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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Bronte (ranked 1658 p4p, 2014 weight class) and Paddy Murphy (ranked 71 p4p, 54 weight class). Bronte's entrance music is Buffalo Charge by Dub Phizix and Strategy. A fine choice. This should be fireworks!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 4 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bob Bronte!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Paddy Murphy!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Eddie Farnsworth and Franklyn Lucas.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bronte 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 Murphy! But no joy.
Bob Bronte seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bronte throws a big shot that misses.
Murphy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bronte throws a poor cross that misses
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
Murphy shoots in looking for a takedown but Bronte manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Murphy's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Murphy staying out of range there.
It seemed like Murphy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bronte jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronte gets in close and instigates a clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Bronte.
Bronte lands a hook to the side of the head.
It looks like Paddy Murphy has been cut.
A nice left hand lands by Murphy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bronte tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Bronte lands with a right to the head.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bronte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy slips a straight right by Bronte.
Bronte throws a right hand that misses
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bronte gets a double leg takedown into Murphy's guard.
Murphy is looking to stand back up but Bronte counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Murphy.
Bronte gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Bronte swinging wildly here.
Murphy tries to close the distance and clinch but Bronte swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bronte 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronte lands a two punch combo.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronte lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
A swing and a miss from Bronte.
Murphy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bronte looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Bronte clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Bronte tries to score with a low kick but Murphy moves his leg out of the way.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bronte misses with a looping right.
Bronte throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bronte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
The crowd cheers as Bronte lands an impressive looking overhand right. Murphy doesn't seem phased though.
Bronte looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
Murphy throws out a counter right but Bronte avoids it with no problem.
Bronte loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy shoots for a takedown but Bronte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Bronte was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bronte rushes Murphy and presses him up against the cage.
Murphy lands a hook that snaps the head of Bronte backwards.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Bronte.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Bronte.
Bronte misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronte escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bronte getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Bronte throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy looks for a takedown but Bronte sprawls well.
Bronte is looking to counter the offense by Murphy and move into the clinch.
Bob Bronte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paddy Murphy.
Bronte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronte looks to clinch
and Bronte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bronte fails with an attempt to clinch.
Bronte looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bronte throws a lazy uppercut
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy gets tackled into the cage by Bronte. Bronte maintains the clinch.
Murphy keeps control of Bronte as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Bronte scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bronte throws a head punch that misses.
Bronte pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Bronte just misses with a punch to the body.
Bronte misses with an uppercut. Murphy saw that one coming.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
A punch combination from Bronte misses.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bronte throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Bronte dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Paddy Murphy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Murphy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy shoots for a takedown but Bronte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Bronte throws a right and a left that Murphy avoids nicely.
Murphy shoots for a takedown but Bronte saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Murphy rushes Bronte and presses him up against the cage.
Bronte manages to break the clinch.
Bronte throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Bronte fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Bronte.
It seemed like Murphy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Bronte connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murphy. Murphy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A lazy left from Bronte finds it's target.
Bronte thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
Bronte is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
Bronte fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Murphy sprawls well initially but Bronte persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Murphy is looking to escape.
Murphy is controlling Bronte's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Let's hope that Murphy has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Murphy trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bronte decides to stand up.
Bronte throws a right hand that Murphy ducks under and follows up with a left that Murphy also avoids with ease.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murphy slips under a jab from Bronte.
Murphy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy misses with a takedown attempt - Bronte sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Bob Bronte has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Paddy Murphy.
Bronte will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Murphy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bob Bronte is winning the standup battle so far.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bronte fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bronte attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Bronte rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Bronte is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy throws out a counter right but Bronte avoids it with no problem.
A punch lands to the side of Murphy 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Bronte throws a hook but Murphy blocks it.
Bronte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Bronte misses with a lunging right hand
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Bronte pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy slips a straight right by Bronte.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Bronte looks to land a left hand but Murphy moved out of range nicely.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bronte misses with a hook
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Bronte lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Bronte throws a series of punches but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bronte throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy moves in looking to clinch but Bronte pushes him off.
Murphy slips a jab and a cross from Bronte.
Murphy gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bronte misses with some punches.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bronte working aggressively here.
A short uppercut from Bronte.
Bronte breaks the clinch.
Bronte misses with the combination.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Bob Bronte dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Paddy Murphy's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Murphy gets tackled into the cage by Bronte. Bronte maintains the clinch.
Bronte breaks from the clinch.
Bronte throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bronte shoots in for a takedown but Murphy shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Bronte lands a body shot.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Murphy tries to clinch up but Bronte circles away and keeps his distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bronte lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Murphy circles away quickly and effectively.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murphy! But no joy.
Murphy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Bronte lands a jab-cross combination.
Bronte throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy counters with a nice uppercut.
Bronte tests Murphy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bronte looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Bronte misses with a combination
and Bronte takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bronte tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murphy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murphy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murphy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Murphy checks a low kick from Bronte.
Bronte misses with a straight right.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murphy gets tackled into the cage by Bronte. Bronte maintains the clinch.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy misses with a punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Bronte fails to land.
Bronte breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murphy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Bronte misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bronte keeps the fight on the outside.
Bronte misses the jab.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy slips a jab and a cross from Bronte.
Bronte waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Bronte moves into the clinch successfully.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Bronte blocks an uppercut.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bronte fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Bronte uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bronte throws a head punch that misses.
Bronte breaks from the clinch.
Bronte misses with a right hand
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bronte is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A left and a right from Bronte both land. Nice combination.
Bronte misses with an uppercut.
Murphy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bronte throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Murphy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Bronte misses its intended target.
Bronte misses with an uppercut
and Murphy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Murphy drops his hands momentarily and Bronte takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Bronte throws a right hand that misses
letting Murphy counter with a right hand.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bronte throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murphy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Murphy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bronte stuffs the takedown.
Bronte will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murphy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Bronte throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Paddy Murphy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bob Bronte is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bronte throws out a loose jab but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bob Bronte showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bronte 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 John Kavanagh scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27
Judge Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bob Bronte!
During a confident post fight interview, Bob Bronte thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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