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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Corporate Slave (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Candlemass - Solitude (Vocal Cover). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm
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213 lbs
24 - 11 - 1 |
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195 cm
30
217 lbs
11 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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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
24 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Murphy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Corporate Slave! The judges for this bout are Matti Vanhoillinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! A combination from Slave does no damage. Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Slave pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Slave misses with a series of wild punches.
Murphy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Slave lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Murphy backs up against the cage.
Donk. Slave catches Murphy right on the button with a cross. Slave moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off. Slave wants to clinch up but Murphy keeps it at a distance. Slave takes the fight into the clinch. I was talking to Murphy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight. Slave misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Slave misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Slave. Slave fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy. Slave misses with a hook from the clinch. Murphy breaks from the clinch.
Slave misses with a jab, cross combination.
Slave swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a head kick. Slave looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range. Murphy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body 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! Slave clinches up with Murphy and pushes him back against the cage. A head punch on the inside from Slave fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Slave misses with a hook from the clinch. Slave lands with a light punch inside. Slave lands with a short shot to the head. Murphy is trying to break free. Slave tries to throw a body punch but Murphy avoids it by throwing Slave back against the cage. Slave misses with the head strike.
Slave misses with a hook from the clinch. Slave fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Slave misses with a punch to the body.
Slave struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Slave lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards. Slave misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Slave tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Slave doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Slave looks to throw an elbow but misses. A quick uppercut on the inside from Slave. Slave goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Slave tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it. Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Slave scores with the left hand. Murphy knows he should have avoided that one. Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Slave.
Slave has Murphy up against the cage in a clinch.
Slave misses with a punch to the body.
Slave has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. So far he's outscoring his opponent in the clinch so it seems to have been worthwhile.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A head punch on the inside from Slave fails to land. Murphy tries to break the clinch but Slave is controlling the position. Slave misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy. Slave can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Slave creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Slave misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murphy.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Slave. As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Murphy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now. Murphy tries to circle away but Slave has him pinned against the cage. Slave misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Corporate Slave dominated that round. Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
The fight stays on the outside here - Slave looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Slave misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely. Slave misses with a right hand and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Slave fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it. Slave tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance. Slave takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses. Murphy walks into a jab. Slave throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Slave misses with a wild body shot. Slave is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Slave blocks a head kick by Murphy.
That's one minute gone in the round. Slave scores to the head and body with a nice combination! A slapping body kick lands there for Murphy. Murphy tries to keep at a distance but Slave has taken the fight into the clinch. Slave tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. Slave digs a right hand underneath Murphy's ribcage. Murphy let out a lung full of air as it connected. Slave has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Slave tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murphy avoids it. Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Murphy slips under a jab from Slave.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Slave misses with a wild combination.
Slave tries to clinch but Murphy moves away and Murphy counters with a flying knee. Nice. Slave tries to clinch up but Murphy circles away and keeps his distance. Murphy keeps the fight on the outside. Slave scores with a hook. Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Slave has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage. Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slave lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Slave throws a right and a left that both miss. Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Slave tries to clinch up and Murphy counters with a nice leg kick. Corporate Slave seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Slave tries to clinch up. Slave misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Slave tries to clinch up and Murphy counters with a nice leg kick. Slave fails with an attempt to clinch.
Slave misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Slave thows a body shot but no joy. Slave throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Corporate Slave seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Slave. Murphy scores with a push kick. Slave misses with a wild combination.
Slave misses with a hook to the body
and Murphy counters with a head kick that drops Slave to the mat! Slave scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Slave is rocked! The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Slave rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murphy counters with a low kick, right behind Slave 's knee. Slave is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him? Slave is breathing heavily. Both fighters circling slowly here as the pace drops. Hopefully one of them does someth.. OOOHHHH!!!! Murphy throws an absolute beast of a head kick! Slave is done! He's out cold, twisted and contorted up against the cage! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Brian Murphy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
38% |
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