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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thug Life (ranked 555 p4p, 79 weight class) and Tobias Murphy (ranked 496 p4p, 73 weight class). Life comes to the cage accompanied by For Heavy Metal we will die!. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
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170 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
World class MT
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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
22 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Thug Life!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 10 - 2, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tobias Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Kenichi Hosakawa and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy slips a jab from Life.
Life misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Life 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.
Life keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy 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 Life has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Life and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Life throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Nice jab there from Life.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Life tries to land a leg kick but Murphy saw it coming and moves away.
Murphy scores with a nice body kick.
Murphy throws a low kick but Life moves out of range easily.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Life gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Thug Life seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Life takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Life misses the jab.
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!
Life takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Jab by Murphy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy is looking to chop away at Life's legs.
An attempted straight right counter from Life misses the target.
Life lands with a kick to the temple. Murphy shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Murphy.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Life was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
A counter left hand to the body from Life misses its target.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Crunch! Murphy slams his shin into Life's torso.
Life misses with a low kick.
Life pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murphy is out of range and Life settles back down.
Life moves out of range of the body kick from Murphy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Life throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Murphy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
A swing and a miss from Murphy.
Life tries to land a front kick but Murphy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Life takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murphy stalks Life and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Life's face. Life staggers backwards, shaken.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy scores with a jab. Life acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Life takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Murphy scores with a head kick.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Life swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Murphy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Life.
Life misses with a looping left.
Murphy cracks Life with an open hand slap.
Murphy thuds his shin into the meat of Life's side.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
Murphy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Life looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy throws a push kick but Life slaps the foot to one side.
Life blocks the body kick.
Life stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murphy.
Murphy checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Life throws a chopping leg kick but Murphy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Life's head but Life sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy looks to land a body kick but Life moved away.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Life throws out the jab.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
Murphy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Life misses with a few strikes there.
Murphy walks forward, straight into a front kick from Life.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy keeps Life at a distance using the push kick.
Life looks to land a body kick but Murphy moved away.
A jab from Life misses.
Murphy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murphy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Life takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murphy throws a body kick that misses.
Life has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
Life doesn't manage to clinch there - Murphy circles away.
Life buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murphy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Life.
Life misses with a straight left.
We've been told by Life's head coaches at The Jungle Room that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Murphy defending well as Life loads up on a big left hand.
Life throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Murphy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Life had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murphy, right into the meat.
Life misses with a jab, cross combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Life ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Life swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Life is looking to chop away at Murphy's legs.
Life fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murphy on the side of the head.
Life throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
Murphy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Murphy staying out of range there.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Life moves away and avoids it.
Murphy lands a body shot.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murphy. That's going to slow Life down.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Murphy.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murphy.
Life tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Life.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Murphy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Life has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Life throws a body shot but no joy.
A nice side step and Murphy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Murphy blocks a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Murphy dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Life fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Life.
Murphy cracks Life with a good jab.
Life is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A big right from Life misses.
Life throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Murphy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
Murphy avoids a kick to the body.
Life moves in looking to clinch but Murphy pushes him off.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Life throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Life throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Life avoids a kick to the body.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Life looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Life wants to clinch
enabling Murphy to counter with a crisp jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Murphy.
Murphy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Life's calf.
Murphy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Murphy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
That kick from Life tenderised Murphy's leg. Murphy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Life throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Life wants to clinch but Murphy slips to the side
and Murphy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Life throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy needs to keep his hands up - Life had a free shot at his head there.
Life moves out of range of the body kick from Murphy.
A slapping leg kick lands for Life.
Murphy throws a body kick, spinning off balance
enabling Life to counter with a crisp jab.
Jab by Murphy.
Life pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Life might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Life waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Life on the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A chopping leg kick lands by Murphy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Murphy moves out of range as Life strikes.
Life misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murphy.
Murphy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Life.
A nice inside leg kick there by Life. That's going to slow Murphy down.
Life wants to clinch.
Life ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Life throws a shot from downtown. Murphy moves away and avoids it.
