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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Murhaa (ranked 850 p4p, 42 weight class) and Henry The Crab (ranked 3572 p4p, 174 weight class). Both these fighters are unbeaten, so somebody's 0 has got to go!Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
7 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Paul Murhaa!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Henry The Crab!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Anni Minnemäki.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Crab dodges the punch combination from Murhaa.
Murhaa has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Red Tri-Angle Gym. 15 Coaches/13 Elite in the buildup to the fight.
The Crab attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murhaa swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Crab. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Crab.
The Crab ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
The Crab throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
As The Crab tries to get set, Murhaa tries to push him back and clinch up but The Crab manages to avoid the attempt.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Crab misses with a body shot.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but The Crab manages to avoid it.
Murhaa thuds his right hand into The Crab's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Murhaa throws a hook but The Crab avoids it easily.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Crab. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. The Crab does a little dance to reset his feet.
The Crab throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but The Crab is just out of range.
The Crab gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The Crab shoots in and drives through. Murhaa sprawls well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
The Crab misses with the head strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murhaa lands with a short shot to the head.
Murhaa pushes The Crab back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
The Crab lands a hook that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Murhaa blocking some punches.
The Crab misses with some punches.
The Crab lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murhaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
The Crab can't find room to land a body shot as Murhaa controls the action.
The Crab swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.
Murhaa controlling the action here for a moment.
Murhaa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The Crab goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The Crab holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Murhaa lands with a short shot to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murhaa tries to work over The Crab's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sloppy strikes from Murhaa. Those never looked like landing.
No joy there for Murhaa, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on The Crab's shoulder, as The Crab tries to avoid the shot.
The Crab throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The Crab fails to land the takedown.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and The Crab counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Nice shot by Murhaa.
A big right from The Crab misses.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from The Crab.
The Crab throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it.
The Crab slips a straight right by Murhaa.
Murhaa swats away the attempt to clinch by The Crab.
The Crab misses with a looping left.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by The Crab.
Murhaa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
The Crab tries to clinch there but Murhaa circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a big shot that misses.
The Crab is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Murhaa with a body shot.
The Crab throws a body shot but no joy.
The Crab looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
The Crab keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from The Crab misses.
Murhaa works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Murhaa goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but The Crab was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
The Crab misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhaa counters with a nice body shot.
The Crab ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
The Crab throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
The Crab instigates a clinch.
Murhaa scores with a shot to the side of The Crab's head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murhaa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The Crab blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Murhaa.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
A nice left hand lands by Murhaa.
Murhaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from The Crab. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Paul Murhaa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Crab throws a right hand that misses
and Murhaa counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Murhaa.
Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murhaa takes the fight into the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhaa.
Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The Crab misses with an uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a straight right hand.
Murhaa catches The Crab with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Henry The Crab seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murhaa fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
The Crab does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
The Crab uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murhaa.
The Crab misses with a lunging right hand
and The Crab takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa has closed the distance and engaged The Crab in a clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murhaa tests The Crab's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murhaa thuds a left hand into The Crab's body.
Murhaa throws a hook but The Crab avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Murhaa dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Crab.
The Crab is trying hard to land a takedown here. Murhaa sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
The Crab throws a jab when Murhaa was well out of range.
Murhaa slips under a jab from The Crab.
Murhaa scores with a jab.
The Crab throws a jab but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa feints a jab promting The Crab to slip. Murhaa then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. The Crab slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from The Crab.
Murhaa tries to counter by clinching up but The Crab breaks away and moves out of range.
The Crab throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Crab connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murhaa's hands.
A big left from Murhaa misses.
The Crab let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murhaa throws a right and a left that The Crab avoids nicely.
It seemed like The Crab was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murhaa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The Crab throws a hook but Murhaa blocks it.
The Crab showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Murhaa.
The Crab swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
The Crab lands an overhand right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by The Crab.
Murhaa cracks The Crab with an open hand slap.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
The Crab throws a right hand that misses
and Murhaa counters with a straight right hand.
The Crab is rocked!
The Crab cracks Murhaa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
The Crab punishes Murhaa's body with a nice straight punch.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Crab moves away.
Murhaa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Paul Murhaa is winning the standup battle so far.
Murhaa misses with a straight left.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but The Crab uses good head movement to avoid it.
The Crab throws a jab but it's blocked by Murhaa.
The Crab ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
The Crab scores with a decent looking hook.
The Crab blocks a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa drops The Crab with a beautiful combination! The Crab stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Murhaa is looking for the KO!
The Crab is still on wobbly legs! Can Murhaa finish him?
It looks like Henry The Crab has been cut.
The Crab looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Murhaa is fending him off so far but The Crab persists. Nope, Murhaa circles away and we're back to standing.
The Crab staying out of range there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The Crab seems to have recovered his senses.
The Crab misses the shot to the body.
The Crab lands with a good body shot.
Oooooh!!! Murhaa has knocked The Crab down with a huge combo! Murhaa steps away and waves a wobbly The Crab back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Murhaa gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Murhaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that The Crab can do to turn this around?
The Crab misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Crab.
The referee is keeping an eye on Murhaa - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murhaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murhaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The Crab sizes up Murhaa with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The Crab avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murhaa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. The Crab sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murhaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Crab misses with a looping left.
The Crab takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
The Crab connects with a body shot.
Murhaa jabs The Crab to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
The Crab moves into the clinch.
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murhaa lands an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for The Crab.
Murhaa prevents a body shot from The Crab.
Murhaa stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murhaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Crab backwards.
The Crab tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murhaa's elbow.
Murhaa blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murhaa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa throws the left hand but The Crab avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa lands with a nice combination. The Crab backs away looking to recover.
A big left from The Crab misses.
The Crab misses with a straight left.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murhaa thuds a left hand into The Crab's body.
Murhaa has managed to clinch.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of The Crab backwards.
The Crab misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as The Crab controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a hook that snaps the head of The Crab backwards.
The Crab pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The Crab struggles to land a body shot inside as Murhaa controls his hands.
The Crab is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Murhaa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of The Crab backwards.
The Crab has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murhaa seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if The Crab can turn it around.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murhaa scores with a shoulder strike.
The Crab misses with a punch on the inside.
Murhaa works on The Crab's body with a couple of short punches.
The Crab tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Paul Murhaa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Henry The Crab's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
The Crab ducks into an uppercut from Murhaa and that's knocked him out cold! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Paul Murhaa!
Paul Murhaa retains his bantamweight title!
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hype
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