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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Phol Murhaa (ranked 144 p4p, 25 weight class) and Nikolai Luzhin (ranked 146 p4p, 26 weight class). Luzhin has chosen The time has come... as his entrance music. Phol Murhaa has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
25 - 8 - 2, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
30 - 12 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Nikolai Luzhin!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Luzhin lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murhaa at a distance.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Murhaa swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A slapping body kick lands there for Luzhin.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Luzhin - that will leave a mark!
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Luzhin 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.
Luzhin slips under a jab.
Murhaa throws a lazy right hand but Luzhin sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Luzhin throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murhaa avoids a kick to the body.
Murhaa blocks the body kick.
Luzhin throws a body shot but no joy.
Luzhin tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Luzhin connects with a high kick.
Luzhin steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luzhin! But no joy.
A telegraphed right hand from Murhaa misses the target.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Luzhin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Luzhin moves out of range of the body kick from Murhaa.
Murhaa takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Luzhin scores with a jab to the body.
Luzhin looks to land a body kick but Murhaa moved away.
Murhaa moves away from the strike by Luzhin.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Phol Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Murhaa slips a jab from Luzhin.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Luzhin. Murhaa shrugs it off though.
Murhaa checks a leg kick nicely.
Good work by Murhaa as he checks the leg kick.
Murhaa tries to counter by clinching up but Luzhin breaks away and moves out of range.
A combination from Luzhin does no damage.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
Luzhin bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Luzhin tries a head kick but it misses.
And Murhaa counters with a quick kick to the body but Luzhin blocks it.
Luzhin takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Luzhin ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A cross from Luzhin lands.
Murhaa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Luzhin drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Luzhin lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Luzhin moves out of range as Murhaa strikes.
Murhaa looks to throw a body kick
and Luzhin counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Luzhin takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luzhin throws a leg kick but Murhaa sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Murhaa misses with a low kick as Luzhin jumps back.
Murhaa punishes Luzhin's body with a nice straight punch.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa throws a right hand that Luzhin ducks under and follows up with a left that Luzhin also avoids with ease.
Murhaa misses with a body kick.
Luzhin thows a left - swing and a miss!
Luzhin uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Luzhin was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nice defenses there by Luzhin.
An inside leg kick from Luzhin misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Luzhin.
Murhaa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Luzhin looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murhaa throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Luzhin to counter with a crisp jab.
Luzhin swinging wildly here.
Luzhin misses with a wild body shot.
Murhaa jabs at Luzhin's body.
Luzhin misses with a low kick.
Murhaa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Murhaa connects with a body shot.
Luzhin moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luzhin! But no joy.
We've been informed that Luzhin has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
A solid body kick from Murhaa.
Murhaa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Luzhin blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Luzhin.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa blocks a body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Murhaa avoids it.
Luzhin unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murhaa lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murhaa lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Luzhin or not.
Luzhin misses with a knee to the head.
Luzhin pushes Murhaa back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Luzhin's elbow.
Murhaa prevents a body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin looking to throw knees to the head but Murhaa is blocking nicely.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa pushes Luzhin back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Murhaa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murhaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Luzhin tries a knee to the head but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Luzhin controls the action.
Luzhin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murhaa.
Murhaa working aggressively here.
A short right from Murhaa.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Nikolai Luzhin will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Murhaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Luzhin moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
Luzhin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Luzhin lands with a good body shot.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut
and Luzhin cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Luzhin under the eye.
Luzhin scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murhaa doesn't seem bothered though.
Luzhin looks for the body kick but Murhaa saw that one coming.
Luzhin scores with a spinning back kick!
Murhaa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Murhaa swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Luzhin.
Luzhin throws a low kick but Murhaa avoids it.
Luzhin lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Luzhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murhaa misses with a looping left.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luzhin swinging wildly here.
A thudding body kick lands there by Luzhin!
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Luzhin takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murhaa scores with a leg kick.
Nikolai Luzhin seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Luzhin blocks the body kick.
Luzhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Luzhin on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Luzhin lands with a good body shot.
Luzhin lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Luzhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good leg kick by Luzhin there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murhaa throws a head kick that misses.
Murhaa takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
A little jabbing left from Luzhin on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Luzhin.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa checks the leg kick.
Murhaa was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murhaa is looking to slow Luzhin down with leg kicks.
Luzhin lands a jab to the nose.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Luzhin avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Luzhin appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murhaa scores with a body shot.
