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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Conrad Calacon (ranked 1086 p4p, 149 weight class) and Phol Murhaa (ranked 402 p4p, 56 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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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
17 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Conrad Calacon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
39 - 13 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phol Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are , Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Calacon counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murhaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Calacon has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Calacon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Calacon walks into a stiff left hand from Murhaa.
Calacon moves away from the strike by Murhaa.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Calacon lands with a nice body punch.
Calacon cracks a nice hook into Murhaa's ribs.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Good exchange - Murhaa coming out on top.
A telegraphed right hand from Murhaa misses the target.
Murhaa rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Calacon moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calacon manages to avoid it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa lands a lovely overhand right.
Murhaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Calacon lands a two punch combo.
Calacon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Calacon cracks Murhaa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Calacon misses with a body shot.
Murhaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murhaa takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa scores with a leg kick.
Calacon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murhaa is out of range.
Jab by Murhaa.
Calacon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Calacon listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Murhaa scores with a one two! Calacon had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Good leg kick by Murhaa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Calacon, as that shot connected.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Calacon moves away.
Calacon scores with a decent looking hook.
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!
Murhaa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Calacon.
Calacon swinging wildly here.
Calacon scores with a one two! Murhaa had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Calacon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice straight punches there by Calacon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Calacon.
Calacon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Calacon lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Calacon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Calacon throws an overhand right that lands on Murhaa's shoulder, as Murhaa tries to avoid the shot.
Murhaa cracks Calacon with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Calacon cracks Murhaa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Calacon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Calacon moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Calacon closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Calacon moves away from the strike by Murhaa.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Calacon.
Calacon checks a low kick from Murhaa.
Calacon tries to clinch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Calacon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Calacon throws a right hand that Murhaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Murhaa also avoids with ease.
Murhaa digs a good body shot into Calacon's ribs.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Calacon moves out of range.
Calacon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Calacon looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calacon misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
Calacon misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Calacon misses with a hook.
Murhaa stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Murhaa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Calacon throws a leg kick that misses.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Calacon should have avoided that one.
Calacon pushes Murhaa up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
Murhaa manages to break the clinch.
Murhaa scores with a jab. Calacon acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Calacon thuds his right hand into Murhaa's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa throws a head kick that misses.
Calacon cracks Murhaa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body. Calacon takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murhaa.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calacon drives through and clinches with Murhaa against the cage.
Murhaa has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Calacon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murhaa lands with a light punch inside.
Calacon lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murhaa looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Murhaa misses with the head strike.
Murhaa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Decent striking displayed by Murhaa there.
Calacon throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
Murhaa uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Calacon.
It seemed like Murhaa was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Calacon fails to land with a series of punches.
Murhaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Calacon tries to clinch there but Murhaa circles away.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Calacon throws a series of strikes that have Murhaa backpedaling.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Murhaa lands with a shot to the body.
A jab from Murhaa does it's job there.
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 Conrad Calacon will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!
Murhaa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A nice inside leg kick there by Calacon. That's going to slow Murhaa down.
Calacon tries to bum rush Murhaa with a series of wild strikes but Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Calacon moves out of range.
Conrad Calacon is winning the standup battle so far.
Murhaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Calacon tries to clinch but Murhaa is having none of it.
Calacon tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murhaa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
Calacon lands a leg kick that knocks Murhaa off balance momentarily.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Calacon.
Calacon tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murhaa paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Calacon.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa misses with a wild body shot.
Calacon is looking to counter punch.
Murhaa throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Calacon on the side of the head.
Calacon lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
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!
Murhaa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Calacon. Calacon obviously looking to wear him down.
Calacon dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murhaa. That did some damage!
A looping hook to the body misses from Calacon. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa throws out a counter right but Calacon avoids it with no problem.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Calacon has time to react.
Calacon throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Calacon connects with a solid leg kick.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
It looked like Calacon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Calacon with a nice cross.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Calacon attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Murhaa avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murhaa swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Calacon.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murhaa. That's going to slow Calacon down.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
A left lands for Murhaa.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Calacon is looking to counter with a body kick.
Calacon walks into a left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Calacon displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murhaa throws out the jab.
Murhaa throws an overhand right that lands on Calacon's shoulder, as Calacon tries to avoid the shot.
Calacon tries to move into range but Murhaa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calacon takes a swing at Murhaa's ribcage but misses.
Calacon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Calacon takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Calacon ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Calacon motions for Murhaa to come forward. Calacon throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Murhaa's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Calacon.
Jab from Murhaa.
A leg kick checked by Calacon.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Calacon.
Murhaa works the jab nicely.
Calacon connects with a right hand. Murhaa shakes it off.
Calacon wants to clinch
and Murhaa counters with a right hand to the body.
Calacon cracks Murhaa with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murhaa takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murhaa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murhaa buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murhaa connects with a body shot that sends Calacon's belly button to the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calacon throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Calacon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.
Calacon moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Calacon saw that one coming.
Murhaa wants to slow Calacon down by chopping away at his legs.
Calacon throws a leg kick but Murhaa sees it coming and moves out of range.
Calacon fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Murhaa stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Calacon.
Calacon takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murhaa connects with a leg kick. Calacon looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Calacon scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murhaa in his tracks.
Calacon doesn't manage to clinch there - Murhaa circles away.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murhaa lands a jab to the head.
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!
Murhaa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Calacon looks to land a combination but Murhaa avoids it well.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Calacon does no damage.
Calacon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Calacon cracks the inside of Murhaa's front leg.
Murhaa scores with a decent looking hook.
Calacon looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Calacon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Calacon has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murhaa.
Calacon shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murhaa connects with a right hand. Calacon shakes it off.
Calacon is rocked!
Murhaa slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Oh Calacon is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Calacon misses the jab.
Calacon throws a right hand that Murhaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Murhaa also avoids with ease.
Murhaa takes one on the button.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Calacon.
Murhaa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Calacon to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Calacon looks to clinch but Murhaa throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Calacon taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Phol Murhaa!
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