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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jose Morales (ranked 591 p4p, 90 weight class) and Scott Murley (ranked 479 p4p, 69 weight class). Murley is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rage Against The Machine | Bulls On Parade. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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220 lbs
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212 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine |
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Excellent MT
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Morales!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Scott Murley!
The judges for this bout are Valeri Chadov, Sergei Dronov and Konstantin Menshow.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murley walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Morales throws a hook but Murley avoids it easily.
Murley showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Morales.
A nice side step and Murley releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Morales lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Morales thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murley connects with a nice looking jab.
Morales throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Murley walks into a straight right hand from Morales.
Murley jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Murley takes a swing at Morales's ribcage but misses.
The fighters circling - Murley throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morales slips a jab from Murley.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morales.
Murley takes a shot right to the bread basket.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murley jabs Morales right on the nose. Morales blinks but takes it well.
Murley has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Morales misses with a wild body shot.
Murley tries to counter with a clinch but Morales shakes him off and moves away.
Murley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morales manages to avoid it.
Morales moves out of range as Murley strikes.
Murley misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Morales cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morales on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morales manages to avoid it.
Morales misses with a looping right.
Murley scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Morales throws the left hand but Murley avoids the punch easily.
Murley lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Morales circles away quickly and effectively.
Morales rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murley just misses with a punch to the body.
Morales misses with a right hand
and Murley moves into the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murley scores with an uppercut up the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murley lands a left hand.
Murley cracks Morales with a nice body shot.
Morales working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Murley on the inside.
Murley throws a head punch that misses.
Morales is trying to break free.
Murley lands a nice uppercut.
Morales pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murley scores with a shot to the body.
Morales keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Morales takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murley slips a jab from Morales.
Morales tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murley was well out of range. Poor timing from Morales.
Morales throws a lazy right hand but Murley sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murley scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Morales throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A swing and a miss from Murley.
Murley doesn't manage to clinch there - Morales circles away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murley scores with a decent looking hook.
Murley stuns Morales with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Murley keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Morales.
Murley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murley lands with a nice body punch.
Morales fails to land with a series of punches.
Morales throws a series of punches but Murley moves out of range.
A slow jab from Morales misses its intended target.
Murley misses with a body shot.
Morales takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Morales misses with a looping right.
Murley rushes Morales and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murley throws a punch but it's blocked by Morales.
Murley lands a left hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Murley - that landed with a thud.
Morales is breathing heavily.
A short uppercut from Murley.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murley misses with a body punch.
Murley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murley lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Morales wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Murley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murley keeps control of Morales as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Murley lands a body shot.
Murley manages to break the clinch.
Morales takes a swing at Murley's ribcage but misses.
Murley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Morales moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murley digs a good hook to Morales's body.
Nice shot by Murley.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Morales takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Morales keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morales throws a right hand that misses
and Murley counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Murley dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Murley feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Moraless jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A jab from Morales misses.
Murley misses with a looping left.
It looked like Morales was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murley.
Morales stuns Murley with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Morales swings widly with a right hand
and Murley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murley lands a slapping body shot.
Murley staying out of range there.
Murley cracks Morales with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A combination from Murley does no damage.
Murley scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Morales swings for the body but Murley moves out of range.
Murley scores with a hook to the body. Morales takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Morales misses the jab.
Murley throws the left hand but Morales avoids the punch easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morales on the side of the head.
Scott Murley seems to be getting the better of the standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Morales misses the target.
Murley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murley fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Morales is out of range.
Murley throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Morales throwing a counter right hand but Murley manages to avoid it.
Murley fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Morales manages to avoid it.
Murley is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Morales rather than just go for the knockout.
Morales swings widly with a right hand
and Murley cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Morales takes a swing at Murley's ribcage but misses.
Murley digs a good hook to Morales's body.
Morales throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murley counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Morales takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Murley slips a jab from Morales.
Morales on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morales swings for the body but Murley moves out of range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murley misses with a body shot.
Morales swings and misses with a hook to the body.
It seemed like Murley was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A shot to the liver by Morales. Beautiful body shot.
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!
Murley uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Morales.
Murley connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Morales throws a lazy uppercut
and Murley counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murley misses with an uppercut. Morales saw that one coming.
Murley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Morales is looking to counter punch.
Morales throws a looping overhand right but Murley ducks down to avoid it.
Murley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murley throws a shot from downtown. Morales moves away and avoids it.
Murley cracks a nice hook into Morales's ribs.
Morales throws out a loose jab but Murley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murley misses with a hook. Morales ducked under it nicely.
Morales swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morales throws a one two combo.
Jab, jab by Murley - just one landing.
Morales misses the jab.
Morales looks to land a left hand but Murley moved out of range nicely.
Murley lands an overhand right.
Morales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murley.
Morales fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murley manages to avoid it.
Murley is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Morales with a body shot.
Morales gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murley.
Murley misses with a shot to the body
and Morales counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murley ducks under a wild hook from Morales.
Murley throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Morales closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Murley connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Morales looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Murley as he checks the leg kick.
Morales takes a jab right on the kisser.
A jab from Murley finds it's way through Morales's defenses.
Murley throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Morales on the side of the head.
Murley avoids a kick to the body.
Murley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murley lands with a good body shot.
Horrible takedown attempt by Morales or perhaps it was just good defense by Murley, which made it look bad.
A jab from Murley misses.
Murley throws a hook but Morales blocks it.
Murley fails to land with a series of punches.
Murley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morales.
Morales throws a hook to the side of Murley's head but Murley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Morales avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Scott Murley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Murley throws a body punch but Morales moves out of range.
Morales bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Morales misses with an uppercut. Murley saw that one coming.
Morales ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murley moves away.
Morales avoids the body shot from Murley.
Morales keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murley.
It looked like Morales was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Murley misses with a looping right.
Murley throws a series of strikes that have Morales backpedaling.
Murley misses with an uppercut
enabling Morales to counter with a crisp jab.
Morales throws a right hand that misses
and Morales takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murley keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murley throws a nice outside leg kick.
Morales's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Murley connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Morales scrambles back to his feet.
Morales takes one on the chin but seems OK.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murley scores with a nice strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morales moves away.
Murley ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Morales throws an off balance right hand
and Murley moves into the clinch.
Morales working hard to break the clinch.
Murley lands a body punch.
Morales misses with the head strike.
Morales misses with a punch to the body.
Morales swings wildly with an uppercut but Murley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Morales goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murley lands a nice uppercut.
Murley lands a body punch in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Morales is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Murley doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murley lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Morales or not.
Morales wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murley presses Morales against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Murley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Murley.
Murley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Morales is rocked!
Murley lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Morales.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murley lands a left hand.
Oh Morales is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murley softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murley manages to break the clinch.
Murley uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murley cracks Morales on the jaw with a powerful right hand and Morales falls backwards against the cage. Murley follows up with more strikes that drop Morales to his knees. Murley keeps the pressure on and the referee jumps in to save Morales! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Scott Murley!
A very excited looking Scott Murley made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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