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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Mike Muse (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rip Hunter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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165 lbs
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163 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
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Brawler
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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
4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Muse!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rip Hunter!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Muse throws a nice inside leg kick.
Hunter scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hunter misses with a wild body shot.
Hunter lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Muse fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hunter connects with a body shot that sends Muse's belly button to the back.
Hunter shoots in and gets a takedown into Muse's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Muse keeping moving, preventing Hunter from controlling successfully.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Muse is adopting a defensive guard.
Muse keeping moving, preventing Hunter from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Muse trying to control the position.
Muse is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hunter is controlling him.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Hunter working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Muse is trying to control the position but Hunter postures up.
Hunter prevents Muse from getting back to his feet.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Hunter lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Muse circles away quickly and effectively.
Hunter shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Muse makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Muse slips under a jab.
Hunter misses with a hook to the body
and Muse counters with an inside leg kick.
Hunter shoots in looking for a takedown but Muse manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hunter's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Hunter with a poor takedown
and Muse counters with a body kick that stops Hunter in his tracks momentarily.
Mike Muse has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rip Hunter.
Hunter looks winded!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muse avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Rip Hunter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Muse throws a body shot but no joy.
Hunter misses with a hook
and Muse counters with a nice low kick that buckles Hunter's knee momentarily.
Muse looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hunter just misses with a punch to the body.
Muse fires out a quick counter leg kick but Hunter just manages to avoid it.
Hunter on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Hunter misses with a left hand
and Muse counters with a nice body shot.
Hunter takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Hunter looks to land a right hand but Muse moved out of range.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hunter has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Muse.
Muse wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Hunter misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Muse on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Muse really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Hunter misses with a combination
and Muse connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunter tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Hunter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Muse moves into the clinch.
Muse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Muse misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Muse trying to land knees to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Muse.
Muse scores a nice knee to the body.
Muse missing with knees to the body.
Muse with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Hunter is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Muse gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Muse unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hunter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Muse obliges.
Muse lands a good knee to the midsection. Hunter won't want to take too many of those.
Muse tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hunter avoids it.
Muse misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Hunter.
Muse pushes Hunter back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Muse landing knees to the body.
Muse connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hunter's face.
Muse landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Muse scores with a knee to the head.
Muse lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Muse creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Hunter's defenses.
Muse gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Muse lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Muse dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Muse chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Hunter misses with an uppercut
and Muse counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Muse fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Hunter feints and as Muse raises his hands in defense, Hunter changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Hunter trying to control but Muse is working from the bottom.
Hunter with a nice head shot there.
Hunter is looking to work some ground and pound but Muse has wrist control.
Muse looking for a sweep. Not yet Muse, not yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muse wants to get back to his feet but Hunter is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Muse is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Hunter accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hunter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Muse moves out of range as Hunter strikes.
Hunter throws a body punch but Muse moves out of range.
Muse ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Muse fails with an attempt to clinch.
Muse takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Hunter lands with a straight right. Muse didn't see that one coming.
Hunter misses with a series of wild punches.
Hunter is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Muse there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Muse moves in looking to clinch but Hunter pushes him off.
Hunter keeps the fight on the outside.
Muse rushes Hunter and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Muse crunches a lovely knee into Hunter's ribcage.
Muse working Hunter over with knees to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Muse lands a knee to the head.
Muse misses with a knee to the head.
Muse unloads a knee to the mid-section. Hunter lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hunter's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Muse lands a knee to the head.
Muse misses with a body punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muse missing with knees to the body.
Mike Muse has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Muse lands a knee to the body.
Hunter blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hunter can't break the clinch.
Muse is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Muse has a couple of punches blocked by Hunter.
Hunter wants to break free but Muse has control.
Hunter can't break the clinch.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Muse obliges.
Hunter avoiding damage as Muse throws knees to the body.
Muse lands a nice knee to the body.
Muse using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Muse lands a nice elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Muse lands a damaging elbow.
It looks like Rip Hunter has been cut.
Muse landing knees to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Muse.
Muse tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Muse lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muse using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Muse utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Muse lands a good knee to the midsection. Hunter won't want to take too many of those.
Muse unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Muse tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Muse obliges.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Muse dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Rip Hunter's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Muse. Hunter shrugs it off though.
Hunter looks to land a right hand but Muse moved out of range.
Muse dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Hunter. That did some damage!
Hunter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Muse half committed to a counter leg kick.
Muse bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Hunter throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Muse sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Muse throws a leg kick which misses Hunter's front leg but catches the back leg as Hunter tries to avoid it.
Hunter misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Muse counters with an outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Muse moves into the clinch.
Muse breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Hunter shoots in for a takedown but Muse shows good takedown defense.
Muse tried to counter with a leg kick but Hunter avoided it.
Hunter takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Muse misses with a wild combination.
Muse is looking to wear down Hunter with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Hunter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Hunter throws a hook to the side of Muse's head but Muse sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A head kick from Muse lands but Hunter takes it in his stride.
Hunter shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Muse wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Muse looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Muse looking for a sweep. Not yet Muse, not yet.
Muse is looking to stand up but Hunter isn't so interested in that idea.
Muse trying to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Muse is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Hunter is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Muse is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Hunter is controlling him.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Hunter misses with an uppercut. Muse saw that one coming.
Muse was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Hunter avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Muse displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Hunter throws out the jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Muse.
Good leg kick by Muse there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Hunter is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Muse fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Hunter has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Muse throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Muse with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Muse fails in his attempt to clinch.
A chopping leg kick lands by Muse.
Nice uppercut lands for Hunter. That snapped Muse's head back.
Hunter scores with the left hand. Muse knows he should have avoided that one.
Muse misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Hunter looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Hunter works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Muse avoids the body shot from Hunter.
Muse looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
No luck for Hunter with that takedown attempt.
As Hunter backs away, Muse returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunter circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hunter changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Hunter throws a body punch but Muse moves out of range.
Muse appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Muse tries to clinch there but Hunter circles away.
Rip Hunter has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Muse moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Muse throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Muse lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Hunter has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Muse.
Muse throws a quick inside leg kick.
Hunter chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Muse can pounce on him.
Hunter keeps the fight on the outside.
Hunter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Mike Muse is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Muse is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
Mike Muse showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Muse, 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mike Muse!
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