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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Steven Simms (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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160 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Experienced |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Steven Simms!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray throws a poor cross that misses
and Simms counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Simms jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murray throws out a loose jab but Simms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simms fails to land with a series of punches.
Murray connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murray doesn't manage to clinch there - Simms circles away.
Murray misses with a hook to the body
and Simms counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Murray wants to stand up but Simms is controlling him.
Murray seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref stands the fighters back up. John Murray wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Simms throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murray tries to clinch up
and Simms counters with a nice uppercut.
Simms misses with a few strikes there.
Simms misses with a wild body shot.
Murray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Simms keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
John Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray tries to clinch up but Simms circles away and keeps his distance.
Simms uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Simms slips under a jab.
Simms throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Simms circles away quickly and effectively.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Simms looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
Murray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Simms.
Murray slips a jab and a cross from Simms.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murray looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Simms circles away quickly and effectively.
Murray is looking to clinch but Simms is avoiding it.
Sloppy strikes from Murray. Those never looked like landing.
Murray keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Simms.
Simms tries to keep at a distance but Murray has taken the fight into the clinch.
Simms working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simms blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Simms can't break the clinch.
Murray prevents Simms from breaking the clinch.
Simms is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Murray has a couple of punches blocked by Simms.
Murray lands a knee to the head.
It looks like Steven Simms has been cut.
Murray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Simms tries to break the clinch but Murray is controlling the position.
Simms pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simms misses with a double jab
and Murray counters by moving into the clinch.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but Simms uses good head movement to avoid it.
Simms is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Murray.
Simms is trying to push Murray away but Murray has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simms has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murray tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Simms can't break the clinch.
Simms escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Simms cracks a nice hook into Murray's ribs.
Murray misses with a straight right.
Murray ducks under a wild hook from Simms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Simms throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
Murray is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Simms throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murray lands a jab.
Murray clinches up against the cage.
Murray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Murray will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Steven Simms's cut.
That's time! Murray's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Murray throws a lazy right hand but Simms sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murray swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murray stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Simms keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Murray misses with a left hand
and Simms counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murray tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Simms manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murray lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Murray misses.
Simms needs to keep his hands up - Murray had a free shot at his head there.
Murray works Simms's body with a nice hook.
Murray misses with a wild combination.
John Murray is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murray misses the body punch
and Simms counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray wants to clinch up but Simms keeps it at a distance.
Murray has Simms up against the cage in a clinch.
Murray with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Simms tries to break the clinch but Murray is controlling the position.
Simms wants to break free but Murray has control.
Murray lands with a right to the head.
Simms takes a shot to the head.
Simms wants to break the clinch but can't.
Simms can't break the clinch.
Simms pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A slow jab from Simms misses its intended target.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Simms paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murray tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Simms counters with a nice uppercut.
Murray darts in and clinches Simms up against the cage.
Murray tries to throw a body punch but Simms avoids it by throwing Murray back against the cage.
Simms has had enough of the clinch but Murray keeps him there for the moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray looking to throw knees to the head but Simms is blocking nicely.
Simms pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Simms misses with a series of wild punches.
Murray swings widly with a right hand
and Simms counters with a straight right hand.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Simms manages to avoid it.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murray scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murray cracks a nice hook into Simms's ribs.
Murray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murray wants to clinch up but Simms keeps it at a distance.
Murray thuds a left hand into Simms's body.
John Murray is winning the standup battle so far.
Simms misses with a looping right.
Murray tries to clinch but Simms is having none of it.
Murray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simms avoids the body shot from Murray.
A cross from Murray lands.
Murray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Murray tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Some wild striking there from Murray.
Murray misses with a hook.
Simms cracks Murray with a right hand to the side of the head.
Simms slips under a jab.
Simms will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Simms throws a right and a left that Murray avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Simms jabs Murray to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murray has Simms up against the cage in a clinch.
Murray keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Simms's efforts to push away.
Simms escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice uppercut there from Murray.
Murray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Simms.
Murray cracks Simms with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murray swings for the body but Simms moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simms showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murray.
Nice uppercut there from Murray.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Murray dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Steven Simms's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Murray throws a shot from downtown. Simms moves away and avoids it.
Murray dodges the punch combination from Simms.
Murray swings widly with a right hand
and Simms counters with a two punch combo.
Murray scores with a shot to the body.
Murray's corner calls for a 1-2. Murray obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Simms avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murray clinches with his opponent.
Murray struggles to land a body shot inside as Simms controls his hands.
Murray lands with a left to the head.
Simms breaks the clinch.
Simms looks to land a combination but Murray avoids it well.
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray slips a jab from Simms.
Murray connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Simms throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murray.
Murray throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch but Simms swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murray dodges the punch combination from Simms.
Nice uppercut lands for Simms. That snapped Murray's head back.
Murray lands with an overhand left.
Simms misses with a wild combination.
Murray swinging wildly here.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Simms paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray wants to clinch
and Simms counters with a straight right hand.
Simms moves out of range as Murray strikes.
Murray tries to clinch up but Simms circles away and keeps his distance.
Simms slips a jab from Murray.
Donk. Murray catches Simms right on the button with a cross.
Murray scores with a punch to the head.
Murray tries to clinch up.
Simms keeps the fight on the outside.
Simms digs a good hook to Murray's body.
Murray lands with a right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Simms goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Murray looks to throw the jab but Simms is out of range.
Murray throws a looping overhand right but Simms ducks down to avoid it.
Murray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Simms paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murray swings for the body but Simms moves out of range.
Murray lands with a straight right. Simms didn't see that one coming.
Simms tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Simms.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Simms moves away.
Murray throws a nice looking combination but Simms bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Simms looks to score with a jab to the body but Murray is just out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murray lands with a good body shot.
Nice defenses there by Murray.
Murray fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murray looks to land a combination but Simms avoids it well.
Simms circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Simms counter with a right hand.
Murray walks into a stiff left hand from Simms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Simms thows a body shot but no joy.
Simms with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murray to score with a decent uppercut.
Steven Simms has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
John Murray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray instigates a clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Murray showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Murray, 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 30:28
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:28
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Murray!
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