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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Devonte Pinks (ranked 714 p4p, 802 weight class) and Manus Murphy (ranked 103 p4p, 113 weight class). Pinks comes to the cage accompanied by HUMBLE.. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Devonte Pinks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Manus Murphy!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a shot to the body.
Murphy connects with a jab.
Murphy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Pinks throws a leg kick that is checked
and Murphy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Pinks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Murphy scores with a jab.
Murphy tries to bum rush Pinks with a series of wild strikes but Pinks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murphy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Pinks connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Murphy lands a jab to Pinks's midsection.
A shot to the body from Murphy misses
and Pinks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy connects with a body shot.
We've been told by Pinks's head coaches at Fist of Fury Training Center that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Murphy is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Pinks rather than just go for the knockout.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Pinks cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murphy checks a leg kick.
Murphy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murphy throws out a loose jab but Pinks uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinks is just out of range.
Murphy lands a head shot.
Pinks walks into a stiff left hand from Murphy.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Pinks slips the punch.
Pinks is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Murphy throws a jab but it's blocked by Pinks.
Murphy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murphy misses with a straight right.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Pinks counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murphy thinking.
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Pinks was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murphy misses with a hook. Pinks ducked under it nicely.
Murphy looks to score with a jab to the body but Pinks is just out of range.
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws a shot to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murphy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pinks.
Manus Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murphy misses with the combination.
Pinks misses with a kick to the body.
Pinks throws a leg kick
and Murphy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murphy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Pinks avoids the body shot from Murphy.
Murphy moves out of range as Pinks strikes.
Nice defenses there by Pinks.
Pinks is looking to counter with a body kick.
Pinks throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pinks misses with a series of wild punches.
Murphy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Pinks.
Pinks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Pinks sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Pinks keeps the fight on the outside.
Pinks circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murphy connects with a crisp jab.
Murphy tries to bum rush Pinks with a series of wild strikes but Pinks uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
It looked like Pinks wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Pinks fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Murphy.
Pinks throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy slips under a jab from Pinks.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pinks.
Pinks with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murphy to score with a decent uppercut.
Murphy has managed to clinch.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tries to pull guard but Pinks forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Pinks blocking some punches.
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 away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinks blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Murphy no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Pinks controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pinks is fighting to break Murphy's control of his arms but Murphy is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Pinks stays in close to Murphy's body and controls the position.
Pinks has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manus Murphy dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Pinks tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Pinks.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pinks uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinks.
And Pinks counters with a quick kick to the body but Murphy blocks it.
A jab from Murphy misses.
Pinks lands a body shot.
Murphy connects with a single shot there.
Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Pinks.
Pinks pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Pinks swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Pinks.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pinks working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Pinks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pinks lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pinks.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
A short right from Murphy.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Pinks uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice body punch from Pinks.
A short left from Pinks.
Pinks blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Nice body punch from Pinks.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Pinks breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pinks lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murphy at a distance.
Murphy moves out of range as Pinks throws a body kick.
Pinks misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Pinks throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pinks tries a low kick but Murphy avoids it.
Pinks cracks Murphy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Good leg kick by Pinks.
Pinks tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pinks takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murphy throws a lazy right hand but Pinks sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Murphy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pinks.
Pinks feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Pinks uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
A shot to the body from Murphy misses
and Pinks counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy throws an off balance right hand
and Pinks counters with a nice right hand that sends Murphy toppling to the canvas! Murphy scrambles and gets back to his feet - can Pinks finish him?!
Murphy is rocked!
It looks like Manus Murphy has been cut.
Pinks lunges in with a left hook that violently twists Murphy head around and knocks him out cold! Pinks hops onto the cage and yells out at the top of his lungs - Yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah! They're showing the replay on the big screens now; that was nasty! I hope one of the photographers got a good shot of it.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Devonte Pinks!
Devonte Pinks spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
The defeated Manus Murphy had this to say: 'WTF??? How did that happen?'.
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