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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Murphy (ranked 3124 p4p, 438 weight class) and Vahan Karamyenyan (ranked 4391 p4p, 581 weight class). Murphy comes into the arena with Róisín Murphy - Primitive blaring out of the sound system. Karamyenyan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Bonecrusher - Saw Theme Remix. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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188 cm
45
213 lbs
44 - 28 - 2 |
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186 cm
37
216 lbs
16 - 21 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Good wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division. Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
44 - 28 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Brian Murphy! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
16 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Vahan Karamyenyan! The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Elvis Blanc and Gregory Folan.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Karamyenyan misses with an attempted mid kick.
Murphy scores with a slapping inside leg kick. Murphy connects with a solid leg kick. Murphy tries to land a leg kick but Karamyenyan saw it coming and moves away.
Murphy is looking to chop away at Karamyenyan's legs. Murphy scores with a kick to the body.
Karamyenyan avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Karamyenyan tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Karamyenyan shoots in for a takedown but Murphy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Karamyenyan keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy. Murphy misses with a body kick. Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Karamyenyan in his tracks. Murphy tries to land a front kick but Karamyenyan steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed. Murphy connects with a high kick. Murphy tries to clinch up but Karamyenyan circles away and keeps his distance. Murphy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Karamyenyan.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round. Murphy tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut lands for Karamyenyan. That snapped Murphy's head back.
Karamyenyan displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab. Karamyenyan takes a kick to the side of the head. Brian Murphy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Karamyenyan lands with a slapping head kick. Karamyenyan moves out of range of the body kick from Murphy.
Brian Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Karamyenyan circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karamyenyan with the counter takedown but Murphy avoids it easily. Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Karamyenyan moves away and avoids it. Karamyenyan throws a head kick that lands with a deafening thwack! The crowd roars as Murphy stumbles backwards and falls to the mat. Karamyenyan follows into mount!
It looks like Brian Murphy has been cut. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Murphy blocking the ground and pound. Murphy taking shots to the head. Murphy blocking the ground and pound. Karamyenyan scoring with strikes but Murphy is staying in there. Karamyenyan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Murphy's face.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Karamyenyan fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Karamyenyan punching from mount but Murphy doing a good job of avoiding damage. Karamyenyan looking to control and managing it successfully. Karamyenyan has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Murphy's face.
Murphy is rocked! Murphy is breathing heavily. Karamyenyan is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Murphy goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Karamyenyan!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Vahan Karamyenyan! After winning the bout, Vahan Karamyenyan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. The defeated Brian Murphy had this to say: 'Can I still cut it?'.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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RATING
73% |
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