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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cedric Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Charles DaCoca (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Charles DaCoca has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Cedric Murphy's chin.
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215 lbs
26 - 11 - 1 |
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288 lbs
16 - 4 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Cedric Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charles DaCoca!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Daniel Blasius and Aafke Stam.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
DaCoca avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy slips under a jab.
DaCoca closes the distance and pushes Murphy back into the cage.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but DaCoca blocks it with crossed arms.
DaCoca lands with a short shot to the head.
It looks like Cedric Murphy has been cut.
Murphy cracks DaCoca with a nice body shot.
Murphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of DaCoca backwards.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
DaCoca misses with the head strike.
DaCoca takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Charles DaCoca has been cut.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murphy stalling in the clinch.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy breaks from the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
DaCoca avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract DaCoca.
DaCoca appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
DaCoca follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
A big right from Murphy misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
DaCoca throws a wild body kick that Murphy sees coming a mile off.
Murphy feints and then cracks DaCoca's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow DaCoca down.
DaCoca is looking to land body kicks.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A big right from Murphy misses.
DaCoca keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and DaCoca has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
DaCoca ducks right into an uppercut from Murphy.
DaCoca blocks a head kick by Murphy.
DaCoca uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
DaCoca ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Murphy connects with an inside leg kick.
Murphy lands a glancing blow to the side of DaCoca's head.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Murphy tries a body shot but DaCoca blocks it.
Murphy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Coffee Shop in the buildup to the fight.
A cross from Murphy lands.
Murphy throws a low kick but DaCoca avoids it.
A swing and a miss from DaCoca.
A looping hook to the body misses from DaCoca. Murphy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from DaCoca.
DaCoca dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
DaCoca closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
DaCoca blocks an uppercut.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
DaCoca blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Murphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of DaCoca backwards.
DaCoca swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murphy lands with a light punch inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to stall but DaCoca uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
DaCoca lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
DaCoca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for DaCoca.
Murphy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
A quick uppercut on the inside from DaCoca.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy working aggressively here.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with DaCoca's elbow.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
DaCoca misses with the head strike.
DaCoca has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Murphy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if DaCoca can turn it around.
A head punch blocked on the inside by DaCoca.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
Murphy is leaning against DaCoca and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
DaCoca tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
DaCoca prevents a body shot from Murphy.
DaCoca lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
DaCoca lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Murphy or not.
DaCoca's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
DaCoca scores with a hook to the body.
Murphy throws an elbow that misses.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
Murphy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy lands a right hand that snaps the head of DaCoca backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cedric Murphy dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Murphy throws a push kick but DaCoca slaps the foot to one side.
Murphy scores with a jab. DaCoca acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Murphy lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy has managed to clinch.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
DaCoca blocking some punches.
DaCoca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. DaCoca is defending well for now.
Murphy cracks DaCoca with a nice body shot.
DaCoca blocks an elbow strike.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Murphy here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Murphy manages to break the clinch.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murphy scores with a crisp jab that stopped DaCoca in his tracks.
That has opened up Charles DaCoca's cut even more.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and DaCoca counters with a stiff right hand.
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 swings and misses with a hook to the body.
DaCoca drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Murphy defends it well.
DaCoca moves out of range of the strikes.
DaCoca lands a jab to the nose.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that DaCoca can do to turn this around?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a looping left.
Murphy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
DaCoca misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy lands a jab to the nose.
Murphy throws a right hand that DaCoca ducks under and follows up with a left that DaCoca also avoids with ease.
Murphy throws a leg kick which misses DaCoca's front leg but catches the back leg as DaCoca tries to avoid it.
DaCoca swings for the body but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy sizes up DaCoca with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
DaCoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
DaCoca lands a jab to the head.
Murphy misses the jab.
A slow jab from DaCoca misses its intended target.
DaCoca bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy throws a quick inside leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy ducks under a wild hook from DaCoca.
DaCoca throws a looping overhand right but Murphy ducks down to avoid it.
DaCoca takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murphy swings for the body but DaCoca moves out of range.
Murphy with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy throws a jab when DaCoca was well out of range.
DaCoca gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murphy.
DaCoca throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
DaCoca doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Murphy misses with a hook. DaCoca ducked under it nicely.
Murphy works over DaCoca's head and body with a nice combination.
The cut above Charles DaCoca's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
DaCoca moves away from the strike by Murphy.
DaCoca misses with an uppercut
and Murphy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
DaCoca is breathing heavily.
DaCoca walks forward, straight into a front kick from Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands a nice leg kick that just misses DaCoca's sensitive parts.
DaCoca avoids the body shot from Murphy.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from DaCoca! But no joy.
Jab by Murphy.
DaCoca throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
DaCoca throws a body shot but no joy.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy throws a jab when DaCoca was well out of range.
Murphy lands a glancing blow to the side of DaCoca's head.
Charles DaCoca's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
DaCoca shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Cedric Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy blocks a head kick by DaCoca.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Charles DaCoca's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Cedric Murphy!
Our winner, Cedric Murphy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
Charles DaCoca spoke after the fight, saying 'That was unexpected.. Well done.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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