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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Derek Flood (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Murha Puro (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murha Puro has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Derek Flood!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Murha Puro!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Daniel Blasius.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Puro throws a shot from downtown. Flood moves away and avoids it.
Flood misses with a hook.
Puro tries to keep at a distance but Flood has taken the fight into the clinch.
Puro works on Flood's body with a couple of short punches.
Puro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puro struggles to land a body shot inside as Flood controls his hands.
Puro lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Flood backwards.
Puro is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
I was talking to Flood's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Puro.
Flood tries to throw a body punch but Puro avoids it by throwing Flood back against the cage.
Puro is trying to maintain a safe position but Flood gets an underhook and turns Puro into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Puro taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Flood has had enough of the clinch but Puro keeps him there for the moment.
Puro taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Flood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flood working aggressively here.
Flood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flood tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Puro's elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puro misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puro taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Puro misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puro.
Good body shot from Puro.
Flood is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Puro misses with a body punch.
Puro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Flood tries to circle away but Puro has him pinned against the cage.
Puro lands with a short shot to the head.
Puro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Flood's efforts to push away.
Flood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flood can't find room to land a body shot as Puro controls the action.
Puro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flood lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Puro.
Puro swings wildly with an uppercut but Flood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flood has a couple of punches blocked by Puro.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flood prevents a body shot from Puro.
Puro lands a right hand that snaps the head of Flood backwards.
Flood scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Puro keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Flood's efforts to push away.
Good body shot from Puro.
Puro trying to control the position but instead, Flood has worked for underhooks and has pushed Puro into the cage.
Flood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
A head punch on the inside from Flood fails to land.
Flood prevents a body shot from Puro.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Puro can't find room to land a body shot as Flood controls the action.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flood.
A shot in the inside from Flood.
Puro misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Puro scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Flood misses with a punch on the inside.
Puro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puro wants to stall.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Puro.
Flood lands a hook to the side of the head.
Flood pushes Puro back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Puro misses with a body punch.
Flood is trying to break free.
Flood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Puro misses with a body punch.
Flood blocks a body shot from Puro.
A short uppercut from Flood.
Flood throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Flood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Flood.
Flood tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Puro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Puro tries to work over Flood's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Puro throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Puro blocking some punches.
Puro throws a head punch that misses.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Flood prevents a body shot from Puro.
Puro gets through Flood's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Flood lands with a short head shot on the inside.
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!
Puro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flood misses with some punches.
Puro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flood is trying to push Puro away but Puro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Puro doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Flood wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Flood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puro throws the kick towards the body but Flood avoids it.
Puro gets a clinch.
Puro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puro misses with a hook to the ribs.
Flood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flood goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flood lands with a light punch inside.
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 Derek Flood will probably get the nod.
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.
Puro looks to throw the jab but Flood is out of range.
Flood pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Puro is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Puro tries to keep at a distance but Flood has taken the fight into the clinch.
Derek Flood has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Flood is trying to force a seperation but Puro has the dominant position.
Puro prevents Flood from breaking the clinch.
Puro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Flood blocks a body shot from Puro.
Puro lands a right hand.
Flood can't break the clinch.
Flood wants to break free but Puro has control.
Flood letting Puro take a breather here.
Flood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Flood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Flood fails to land.
Puro makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Flood misses with a body punch.
Puro throws a punch but it's blocked by Flood.
Flood manages to break the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A punch lands to the side of Puro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Flood moves into range and clinches up with Puro.
Puro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Flood tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Puro throws a punch but it's blocked by Flood.
Flood blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Flood misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Puro throws a punch but it's blocked by Flood.
Flood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flood blocks an uppercut.
Flood tries to break the clinch but Puro is controlling the position.
Puro throws a head punch that misses.
Puro is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Flood fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flood.
Flood misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flood breaks from the clinch.
Flood keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Puro.
Flood throws a lazy uppercut
and Puro counters with a leg kick.
