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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phol Murhaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and AJ The Perfectionist (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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176 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Lethal high kicks
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, AJ The Perfectionist!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa throws a half hearted mid kick.
A punch lands to the side of Murhaa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Murhaa jabs at The Perfectionist's body.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
The Perfectionist blocks a head kick by Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut
and The Perfectionist counters with a stiff right hand.
Murhaa lands an overhand right.
The Perfectionist bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa closes the distance and clinches.
The Perfectionist doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murhaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
The Perfectionist misses with a body punch.
Murhaa misses with a punch 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!
Murhaa is trying to break free.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The Perfectionist blocks a body shot from Murhaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
The Perfectionist is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Perfectionist blocking some punches.
Murhaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Perfectionist backwards.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Perfectionist.
Murhaa lands with a right to the head.
The Perfectionist can't find room to land a body shot as Murhaa controls the action.
The Perfectionist struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhaa controls his hands.
The Perfectionist working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murhaa lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murhaa displaying some good clinch control by pressing The Perfectionist up against the cage.
Murhaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Perfectionist or not.
A short right from Murhaa on the inside.
The Perfectionist doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Perfectionist tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murhaa's elbow.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
Murhaa lands 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!
The Perfectionist throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murhaas head.
The Perfectionist is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
The Perfectionist has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murhaa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if The Perfectionist can turn it around.
A short right from Murhaa on the inside.
The Perfectionist tries a body shot but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Murhaa is looking to control The Perfectionist's arms but The Perfectionist gets an underhook and turns him. Now Murhaa has his back to the cage.
Murhaa trying to control the position but instead, The Perfectionist has worked for underhooks and has pushed Murhaa into the cage.
Murhaa seems a little flustered. He's come in with the intention of controlling the clinch but The Perfectionist is preventing him from doing so, at least for the moment.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Perfectionist slowing the pace effectively.
Murhaa is trying to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Perfectionist has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murhaa.
Murhaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The Perfectionist lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Perfectionist gets through Murhaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The Perfectionist tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murhaa's elbow.
The Perfectionist cracks Murhaa with a nice body shot.
The Perfectionist lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Perfectionist throws a head punch that misses.
The Perfectionist misses with a hook from the clinch.
The Perfectionist presses Murhaa against the cage and delivers a mid-strength 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!
The Perfectionist tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Perfectionist lands with a right to the head.
The Perfectionist can't find room to land a body shot as Murhaa controls the action.
Murhaa misses with a body punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murhaa pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murhaa pushes The Perfectionist away with a front kick.
We've been told by Murhaa's head coaches at Elite Strikers that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
The Perfectionist throws a leg kick
and Murhaa counters with a stiff right hand.
Murhaa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by The Perfectionist. The Perfectionist obviously looking to wear him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murhaa.
The Perfectionist tries to clinch up.
Good standup being displayed there by Murhaa as he connects with a hook.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the body
and The Perfectionist counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Perfectionist lands with a thumping leg kick.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but The Perfectionist sees it coming and moves out of range.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A clash of legs there as Murhaa blocks the low kick.
An attempted straight right counter from Murhaa misses the target.
Murhaa falls off balance throwing a combination
and The Perfectionist counters with a low kick, right behind Murhaa 's knee.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Murhaa dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Murhaa throws a lazy right hand but The Perfectionist sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murhaa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The Perfectionist lands a nice shot that snaps Murhaa's head back.
The Perfectionist uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
Murhaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Perfectionist moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
The Perfectionist thinks about the counter body kick.
The Perfectionist slips under a jab.
The Perfectionist misses with a low kick.
The Perfectionist walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa is looking to clinch.
The Perfectionist attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
enabling The Perfectionist to counter with a crisp jab.
The Perfectionist takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murhaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Perfectionist can do to turn this around?
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but The Perfectionist moved out of range nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Perfectionist throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Perfectionist throws a head kick that Murhaa semi-blocks.
Murhaa takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Murhaa checks a low kick from The Perfectionist.
The Perfectionist swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa checks a leg kick nicely.
The Perfectionist avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa connects with an inside leg kick.
The Perfectionist delivers a nice body kick.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but The Perfectionist paws at him with a jab and circles away.
It seemed like The Perfectionist was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
The Perfectionist turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The Perfectionist throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
The Perfectionist lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
A left lands for The Perfectionist.
The Perfectionist 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa lands with a nice body punch.
Murhaa moves out of range of the body kick.
Murhaa avoids the head kick by The Perfectionist.
