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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between JaMarr Stevens (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Frank Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). JaMarr Stevens has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Counter striker
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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
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, JaMarr Stevens!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Frank Murray!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Dean Styles and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Stevens looks for a takedown but Murray sprawls well.
Stevens tries to bum rush Murray with a series of wild strikes but Murray uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Stevens shoots in looking for a takedown. Murray tries to sprawl out of it but Stevens keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Murray manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Stevens fails with an attempt to clinch.
JaMarr Stevens seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Stevens fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Stevens lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Stevens throws a right hand that Murray ducks under and follows up with a left that Murray also avoids with ease.
Murray shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Murray tries to control but Stevens wriggling away.
Stevens tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Murray looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Stevens on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Stevens tries to get out of the position.
Stevens is trying to escape the mount.
Stevens gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray wants to control but Stevens is keeping him busy.
Murray blocks the strikes from Stevens.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murray moves into full mount! Stevens won't be happy about that!
Stevens is breathing heavily.
Murray working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Murray scoring with strikes but Stevens is staying in there.
Stevens really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Murray working the ground and pound effectively.
Murray lands a nice shot to the head.
Stevens throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Murray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stevens takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Murray is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stevens can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Murray trying to control but Stevens is having none of it.
Murray prevents Stevens from getting the reversal.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Stevens wants to get back to his feet.
Stevens can't escape the position.
Stevens is working hard here to advance position.
Stevens is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Stevens takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Murray has control of Stevens's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Stevens regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Stevens takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Murray looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevens throwing hammer fists to the chest of Murray. What's that going to do exactly?
Murray working the ground and pound effectively.
Stevens is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Stevens swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Murray lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Murray wants to control the pace but Stevens is squirming around nicely.
Stevens swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Murray lands a big shot there that rocks Stevens but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stevens is looking to improve his position but Murray isn't that keen on the idea.
Stevens takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Stevens is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Murray landing strikes from the mount and Stevens is in trouble!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Stevens is in a horrible position here. Murray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Stevens throwing hammer fists to the chest of Murray. What's that going to do exactly?
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Stevens flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Murray fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Stevens tries to reverse the position but Murray maintains control.
Stevens swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Stevens taking shots to the head.
Murray pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Stevens flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Murray landing punches.
Murray is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Stevens can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Murray dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Some wild striking there from Stevens.
Stevens lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Murray showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Stevens.
A combination from Stevens does no damage.
Murray closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Stevens to the mat! Stevens manages to get full guard.
Murray slips nicely into half guard.
Murray takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Murray passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Stevens!
A nice elbow there by Murray.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murray working Stevens over with strikes here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens throwing hammer fists to the chest of Murray. What's that going to do exactly?
Stevens is in all sorts of trouble here.
Murray looking to finish Stevens with some ground and pound. This is bad for Stevens!
Stevens trying desperately to get to his feet.
Stevens defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Murray.
Murray breaks from Stevens's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Murray prevents Stevens from getting the reversal.
Murray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Murray connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Stevens throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Stevens is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Murray pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Stevens is in a horrible position here. Murray smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
That's two 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.
Stevens really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Murray lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Murray working Stevens over with strikes here.
Murray thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Stevens is bucking up trying to escape but Murray cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Murray wants to control the pace but Stevens is squirming around nicely.
Murray blocks Stevens's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Murray looking to control but Stevens is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Stevens swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Murray misses with a head shot.
Stevens is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray lands a big shot there that rocks Stevens but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Stevens tries to buck Murray off but he can't manage it.
Murray putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Stevens throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
You get the feeling that Stevens really doesn't like being in this position too much.
Murray landing strikes, looking to finish!
Stevens flailing away with punches but nothing is landing.
Stevens is trying desperately to improve position.
Stevens throwing hammer fists to the chest of Murray. What's that going to do exactly?
Murray with the ground and pound from mount.
Stevens is trying to escape the mount.
Murray is landing with some decent strikes but Stevens is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Murray has control of Stevens's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Stevens regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Murray trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Murray is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Murray punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murray with the ground and pound from mount.
Murray looking to ground and pound but Stevens is blocking nicely.
Stevens is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Stevens is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Stevens trying to punch from the bottom. They're landing but they're really not going to hurt Murray.
Stevens throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Murray takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Murray dominating with strikes here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Murray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Stevens misses with the combination.
No joy there for Stevens, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murray shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Stevens's guard.
Stevens throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Murray seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Stevens throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Murray postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Murray slips nicely into half guard.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murray landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Stevens wants to improve his position but Murray is controlling well.
Murray wants to pass the guard but Stevens is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevens slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Stevens has momentary wrist control but Murray slips an elbow through the middle.
Stevens throws a couple of heel strikes.
Stevens has momentary wrist control but Murray slips an elbow through the middle.
Stevens throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Murray swats away the attempt to clinch by Stevens.
Stevens wants to clinch.
Stevens doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Murray counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Murray lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Stevens trying to strike off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevens wants to stand but Murray is controlling the position.
Murray slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Stevens wants to sweep but no luck.
Stevens throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Murray is pushing down on Stevens's leg trying to pass to half guard. Stevens is fighting to maintain full guard but Murray has managed to sneak the leg through.
Murray lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Stevens flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Murray blocks the strikes from Stevens.
Frank Murray has got the better of the ground game so far.
Stevens is not content to let Murray control the position.
Murray prevents Stevens from standing back up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Stevens gets caught flat footed, as Murray shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Stevens is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Murray stands up over Stevens, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Murray throwing strikes from guard but Stevens blocks nicely.
Murray pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Stevens is keeping the position for now.
Stevens lands some strikes from the bottom.
Stevens looking for a sweep. Not yet Stevens, not yet.
Stevens wants to get back to his feet but Murray is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Murray is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Stevens tries to clinch but Murray moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevens has closed the distance and engaged Murray in a clinch.
Murray fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Stevens is trying to trip Murray. He has hold of a leg but Murray is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Stevens persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Stevens with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stevens in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Stevens with a flurry of punches that miss.
Stevens stopping the sweep attempt from Murray.
Murray lands a couple of shots from the bottom.
Murray wants to sweep but no luck.
Stevens lands a couple of decent looking shots.
JaMarr Stevens has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Stevens with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Frank Murray is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Stevens swinging wilding here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Murray winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Murray!
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