Puro ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A little jabbing left from Puro on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Puro connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice straight punches there by Flood. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Flood.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Puro throws a wild body kick that Flood sees coming a mile off.
Puro connects with a single shot there.
Derek Flood seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Flood fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Puro, pushing him back against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Puro fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Flood fails to land.
Puro trying to stall but Flood improves his position.
A body shot lands from Puro.
Flood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flood working hard to break the clinch.
Puro lands with a short shot to the head.
Flood misses with some punches.
Flood blocks an uppercut.
Flood lands with a short shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Flood misses with a hook from the clinch.
Flood working aggressively here.
Puro blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Puro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Flood swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puro tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Flood misses with a body punch.
Puro has a couple of punches blocked by Flood.
Flood is trying to force a seperation but Puro has the dominant position.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Puro misses with a punch to the body.
Puro blocks an uppercut.
Puro lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Flood lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Puro or not.
Flood blocking some punches.
Puro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Flood swings wildly with an uppercut but Puro uses good head movement to avoid it.
Flood misses with a short punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Flood.
Flood is trying to push Puro away but Puro has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Puro has a couple of punches blocked by Flood.
Puro lands a left hand.
Flood wants to break free but Puro has control.
Flood misses with a punch on the inside.
Puro lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Flood.
Puro digs a right hand into Flood's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Flood's gas tank.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Puro working aggressively here.
Puro tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Still in the clinch, Flood scores with a nice short uppercut.
Flood is trying to break the clinch but Puro has him pressed against the cage.
Flood letting Puro take a breather here.
Flood breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Puro wants to clinch up but Flood keeps it at a distance.
Flood looks to land a right hand but Puro moved out of range.
Puro ducks under a wild hook from Flood.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Derek Flood will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
A jab from Puro misses.
Flood waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Puro.
A punch lands to the side of Puro 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Flood scores with a nice right hand.
Flood shoots in but no luck this time.
Puro lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Flood uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Puro.
Flood uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Puro.
Flood fails with the takedown
enabling Puro to counter with a crisp jab.
Flood dodges the punch combination from Puro.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Puro finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Puro thuds his shin into the meat of Flood's side.
Flood takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Puro displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Flood throws out the jab.
Puro throws a wild body kick that Flood sees coming a mile off.
It looked like Flood wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Flood is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Puro misses with a body shot.
Puro walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Flood checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Puro gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Flood.
Flood shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Flood showed some decent athleticism there.
Puro tries to kick Flood off in order to stand up. Flood Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control.
Flood decides to stand back up.
Flood avoids the body shot from Puro.
Puro chopping away at his opponent's legs.
A decent looking cross lands there for Flood.
Puro motions for Flood to come forward. Puro throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Puro scores with a crisp jab that stopped Flood in his tracks.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A jab from Flood misses.
Murha Puro seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Flood feints and as Puro raises his hands in defense, Flood changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Puro wants to get back to his feet but Flood passes into half guard.
Flood looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Puro is trying to control but can't.
Flood content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Puro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Flood is working away from the top position though.
Flood stands up and beckons Puro to join him on the feet.
Puro connects with a body shot that sends Flood's belly button to the back.
Flood lands a jab.
Puro connects with a good right hand that stumbles Flood. Flood circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
A slow jab from Flood misses its intended target.
Puro throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Flood scores with a crisp jab that stopped Puro in his tracks.
Flood takes a swing at Puro's ribcage but misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Flood misses.
Flood moves into the clinch.
Puro goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Flood doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Puro fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stalling in the clinch from Puro.
Puro dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Puro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Derek Flood is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Flood misses with a punch on the inside.
Flood misses with some punches.
Puro blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Flood has a couple of punches blocked by Puro.
Puro swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Puro swings wildly with an uppercut but Flood uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Flood - that landed with a thud.
Murha Puro has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Puro scores with a hook to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Derek Flood.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Flood, 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 Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Derek Flood!
Murha Puro was interviewed post fight and said 'vittu'.
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