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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Arthur Pendragon (ranked 985 p4p, 134 weight class) and Phol Murhaa (ranked 382 p4p, 52 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.
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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
18 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Arthur Pendragon!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
40 - 13 - 4, fighting out of St Petersburg, Phol Murhaa!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, William Gold and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa throws a leg kick
and Pendragon counters with a straight right hand.
Pendragon scores with a decent looking hook.
Murhaa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Pendragon.
A telegraphed right hand from Murhaa misses the target.
Murhaa lands with a shot to the body.
Murhaa lands a body shot.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Pendragon moved away.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Pendragon sees it coming and moves out of range.
Pendragon ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Murhaa scores with a body shot.
Murhaa connects with the punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Pendragon stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Pendragon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pendragon throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Pendragon feints and then cracks Murhaa's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murhaa down.
A leg kick checked by Pendragon.
A bone on bone clash there as Pendragon blocks the leg kick.
Murhaa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pendragon throws a series of punches but Murhaa avoids them all with ease.
Murhaa checks a low kick from Pendragon.
A punch lands to the side of Murhaa 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pendragon throws a right hand that Murhaa ducks under and follows up with a left that Murhaa also avoids with ease.
Pendragon throws a body shot but no joy.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Pendragon.
Murhaa slips a straight right by Pendragon.
Murhaa now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Arthur Pendragon seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Pendragon is out of range.
Pendragon throws an overhand right that lands on Murhaa's shoulder, as Murhaa tries to avoid the shot.
Murhaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Pendragon uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murhaa.
Nice defenses there by Pendragon.
Pendragon jabs Murhaa right on the nose. Murhaa blinks but takes it well.
Pendragon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murhaa throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Pendragon throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murhaa counters with a thumping low kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Pendragon misses with an uppercut.
Pendragon connects with a body shot that sends Murhaa's belly button to the back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon slips under a jab.
Pendragon steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Pendragon doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murhaa connects with a looping right hand.
Pendragon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pendragon looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murhaa slips under a jab from Pendragon.
Murhaa defending well as Pendragon loads up on a big left hand.
Murhaa finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murhaa lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
It looks like Arthur Pendragon has been cut.
Murhaa checks the leg kick.
Pendragon throws a jab but it's blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Pendragon looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Pendragon bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Pendragon misses with a body shot.
Pendragon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murhaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A shot to the liver by Pendragon. Beautiful body shot.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pendragon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice defenses there by Pendragon.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pendragon misses with a low kick.
Pendragon swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A swing and a miss from Pendragon.
Murhaa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pendragon on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murhaa throws a hook but Pendragon blocks it.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murhaa. That's going to slow Pendragon down.
Good leg kick by Pendragon there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
A big right from Pendragon misses.
Murhaa bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Pendragon's head backwards.
Murhaa staying out of range there.
Murhaa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pendragon lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pendragon.
An attempted straight right counter from Pendragon misses the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Pendragon connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murhaa scrambles back to his feet.
Pendragon is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Murhaa is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Some wild striking there from Pendragon.
A good leg kick by Murhaa.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pendragon. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pendragon misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa with a jab.
Murhaa throws a lazy right hand but Pendragon sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murhaa's jab looks to have found its range, popping Pendragon under the eye.
A shot to the liver by Pendragon. Beautiful body shot.
Pendragon uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Murhaa has time to react.
Murhaa keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Pendragon.
A little jabbing left from Murhaa on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon slips under a jab from Murhaa.
Pendragon stalks Murhaa and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Murhaa's face. Murhaa staggers backwards, shaken.
Pendragon throws a poor cross that misses
and Murhaa counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pendragon thinking.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
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 Arthur Pendragon will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pendragon's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Pendragon lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murhaa misses with a looping right.
Pendragon was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Pendragon misses with a wild body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murhaa.
Pendragon scores with a decent looking hook.
A slow jab from Murhaa misses its intended target.
Pendragon scores with a jab to the head.
Pendragon misses with a straight left.
An inside leg kick from Murhaa misses.
Arthur Pendragon is winning the standup battle so far.
Murhaa scores with a crisp jab that stopped Pendragon in his tracks.
Pendragon throws a low kick, looking for Murhaa's leg but Murhaa calmly moves out of range.
A slow jab from Pendragon misses its intended target.
Pendragon backing away here, and Murhaa unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Pendragon bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Pendragon cracks Murhaa with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Nice uppercut there from Murhaa.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pendragon with a jab.
Murhaa misses with a straight left.
Pendragon misses with a hook. Murhaa ducked under it nicely.
A lazy left from Murhaa finds it's target.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Pendragon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Pendragon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pendragon lands a jab.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Pendragon.
Murhaa misses with a body shot.
Pendragon keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pendragon dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pendragon lands with a right hand.
Pendragon misses with a wild body shot.
Pendragon lands a lovely overhand right.
