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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murphy McManus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Armin Starke (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McManus comes to the cage accompanied by Cadence to arms. Armin Starke is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
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200 lbs
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205 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent elbows
Good chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Murphy McManus!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Armin Starke!
The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McManus scores with a head kick. Starke tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
It looks like Armin Starke has been cut.
Starke darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Starke is working for a submission of some sort.
Starke wants to control but McManus is keeping him busy.
McManus desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Starke thows a huge punch but McManus dodges it nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Starke is trying to control the action in half guard but McManus is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Starke slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Armin Starke.
McManus tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Starke is able to avoid easily.
McManus throws a head kick that Starke semi-blocks.
McManus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
McManus throws a nice head kick!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
McManus lands a nice leg kick that just misses Starke's sensitive parts.
McManus fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That has opened up Armin Starke's cut even more.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McManus throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Starke.
Starke is rocked!
McManus is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Starke hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:13 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Murphy McManus!
A relieved looking Murphy McManus thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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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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