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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Paul Murhaa (ranked 963 p4p, 58 weight class) and Tom Thomas (ranked 905 p4p, 55 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 5 - 2, fighting out of New York, Paul Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
20 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Thomas!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thomas looks to land a body kick but Murhaa moved away.
Murhaa definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A big right from Murhaa misses.
Thomas takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Thomas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murhaa takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thomas.
Murhaa on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Thomas slips a jab from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thomas on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Murhaa throws a leg kick that misses.
Thomas tries a quick counter leg kick but Murhaa is wise to it.
Thomas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas lands a jab to Murhaa's midsection.
Murhaa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Good exchange - Thomas coming out on top.
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 throws a lazy head kick
and Thomas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thomas lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murhaa's sensitive parts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Good leg kick by Murhaa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Thomas takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A clash of legs there as Thomas blocks the low kick.
Thomas takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Thomas tries a low kick but Murhaa avoids it.
Murhaa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Paul Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thomas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A jab from Thomas misses.
A leg kick checked by Thomas.
Thomas lunges at Murhaa with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murhaa's hand.
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but Thomas moved out of range nicely.
Thomas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Thomas takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murhaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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 fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Thomas has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Thomas lands with a nice body punch.
Thomas doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murhaa scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thomas takes one to the side of the head.
Thomas scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murhaa moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Murhaa is out of range.
Thomas darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Thomas blocks a leg kick.
Thomas tests Murhaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murhaa is looking to score with low kicks.
Murhaa throws a jab when Thomas was well out of range.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murhaa moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
As Thomas backs away, Murhaa returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Thomas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murhaa walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Thomas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murhaa sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murhaa thows a body kick. Thomas tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Thomas avoids the body shot from Murhaa.
Murhaa moves away from the strike by Thomas.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Thomas throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thomas dips to his left and cracks Murhaa with an uppercut!
Murhaa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Thomas throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Murhaa throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Murhaa misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Thomas blocks a jab.
Murhaa throws a shot from downtown. Thomas moves away and avoids it.
It seemed like Thomas was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
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!
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Murhaa works Thomas's body with a nice hook.
Murhaa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murhaa gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
The crowd cheers as Murhaa lands an impressive looking overhand right. Thomas doesn't seem phased though.
A jab from Murhaa finds it's way through Thomas's defenses.
Decent striking displayed by Murhaa there.
Thomas throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Thomas tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas moves out of range of the leg kick from Murhaa.
Thomas throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Thomas throws a poor cross that misses
and Murhaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
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 Paul Murhaa will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Murhaa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Thomas.
Thomas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murhaa lands with a right hand.
A telegraphed right hand from Thomas misses the target.
Good standup being displayed there by Thomas as he connects with a hook.
Murhaa scores with a body shot.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thomas slips a jab from Murhaa.
Murhaa fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Thomas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Thomas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thomas just misses with a punch to the body.
Thomas throws a hook to the side of Murhaa's head but Murhaa sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
Murhaa misses with a leg kick
and Thomas counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thomas looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Thomas looks to throw the jab but Murhaa is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thomas throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa moves out of range as Thomas strikes.
A quick step to the side and Murhaa tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa scores with a hook to the body. Thomas takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murhaa misses with a lunging right hand
and Thomas counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhaa takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thomas misses with a body shot.
Thomas bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murhaa's head backwards.
Murhaa throws a leg kick that misses.
Thomas tries to move into range but Murhaa moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Murhaa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Thomas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murhaa.
Murhaa fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murhaa walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murhaa slips a jab from Thomas.
Murhaa throws a hook but Thomas blocks it.
Thomas unleashes a big counter combination but Murhaa bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a lazy uppercut
and Murhaa counters with a leg kick.
Thomas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murhaa throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Paul Murhaa is winning the standup battle so far.
Thomas scores with a shot to the body.
Murhaa throws a front kick that sends Thomas stumbling back into the cage.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Thomas.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.
Murhaa misses the shot to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Murhaa blocks the leg kick.
Thomas fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murhaa, pushing him back against the cage.
