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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Murray (ranked 133 p4p, 406 weight class) and Sean O Malley (ranked 17 p4p, 40 weight class). O Malley has chosen Goat Talk- Sugar Sean as his entrance music. I don't know about you partner, but I'm pumped for this one!
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Matthew Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 35 - 25 - 2, fighting out of Los Angeles, Sean O Malley!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
O Malley throws a looping overhand right but Murray ducks down to avoid it.
O Malley throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
O Malley goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Murray is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
O Malley keeps the fight on the outside.
Murray avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murray was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
O Malley looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murray misses with a head kick.
Murray ducks under a wild hook from O Malley.
Murray slips a jab from O Malley.
O Malley scores with a leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Malley swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murray is looking to counter punch.
O Malley swings widly with a right hand
and Murray counters with a lovely straight right hand!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A left hand lands to the body for Murray.
That's one minute gone in the round.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murray.
Murray scores with a hook to the body.
O Malley looks winded!
Murray lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Malley backwards.
A short left from Murray.
Murray throws a punch but it's blocked by O Malley.
Murray misses with some punches.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
Murray throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murray keeps control of O Malley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on O Malley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Murray throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Murray.
O Malley wants to break free but Murray has control.
Murray lands a right hand.
O Malley blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
O Malley breaks the clinch.
Murray lands a really nice looking cross but O Malley seems unphased.
It looks like Sean O Malley has been cut.
Murray instigates a clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray lands with a left to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Malley wants to break free but Murray has control.
A short right from Murray.
O Malley tries to break the clinch but Murray is controlling the position.
Murray lands with a right to the head.
Murray swings away with an uppercut that misses.
O Malley has had enough of the clinch but Murray keeps him there for the moment.
Murray tried to land a shot to the body but connects with O Malley's elbow.
A short uppercut from Murray.
O Malley has had enough of the clinch but Murray keeps him there for the moment.
O Malley wants to break free but Murray has control.
O Malley blocks a body shot from Murray.
O Malley is trying to break the clinch but Murray is controlling him.
Murray has O Malley pressed against the cage, preventing O Malley from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
O Malley wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
O Malley is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Murray lands a left hand that snaps the head of O Malley backwards.
O Malley blocks a body shot from Murray.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murray.
Murray misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murray swings wildly with an uppercut but O Malley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murray fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray prevents O Malley from breaking the clinch.
O Malley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Nice cross by Murray.
O Malley is rocked!
O Malley throws a poor cross that misses
and Murray counters with a good low kick that O Malley was not able to check.
O Malley is still on wobbly legs! Can Murray finish him?
Murray fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with O Malley, pushing him back against the cage.
O Malley blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murray misses with the head strike.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murray creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Murray lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murray lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murray throws a big uppercut that drops O Malley! More strikes from Murray and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! O Malley lies dazed against the cage as Murray celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matthew Murray!
A very excited looking Matthew Murray made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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