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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Tobias Murphy (ranked 239 p4p, 36 weight class) and Ludo Van Veen (ranked 325 p4p, 53 weight class). Van Veen has chosen Give it ALL as his entrance music. Tobias Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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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
16 - 7 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tobias Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ludo Van Veen!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Van Veen throws a head kick that misses.
Van Veen pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Van Veen misses.
Van Veen throws a big shot that misses.
Van Veen throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Van Veen scores with a shot to the body.
Van Veen throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Veen misses with a lunging right hand
and Murphy counters with a slapping leg kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Van Veen.
Van Veen cracks the inside of Murphy's front leg.
A punch combination from Murphy misses.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Van Veen checks it.
Van Veen checks a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Van Veen is out of range.
A solid body kick from Murphy.
Van Veen delivers a nice body kick.
Murphy scores with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Veen moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Van Veen connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Van Veen scores with a punch to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Van Veen lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Murphy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murphy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murphy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Ludo Van Veen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
Murphy slips under a jab from Van Veen.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy checks a leg kick nicely.
Murphy connects with a leg kick. Van Veen looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murphy lunges at Van Veen with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Van Veen's hand.
Van Veen swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murphy slips a straight right by Van Veen.
Van Veen takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy misses with a body kick.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Van Veen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Van Veen scores with a crisp jab that stopped Murphy in his tracks.
Van Veen moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Murphy blocks the body kick.
Murphy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murphy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Van Veen misses with an attempted mid kick.
Murphy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Van Veen is looking to score with low kicks.
Van Veen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Van Veen tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Veen looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Murphy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Van Veen throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Van Veen lands an overhand right.
Van Veen connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murphy's hands.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Veen thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murphy if he has to take too many more of those.
Van Veen moves out of range of the body kick from Murphy.
Van Veen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Van Veen thuds his right hand into Murphy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Van Veen swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with an outside leg kick.
Van Veen turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen lands a leg kick that knocks Murphy off balance momentarily.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Van Veen.
Murphy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
Nice body kick there by Van Veen.
Danga de danga de dang - Van Veen scores with a four punch combination!
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Van Veen uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murphy.
Van Veen punishes Murphy's body with a nice straight punch.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Van Veen throws a wild body kick that Murphy sees coming a mile off.
An attempted straight right counter from Murphy misses the target.
Van Veen throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Van Veen throws a front kick aimed at Murphy's knee but Murphy avoids it well.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Van Veen has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Van Veen moves out of range as Murphy throws a body kick.
Van Veen works Murphy's body with a nice hook.
Murphy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A thudding body kick lands there by Murphy!
Van Veen cracks the inside of Murphy's front leg.
Nice uppercut lands for Van Veen. That snapped Murphy's head back.
Murphy wants to slow Van Veen down by chopping away at his legs.
Van Veen is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murphy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murphy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a push kick but Murphy slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Murphy was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Van Veen chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murphy connects with a high kick.
Van Veen just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy half committed to a counter leg kick.
Van Veen just misses with a punch to the body.
Van Veen throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Van Veen scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy throws a lazy uppercut
and Van Veen counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Jab by Van Veen.
Jab from Van Veen.
Murphy lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Van Veen backs up against the cage.
Van Veen works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ludo Van Veen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Murphy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murphy takes a swing at Van Veen's ribcage but misses.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Murphy!
A punch lands to the side of Murphy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Ludo Van Veen seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Murphy might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Murphy throws out a powerful jab.
Murphy throws a front kick that sends Van Veen stumbling back into the cage.
Van Veen smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Van Veen connects with a single shot there.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Van Veen misses.
Van Veen misses with a jab to the body
and Murphy counters with a nice body kick.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Van Veen.
Murphy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Van Veen throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Van Veen throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a low kick, right behind Van Veen 's knee.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van Veen blocks the body kick.
Van Veen follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Van Veen misses the shot to the body.
Van Veen throws a sloppy head kick
and Murphy counters with a good, hard body kick but Van Veen shrugs it off.
Van Veen moves out of range of the strikes.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.
It looked like Murphy was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Van Veen moves out of range of the body kick.
A solid body kick from Van Veen.
Murphy lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Murphy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van Veen changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Murphy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Van Veen. That one must have hurt.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Veen connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Van Veen.
Van Veen throws a wild body kick that Murphy sees coming a mile off.
Murphy scores with a spinning back kick!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy slips under a jab.
