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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Julio Cuervo (ranked 5263 p4p, 3841 weight class) and Gunnar Murphy (ranked 483 p4p, 412 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Granite chin
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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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Julio Cuervo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 20 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gunnar Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Ian Loll and Elvis Blanc.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cuervo rushes Murphy and presses him up against the cage.
Cuervo misses with the head strike.
Murphy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Cuervo in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murphy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A nice right hand lands inside from Cuervo.
Cuervo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Cuervo misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy lands a body shot.
Cuervo misses with a punch on the inside.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy tries a body shot but Cuervo blocks it.
Cuervo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cuervo lands a left hand.
Murphy scores a nice knee to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Cuervo misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Cuervo is blocking nicely.
Murphy lands an elbow inside that Cuervo shrugs off.
It looks like Julio Cuervo has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.
Cuervo misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Cuervo blocks with his arms.
Cuervo misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Cuervo is breathing heavily.
Murphy unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Murphy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
I was talking to Cuervo's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Murphy will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Cuervo up against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Murphy as the two fighters clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Murphy.
A knee to the head by Murphy.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murphy.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Murphy.
Murphy slowing the pace effectively.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murphy creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy lands a left hand.
Cuervo has a couple of punches blocked by Murphy.
Murphy blocks a body shot from Cuervo.
Murphy gets through Cuervo's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cuervo tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Cuervo misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cuervo throws a head punch that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Murphy.
Nice elbow from Murphy.
Julio Cuervo's cut is getting worse.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.
Murphy landing knees to the body.
Murphy pushes Cuervo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Good body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murphy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murphy lands with a short shot to the head.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cuervo is rocked!
Murphy is working Cuervo over against the cage.
Murphy slows down the pace here.
Cuervo swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A right handed body shot lands from Murphy.
Murphy throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cuervo blocks it with crossed arms.
Cuervo swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Cuervo or not.
Cuervo takes an elbow to the temple.
Julio Cuervo's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Oh Cuervo is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy leaning against his opponent.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murphy.
Cuervo seems to have got his legs back now.
Murphy stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Murphy is pushing Cuervo up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Murphy working Cuervo over with knees to the body.
Murphy lands an elbow inside.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Cuervo controls his hands.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
Murphy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Jeez, Julio Cuervo's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murphy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Cuervo avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murphy.
Murphy creates a bit of distance and cracks Cuervo with a big uppercut! Cuervo goes down! The referee pushes Murphy away into a neutral corner and starts the count. 4,5,6,7. Will Cuervo make it up in time? He's still flopping around all over the place! The referee has called off the fight! Murphy takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Gunnar Murphy!
A very excited looking Gunnar Murphy 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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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
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