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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Tim Duncan (ranked 1695 p4p, 192 weight class) and Murdo Douglass (ranked 3125 p4p, 331 weight class). Douglass has chosen Union Underground - Across The Nation as his entrance music. Murdo Douglass has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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267 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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255 lbs
4 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent MT
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Tim Duncan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Murdo Douglass!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duncan fakes the leg kick and cracks Douglass in the body.
We've been told by Duncan's head coaches at IC&E Academy that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Douglass keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Duncan with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Duncan lunges at Douglass with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Douglass's hand.
It looks like Murdo Douglass has been cut.
Douglass misses with a body kick.
Douglass walks into a stiff left hand from Duncan.
Douglass looks to throw a body kick
and Duncan counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Douglass steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Duncan.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duncan throws a sloppy head kick and Douglass moves out of range easily.
Douglass lands with a nice body kick.
Douglass scores with the left hand. Duncan knows he should have avoided that one.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Duncan clinches with his opponent.
Duncan throws a knee to the head but misses.
Douglass tries a body shot but Duncan blocks it.
Douglass scores with a shot to the side of Duncan's head.
Douglass lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Douglass digs a right hand into Duncan's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Duncan's gas tank.
Duncan is breathing heavily.
Duncan tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Douglass lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Duncan backwards.
Douglass can't find room to land a body shot as Duncan controls the action.
Douglass lands with a left to the head.
Duncan misses with a short punch on the inside.
Douglass lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Douglass escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A big right from Duncan misses.
Douglass swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Douglass needs to keep his hands up - Duncan had a free shot at his head there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Duncan moves out of range as Douglass strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duncan throws a head kick that misses.
A big left from Duncan misses.
Duncan moves into range and connects with a jab.
Duncan clinches.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Douglass.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Douglass.
Duncan is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Duncan looking to stall.
Douglass lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Douglass has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Duncan seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Douglass can turn it around.
Douglass swings wildly with an uppercut but Duncan uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Douglass.
Duncan tries a body shot but Douglass blocks it.
Douglass blocking some punches.
Duncan misses with a knee strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Douglass fails to land.
Douglass struggles to land a body shot inside as Duncan controls his hands.
Douglass breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Douglass bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Duncan is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Douglass scores with a hook to the body. Duncan takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Duncan feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Douglass's calf.
Douglass throws a wild body kick that Duncan sees coming a mile off.
Douglass thuds his shin into the meat of Duncan's side.
Some wild striking there from Duncan.
Duncan darts in and clinches Douglass up against the cage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Douglass misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Douglass lands a body punch in the clinch.
Duncan is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Duncan misses with a punch on the inside.
Douglass doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Good body shot from Douglass.
Still in the clinch, Douglass scores with a nice short uppercut.
Douglass lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Douglass scores with a nice hook to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Douglass.
Douglass tries to throw a body punch but Duncan avoids it by throwing Douglass back against the cage.
Douglass's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Douglass tries a low kick but Duncan avoids it.
Duncan swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Douglass throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Murdo Douglass dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Murdo Douglass's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Duncan blocks a head kick by Douglass.
Douglass just misses with a punch to the body.
Duncan throws a head kick that misses
and Douglass counters with a good low kick that Duncan was not able to check.
Duncan misses with a leg kick
and Douglass counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Douglass pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Douglass misses with an uppercut.
Duncan is looking to counter with head kicks.
Duncan tries to clinch
and Douglass connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Duncan misses with a right hand
and Douglass scores with a counter punch that sends Duncan to the canvas! Douglass smells blood - he's punishing Duncan with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Duncan has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Murdo Douglass!
During a confident post fight interview, Murdo Douglass thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
In defeat, Tim Duncan stepped up to the mic, saying 'Still got 5 rings lol '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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