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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Cathal Murphy (ranked 5077 p4p, 482 weight class) and Miles Rexson (ranked 5348 p4p, 496 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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180 lbs
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170 lbs
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Decent wrestler
Counter fighter
Big heart |
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Cathal Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Miles Rexson!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Dillan Fox and Yves DeLean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy shoots in and bounces Rexson off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Murphy cracks Rexson with a solid left hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphy trying to control the position from guard on top but Rexson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Murphy decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Rexson, up you get!
Rexson scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Rexson scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A combination from Rexson does no damage.
Murphy tries to counter with a takedown but Rexson is quick to defend against it.
Rexson misses with a jab, cross combination.
Rexson looks to land a combination but Murphy avoids it well.
Murphy thinks about countering with a body kick.
Murphy throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Rexson was covering up waiting for the punch and Murphy finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy drops back looking for a leg! Rexson is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rexson manages to kick Murphy off! Murphy jumps back into Rexson's guard.
Murphy advances position into side control!
Murphy controls the position from side control.
Rexson is putting a lot of effort into getting back to his feet here.
Rexson takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Murphy has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands an elbow.
Murphy lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Murphy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Murphy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Murphy working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Murphy wants to control but Rexson is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rexson wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Murphy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rexson tries to escape but Murphy is in control.
Murphy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rexson keeps working.
Murphy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Check out the look on Murphy's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Murphy is putting a hurting on Rexson here, landing some big shots from side control.
Murphy thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Rexson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Murphy. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Murphy trying to control the action but Rexson is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rexson wants to get back to his feet but Murphy is dominant here and he's now got Rexson's back!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cathal Murphy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Rexson swinging wildly here.
Murphy tries to counter with a takedown but Rexson is quick to defend against it.
Rexson tries to bum rush Murphy with a series of wild strikes but Murphy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Rexson!
Rexson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Rexson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Murphy counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Murphy.
Rexson being controlled here, momentarily.
Murphy is working Rexson over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Murphy stands up from Rexson's guard - Murphy perhaps looking for a knockout.
Rexson connects with a nice looking jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rexson misses with a few strikes there.
Rexson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Miles Rexson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Rexson.
Rexson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rexson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Rexson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rexson is breathing heavily.
Rexson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murphy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rexson.
Murphy shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rexson is trying to defend but Murphy finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Murphy works his foot free and advances to mount.
Rexson is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Murphy has taken his back.
Murphy is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Rexson defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Murphy is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Rexson has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy has good solid back control here.
Rexson defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Murphy's arms.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Murphy is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Rexson. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy has got one arm under Rexson's chin. This could be trouble... Rexson trying to control the other hand but Murphy gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Rexson has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Cathal Murphy!
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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
RATING
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