown. Fugelsang pushes MacManus against the cage but MacManus circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Fugelsang avoids a punch combination nicely.
MacManus throws the kick towards the body but Fugelsang avoids it.
MacManus misses with a few strikes there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacManus misses with a wild combination.
MacManus throws a right and a left that Fugelsang avoids nicely.
Fugelsang takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Fugelsang works over MacManus's head and body with a nice combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A left lands for Fugelsang.
MacManus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Fugelsang paws at him with a jab and circles away.
MacManus is looking to clinch but Fugelsang is avoiding it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Fugelsang.
Fugelsang misses with a hook. MacManus ducked under it nicely.
No luck for Fugelsang with that takedown attempt.
Fugelsang is breathing heavily.
MacManus slips under a jab.
MacManus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
MacManus lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacManus scores with a hook to the body.
Fugelsang looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
MacManus scores with a knee to the head.
MacManus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
MacManus wants to clinch.
Fugelsang looks to score with a jab to the body but MacManus is just out of range.
A big right from Fugelsang misses.
Fugelsang misses the shot to the body.
MacManus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Good body shot from MacManus.
Fugelsang pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fugelsang jabbing away but nothing is landing.
MacManus lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Fugelsang backs up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fugelsang tries for a takedown but MacManus sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fugelsang misses with a takedown attempt
and MacManus counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
A right handed body shot lands from MacManus.
MacManus is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
The referee is keeping an eye on MacManus - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
MacManus presses Fugelsang against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
MacManus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
MacManus misses with a body shot.
MacManus tries to clinch but Fugelsang moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Fugelsang. Beautiful body shot.
Fugelsang tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but MacManus swivels and escapes.
MacManus gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
MacManus's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A short right from MacManus on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murphy MacManus dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
MacManus closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
MacManus working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
MacManus breaks the clinch.
Fugelsang takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Fugelsang shoots and misses
and MacManus counters with a three punch combo that has Fugelsang backing up. Fugelsang nods at MacManus to acknowledge the strikes.
Fugelsang throws out a loose jab but MacManus uses good head movement to avoid it.
MacManus scores with a jab to the head.
Fugelsang scores with a hook to the body. MacManus takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Fugelsang pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
MacManus tries to clinch up.
Fugelsang shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has MacManus pinned against the cage. MacManus gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
MacManus has Fugelsang up against the cage in a clinch.
Fugelsang letting MacManus take a breather here.
Fugelsang takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacManus's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Fugelsang misses with a hook. MacManus ducked under it nicely.
Fugelsang misses with a takedown attempt - MacManus sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Murphy MacManus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Christer Fugelsang.
Fugelsang connects with a solid leg kick.
MacManus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
MacManus keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Fugelsang.
MacManus throws a head kick but Fugelsang moves out of range.
Fugelsang fails to land the takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fugelsang avoids the head kick by MacManus.
Nice takedown defense from MacManus. No joy for Fugelsang on that attempt.
MacManus getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
MacManus scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
MacManus throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy MacManus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
MacManus thows a body shot but no joy.
MacManus takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
MacManus moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fugelsang throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around MacManus's waist but MacManus gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fugelsang off to one side.
MacManus checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
MacManus will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nice defenses there by Fugelsang.
Fugelsang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. MacManus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Fugelsang throws an uppercut from half a mile away. MacManus sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fugelsang swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
MacManus tries to clinch but Fugelsang moves out of range.
Fugelsang has a takedown stuffed.
Fugelsang has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from MacManus.
MacManus steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Fugelsang.
MacManus throws a one two combo.
MacManus scores with a nice right hand.
MacManus scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
MacManus is looking to clinch.
Fugelsang dodges the punch combination from MacManus.
MacManus defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fugelsang.
MacManus throws a half hearted mid kick.
Fugelsang tries to keep at a distance but MacManus has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacManus stalling against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fugelsang is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables MacManus to keep the fight standing.
MacManus is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Fugelsang is defending well for now.
MacManus throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Fugelsangs head.
Fugelsang tries to score a body lock takedown but MacManus shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Murphy MacManus has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Fugelsang jumps guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Fugelsang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
Murphy MacManus showed his dominance in that final round.
I think MacManus has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Murphy MacManus!
Murphy MacManus gave a mention to [WOT] DTK Designs (Laundry) in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).
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energy
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hype
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