A short left from Thomas.
Thomas can't find room to land a body shot as Murhaa controls the action.
Thomas lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murhaa backwards.
Thomas blocks a body shot from Murhaa.
Thomas blocks a punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thomas throws a head punch that misses.
Murhaa escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murhaa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Thomas scores with a nice right hand.
Murhaa lands a nice shot that snaps Thomas's head back.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Thomas wants to counter the offense by Murhaa and move into the clinch position.
Thomas takes one to the chin there.
Murhaa needs to keep his hands up - Thomas had a free shot at his head there.
Thomas throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa wants to slow Thomas down by chopping away at his legs.
Murhaa lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murhaa will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
A big right from Thomas misses.
Murhaa chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Thomas misses with a looping left.
Thomas with a nice cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Murhaa feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a low kick but Thomas avoids it.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Thomas was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
Thomas fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Thomas misses with a jab to the body
and Murhaa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Thomas's knee momentarily.
Murhaa slips a jab from Thomas.
Nice body punch from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a big shot that misses.
Murhaa connects with a crisp jab.
Thomas wants to clinch.
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 second round but I would say that Paul Murhaa will probably get the nod.
That's time! Murhaa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Thomas misses with a wild body shot.
Thomas feints a jab promting Murhaa to slip. Thomas then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Murhaa slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Thomas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murhaa. Murhaa obviously looking to wear him down.
Thomas with a jab.
Thomas 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 lands with a thumping leg kick.
Murhaa avoids the head kick by Thomas.
Murhaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Thomas paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Murhaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Thomas looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
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!
Thomas blocks a leg kick.
Thomas rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murhaa counters with a stiff right hand.
Murhaa lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Thomas at a distance.
Thomas moves out of range of the leg kick from Murhaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murhaa. Thomas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Thomas swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murhaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Thomas.
Murhaa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murhaa staying out of range there.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Murhaa cracks Thomas with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Good shot there by Thomas.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Thomas checks it.
Murhaa lands with an overhand left.
Thomas missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murhaa throwing a counter right hand but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Murhaa throws a body kick that misses
letting Thomas counter with a right hand.
Murhaa looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Good work by Thomas as he checks the leg kick.
Thomas tries to counter by closing the distance.
Murhaa lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Paul Murhaa is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa defending well as Thomas loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Thomas misses.
Thomas looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Thomas moves out of range.
Thomas throws a jab when Murhaa was well out of range.
Thomas looks to clinch
and Murhaa counters with a leg kick.
Thomas throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
It looked like Murhaa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Murhaa throws a body shot but no joy.
Thomas checks a leg kick.
Murhaa keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Thomas throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murhaa changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Thomas scores with a jab to the jaw.
Thomas looks to land a right hand but Murhaa moved out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Thomas does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Thomas throws a jab when Murhaa was well out of range.
Thomas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Thomas throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice shot by Murhaa.
An inside leg kick lands from Murhaa.
Nice defenses there by Murhaa.
Murhaa lands a jab to Thomas's midsection.
A looping hook to the body misses from Thomas. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murhaa lands with a nice body kick.
Thomas throws a body punch but Murhaa moves out of range.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Thomas.
Murhaa fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thomas manages to avoid it.
Tom Thomas has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Thomas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murhaa. Murhaa obviously looking to wear him down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The fight stays on the outside here - Thomas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Thomas avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A little jabbing left from Thomas on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thomas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thomas misses with a hook.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thomas throws out the jab.
Murhaa tried to counter with a leg kick but Thomas avoided it.
Murhaa connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Murhaa lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Thomas ducks right into an uppercut from Murhaa.
Thomas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murhaa.
Thomas checks a low kick from Murhaa.
As Murhaa backs off Thomas throws a huge counter combo but Murhaa manages to avoid it all.
Thomas has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Murhaa.
Good leg kick by Murhaa there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murhaa lets loose with a powerful body kick. Thomas will feel that in the morning.
And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Murhaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Murhaa, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 30:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 30:28
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Murhaa!
In his post fight interview, Paul Murhaa started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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