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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Abdoul Murquite (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Lucas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murquite kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Não Posso Mais. Lucas has chosen Jesus I Was Evil as his entrance music. Abdoul Murquite has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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299 lbs
15 - 7 - 0 |
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200 cm
24
290 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Great low kicks
Insanely flexible |
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Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Abdoul Murquite!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Matthew Lucas!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Yuuki Gou and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murquite throws a head kick that misses.
Abdoul Murquite seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That kick from Murquite tenderised Lucas's leg. Lucas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murquite throws a head kick that misses.
Lucas stuns Murquite with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murquite misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murquite pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lucas is out of range and Murquite settles back down.
Murquite does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lucas throws a looping overhand right but Murquite ducks down to avoid it.
Murquite tries to score a power double leg takedown but Lucas sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Murquite somewhat.
Lucas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murquite.
Lucas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Lucas fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
It looks like Abdoul Murquite has been cut.
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!
Lucas takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murquite avoids the body shot from Lucas.
Murquite throws a sloppy head kick and Lucas moves out of range easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murquite darts in looking for a takedown but Lucas gets double underhooks and turns Murquite into the ropes.
Murquite is working for a takedown up against the ropes. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdoul Murquite. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Lucas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murquite throws a low kick but Lucas moves out of range easily.
Lucas slaps away a takedown attempt from Murquite, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Lucas takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Matthew Lucas is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murquite throws a low kick but Lucas avoids it.
Lucas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murquite was well out of range. Poor timing from Lucas.
Lucas misses with a straight right.
Murquite tries a low kick but Lucas avoids it.
An inside leg kick from Murquite misses.
Lucas takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Murquite.
Murquite dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lucas. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murquite shoots for a takedown but Lucas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Murquite will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Horrible takedown by Murquite or perhaps it was just good defense by Lucas which made him look bad.
Lucas blocks a head kick by Murquite.
Murquite misses with a kick to the body.
Murquite keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lucas.
Murquite buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murquite displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Lucas throws out the jab.
Lucas misses with an uppercut. Murquite saw that one coming.
Murquite is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lucas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Lucas scoring well with a low kick there.
Lucas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lucas checks the leg kick nicely there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Lucas throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murquite uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lucas.
Murquite tries a head kick but it misses.
Lucas throws a hook to the side of Murquite's head but Murquite sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Lucas has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Murquite will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Lucas lands a body shot.
Murquite moves away from the strike by Lucas.
Murquite slips a straight right by Lucas.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lucas. Murquite does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murquite throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Murquite fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Lucas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murquite tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lucas cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murquite defending well as Lucas loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lucas throws out a loose jab but Murquite uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murquite keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lucas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murquite uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lucas.
Lucas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murquite can pounce on him.
Murquite keeps Lucas at a distance using the push kick.
Murquite tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murquite lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
An inside leg kick lands from Murquite.
Horrible takedown by Murquite or perhaps it was just good defense by Lucas which made him look bad.
Murquite tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lucas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucas misses with a low kick as Murquite jumps back.
Murquite shoots in but Lucas avoids the takedown attempt easily.
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 Abdoul Murquite will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Abdoul Murquite's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Murquite buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murquite feints and then cracks Lucas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lucas down.
A head kick from Murquite lands but Lucas takes it in his stride.
Murquite throws a head kick that misses.
Lucas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murquite was well out of range. Poor timing from Lucas.
Murquite is looking to chop away at Lucas's legs.
Murquite slips under a jab.
Murquite misses with a low kick.
Lucas throws a front kick aimed at Murquite's knee but Murquite avoids it well.
Murquite keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lucas.
Murquite misses with a head kick.
Murquite lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lucas's sensitive parts.
Murquite tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lucas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lucas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murquite, right into the meat.
Lucas checks a leg kick nicely.
Lucas connects with a nice looking jab.
Murquite throws a front kick aimed at Lucas's knee but Lucas avoids it well.
Murquite throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Lucas keeps the fight on the outside.
Lucas misses with a straight right.
Lucas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murquite can pounce on him.
Murquite tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Lucas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Abdoul Murquite is winning the standup battle so far.
Murquite throws a nice inside leg kick.
An inside leg kick from Murquite misses.
Lucas tries a head kick but it misses.
Murquite looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murquite.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murquite slips a straight right by Lucas.
Murquite misses with a leg kick
and Lucas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murquite throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murquite throws a lazy head kick
and Lucas counters with a nice uppercut.
Murquite throws a leg kick but Lucas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Murquite tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Lucas cracks Murquite with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murquite attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Lucas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murquite on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murquite looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murquite tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Lucas manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lucas throws a push kick but Murquite slaps the foot to one side.
Lucas misses the jab.
Lucas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murquite misses with a head kick.
Murquite throws a sloppy head kick and Lucas moves out of range easily.
Murquite lands a head kick!
Murquite tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Lucas defends well and Murquite ends up having to push Lucas into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Murquite blocks an uppercut.
Murquite changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Lucas fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Lucas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murquite tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lucas swats away the attempt to clinch by Murquite.
Lucas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murquite manages to avoid it.
Murquite shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murquite tries to land a front kick but Lucas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Lucas lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lucas stuffs the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdoul Murquite. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murquite pushes Lucas up against the ropes in a clinch.
Murquite is looking to take this one to the mat.
Lucas struggles to land a body shot inside as Murquite controls his hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Lucas works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Lucas creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lucas misses with a punch to the body.
Lucas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Lucas lands a body punch in the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Lucas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Abdoul Murquite's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Lucas misses with a straight right.
Lucas blocks a head kick by Murquite.
Lucas swats away the attempt to clinch by Murquite.
Murquite is looking to score with low kicks.
Lucas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murquite.
Lucas blocks a low kick nicely.
Murquite connects with a solid leg kick.
Murquite misses with a takedown attempt
and Lucas counters with an inside leg kick.
Lucas lands a jab to Murquite's midsection.
Lucas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Lucas misses with a looping left.
Lucas scores with a nice head shot.
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!
Lucas looks to throw the jab but Murquite is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murquite goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murquite tries to close the distance and clinch but Lucas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murquite takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murquite uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lucas.
Murquite defending well as Lucas loads up on a big left hand.
Murquite takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Lucas throws a jab when Murquite was well out of range.
Nice sprawl there from Lucas as Murquite shoots in.
Murquite tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Lucas jabs Murquite right on the nose. Murquite blinks but takes it well.
Abdoul Murquite's cut is getting worse.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murquite steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lucas.
Lucas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murquite takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murquite uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lucas.
Lucas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Murquite throws a leg kick
and Lucas counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murquite moves in looking to clinch but Lucas pushes him off.
Lucas misses the shot to the body.
Lucas tests Murquite's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Abdoul Murquite's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Murquite does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Lucas misses with a hook.
Lucas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murquite.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Murquite.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Abdoul Murquite. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murquite is trying hard to land a takedown here. Lucas sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Murquite. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
A big right from Lucas misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murquite avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jab by Lucas.
Jeez, Abdoul Murquite's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Murquite feints and then cracks Lucas's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Lucas down.
Murquite plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A clash of legs there as Lucas blocks the low kick.
Murquite throws a leg kick
and Lucas counters with a nice right hand that sends Murquite toppling to the canvas! Murquite scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Lucas finish him?!
Murquite is rocked!
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Abdoul Murquite's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Matthew Lucas!
Matthew Lucas bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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hype
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pop
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