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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Joy Rones (ranked 159 p4p, 26 weight class) and Ispa Murhaa (ranked 74 p4p, 11 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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178 lbs
16 - 2 - 0 |
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199 lbs
17 - 1 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Granite chin |
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Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Joy Rones!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ispa Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Chris Saunders and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rones has taken the fight to the clinch.
Murhaa lands a right hand that snaps the head of Rones backwards.
Murhaa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rones's elbow.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murhaa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murhaa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murhaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Murhaa throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the head.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Rones fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Rones throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Rones swings for the body but Murhaa moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rones. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Rones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Joy Rones seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rones takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murhaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Rones checks a leg kick.
Murhaa scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
Rones with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murhaa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rones misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Murhaa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Rones ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa connects with a leg kick. Rones looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Rones throws a good cross that connects.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rones.
Rones will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rones swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rones looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
The crowd cheers as Rones lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murhaa doesn't seem phased though.
Murhaa lands with a slapping head kick.
Rones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murhaa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Rones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rones misses with the head strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A shot in the inside from Rones.
Murhaa lands a right hand.
Rones misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Rones - that landed with a thud.
Rones lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Rones misses with a body punch.
Murhaa lands a left hand.
Murhaa misses with some punches.
Rones tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rones.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Rones.
Rones swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
I was talking to Rones's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Rones misses with the head strike.
Murhaa manages to break the clinch.
Rones uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Murhaa has time to react.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Rones.
Rones blocks the body kick.
Murhaa tries to score with a low kick but Rones moves his leg out of the way.
Rones avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Rones blocks a leg kick.
Rones misses with a hook. Murhaa ducked under it nicely.
Murhaa gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Rones looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Rones moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Rones moves into the clinch.
Murhaa blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.
Rones drives through and clinches with Murhaa against the cage.
Rones has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Rones swings wildly with an uppercut but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rones working aggressively here.
Murhaa goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Rones throws a punch but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Rones scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Rones misses with some punches.
Murhaa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murhaa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Rones.
Rones lands a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rones takes a shot to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A shot in the inside from Rones.
Murhaa has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Rones seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murhaa can turn it around.
Murhaa throws a punch but it's blocked by Rones.
Rones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Rones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rones works on Murhaa's body with a couple of short punches.
Rones lands a right hand.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rones.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murhaa.
Rones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Rones misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rones lands a hook to the side of the head.
Rones lands with a short shot to the head.
Murhaa breaks from the clinch.
Rones lands an overhand right.
Murhaa moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Rones does no damage.
Decent striking displayed by Rones there.
Rones lands a body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joy Rones 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.
Rones checks a low kick from Murhaa.
Murhaa defending well as Rones loads up on a big left hand.
Rones blocks the body kick.
Rones takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rones throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Rones bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Rones defending well as Murhaa loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Rones cracks a nice hook into Murhaa's ribs.
Murhaa throws a hook but Rones avoids it easily.
Murhaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rones lands a slapping body shot.
Rones slips under a jab from Murhaa.
Rones lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Rones thuds a left hand into Murhaa's body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa takes a swing at Rones's ribcage but misses.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Rones here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Rones throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rones wants to clinch up but Murhaa keeps it at a distance.
Murhaa walks into a stiff left hand from Rones.
Joy Rones is winning the standup battle so far.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murhaa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Rones. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Rones moves into the clinch successfully.
Murhaa lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Rones throws a punch but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Rones fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Rones.
Rones has a couple of punches blocked by Murhaa.
Nice body punch from Rones.
Murhaa is breathing heavily.
Murhaa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rones swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murhaa tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Rones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Rones.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa can't find room to land a body shot as Rones controls the action.
Murhaa prevents a body shot from Rones.
Rones cracks Murhaa with a nice body shot.
Rones is working Murhaa over against the cage.
Rones is working Murhaa over against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rones lands with a short shot to the head.
Rones lands a shoulder strike.
Rones lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Rones is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murhaa can do to turn this around?
Rones digs a right hand underneath Murhaa's ribcage. Murhaa let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Rones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Rones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Rones gets through Murhaa's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Rones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice body punch from Rones.
Rones lands with a right to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rones.
Rones scores with a shoulder strike.
Joy Rones has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Rones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A short uppercut from Rones.
Murhaa swings wildly with an uppercut but Rones uses good head movement to avoid it.
Rones throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Rones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
Rones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rones lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murhaa is rocked!
Rones throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murhaas head.
Murhaa is still on wobbly legs! Can Rones finish him?
Rones lands a shot to the body.
Rones is working Murhaa over against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Rones.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Murhaa in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Rones lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murhaa.
Rones makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Rones scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rones lands with a left to the head.
Rones pushes Murhaa against the cage. Rones is working some dirty boxing. Rones pushes off with a quick right hook! Murhaa goes down! Murhaa tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Rones moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joy Rones!
An out of breath and clearly excited Joy Rones thanked Groove Gear for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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