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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Baruto Tonissaar (ranked 1720 p4p, 1040 weight class) and Shamus Murphy (ranked 218 p4p, 139 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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Decent wrestler
Lethal high kicks
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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 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Baruto Tonissaar!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shamus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Steve Montenegro and John Kavanagh.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tonissaar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy misses with a hook to the body
and Tonissaar connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Tonissaar throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Tonissaar with a nice cross.
Tonissaar keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murphy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Tonissaar wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Tonissaar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tonissaar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy throws a predictable looking body shot
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murphy checks a leg kick.
Nice shot lands for Murphy.
Tonissaar throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy throws the left hand but Tonissaar avoids the punch easily.
Tonissaar misses with a body shot.
Shamus Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tonissaar looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Tonissaar rather than just go for the knockout.
Tonissaar thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murphy if he has to take too many more of those.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Tonissaar moves out of range.
Tonissaar seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but Murphy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Tonissaar throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Tonissaar's head but Tonissaar sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tonissaar with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murphy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Tonissaar misses with a wild body shot.
Tonissaar takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy checks a low kick from Tonissaar.
Murphy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Tonissaar throws an overhand right that lands on Murphy's shoulder, as Murphy tries to avoid the shot.
Murphy tries a quick counter leg kick but Tonissaar is wise to it.
Murphy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Tonissaar eats them both and turns towards Murphy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy throws a right and a left that both miss.
It looked like Tonissaar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tonissaar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Tonissaar has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murphy finds it's way round the side to connect with Tonissaar's head.
Tonissaar lands with a hook. Murphy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Tonissaar counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Tonissaar ducks right into an uppercut from Murphy.
Tonissaar looks to throw the jab but Murphy is out of range.
Murphy misses with a left hand
and Tonissaar cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murphy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tonissaar is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Tonissaar waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murphy.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tonissaar.
Tonissaar fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murphy manages to avoid it.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Tonissaar.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Tonissaar sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murphy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Murphy takes a swing at Tonissaar's ribcage but misses.
Murphy is looking to land body kicks.
Murphy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Tonissaar moves away and avoids it.
Murphy throws a leg kick which misses Tonissaar's front leg but catches the back leg as Tonissaar tries to avoid it.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tonissaar. Tonissaar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Tonissaar comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murphy misses with a low kick.
Murphy throws a right hand that misses
and Tonissaar counters with a leg kick.
Murphy lands a jab.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tonissaar scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Tonissaar was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy swings widly with a right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a good low kick that Murphy was not able to check.
Tonissaar drops his hands momentarily and Murphy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Tonissaar avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murphy misses with a double jab.
Murphy misses with a combination
and Tonissaar counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tonissaar.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Tonissaar.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Tonissaar fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Murphy checks it well.
Tonissaar moves out of range as Murphy strikes.
Murphy misses the shot to the body.
Tonissaar fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murphy just manages to avoid it.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
A counter left hand to the body from Tonissaar misses its target.
Good work by Tonissaar as he checks the leg kick.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Tonissaar is out of range.
Tonissaar walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Tonissaar shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murphy throws a body punch but Tonissaar moves out of range.
Tonissaar ducks under a wild hook from Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Tonissaar is just out of range.
Murphy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Murphy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Tonissaar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murphy wants to land a leg kick but Tonissaar is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Shamus Murphy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
A big right from Murphy misses.
Tonissaar takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Murphy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A cross from Tonissaar lands.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy throws the kick towards the body but Tonissaar avoids it.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
No joy there for Murphy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murphy works Tonissaar's body with a nice hook.
Murphy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murphy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
A little jabbing left from Murphy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tonissaar missing with a left hand there. Murphy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar digs a good hook to Murphy's body.
Murphy motions for Tonissaar to come forward. Murphy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Tonissaar explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy misses with a left hand
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
A lazy body kick from Murphy
and Tonissaar counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Tonissaar looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Tonissaar fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Good shot there by Murphy.
Tonissaar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy swings for the body but Tonissaar moves out of range.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murphy looks to land a left hand but Tonissaar moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Tonissaar was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Murphy.
Tonissaar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murphy connects with a solid leg kick.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Murphy cracks Tonissaar with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Tonissaar dodges the punch combination from Murphy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses the jab.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Tonissaar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Tonissaar throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tonissaar thumps Murphy with a low kick.
Murphy misses with a right hand
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
Murphy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Murphy misses with a right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a stiff right hand.
Murphy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tonissaar displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
Murphy throws a looping overhand right but Tonissaar ducks down to avoid it.
Tonissaar misses with a low kick.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Tonissaar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Tonissaar was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Good exchange - Murphy coming out on top.
