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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Frank Murphy (ranked 5269 p4p, 546 weight class) and Tommy Means (ranked 3797 p4p, 467 weight class). Frank Murphy had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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200 lbs
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194 lbs
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Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
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BJJ White Belt
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
0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Frank Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Tommy Means!
The judges for this bout are Sandra Marshall, Michael Johnstone and Santiago Holmes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Means lands a really nice looking cross but Murphy seems unphased.
Murphy misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Means pushes Murphy away with a front kick.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Means.
Murphy throws a low kick, looking for Means's leg but Means calmly moves out of range.
Means ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Means connects with a solid leg kick.
Means with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Means.
Murphy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Buoy Training in the buildup to the fight.
Means wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Means checks it
and Means counters with a right hand to the body.
Murphy misses with a leg kick
and Means counters with a slapping leg kick.
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!
Murphy throws a leg kick that misses.
Frank Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice body punch from Means.
Means lands a nice looking body shot.
Means lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Frank Murphy's cut is getting worse.
Nice body punch from Means.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Means sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Means with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Means connects with the punch.
Murphy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Means scores with a nice right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Means uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Means.
Murphy misses the body punch
and Means counters with a nice uppercut.
Means ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Means lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murphy is looking to wear down Means with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Means scoring well with a low kick there.
Murphy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murphy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murphy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murphy swings for the body but Means moves out of range.
Means looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Means scores with a decent looking hook.
Frank Murphy's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Murphy walks straight into a right hand from Means - that's dropped him! Means jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Murphy from any more punishment! Murphy complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Tommy Means!
During a confident post fight interview, Tommy Means thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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