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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Siva Tavau (ranked 3863 p4p, 416 weight class) and Mike Murhaa (ranked 8931 p4p, 719 weight class). Tavau comes into the arena with In the Air Tonight blaring out of the sound system. Mike Murhaa struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 266.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Siva Tavau has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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264 lbs
8 - 5 - 0 |
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292 lbs
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Good wrestling
Brawler
KO power |
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Siva Tavau!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Mike Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa clinches.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Tavau controls his hands.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murhaa lands a shoulder strike.
Murhaa scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tavau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tavau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murhaa pushes Tavau back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tavau blocking some punches.
Tavau swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tavau changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Murhaa fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Murhaa drives through and clinches with Tavau against the cage.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Tavau controls his hands.
Tavau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
Tavau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tavau tries a body shot but Murhaa blocks it.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murhaa.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Tavau controls the action.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murhaa tries to throw a body punch but Tavau avoids it by throwing Murhaa back against the cage.
Tavau has Murhaa pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Murhaa manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Tavau is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Murhaa is defending well.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Siva Tavau. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Tavau misses with some punches.
We've been hearing reports that Tavau has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Tavau.
Murhaa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murhaa misses with a punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa gets underhooks to prevent Tavau's takedown attempt.
Tavau blocking some punches.
Murhaa struggles to land a body shot inside as Tavau controls his hands.
Tavau blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Tavau takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Tavau swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murhaa lands a nice uppercut.
Murhaa doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A head punch on the inside from Tavau fails to land.
Murhaa prevents the takedown attempt.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhaa.
Tavau is breathing heavily.
Tavau blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tavau misses with the head strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murhaa tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tavau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tavau is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa works on Tavau's body with a couple of short punches.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tavau's elbow.
Murhaa misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
A short uppercut from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Murhaa is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Tavau lands a takedown into guard.
Murhaa seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Murhaa wants to stand but Tavau is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tavau missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Murhaa can do anything to dispel that myth.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Murhaa working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Tavau.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tavau working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Tavau is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
Tavau is looking to work some ground and pound but Murhaa has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Tavau's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Tavau missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Murhaa wants to get back to his feet but Tavau is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Murhaa is controlling Tavau's posture.
Murhaa wants to get back to his feet but Tavau is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Tavau lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Murhaa wants to stand up but Tavau is controlling him.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mike Murhaa 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.
Tavau dives in and scores a takedown into Murhaa's guard.
Tavau throwing strikes but missing.
Tavau is working Murhaa over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tavau preventing the sweep.
Tavau throws an elbow that misses. Murhaa uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Tavau's guard. Nice move by Murhaa!
Tavau is trying to keep Murhaa in close.
Murhaa wants to stand but Tavau is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tavau is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Tavau with the ground and pound but Murhaa uses the opportunity to regain guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tavau with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Tavau loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Tavau is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Murhaa is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Murhaa has escaped and now he's on top!
Murhaa has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Tavau looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Murhaa is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Murhaa trying to control the position from guard on top but Tavau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Tavau looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Tavau has a closed guard, preventing Murhaa from standing up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
My spies in Jitsu Jim inform me that Murhaa has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Tavau has his foot on Murhaa's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Murhaa works his way back into a safe position though.
Murhaa must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Murhaa controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Tavau is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Tavau keeping full guard, as Murhaa tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tavau is trying to keep Murhaa in close.
Tavau has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Murhaa wants to stand but Tavau is controlling his posture from full guard.
Murhaa is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Tavau has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Murhaa is looking to defend but Tavau has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Murhaa! Tavau pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Murhaa taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:39 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Siva Tavau!
A victorious Siva Tavau thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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