Tonissaar takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Tonissaar lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy defending well as Tonissaar loads up on a big left hand.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Tonissaar is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a body shot but no joy.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Tonissaar's body.
Nice straight punches there by Murphy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murphy.
Tonissaar just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonissaar walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Tonissaar thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Tonissaar tries to move into range but Murphy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tonissaar misses with a hook to the body
and Murphy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murphy thows a leg kick but Tonissaar checks it
and Tonissaar counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tonissaar.
Murphy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tonissaar keeps Murphy at a distance using the push kick.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Tonissaar uses good head movement to avoid it.
A slow jab from Tonissaar misses its intended target.
Nice cross by Murphy.
Murphy tries to bum rush Tonissaar with a series of wild strikes but Tonissaar uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy avoids the body shot from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Murphy is able to avoid easily.
Murphy scores with a one two! Tonissaar had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Murphy jabs Tonissaar right on the nose. Tonissaar blinks but takes it well.
Tonissaar connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murphy. Murphy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Tonissaar takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
Murphy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A big right from Tonissaar misses.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Tonissaar's body. Tonissaar takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murphy, as that shot connected.
Tonissaar ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Tonissaar's head.
A leg kick checked by Murphy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy throws a shot from downtown. Tonissaar moves away and avoids it.
Murphy scores with a leg kick.
Tonissaar scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murphy doesn't seem bothered though.
Murphy throws a jab when Tonissaar was well out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Shamus Murphy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Tonissaar throws a series of punches but Murphy avoids them all with ease.
Tonissaar connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Tonissaar throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Tonissaar moves forwards but Murphy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Tonissaar ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murphy moves away.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick.
Tonissaar keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tonissaar looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Tonissaar throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murphy moves away from the strike by Tonissaar.
Tonissaar uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Shamus Murphy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murphy throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Tonissaar counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tonissaar takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murphy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Murphy swings away with a body shot that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murphy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tonissaar checks the leg kick nicely there.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Tonissaar sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That kick from Tonissaar tenderised Murphy's leg. Murphy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murphy throws a jab when Tonissaar was well out of range.
Murphy throws a body kick that misses
and Murphy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A nice leg kick from Tonissaar, right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy misses with a body shot.
Murphy throws a series of punches but Tonissaar avoids them all with ease.
An attempted straight right counter from Tonissaar misses the target.
Tonissaar looks to score with a jab to the body but Murphy is just out of range.
Murphy jabs Tonissaar to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Tonissaar dips to his left and cracks Murphy with an uppercut!
Murphy misses with a leg kick
and Tonissaar counters with a nice low kick that buckles Murphy's knee momentarily.
Tonissaar thows a body kick. Murphy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Murphy swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Tonissaar counters with a left to the body.
Murphy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tonissaar throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
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!
Tonissaar lands with a good body shot.
Murphy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tonissaar misses with a head kick.
Tonissaar misses the shot to the body.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Tonissaar 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 Murphy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murphy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murphy connects with a leg kick.
Murphy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A jab from Tonissaar misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Tonissaar does a little dance to reset his feet.
A good leg kick by Murphy.
Tonissaar misses with a leg kick.
Some bone on bone action there as Murphy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murphy swings for the body but Tonissaar moves out of range.
Tonissaar went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Tonissaar lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murphy misses with a straight left.
Murphy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tonissaar moves away.
Tonissaar misses the shot to the body.
A nice leg kick from Tonissaar, right into the meat of the thigh.
Baruto Tonissaar has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy just misses with a punch to the body.
Tonissaar thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
letting Tonissaar counter with a right hand.
A left lands for Murphy.
Murphy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tonissaar was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Tonissaar. Tonissaar circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Tonissaar.
Murphy walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Tonissaar checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Shamus Murphy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tonissaar keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Murphy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tonissaar was well out of range. Poor timing from Murphy.
Murphy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tonissaar appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tonissaar lands a right hook to the body.
Murphy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murphy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Tonissaar is able to avoid easily.
Murphy scores with a hook.
Murphy misses with a body shot
and Tonissaar counters with a left and a right that stings Murphy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A bone on bone clash there as Murphy blocks the leg kick.
Murphy lands a jab to Tonissaar's midsection.
Tonissaar tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Tonissaar.
Tonissaar swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Nice shot lands for Murphy.
Tonissaar lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Tonissaar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Tonissaar lands a nice shot that snaps Murphy's head back.
Tonissaar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murphy slips a jab from Tonissaar.
Murphy lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
A quick step to the side and Tonissaar tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murphy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Tonissaar connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Murphy scrambles back to his feet.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Tonissaar steps in with a hook that catches Murphy right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Tonissaar follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Murphy looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Baruto Tonissaar!
Baruto Tonissaar managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, Altitude Clothing, into his post fight interview.
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