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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Murha Pate (ranked 49 p4p, 10 weight class) and Dave Semenko (ranked 191 p4p, 32 weight class). Murha Pate had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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203 lbs
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220 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
21 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Murha Pate!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dave Semenko!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Yukihiro Yamamoto.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Semenko pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Semenko connects with a jab.
Pate moves into the clinch.
Pate struggles to land a body shot inside as Semenko controls his hands.
Pate is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Semenko is keeping busy.
Semenko misses with the head strike.
Pate pushes off an throws an elbow but Semenko leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Pate.
Semenko misses with a body punch.
Pate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Semenko's elbow.
Pate misses with a shot to the kidneys.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Semenko misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pate keeps control of Semenko as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Pate blocking some punches.
Pate looks to throw an elbow but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Semenko.
Our sources have told us that Pate has been working on his elbows in the gym.
Semenko has a couple of punches blocked by Pate.
Pate tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Semenko avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate lands a shoulder strike.
Semenko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Semenko lands a left hand.
Pate misses with a punch on the inside.
Pate lands with a light punch inside.
Pate blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Semenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pate lands an elbow just above Semenko 's eye.
A short right from Semenko.
Pate swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Semenko blocks an elbow strike.
Pate misses with a body punch.
Semenko lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Pate backwards.
Semenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pate's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Semenko misses with some punches.
Semenko misses with a body punch.
Pate tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Semenko's elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Semenko misses with a body punch.
Pate throws a head punch that misses.
Semenko lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Pate is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Semenko tries a body shot but Pate blocks it.
Pate lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Semenko misses with a hook to the ribs.
Semenko fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Semenko tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Semenko misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pate leaning against his opponent.
Semenko swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Semenko fails to land.
Pate takes a shot to the head.
Semenko working aggressively here.
Semenko blocks an elbow strike.
Pate misses with an elbow over the top.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate misses with the head strike.
Semenko takes a shot to the head.
Pate lands a damaging elbow.
Pate tries to work over Semenko's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Pate lands with a light punch inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pate.
A short right from Semenko on the inside.
Semenko misses with a body punch.
Pate tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Semenko blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Semenko misses with a punch on the inside.
Pate prevents a body shot from Semenko.
Pate stalling the fight.
Pate misses with an elbow strike.
Pate struggles to land a body shot inside as Semenko controls his hands.
Pate scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Pate manages to break the clinch.
Semenko has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Pate.
Semenko fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Pate checks it well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Semenko blocks a leg kick.
Semenko throws a hook but Pate blocks it.
Semenko takes one to the side of the head.
Pate looks to land a left hand but Semenko moved out of range nicely.
Semenko tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pate was well out of range. Poor timing from Semenko.
Pate throws a leg kick which misses Semenko's front leg but catches the back leg as Semenko tries to avoid it.
Semenko looks to land a left hand but Pate moved out of range nicely.
As Semenko backs away, Pate returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Pate throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A big right from Semenko misses.
Pate walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Pate looks to score with a jab to the body but Semenko is just out of range.
A jab from Semenko does it's job there.
Pate moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Semenko throws a jab when Pate was well out of range.
Semenko tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Semenko will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Murha Pate will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Pate avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Semenko throws a head kick that misses.
Pate rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Semenko moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murha Pate seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Semenko avoids a punch combination nicely.
Semenko fakes the leg kick and cracks Pate in the body.
Semenko scores with the left hand. Pate knows he should have avoided that one.
Semenko throws a jab when Pate was well out of range.
Semenko swings for the body but Pate moves out of range.
Semenko throws a shot from downtown. Pate moves away and avoids it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Semenko throws a half hearted mid kick.
Pate throws a leg kick that is checked
and Semenko counters with a thumping low kick.
Pate on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Semenko with a nice cross.
Pate throws a right hand that Semenko ducks under and follows up with a left that Semenko also avoids with ease.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pate pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Pate avoids the body shot from Semenko.
Dave Semenko seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pate misses with a body shot
and Semenko cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pate has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Pate rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Semenko makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Pate misses with a series of wild punches.
Pate scores with the left hand. Semenko knows he should have avoided that one.
Nice defenses there by Semenko.
Semenko now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Semenko lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Good standup being displayed there by Semenko as he connects with a hook.
Pate tries to move into range but Semenko moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Pate takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Semenko cracks the inside of Pate's front leg.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Semenko.
Semenko looking to land some kicks to the body here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pate scoring well with a low kick there.
Semenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pate.
Semenko tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Pate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pate checks a leg kick.
Pate throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Semenko counters with a straight right hand.
Semenko is looking to land body kicks.
Semenko jabs at Pate's body.
Semenko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Semenko looks to throw the jab but Pate is out of range.
Semenko uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pate.
A countering left hand to the body from Semenko misses.
Pate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pate connects with a high kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pate uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Semenko.
Pate appears to be looking for a big counter.
Semenko is looking to score with low kicks.
A looping hook to the body misses from Semenko. Pate does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pate slips under a jab from Semenko.
Pate throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Semenko counters with a straight right hand.
Semenko throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pate stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Semenko misses with an attempted mid kick.
Semenko scoring well with a low kick there.
Pate throws a lazy uppercut
and Semenko counters with an inside leg kick.
Semenko scores with a leg kick.
Jab from Semenko.
Semenko scores with the left hand. Pate knows he should have avoided that one.
Pate throws a leg kick but Semenko sees it coming and moves out of range.
Semenko throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Semenko scores with a spinning back kick!
Semenko has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Semenko - that will leave a mark!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Semenko lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Pate has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Semenko.
Semenko misses with a looping left.
Pate misses the jab.
Pate doesn't manage to clinch there - Semenko circles away.
Semenko looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Semenko takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pate checks a leg kick nicely.
Semenko lands a nice hook to Pate's body. Pate takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Pate throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Semenko.
Pate walks into a jab.
Semenko swats away the attempt to clinch by Pate.
Semenko with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Pate ducks under a wild hook from Semenko.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dave Semenko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Semenko drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Semenko throws a jab when Pate was well out of range.
Pate fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Semenko manages to avoid it.
Pate throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pate throws a lazy right hand but Semenko sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Semenko looks to land a right hand but Pate moved out of range.
Semenko scores with a nice head shot.
Semenko cracks the inside of Pate's front leg.
A big left from Semenko misses.
Semenko dips to his left and cracks Pate with an uppercut!
Pate is rocked!
Semenko lands an overhand right.
Oh Pate is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pate misses with a left hand
and Semenko counters with a good low kick that Pate was not able to check.
Pate throws a body punch but Semenko moves out of range.
Pate gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Semenko gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Dave Semenko!
Dave Semenko is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Dave Semenko thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
The defeated Murha Pate had this to say: 'ei saatana'.
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