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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tyler Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Malaik Hamadani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by The Warrior's Code. Hamadani has chosen Prince Of Persia - Welcome Within as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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210 lbs
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212 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power |
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyler Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Malaik Hamadani!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hamadani is looking to clinch.
Hamadani leaves Murphy with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Hamadani shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Murphy defends it nicely.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Hamadani's head but Hamadani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hamadani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Hamadani ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Hamadani quickly recovers to half guard.
Hamadani won't allow Murphy to pass to mount.
Murphy is stalling here. Hamadani is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Murphy seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hamadani has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Murphy pushes Hamadani away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Hamadani gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Hamadani looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Hamadani.
Hamadani goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Murphy has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Hamadani but great work by Murphy.
A lull in the action here.
Hamadani struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy just content to control the position.
Hamadani is looking to reverse the position.
Hamadani wants to control but Murphy postures up.
Murphy wants to control but Hamadani is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hamadani is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Murphy is looking to take a break and control but Hamadani is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Murphy is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Hamadani's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tyler Murphy has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Murphy throws a one two combo.
Hamadani shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Murphy as he avoids it easily.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hamadani was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Hamadani keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Hamadani uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hamadani looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hamadani fails with an attempt to clinch.
Hamadani closes this distance looking for a takedown but Murphy circles away.
Tyler Murphy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Malaik Hamadani.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hamadani tries to clinch up.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut
and Hamadani counters by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Murphy 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.
Hamadani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Hamadani has closed the distance and engaged Murphy in a clinch.
Hamadani prevents the takedown attempt.
Murphy is trying to trip Hamadani. He has hold of a leg but Hamadani is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Murphy persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hamadani keeping full guard, as Murphy tries to pass.
Murphy is working hard here to advance position.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Hamadani is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tyler Murphy.
Hamadani wants to clinch.
Tyler Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamadani wants to clinch but Murphy slips to the side
and Murphy counters with a one-two to the body.
Hamadani tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Murphy taking a break here but Hamadani is having none of it and regains half guard.
Murphy not doing much here.
Hamadani wants to control but Murphy is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying to control. Hamadani wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Murphy is thwarting Hamadani's attempts to control the position.
The ref stands the fighters back up because Tyler Murphy just wasn't active enough.
Hamadani uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Hamadani.
Hamadani doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hamadani moves away.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
No luck for Hamadani with that takedown attempt.
Hamadani wants to clinch but Murphy slips to the side
and Murphy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Murphy looking to pass the guard.
Hamadani wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Tyler Murphy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Murphy is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Hamadani looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Murphy passes into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy taking a breather here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tyler Murphy dominated that second round.
That's time! Murphy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Hamadani wants to clinch but Murphy slips to the side
and Murphy counters with a three punch combo that has Hamadani backing up. Hamadani nods at Murphy to acknowledge the strikes.
Hamadani looks for a takedown but Murphy sprawls well.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Hamadani's head but Hamadani sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Hamadani is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Hamadani is looking to clinch.
Hamadani tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy cracks Hamadani with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Hamadani moved out of range.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Hamadani counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Hamadani is looking for a kimura but Murphy is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hamadani to get the leverage.
Hamadani trying to control from Murphy's half guard. Murphy has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hamadani wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hamadani has gone for a leg lock! Murphy slips out almost immediately though and dives into Hamadani's guard.
Murphy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hamadani swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Murphy avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Hamadani keeping moving, preventing Murphy from controlling successfully.
Hamadani being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Hamadani utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Malaik Hamadani has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Tyler Murphy.
Nice defenses there by Hamadani.
Hamadani moves out of range of the strikes.
Hamadani defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Murphy does it's job there.
Hamadani tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hamadani counters with a stiff right hand.
Hamadani gets caught napping as Murphy dives in and scores a takedown. Hamadani manages to retain guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hamadani is looking for a triangle but Murphy pushes his legs off easily.
Hamadani is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Murphy wants to pass the guard but Hamadani is keeping the position.
Hamadani looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Tyler Murphy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Hamadani is keeping the position for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Tyler Murphy.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Murphy, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tyler Murphy!
Our winner, Tyler Murphy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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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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