Murhaa looks to throw the jab but Pendragon is out of range.
Murhaa looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pendragon lands with an overhand left.
Pendragon fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murhaa is out of range.
Murhaa misses with a straight left.
Pendragon appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pendragon's sensitive parts.
Pendragon throws a lazy right hand but Murhaa sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body punch from Pendragon.
A big right from Pendragon misses.
Pendragon throws a big shot that misses.
Pendragon will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murhaa! But no joy.
Pendragon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Pendragon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pendragon swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murhaa keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pendragon fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Pendragon takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murhaa throws a hook but Pendragon blocks it.
Pendragon quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Pendragon looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the head.
Murhaa throws a leg kick but Pendragon moved away.
Murhaa walks into a straight right hand from Pendragon.
Pendragon misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
A bone on bone clash there as Murhaa blocks the leg kick.
Murhaa throws a hook but Pendragon avoids it easily.
Pendragon takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Nice shot by Murhaa.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Pendragon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Good work by Murhaa as he checks the leg kick.
Murhaa ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa misses with a jab, cross combination.
An attempted straight right counter from Pendragon misses the target.
Murhaa dips to his left and cracks Pendragon with an uppercut!
A looping hook to the body misses from Pendragon. Murhaa does a little dance to reset his feet.
Pendragon is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murhaa loads up on a big right hand but Pendragon slips the punch.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pendragon connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murhaa's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Murhaa.
Pendragon staying out of range there.
Pendragon thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murhaa throws a hook but Pendragon avoids it easily.
Murhaa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pendragon wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murhaa has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pendragon finds it's way round the side to connect with Murhaa's head.
Pendragon throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pendragon.
Pendragon scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murhaa doesn't seem bothered though.
A left lands for Murhaa.
Pendragon throws a series of punches but Murhaa avoids them all with ease.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon just misses with a punch to the body.
Pendragon lands with a hook. Murhaa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Pendragon digs a good hook to Murhaa's body.
Murhaa lands a right hook to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Pendragon dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Arthur Pendragon's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Murhaa tries a low kick but Pendragon avoids it.
Pendragon moves out of range as Murhaa strikes.
Pendragon looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Pendragon swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murhaa.
Murhaa lands with an overhand left.
Donk. Pendragon catches Murhaa right on the button with a cross.
Murhaa cracks Pendragon with a right hand to the side of the head.
A bone on bone clash there as Pendragon blocks the leg kick.
Murhaa misses with a looping left.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pendragon throws out the jab.
Murhaa connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Pendragon misses the shot to the body.
Murhaa thuds a left hand into Pendragon's body.
Murhaa has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Pendragon throws a poor cross that misses
letting Murhaa counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Pendragon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Murhaa with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa's corner calls for a 1-2. Murhaa obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Murhaa lands a head kick!
Pendragon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Pendragon lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Pendragon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pendragon there as he acknowledges the shot.
Pendragon misses with a left hand
and Murhaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Pendragon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murhaa manages to avoid it.
Pendragon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Some bone on bone action there as Murhaa checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Pendragon.
Pendragon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Jab by Pendragon.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pendragon fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Murhaa looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murhaa lands a really nice looking cross but Pendragon seems unphased.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon scores with the left hand. Murhaa knows he should have avoided that one.
Murhaa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pendragon takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Pendragon works the jab nicely.
Pendragon misses with a looping right.
Murhaa fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pendragon's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Murhaa connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Pendragon scrambles back to his feet.
Pendragon looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pendragon swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Pendragon looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Pendragon throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Murhaa on the side of the head.
Murhaa loads up on a big right hand but Pendragon slips the punch.
Murhaa takes one to the side of the head.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Pendragon should have avoided that one.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Pendragon is just out of range.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Pendragon.
Murhaa looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon moves out of range of the strikes.
Pendragon was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Sloppy strikes from Murhaa. Those never looked like landing.
Murhaa is looking to slow Pendragon down with leg kicks.
Murhaa defending well as Pendragon loads up on a big left hand.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Pendragon ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Pendragon.
Pendragon uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Murhaa.
Murhaa displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Pendragon throws out the jab.
Pendragon avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Nice straight punches there by Pendragon. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Pendragon.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pendragon looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murhaa let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pendragon moves away.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
Murhaa showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pendragon.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pendragon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murhaa moves away.
Pendragon throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Pendragon.
Pendragon ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Phol Murhaa has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
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!
Nice body punch from Pendragon.
Arthur Pendragon is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Pendragon works the jab nicely.
A lazy left from Murhaa finds it's target.
Murhaa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Pendragon lands a two punch combo.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pendragon uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murhaa.
Pendragon is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murhaa.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Pendragon scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Pendragon moves away from the strike by Murhaa.
Pendragon takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
It looked like Pendragon wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Phol Murhaa.
Well Pendragon has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 James Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Arthur Pendragon!
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