The Perfectionist's jab looks to have found its range, popping Murhaa under the eye.
Murhaa listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as The Perfectionist throws out the jab.
Murhaa staying out of range there.
The Perfectionist with a jab.
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but The Perfectionist moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa is looking to clinch.
The Perfectionist takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
The Perfectionist swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Perfectionist.
Murhaa tries to clinch up.
Despite the aggression on The Perfectionist's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a leg kick which misses The Perfectionist's front leg but catches the back leg as The Perfectionist tries to avoid it.
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. The Perfectionist was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murhaa tries to land a leg kick but The Perfectionist saw it coming and moves away.
Murhaa throws a push kick but The Perfectionist slaps the foot to one side.
The Perfectionist looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Nice shot by Murhaa.
The Perfectionist scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A big left from Murhaa misses.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Perfectionist tries a quick counter leg kick but Murhaa is wise to it.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but The Perfectionist sees it coming and checks it nicely.
The Perfectionist lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murhaa's sensitive parts.
Murhaa throws a right and a left that The Perfectionist avoids nicely.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
Murhaa misses with a lunging right hand
letting The Perfectionist counter with a right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Perfectionist looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Perfectionist was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
The Perfectionist misses with a straight right.
The Perfectionist throws a body shot but no joy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murhaa lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and The Perfectionist has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from The Perfectionist and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
AJ The Perfectionist seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murhaa throws a hook but The Perfectionist blocks it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Perfectionist moves out of range of the leg kick from Murhaa.
Phol Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slow jab from Murhaa misses its intended target.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
The Perfectionist throws a sloppy body shot
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
The Perfectionist throws out a powerful jab.
The Perfectionist lands a head kick. Murhaa smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Perfectionist throws a head kick that misses.
Murhaa throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but AJ The Perfectionist will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Murhaa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from The Perfectionist.
The Perfectionist looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
The Perfectionist cracks the inside of Murhaa's front leg.
Murhaa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on The Perfectionist if he has to take too many more of those.
Murhaa lands with a good body shot.
Murhaa throws a good cross that connects.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut
and The Perfectionist counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murhaa with a nice cross.
The Perfectionist takes one to the side of the head.
The Perfectionist throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murhaa throws a looping overhand right but The Perfectionist ducks down to avoid it.
The Perfectionist pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murhaa is out of range and The Perfectionist settles back down.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful 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!
Murhaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to The Perfectionist's calf.
The Perfectionist throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a lazy right hand but The Perfectionist sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. The Perfectionist darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Murhaa takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by The Perfectionist.
A low kick from The Perfectionist is predictable there
and Murhaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murhaa lands with a good body shot.
The Perfectionist goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Murhaa checks a leg kick.
Murhaa scores with a crisp jab that stopped The Perfectionist in his tracks.
Murhaa throws a sloppy body shot
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and The Perfectionist is able to avoid easily.
Nice defenses there by The Perfectionist.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from The Perfectionist.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The Perfectionist misses with a left hand
and Murhaa counters with a nice uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Perfectionist moves out of range of the body kick from Murhaa.
The Perfectionist misses with a shot to the body
and Murhaa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murhaa moves into the clinch.
The Perfectionist blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
The Perfectionist throws a head punch that misses.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Nice body punch from The Perfectionist - that landed with a thud.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The Perfectionist blocking some punches.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by The Perfectionist.
The Perfectionist scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Perfectionist working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt The Perfectionist or not.
Murhaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa tries a body shot but The Perfectionist blocks it.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short left from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
The Perfectionist taking a breather.
The Perfectionist swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murhaa digs a right hand into The Perfectionist's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on The Perfectionist's gas tank.
A short left from Murhaa.
The Perfectionist lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as The Perfectionist controls his hands.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
The Perfectionist lands with a left to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with The Perfectionist, pushing him back against the cage.
The Perfectionist swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa prevents a body shot from The Perfectionist.
The Perfectionist misses with a punch on the inside.
The Perfectionist lands with a light punch inside.
The Perfectionist tries to work over Murhaa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The Perfectionist keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murhaa's efforts to push away.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
The Perfectionist tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murhaa's elbow.
The Perfectionist lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa has had enough of the clinch but The Perfectionist keeps him there for the moment.
Murhaa wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but The Perfectionist has him pressed against the cage.
Murhaa is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phol Murhaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murhaa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phol Murhaa!
A determined Phol Murhaa didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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hype
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