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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Khalid Al Mahyani (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyler Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Al Mahyani's entrance music is 808 State and James Dean Bradfield - Lopez. A fine choice. Murphy has chosen The Warrior's Code as his entrance music. Tyler Murphy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Khalid Al Mahyani's chin.
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218 lbs
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210 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Khalid Al Mahyani!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Tyler Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Paul Aken, Wagner Zegers and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Al Mahyani scoring well with a low kick there.
Tyler Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a big shot that misses.
Nice cross by Murphy.
An inside leg kick lands from Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murphy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Al Mahyani doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Al Mahyani explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Al Mahyani throws a front kick that sends Murphy stumbling back into the ropes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Mahyani buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murphy looks winded!
Al Mahyani connects with an inside leg kick.
Al Mahyani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Al Mahyani sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Al Mahyani as he avoids it easily.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice body kick there by Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Al Mahyani throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Al Mahyani throws a knee to the head but misses.
Al Mahyani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Tyler Murphy has been cut.
Knees in the clinch landing for Al Mahyani.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy tries to score a body lock takedown but Al Mahyani shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Al Mahyani connects with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani is looking to control Murphy's arms but Murphy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Al Mahyani has his back to the ropes.
The fighters are pressed against the ropes, as the pace of the fight slows.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murphy's face.
A knee to the head by Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Murphy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Al Mahyani fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Mahyani landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Al Mahyani tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Al Mahyani is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Murphy is working for takedown but Al Mahyani is calmly controlling the position for now.
Khalid Al Mahyani has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tyler Murphy.
Al Mahyani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murphy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Al Mahyani avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Al Mahyani trying to stall but Murphy improves his position.
Murphy is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Al Mahyani pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
A knee to the head by Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani misses with a knee to the head.
Murphy can't get the takedown.
Al Mahyani tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy tries for a takedown but Al Mahyani manages to get underhooks.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Mahyani tries to land a knee to the head but Murphy blocks with his arms.
Al Mahyani trying to control the position but instead, Murphy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Al Mahyani into the ropes.
Al Mahyani can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Al Mahyani with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the body.
Al Mahyani putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Murphy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Al Mahyani with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murphy takes a knee right on the jaw!
Al Mahyani is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murphy is keeping busy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Al Mahyani lands a nice knee to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Al Mahyani avoiding damage.
Al Mahyani unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Al Mahyani is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Al Mahyani using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murphy's face.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Al Mahyani as Murphy tries to tie him up.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Al Mahyani obliges.
Al Mahyani scores a nice knee to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Mahyani scores with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Murphy.
Al Mahyani with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Khalid Al Mahyani dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyler Murphy's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Good leg kick by Al Mahyani there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Al Mahyani avoids them all with ease.
Al Mahyani tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murphy swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Al Mahyani staying out of range there.
Al Mahyani scores with a spinning back kick!
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Al Mahyani can pounce on him.
Al Mahyani tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Al Mahyani explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Al Mahyani throws a head kick that half lands.
Al Mahyani connects with a solid leg kick.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Al Mahyani moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Al Mahyani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Al Mahyani moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Al Mahyani.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Mahyani fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Al Mahyani, right into the meat.
Al Mahyani feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Khalid Al Mahyani is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Al Mahyani fails in his attempt to clinch.
Al Mahyani feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Al Mahyani moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Al Mahyani thumps Murphy with a low kick.
Al Mahyani is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Al Mahyani drives through and clinches with Murphy against the ropes.
Murphy looking to stall.
Al Mahyani looking to slow down the pace here.
Murphy has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Al Mahyani.
Al Mahyani crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Al Mahyani is pushing Murphy up against the ropes, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Al Mahyani is defending well.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Al Mahyani unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Al Mahyani lands a nice knee to the body.
Al Mahyani scores with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani connects with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani lands a knee to the body.
Al Mahyani with a knee to the head.
Al Mahyani taking a breather.
Al Mahyani misses with a knee strike.
Al Mahyani crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
Al Mahyani tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
Al Mahyani using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Murphy has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy drags the fight down to the ground.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Murphy keeping moving, preventing Al Mahyani from controlling successfully.
Murphy working for a triangle but Al Mahyani defends it easily.
Murphy looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Al Mahyani knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Murphy on the ground.
Murphy looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Al Mahyani trying to control the position from guard on top but Murphy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murphy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Al Mahyani is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Al Mahyani has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Murphy to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Al Mahyani is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Murphy pulls down on the head and he's put Al Mahyani to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Tyler Murphy!
Tyler Murphy is the new light heavyweight champion!
Tyler Murphy 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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