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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Luciano Bivar (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bivar's entrance music is AC/DC Back In Black. A fine choice. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the fighters buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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196 cm
26
214 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
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188 cm
26
218 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class 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 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luciano Bivar! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Murphy! The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bivar shoots for a takedown but Murphy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Bivar throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily. Bivar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Murphy swivels and escapes. Bivar has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Bivar there as he acknowledges the shot. Murphy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work. Bivar shoots in looking for a takedown but Murphy manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Bivar's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luciano Bivar. That's going to take a lot out of him. Bivar looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Murphy is fending him off so far but Bivar persists. Nope, Murphy circles away and we're back to standing. Bivar takes a kick to the side of the head.
It looks like Luciano Bivar has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Bivar tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Murphy swivels and escapes. Bivar scores with a head kick.
Bivar is trying hard to land a takedown here. Murphy sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. Bivar is breathing heavily. Bivar throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily. Bivar fails to land the takedown. Bivar misses with a takedown attempt - Murphy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Horrible takedown by Bivar or perhaps it was just good defense by Murphy which made him look bad. A good leg kick by Murphy. Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Bivar shoots and misses and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw. A head kick by Bivar misses and Murphy counters with a nice body kick.
Murphy pushes Bivar away with a front kick. This has been an exciting period of action! Bivar avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Murphy pushes Bivar away with a front kick. This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Bivar. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery. Nice uppercut there from Murphy. Brian Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Bivar walks straight into a right hand from Murphy - that's dropped him! Murphy jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Bivar from any more punishment! Bivar complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Brian Murphy!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
74% |
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