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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dick Solomon (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy comes to the cage accompanied by Róisín Muphy - Pandora. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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188 cm
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213 lbs
28 - 12 - 1 |
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200 cm
34
222 lbs
21 - 12 - 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
28 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Brian Murphy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
21 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Dick Solomon! The judges for this bout are Ben Zyskovitsi, Anni Minnemäki and Roosa Järviläinen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Solomon. Solomon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Solomon just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Solomon. Murphy moves away from the strike by Solomon. Solomon throws a big shot that misses. Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Solomon misses with a low kick. Solomon ducks down and throws a hook to the body. Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Solomon. Solomon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy counters with a good, hard body kick but Solomon shrugs it off. Solomon misses with a wild body shot. Solomon thows a leg kick but Murphy checks it and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
It looks like Dick Solomon has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round. Solomon throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily. Solomon thows a leg kick but Murphy checks it and Solomon takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Solomon is looking to score with low kicks. Solomon throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy counters with a body kick that stops Solomon in his tracks momentarily. Solomon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murphy is out of range. Solomon scores with a body shot.
Solomon misses the shot to the body. Solomon pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Murphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Solomon is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Solomon connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Solomon swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Murphy counters with a head kick. Murphy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Solomon misses with a right hand and Murphy counters with a series of strikes that really hurt Solomon! The ref looks into his eyes and sees nobody home - he's called the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Murphy! Brian Murphy seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
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