Murphy feinted there with a counter leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Van Veen misses with a body punch
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It seemed like Van Veen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Murphy throws the kick towards the body but Van Veen avoids it.
Van Veen chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murphy can pounce on him.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Van Veen appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murphy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Good work by Van Veen as he checks the leg kick.
Van Veen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Veen waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from Van Veen.
Murphy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Van Veen throws a leg kick that misses.
Van Veen misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Van Veen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy swings for the body but Van Veen moves out of range.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a looping right.
Van Veen slips under a jab.
A big right from Murphy misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Veen.
Murphy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Van Veen has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Murphy.
Van Veen tries a head kick but it misses.
Murphy cracks a nice hook into Van Veen's ribs.
Van Veen tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Van Veen.
Van Veen keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A low kick from Murphy is predictable there
and Van Veen counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Murphy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murphy lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Van Veen throws a right hand that Murphy ducks under and follows up with a left that Murphy also avoids with ease.
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Van Veen manages to avoid it.
Good work by Murphy as he checks the leg kick.
Murphy went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Van Veen 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.
Murphy walks into a left hand.
Murphy throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Van Veen. Van Veen circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murphy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big left from Van Veen misses.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murphy misses with a hook.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Van Veen scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murphy moves away from the strike by Van Veen.
Van Veen scores with a sloppy right hand. Murphy should have avoided that one.
Van Veen misses with a left hand
and Murphy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murphy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy moves out of range as Van Veen throws a body kick.
Van Veen throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Van Veen's head backwards.
Van Veen throws a low kick, looking for Murphy's leg but Murphy calmly moves out of range.
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 Tobias Murphy will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Van Veen explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Van Veen stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Van Veen moves away from the strike by Murphy.
Van Veen swings widly with a right hand
and Murphy counters with an inside leg kick.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Van Veen.
A big right from Van Veen misses.
Nice shot by Van Veen.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murphy.
Murphy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Jab, jab by Van Veen - just one landing.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Van Veen bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Van Veen ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Van Veen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murphy's 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!
Murphy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Van Veen. Van Veen obviously looking to wear him down.
Van Veen scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Van Veen throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murphy lands a lovely overhand right.
Murphy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Van Veen looks to land a body kick but Murphy moved away.
Van Veen connects with a right hand. Murphy shakes it off.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Van Veen looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy slips a straight right by Van Veen.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Van Veen.
Murphy throws a body punch but Van Veen moves out of range.
Van Veen walks into a jab.
A nice leg kick lands there from Van Veen.
Murphy feints and then cracks Van Veen's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Van Veen down.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A telegraphed right hand from Van Veen misses the target.
As Van Veen backs away, Murphy returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Van Veen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van Veen sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It seemed like Van Veen was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Van Veen bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murphy's head.
Van Veen scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy tests Van Veen's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Van Veen looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Van Veen throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Van Veen has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Murphy.
Van Veen takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Van Veen tries to work over Murphy's front leg with a kick but Murphy checks it.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Van Veen misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Murphy throwing a counter right hand but Van Veen manages to avoid it.
Van Veen loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Van Veen swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murphy is looking to counter with a body kick.
Murphy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Van Veen scores with a jab. Murphy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Van Veen.
A head kick misses from Van Veen.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Murphy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Van Veen uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Van Veen misses with a looping left.
Van Veen scores with a push kick.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick from Van Veen.
Van Veen blocks a jab.
A little jabbing left from Van Veen on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Van Veen swings widly with a right hand
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
A big left from Murphy misses.
Murphy 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.
Van Veen throws a leg kick which misses Murphy's front leg but catches the back leg as Murphy tries to avoid it.
Van Veen throws a half hearted mid kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Van Veen misses.
Van Veen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Van Veen takes one to the chin there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy lands with an overhand left.
Van Veen fakes the leg kick and cracks Murphy in the body.
An inside leg kick lands from Murphy.
A left lands for Van Veen.
Van Veen misses with a low kick.
Van Veen throws a head kick that Murphy semi-blocks.
Van Veen swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A quick step to the side and Murphy tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Van Veen throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy scores with a sloppy right hand. Van Veen should have avoided that one.
Murphy 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.
Murphy slips a straight right by Van Veen.
Van Veen lands an overhand right.
Murphy misses with a low kick as Van Veen jumps back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ludo Van Veen comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Van Veen has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ludo Van Veen!
Ludo Van Veen very nearly forgot to thank Reaper Combatwear amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
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