Murhaa blocks the body kick.
Luzhin wants to land a leg kick but Murhaa is out of range.
Luzhin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Murhaa defending well as Luzhin loads up on a big left hand.
Luzhin has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Luzhin there as he acknowledges the shot.
Murhaa delivers a nice body kick.
Murhaa throws a hook but Luzhin avoids it easily.
Murhaa throws the kick towards the body but Luzhin avoids it.
Luzhin moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
Murhaa loads up on a big right hand but Luzhin slips the punch.
Murhaa misses with a body kick.
That kick from Luzhin tenderised Murhaa's leg. Murhaa is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murhaa scores with a decent looking hook.
Murhaa lands with an overhand left.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Luzhin feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Murhaas jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Luzhin moves into range and clinches up with Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with some punches.
Murhaa working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murhaa blocks a body shot from Luzhin.
Luzhin trying to land knees to the body.
Murhaa gets through Luzhin's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Luzhin misses with the head strike.
Luzhin blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa lands with a left to the head.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Murhaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Luzhin misses with a knee strike.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Luzhin.
Murhaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Luzhin is rocked!
Murhaa working aggressively here.
Luzhin is still on wobbly legs! Can Murhaa finish him?
Luzhin lands with a short shot to the head.
Luzhin seems to have recovered his senses.
Luzhin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murhaa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Luzhin tries to throw a body punch but Murhaa avoids it by throwing Luzhin back against the cage.
Luzhin lands a good knee to the midsection. Murhaa won't want to take too many of those.
Luzhin lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Murhaa fails to land.
Murhaa effectively controlling the action here.
Murhaa taking a breather.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa prevents a body shot from Luzhin.
Murhaa digs a right hand underneath Luzhin's ribcage. Luzhin let out a lung full of air as it connected.
I was talking to Murhaa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Luzhin lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Phol Murhaa will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Murhaa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murhaa misses with a kick to the body.
Murhaa is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Murhaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa cracks Luzhin with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Luzhin tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murhaa was well out of range. Poor timing from Luzhin.
Luzhin thuds a left hand into Murhaa's body.
Murhaa thumps Luzhin with a low kick.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luzhin ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa scores with a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Luzhin tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Luzhin throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa moves out of range as Luzhin strikes.
Murhaa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Luzhin's sensitive parts.
Murhaa connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a half hearted mid kick.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa misses with a right hand
and Luzhin counters with a nice kick to the body.
Murhaa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Luzhin keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa misses with a right hand
and Luzhin counters with a body kick.
Murhaa takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Luzhin punishes Murhaa's body with a nice straight punch.
Luzhin tries to land a front kick but Murhaa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Murhaa lunges at Luzhin with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Luzhin's hand.
Luzhin swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murhaa.
Luzhin throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Murhaa counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Luzhin misses with a body shot.
Luzhin throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Murhaa misses its intended target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa scores with a hook.
Murhaa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Murhaa looks to land a right hand but Luzhin moved out of range.
Murhaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Luzhin staying out of range there.
Luzhin looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Luzhin swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Luzhin tries to score with a low kick but Murhaa moves his leg out of the way.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Luzhin throws out the jab.
Luzhin throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Luzhin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa misses the jab.
Luzhin fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murhaa scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murhaa doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Luzhin.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but Luzhin uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa tries to land a front kick but Luzhin steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Luzhin just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Luzhin! But no joy.
Luzhin scores with a spinning back kick!
Luzhin is looking to land body kicks.
Luzhin scores with the left hand. Murhaa knows he should have avoided that one.
Luzhin misses with a wild body shot.
Murhaa moves out of range as Luzhin strikes.
Murhaa misses the jab.
Luzhin moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa lands a head shot.
Nice body punch from Luzhin.
Luzhin goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Luzhin tries to land a body kick
and Murhaa counters with a nice uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Luzhin.
Murhaa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Luzhin swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Luzhin lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Luzhin moves out of range of the strikes.
Luzhin looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murhaa digs a good body shot into Luzhin's ribs.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Luzhin manages to avoid it.
Luzhin thinks about the counter body kick.
Luzhin looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa misses with a kick to the body
and Luzhin counters with a nice uppercut.
Luzhin avoids the head kick by Murhaa.
Murhaa takes a jab right on the kisser.
Murhaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Luzhin scores with a push kick.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Nikolai Luzhin.
I think Luzhin has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:29
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a majority draw!
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