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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Murha Pate (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Danny Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murha Pate 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 middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Murha Pate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Danny Tucker!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, Steve Erwin and Skip Squint.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pate throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tucker sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Tucker takes a swing at Pate's ribcage but misses.
An inside leg kick from Tucker misses.
Tucker takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A slow jab from Pate misses its intended target.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pate checks a leg kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Pate.
Pate avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice cross by Pate.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker throws a leg kick but Pate sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pate misses with a head kick.
Tucker has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pate.
Pate moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pate misses the shot to the body.
Tucker tries to counter with a clinch but Pate shakes him off and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker throws a low kick but Pate avoids it.
Tucker misses with a low kick.
Pate half committed to a counter leg kick.
Pate fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tucker.
Tucker misses with a low kick.
Tucker tries to keep at a distance but Pate has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pate stalls.
Tucker dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Tucker stalling.
Pate is stalling here.
Pate breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tucker wants to clinch up but Pate keeps it at a distance.
As Tucker looks to move away, Pate throws a big counter combo but Tucker just gets out of the way.
Pate tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tucker is able to avoid easily.
Tucker throws out a counter right but Pate avoids it with no problem.
Tucker walks into a straight right hand from Pate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A low kick from Tucker misses
and Pate counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tucker's knee momentarily.
Tucker misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pate.
We've been informed that Tucker has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Tucker with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pate to score with a decent uppercut.
Pate moves into range and clinches up with Tucker.
Tucker misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tucker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A bit of stalling here from Pate.
Pate is trying to stall.
Pate breaks the clinch.
Pate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pate misses with a body shot.
Pate fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Tucker has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Tucker tries to clinch up
and Pate connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker tries a low kick but Pate avoids it.
Tucker darts in and clinches Pate up against the cage.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tucker tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tucker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tucker scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pate is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Tucker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Pate's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Tucker lands with a right to the head.
Tucker swings wildly with an uppercut but Pate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pate manages to break the clinch.
Tucker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Tucker tries to clinch but Pate moves away
and Pate counters with an outside leg kick.
Pate fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Tucker is looking to chop away at Pate's legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate looks to land a left hand but Tucker moved out of range nicely.
Tucker throws a wild body kick that Pate sees coming a mile off.
Pate connects with an inside leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murha Pate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The fighters circle momentarily. Tucker darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Pate chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Tucker can pounce on him.
Tucker throws out a loose jab but Pate uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pate fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tucker.
Tucker takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Tucker tries to clinch
letting Pate counter with a right hand.
Pate looks for the body kick but Tucker saw that one coming.
Pate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pate avoids the body shot from Tucker.
Tucker throws a low kick but Pate moves out of range easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murha Pate 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.
Pate throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nice defenses there by Pate.
Tucker misses with a leg kick.
Nice uppercut there from Pate.
Tucker moves out of range of the body kick.
Pate thuds his shin into the meat of Tucker's side.
Pate tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tucker makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murha Pate is winning the standup battle so far.
Pate tries to close the distance and clinch but Tucker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tucker misses with a shot to the body
and Pate makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Tucker really felt that one!
A head kick from Pate lands but Tucker takes it in his stride.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker misses with a leg kick.
A low kick from Tucker is predictable there
and Tucker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pate with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pate lands a nice looking body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Pate blocks a leg kick.
Pate throws a poor cross that misses
and Tucker counters with a body kick.
Pate lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Nice cross by Tucker.
Pate throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Pate tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tucker doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Pate misses with a kick to the body
and Pate takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pate checks a low kick from Tucker.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pate manages to avoid it.
Pate moves away from the strike by Tucker.
Pate pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pate chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Pate misses with an attempted mid kick.
Tucker misses the shot to the body.
Pate walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tucker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Pate closes the distance and clinches.
Pate struggles to land a body shot inside as Tucker controls his hands.
Pate's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pate walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tucker checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Tucker pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tucker takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Tucker avoids the head kick by Pate.
