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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luis Mendoza (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murray comes to the cage accompanied by KO muzik. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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218 lbs
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217 lbs
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Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent boxer
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
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
10 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Luis Mendoza!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Vladimir Khabensky and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray tries to clinch but Mendoza moves out of range.
We've been hearing reports that Murray has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Mendoza misses with the combination.
Mendoza looks to score with a jab to the body but Murray is just out of range.
Murray misses with a hook.
Mendoza scores with a three punch combo!
Murray blocks a jab.
Mendoza drops his hands momentarily and Murray takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Mendoza.
Mendoza scores with a nice head shot.
Mendoza throws a hook but Murray blocks it.
Mendoza throws a nice looking combination but Murray bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murray connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Mendoza thows a body shot but no joy.
Mendoza throws a combination that misses
and Murray makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Mendoza throws an off balance right hand
and Mendoza takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Luis Mendoza seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Murray.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Mendoza avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Murray.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mendoza wants to get back to his feet.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Murray throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Mendoza takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Mendoza taking a bit of punishment here - Murray scoring with strikes.
Mendoza manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mendoza keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mendoza tries to roll over but Murray keeps him under control.
Murray throwing shots but Mendoza is blocking nicely.
Mendoza is looking for a sweep. Murray is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mendoza keeps trying to improve his position.
Nice strikes from Murray there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza tries to roll over but Murray keeps him under control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Mendoza is in trouble now - Murray has advanced to mount!
Murray with shots to the head and body - Mendoza looks very uncomfortable down there.
Murray controlling from mount.
Mendoza is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Murray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Mendoza is trying desperately to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Mendoza blocking the ground and pound.
Murray trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Mendoza is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray working Mendoza over with strikes here.
Mendoza is wriggling around trying to escape.
Mendoza gets back to half guard.
Mendoza is trying to get back to full guard.
Murray throwing shots but Mendoza is blocking nicely.
Murray lands with a punch from half guard.
Murray trying to control from half guard but Mendoza is working away.
Murray lands with a punch from half guard.
Murray trying to mount his opponent but Mendoza defends it.
Mendoza is not content to let Murray control the position.
Mendoza is trying to control but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mendoza keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mendoza does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Murray scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murray thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Mendoza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mendoza actively working from the bottom here.
Murray is keen to just control but Mendoza is a slippery customer.
Mendoza is trying to stand.
Murray throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Murray stops Mendoza from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murray looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Mendoza with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Murray prevents Mendoza from improving his position.
Mendoza moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Murray 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.
Murray walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murray lands with a hook. Mendoza tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Mendoza scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Murray looks to land a left hand but Mendoza moved out of range nicely.
Mendoza misses with a leg kick
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
Murray gets a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Mendoza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Mendoza can't break the clinch.
A short right from Murray on the inside.
Mendoza working hard to break the clinch.
Murray lands an uppercut.
Mendoza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murray.
Murray softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Mendoza is looking to break free of the clinch but Murray has double underhooks.
Mendoza looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Mendoza's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Murray lands a hook that snaps the head of Mendoza backwards.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray lands a right hand.
Mendoza is trying to force a seperation but Murray has the dominant position.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Mendoza is rocked!
Murray throws a punch but it's blocked by Mendoza.
Mendoza is still on wobbly legs! Can Murray finish him?
A head punch blocked on the inside by Mendoza.
Mendoza seems to have recovered his senses.
Murray misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murray keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendoza's efforts to push away.
Mendoza misses with a punch to the body.
Murray lands an uppercut.
Mendoza tries to break the clinch but Murray is controlling the position.
Mendoza has had enough of the clinch but Murray keeps him there for the moment.
Mendoza is trying to break free.
Murray lands a nice shot to the body.
Murray keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Mendoza's efforts to push away.
Murray scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murray pushes Mendoza against the cage. Murray is working some dirty boxing. Murray pushes off with a quick right hook! Mendoza goes down! Mendoza tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Murray moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lee Murray!
Post fight, an emotional Lee Murray said 'I'm going back to my roots and trying to knock everyone out. I've only lost by KO so its going to be me or you. I'm 30 and I still got about 10 fights in me and I plan on going hard. Kill or be killed from now on. I know my chin wont hold up so Im gonna finish you quickly'.
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