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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Billy Bulge (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Neil Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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210 lbs
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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
11 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Billy Bulge!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Neil Murray!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bulge walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murray dives in and scores a takedown into Bulge's guard.
Murray looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murray wants to control from the top but Bulge keeps moving.
Murray avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bulge seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Murray trying to control but Bulge is working from the bottom.
Bulge looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bulge looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murray got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bulge has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Murray has managed to get both his arms back between Bulge's legs - danger averted.
Murray avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulge looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Murray passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Murray controls the position from side control.
Murray is looking to take a break and control but Bulge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Bulge is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Murray's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Murray works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Bulge is looking to improve his position but Murray isn't that keen on the idea.
Bulge tries to hold on but Murray postures up.
Bulge can't escape the position.
Bulge gets back to half guard.
Bulge is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray trying to control the pace.
Bulge actively working from the bottom here.
Murray trying to control the pace.
Murray frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Bulge is squirming around, avoiding Murray's attempts to control the action.
Bulge is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bulge prevents any damage by holding on tight.
Bulge is trying to escape the mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murray looking to secure an arm triangle but Bulge defends it well.
Murray tries to control but Bulge wriggling away.
Bulge is wriggling around trying to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Murray looking to control but Bulge is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Murray prevents Bulge from getting the reversal.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Murray dominated that round.
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.
Bulge darts in trying to clinch
and Murray counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Billy Bulge has been cut.
Murray looking to score a takedown here. Bulge is defending well but Murray drives through and ends up in Bulge's guard.
Murray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murray controlling from the top position.
Bulge is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Murray defends well.
Bulge keeping full guard, as Murray tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray advances position into side control!
Bulge is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulge looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Murray pushes past his half guard into mount!
Murray gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Murray throws out a loose jab but Bulge uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bulge blocks a jab.
Bulge closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Murray quickly recovers to half guard.
Bulge winds up and cracks Murray with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bulge scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Bulge seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Murray moves into full guard.
Bulge postures up and lands a big shot to Murray's brow.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bulge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulge won't allow Murray to get back to his feet.
Murray looking to control.
Murray is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Murray keeps trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bulge loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Bulge scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murray working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Bulge.
Bulge won't allow Murray to get back to his feet.
Bulge missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murray is scooting his butt against the cage and has managed to get back to his feet. Bulge presses him back against the cage, presumably looking to take the fight back to the mat.
Bulge tries to work over Murray's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murray managing to block the knees to the body from Bulge.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulge looking for a takedown.
Bulge can't get the takedown.
A head punch on the inside from Bulge fails to land.
Murray is stalling here.
Murray wants the takedown. Bulge is fighting it off but Murray persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Bulge's guard against the cage.
Bulge working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Murray.
Bulge has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bulge working for submissions but it's allowed Murray to get to half guard.
Murray is looking to take a break and control but Bulge is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Murray is thwarting Bulge's attempts to control the position.
Murray trying to pass the guard but Bulge defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bulge's head.
Murray performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Murray is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bulge doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Murray.
Bulge actively working from the bottom here.
Bulge is looking to control Murray's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bulge avoid being mounted?
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Neil Murray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Billy Bulge's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Murray doesn't manage to clinch there - Bulge circles away.
Nice shot lands for Murray.
Bulge looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Murray kicks off Bulge and gets to his feet.
Murray closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Murray lands in his opponent's guard.
Neil Murray has got the better of the ground game so far.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray content to stall in guard here.
Bulge wants to sweep but no luck.
Murray looking to sit in guard and control but Bulge gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bulge is in close to Murray's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Bulge connects with a couple of short punches.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Bulge accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Bulge scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Murray is looking to stand up but Bulge isn't so interested in that idea.
Murray trying to control the position here.
Bulge postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Murray is controlling Bulge's posture.
Murray avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Billy Bulge has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bulge keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Murray's head.
Bulge throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Bulge postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bulge landing some decent shots from guard.
Bulge scoring with some ground and pound.
Bulge throws an elbow that misses. Murray uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Bulge's guard. Nice move by Murray!
Murray looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Murray forces his way into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bulge wants to control but Murray passes into side.
Bulge is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Murray is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Bulge is looking to improve his position but Murray isn't that keen on the idea.
Bulge is working hard here to advance position.
Murray looking to control and managing it successfully.
Murray can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Bulge is looking to escape.
Bulge is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neil Murray is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Murray tries to control but Bulge wriggling away.
Bulge is in all sorts of trouble here.
Murray tries to control but Bulge wriggling away.
Bulge tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Bulge throwing hammer fists to the chest of Murray. What's that going to do exactly?
And that's the end of the fight!
Neil Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murray winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Neil Murray!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Neil Murray waved his t-shirt featuring Maximum Vitality's logo in front of the cameras.
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energy
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hype
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RATING
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