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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jan Kriel (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phol Murhaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kriel's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Fokofpolisiekar - Fokofpolisiekar. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 cm
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181 lbs
12 - 3 - 0 |
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182 cm
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184 lbs
20 - 6 - 1 |
BJJ Brown Belt
World class boxer
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jan Kriel! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
20 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Murhaa! The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Felipe Paraventi and Leandro Rodrigues.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Murhaa scores with a jab. Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Murhaa. Kriel shrugs it off though. Murhaa misses with a kick to the body.
Murhaa tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kriel paws at him with a jab and circles away. Kriel throws a big counter combination but Murhaa scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage. Murhaa connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there. Murhaa cracks Kriel with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Murhaa has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Kriel is landing a low percentage of strikes. Murhaa tries to land a front kick but Kriel steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Murhaa throws a jab when Kriel was well out of range. Kriel takes one to the side of the head.
Murhaa looks to clinch and Kriel connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Kriel manages to avoid it. Murhaa cracks Kriel with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd. The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Murhaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Murhaa dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Kriel. That did some damage!
That's one minute gone in the round. Kriel blocks a head kick by Murhaa.
A swing and a miss from Kriel. Murhaa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land. Murhaa misses with a left hand and Kriel counters with a straight right hand. Nice straight punches there by Murhaa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murhaa. Murhaa swings away with a leg kick that misses. Phol Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Murhaa gets off balance looking for a body kick and Kriel counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head. Murhaa fails to land with a series of punches.
Kriel with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murhaa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Kriel misses with a kick to the body.
Kriel chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
Kriel moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Murhaa misses with a body shot
and Kriel counters with a nice uppercut. Murhaa moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot. Kriel is looking to counter punch. Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Kriel is just out of range. As Murhaa backs away, Kriel returns fire with a leg kick that just misses. Murhaa clobbers Kriel with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
It looks like Jan Kriel has been cut. Murhaa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick. Murhaa scores with a kick to the midsection. Murhaa throws a half hearted mid kick. It looked like Kriel was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murhaa. Kriel throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily. Murhaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick. Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Kriel 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 Murhaa has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murhaa and we're back underway with a touch of gloves. Murhaa thows a left - swing and a miss! Kriel keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Kriel throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Murhaa. Kriel takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Kriel throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it. Murhaa connects with a looping right hand.
Murhaa lands a right hook to the body.
Murhaa moves away from the strike by Kriel. A nice side step and Murhaa releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home. A shot to the body from Kriel misses and Murhaa counters with a stiff right hand. A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Kriel does a little dance to reset his feet. Murhaa feints and then cracks Kriel's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Kriel down.
That's four minutes gone in the round. A head kick by Kriel misses and Murhaa counters with a straight right hand.
Kriel is rocked! This has been an exciting period of action! Murhaa throws a mid kick that lands with a slap. Oh Kriel is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Jab, jab by Murhaa - just one landing. Murhaa cracks Kriel with a hook to the temple - Kriel is on wobbly legs here! Murhaa swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Kriel falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Murhaa wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Phol Murhaa! Phol Murhaa is the new welterweight champion! Phol Murhaa decided to call for a title shot in his post fight interview, which was very strange given the fact this fight was for a title and he's already the champion. I guess that's what getting punched in the head does for you.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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