Tucker shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Tucker rushes Pate and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pate throws a body punch but Tucker moves out of range.
Pate scores with a jab to the head.
Pate slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Both fighters circling a little - Pate finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Pate blocks the leg kick.
Pate connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tucker momentarily.
Tucker is looking to clinch.
Tucker looks to score with a jab to the body but Pate is just out of range.
Pate connects with a leg kick. Tucker looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Pate throws a head kick that misses.
Tucker feints a counter leg kick.
Pate lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tucker will feel that in the morning.
Pate lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Tucker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lazy body kick from Pate
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pate attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
A low kick from Tucker misses
and Pate counters with a left to the body.
Pate throws a looping overhand right but Tucker ducks down to avoid it.
Tucker throws a combination that misses
enabling Pate to counter with a crisp jab.
Pate ducks under a wild hook from Tucker.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pate checks a leg kick.
Tucker throws a shot to the body.
Tucker takes a swing at Pate's ribcage but misses.
Pate half committed to a counter leg kick.
Pate throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Tucker on the side of the head.
Tucker misses with a leg kick
and Pate counters with a leg kick.
A low kick from Tucker misses
and Pate counters with a nice low kick that buckles Tucker's knee momentarily.
Pate dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Tucker. That did some damage!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murha Pate dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Pate thuds his right hand into Tucker's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Pate throws a predictable looking body shot
and Tucker counters with an outside leg kick.
Pate scores with a decent looking hook.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Tucker.
Pate just misses with a punch to the body.
Tucker was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A shot to the body from Tucker misses
and Pate counters with an outside leg kick.
Tucker has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pate.
Pate is looking to slow Tucker down with leg kicks.
Pate is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tucker can do to turn this around?
Pate misses with an attempted mid kick.
Pate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker misses with a looping left.
Pate throws a low kick but Tucker avoids it.
Good leg kick by Pate there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Pate dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker gets tackled into the cage by Pate. Pate maintains the clinch.
Tucker swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate blocking some punches.
Pate manages to break the clinch.
Tucker tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Decent striking displayed by Pate there.
Tucker tries to clinch but Pate moves away
and Pate counters with a nice kick to the body.
Good work by Tucker as he checks the leg kick.
Tucker's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pate under the eye.
Pate scoring well with a low kick there.
Tucker throws a leg kick
and Pate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like Danny Tucker has been cut.
Pate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pate pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tucker blocks a head kick by Pate.
Tucker flicks out a counter leg kick but Pate steps away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate wants to clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tucker throws a left and a right that both miss
and Pate makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pate misses with a body punch
and Tucker counters with a straight right hand.
Pate misses with a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Tucker! But no joy.
Pate throws a head kick that half lands.
Tucker throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pate keeps Tucker at a distance using the push kick.
Pate sizes up Tucker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Pate fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Tucker.
Tucker throws a lazy right hand but Pate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Tucker crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Pate - the referee stops the clock and Tucker gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Pate. Tucker manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Pate throws a low kick but Tucker avoids it.
Pate lets loose with a powerful body kick. Tucker will feel that in the morning.
Tucker sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Tucker takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tucker tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pate is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Pate takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Tucker tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Pate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Pate throws a leg kick which misses Tucker's front leg but catches the back leg as Tucker tries to avoid it.
Tucker digs a good hook to Pate's body.
Pate connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Pate misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pate looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Tucker throws a chopping leg kick but Pate manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Nice defenses there by Tucker.
Tucker throws out a counter right but Pate avoids it with no problem.
Pate lands with a cross.
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!
Pate misses with a looping left.
A nice side step and Tucker releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Tucker wants to slow Pate down by chopping away at his legs.
Tucker blocks the body kick.
Tucker fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Pate manages to avoid it.
Pate fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Tucker on the side of the head.
Tucker swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Pate lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Danny Tucker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Tucker swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Pate counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
And that's the end of the fight!
Murha Pate showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pate, 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 Winston Howard scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 30:27
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Murha Pate!
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