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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alfredo Barbosa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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160 lbs
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177 cm
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160 lbs
15 - 15 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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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
20 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 15 - 0, fighting out of London, Alfredo Barbosa!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Frank Dennis and Gwen Towbar.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Murray slips under a jab from Barbosa.
Barbosa throws a push kick but Murray slaps the foot to one side.
Murray defending well as Barbosa loads up on a big left hand.
Murray walks into a left hand.
Murray stuns Barbosa with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
The fighters circling - Murray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
A little jabbing left from Barbosa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murray pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Barbosa ducks right into an uppercut from Murray.
Barbosa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murray throws out the jab.
Barbosa has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Murray throws a series of punches but Barbosa avoids them all with ease.
Murray scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murray ducks under a wild hook from Barbosa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Barbosa swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
Murray connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Murray scores with a head kick.
Barbosa throws a hook to the side of Murray's head but Murray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray's jab looks to have found its range, popping Barbosa under the eye.
Murray misses with a shot to the body
and Barbosa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Decent striking displayed by Murray there.
Murray throws the left hand but Barbosa avoids the punch easily.
Barbosa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Barbosa.
Barbosa with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murray to score with a decent uppercut.
Murray lands a nice hook to Barbosa's body. Barbosa takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Barbosa throws a leg kick but Murray moved away.
Murray takes a swing at Barbosa's ribcage but misses.
Murray lands a nice looking body shot.
Good shot there by Barbosa.
Barbosa throws an overhand right that lands on Murray's shoulder, as Murray tries to avoid the shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Barbosa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murray.
Murray scores with a crisp jab that stopped Barbosa in his tracks.
Murray misses with a right hand
and Barbosa counters with a straight right hand.
Barbosa takes a swing at Murray's ribcage but misses.
Murray seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Barbosa avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray lands a jab.
Murray throws a lazy right hand but Barbosa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murray throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Barbosa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Barbosa replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Murray blocks it well.
Barbosa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murray with a hook.
John Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray misses the body punch
and Barbosa counters with a right hand to the body.
Barbosa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murray finds it's way round the side to connect with Barbosa's head.
Barbosa throws a hook but Murray blocks it.
Murray lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
No joy there for Murray, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Barbosa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Barbosa cracks a nice hook into Murray's ribs.
Barbosa misses with an attempted mid kick.
Murray lands with a hook. Barbosa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Barbosa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murray is looking to counter punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Barbosa.
Murray fails to land with a series of punches.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A chopping leg kick lands by Barbosa.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Barbosa moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murray lands with an uppercut that bounces Barbosa off the cage and back into range.
Barbosa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Murray misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a right hand to the body.
Barbosa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murray misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Barbosa counters with a good low kick that Murray was not able to check.
Barbosa slips under a jab.
Barbosa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murray.
Murray slips a jab from Barbosa.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Barbosa tries to clinch up but Murray circles away and keeps his distance.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Barbosa! But no joy.
Barbosa explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Barbosa blocks a head kick by Murray.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a wild combination.
Barbosa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Barbosa paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Barbosa plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
A combination from Murray does no damage.
Barbosa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murray moves away.
Murray misses with a head kick.
Barbosa throws an off balance right hand
and Murray counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Barbosa cracks Murray with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murray misses with an uppercut. Barbosa saw that one coming.
Barbosa works Murray's body with a nice hook.
Murray swings away with a body shot that misses
enabling Barbosa to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A lazy left from Murray finds it's target.
Murray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Barbosa.
Murray misses with an uppercut
and Barbosa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murray looks to throw the jab but Barbosa is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John 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.
Murray scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Barbosa doesn't seem bothered though.
Murray swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Murray blocks a leg kick.
Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Barbosa can do to turn this around?
Murray throws a hook but Barbosa avoids it easily.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Barbosa might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Murray has got the better of the exchanges.
Murray throws a hook but Barbosa blocks it.
Barbosa lands a body shot.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab from Barbosa.
Murray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Barbosa avoids a punch combination nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray takes one on the button.
Murray comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Barbosa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murray connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Murray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Barbosa circles away quickly and effectively.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
Murray bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Barbosa slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Barbosa.
The fighters circle momentarily. Barbosa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Murray swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Barbosa moves away.
Barbosa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murray.
Barbosa slips a jab from Murray.
Barbosa throws an off balance right hand
and Murray counters with a straight right hand.
Barbosa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murray lands with a good body shot.
A big right from Murray misses.
Murray throws a poor cross that misses
letting Barbosa counter with a right hand.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Murray misses with a head kick.
Murray misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray misses with a head kick.
Murray connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Barbosa missing with a left hand there. Murray was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Barbosa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big left from Murray misses.
Murray throws a head kick but Barbosa moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murray. Barbosa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Murray. Those never looked like landing.
Sloppy strikes from Murray. Those never looked like landing.
Barbosa throws a good cross that connects.
Barbosa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Murray.
Murray chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Barbosa can pounce on him.
Murray throws a head kick that misses.
Barbosa moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.
Barbosa throws a shot from downtown. Murray moves away and avoids it.
Murray misses with a left hand
and Barbosa counters with an outside leg kick.
Barbosa throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray tries a head kick but it misses.
Murray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Barbosa was well out of range. Poor timing from Murray.
Murray throws an overhand right that lands on Barbosa's shoulder, as Barbosa tries to avoid the shot.
Murray paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murray takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Barbosa manages to avoid it.
Barbosa avoids the body shot from Murray.
Barbosa throws a head kick that half lands.
Murray is rocked!
It looks like John Murray has been cut.
Barbosa drops Murray with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Murray! Barbosa dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfredo Barbosa!
Alfredo Barbosa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
John Murray spoke after the fight, saying 'Fuck this fuckin' shit. Fuck you opponent, Fuck you crowd, and fuck you ref'.
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energy
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hype
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