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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Demian Maia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charlie Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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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
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Demian Maia!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Charlie Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Trevor Gratis and Alec Ball.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slapping leg kick lands for Murphy.
Murphy defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Maia.
Murphy throws a front kick that sends Maia stumbling back into the cage.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Maia takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy lands with a nice body kick.
Charlie Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy cracks the inside of Maia's front leg.
Murphy drops Maia with a beautiful combination! Maia stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Murphy is looking for the KO!
It looks like Demian Maia has been cut.
Maia is breathing heavily.
Maia steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Murphy. That one must have hurt.
Maia takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Murphy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Murphy closes the distance and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Maia drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murphy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Murphy with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Murphy working Maia over with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murphy.
Murphy is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Murphy scores with a knee to the head.
Murphy lands a knee to the body.
Murphy landing knees to the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Maia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murphy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Maia is rocked!
Murphy lands an elbow inside.
Oh Maia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section. Maia lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Maia seems to have got his legs back now.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.
Demian Maia's cut is getting worse.
Murphy lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murphy lands a left hand.
A left hand lands to the body for Murphy.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Murphy's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy with a knee to the head.
Murphy crunches a lovely knee into Maia's ribcage.
Murphy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Murphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Maias head.
Murphy connects with a knee to the head.
Maia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murphy is working Maia over against the cage.
Maia takes a knee right on the jaw!
Maia takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Maia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Demian Maia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murphy connects with a knee to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.
Murphy connects with a knee to the head.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Maia's head.
Murphy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murphy effectively controlling the action here.
Murphy lands an elbow inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy lands a good knee to the midsection. Maia won't want to take too many of those.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Murphy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Demian Maia's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Maia takes one to the chin there.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick and Maia moves out of range easily.
Oooooh!!! Murphy has knocked Maia down with a huge combo! Murphy steps away and waves a wobbly Maia back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy moves into the clinch.
Murphy drops Maia with a big knee straight up the middle! Maia is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Maia does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Murphy circles to his right before unloading a perfect head kick! Maia drops to the canvas, hurt badly! Murphy follows Maia to the ground and unloads with a series of strikes that force the referee to step in and end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:46 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Murphy!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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