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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Julian Avila (ranked 2154 p4p, 1736 weight class) and Gunnar Murphy (ranked 287 p4p, 230 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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Decent wrestler
World class MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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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 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Julian Avila!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Gunnar Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, William Peck and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Avila.
Avila fires out a quick counter leg kick but Murphy just manages to avoid it.
Avila looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Avila feints and then cracks Murphy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murphy down.
Murphy instigates a clinch.
Murphy misses with an elbow strike.
Avila swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Avila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Avila blocks with his arms.
Avila lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Avila throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murphys head.
A short right from Avila.
Avila swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Avila blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
Avila tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Avila lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Avila tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Avila makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Avila misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Avila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy lands a nice uppercut.
Avila lands an uppercut.
Avila lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Avila shrugs off.
It looks like Julian Avila has been cut.
Avila misses with a knee strike.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Avila.
Avila doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Avila.
Avila throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Murphy blocks it with crossed arms.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Avila uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Avila landing knees to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murphy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Avila tries a knee to the head but Murphy blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is working Avila over against the cage.
A right handed body shot lands from Avila.
Avila putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Murphy in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murphy has a couple of punches blocked by Avila.
Avila unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murphy lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murphy's coach down at Combat Wombat Burrow was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Murphy's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Murphy avoiding damage as Avila throws knees to the body.
Avila misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Avila backwards.
Avila lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Avila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Avila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A nice left hand lands by Avila.
Avila is working Murphy over against the cage.
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Murphy tries to work over Avila's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Avila gets through Murphy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A short body shot lands from Avila as the two fighters clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Avila.
Avila fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Avila crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
Murphy throws an elbow but it misses.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Avila controls the action.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Avila lands a hook to the side of the head.
Avila trying to land knees to the body.
Avila is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murphy is defending well for now.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Avila controls the action.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Avila avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Avila pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Avila works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Avila working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Avila swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Murphy misses with an elbow over the top.
Avila misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy working aggressively here.
A short right from Avila.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Avila throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Avila blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Avila working Murphy over with knees to the body.
Murphy looks winded!
Avila misses with a knee to the head.
Avila scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Avila lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Avila lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murphy looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Avila tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Avila lands a good knee to the midsection. Murphy won't want to take too many of those.
Avila avoids the elbow strike from Murphy, against the cage.
Murphy takes a knee to the side of the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Avila lands a nice uppercut.
Avila is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A shot in the inside from Avila.
Avila works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Avila lands with a short shot to the head.
Avila lands a nice knee to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Julian Avila dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Julian Avila's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Nice body punch from Avila.
Avila connects with a solid leg kick.
Avila tries to move into range but Murphy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Murphy looks to land a right hand but Avila moved out of range.
Murphy thuds a left hand into Avila's body.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Avila connects with a leg kick.
Avila lands a lovely overhand right.
Murphy swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Avila was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Murphy slips a jab from Avila.
Avila is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murphy can do to turn this around?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A telegraphed right hand from Murphy misses the target.
Avila swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Murphy counters with an outside leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy scores with the left hand. Avila knows he should have avoided that one.
Gunnar Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Avila throws a front kick aimed at Murphy's knee but Murphy avoids it well.
Murphy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Avila on the side of the head.
Murphy misses the jab.
Avila jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Avila uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murphy.
Avila throws a jab when Murphy was well out of range.
Avila dips to his left and cracks Murphy with an uppercut!
Avila misses the jab.
Murphy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Avila has time to react.
Murphy misses with an uppercut
and Avila counters with a body kick that stops Murphy in his tracks momentarily.
Avila lands the left hand.
Avila ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Avila keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murphy.
Avila quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Murphy loads up on a big right hand but Avila slips the punch.
Murphy misses with a lunging right hand
and Avila counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
A slapping body kick lands there for Avila.
Avila with a nice calf kick.
Avila connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Avila lands a big uppercut and Murphy crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Murphy looks OK. Avila waves Murphy back to his feet!
Murphy is rocked!
Murphy misses with a left hand
and Avila makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murphy is still on wobbly legs! Can Avila finish him?
Murphy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Avila is stalking Murphy. Murphy circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Avila, and it's lights out! Murphy really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Julian Avila!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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