Murphy connects with a body shot.
Murphy listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Life loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Murphy lunges at Life with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Life's hand.
Life cracks the inside of Murphy's front leg.
Murphy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Life.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
Murphy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Life takes the fight into the clinch.
Murphy manages to break the clinch.
Life doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Life misses with a straight right.
Life takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Life throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murphy.
Murphy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Life tried to counter with a leg kick but Murphy avoided it.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Life on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Murphy throws the kick towards the body but Life avoids it.
Murphy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Life manages to avoid it.
Life has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murphy.
Murphy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Life moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Life tried to counter with a leg kick but Murphy avoided it.
Murphy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Life misses with a hook. Murphy ducked under it nicely.
Life takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life throws a leg kick that misses.
Life misses with a body shot.
Murphy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Life throws a sloppy body shot
and Murphy counters with a nice leg kick.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
and Life counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Life misses with a left hand
and Murphy counters with a low kick, right behind Life 's knee.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Life.
Murphy throws a leg kick that misses.
Life misses the body punch
and Murphy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murphy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Life throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Life looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy flicks out a counter leg kick but Life steps away.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Life will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Murphy tries a quick counter leg kick but Life is wise to it.
Murphy misses with a body kick.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tobias Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Life throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy throws a body kick that misses.
Life tries to land a front kick but Murphy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Life misses the jab.
Murphy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murphy misses with a hook.
Life looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Life looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Tobias Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Life looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Life misses with a looping right.
Murphy slips a straight right by Life.
Life will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Life misses with a looping left.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murphy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Life tries to clinch there but Murphy circles away.
Murphy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Life throws an off balance right hand
and Murphy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
A big left from Life misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Murphy misses.
Murphy checks a leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Murphy 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 Life has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Life and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Life slips under a jab from Murphy.
Life tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Murphy defending well as Life loads up on a big left hand.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Life staying out of range there.
Life throws a lazy uppercut
and Life takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Life sees it coming and moves out of range.
Murphy ducks right into an uppercut from Life.
Life checks a leg kick.
Life throws a front kick aimed at Murphy's knee but Murphy avoids it well.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy looks for the body kick but Life saw that one coming.
Life lands a jab to the nose.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Life throws a hook but Murphy avoids it easily.
Life throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Life has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Life there as he acknowledges the shot.
Murphy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Life can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Life shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murphy throws a low kick, looking for Life's leg but Life calmly moves out of range.
Life stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murphy.
Murphy throws the left hand but Life avoids the punch easily.
Murphy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Life throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
Life ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
Murphy throws an overhand right that lands on Life's shoulder, as Life tries to avoid the shot.
Life ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Life with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Life wants to clinch.
Life backing away here, and Murphy unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murphy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Life looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Life steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Murphy. That one must have hurt.
Murphy feints and then cracks Life's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Life down.
Life darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Murphy lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Life throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murphy slips under a jab.
Murphy pushes Life away with a front kick.
Life pivots, looking for a leg kick but Murphy is out of range and Life settles back down.
Life waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Life tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Murphy is able to avoid easily.
Life throws a lazy uppercut
and Murphy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Life throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murphy misses with a body kick.
Life loads up on a big right hand but Murphy slips the punch.
Murphy only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Thug Life has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murphy tried to score with a low kick but Life checks it.
Tobias Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Life just misses with a punch to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Life takes the fight into the clinch.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Life's elbow.
Life blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Life's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Life throws a hook to the side of Murphy's head but Murphy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Life throws the left hand but Murphy avoids the punch easily.
Life takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Murphy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Life is looking to counter punch.
Murphy throws a sloppy body shot
and Life counters with a leg kick.
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 throws a push kick but Life slaps the foot to one side.
It looked like Life wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Murphy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Life looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Murphy throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Life to counter with a crisp jab.
Murphy connects with the punch.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Tobias Murphy.
I've got Murphy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 27:30
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tobias Murphy!
Tobias Murphy decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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