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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brian Hunstad (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Khris Murphey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphey is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Back in Black. Khris Murphey will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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201 lbs
3 - 2 - 0 |
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190 cm
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211 lbs
4 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Determined |
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Brian Hunstad!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Khris Murphey!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hunstad is trying hard to land a takedown here. Murphey sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Brian Hunstad seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab from Murphey.
Murphey misses with a double jab.
Murphey lands with a hook. Hunstad tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Hunstad takes the fight into the clinch.
Hunstad prevents the takedown attempt.
Murphey looking for a takedown.
Murphey decides to pull guard.
Hunstad keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Murphey's head.
Murphey is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hunstad landing with the ground and pound.
Murphey is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Hunstad defends well.
Hunstad scoring with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunstad is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Murphey working for a triangle but Hunstad defends it easily.
Hunstad content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Murphey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hunstad is aware though and is defending well.
Hunstad lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Hunstad stands up over Murphey, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Hunstad postures up.
Murphey looks gassed!
Hunstad is working Murphey over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Hunstad postures up and lands a big shot to Murphey's brow.
Hunstad scoring with some ground and pound.
Hunstad stopping the sweep attempt from Murphey.
Hunstad connects with a couple of short punches.
Murphey had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hunstad defends it easily.
Hunstad lands a couple of elbows.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunstad scoring with punches to the head and body.
Hunstad lands a couple of elbows.
Hunstad lands a couple of elbows.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Hunstad working some strikes from top position.
Hunstad keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Murphey's head.
Hunstad landing some decent shots from guard.
Murphey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murphey looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Hunstad passes Murphey's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Hunstad working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hunstad lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hunstad is nestled in close to Murphey, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hunstad is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunstad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Hunstad landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hunstad lands strikes from half guard.
Hunstad is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Murphey defends it well.
Hunstad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hunstad lands a nice short elbow.
Hunstad lands with a punch from half guard.
Murphey trying to hold on to Hunstad's head to control him but Hunstad postures up.
Hunstad lands strikes from half guard.
Hunstad scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murphey moves into full guard.
Hunstad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murphey's head.
Hunstad scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hunstad with a nice head shot there.
Hunstad keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Murphey's head.
Hunstad connects with a couple of short punches.
Murphey is trying to keep Hunstad in close.
Murphey is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Hunstad is aware though and is defending well.
Hunstad distracts Murphey with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Murphey tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hunstad's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphey is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Hunstad is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hunstad lands a couple of elbows.
Hunstad is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Hunstad landing some decent shots from guard.
Hunstad chips away with some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Hunstad dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hunstad uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphey.
A big left from Murphey misses.
Murphey throws a shot from downtown. Hunstad moves away and avoids it.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Hunstad.
Murphey looks to clinch
and Hunstad counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Hunstad's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Murphey looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Hunstad passes into side control.
Hunstad scores with a couple of short elbows.
Murphey is working to avoid the ground and pound but Hunstad connects with a decent elbow.
Hunstad cracks Murphey with a big right hand but Murphey just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Murphey is breathing heavily.
Hunstad working away.
Murphey tries to bench press Hunstad off him but Hunstad keeps the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphey is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Hunstad lands a few punches from side control.
Hunstad works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Check out the look on Hunstad's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Hunstad scoring with punches and elbows.
Hunstad is working Murphey over with some ground and pound from side control.
Hunstad in side control lands a decent elbow.
Murphey is rocked!
Hunstad lands some shots froms side control.
Murphey is still in real trouble! Can Hunstad finish him?
Murphey sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Murphey seems to have recovered his senses.
Hunstad lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Murphey has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hunstad is working away from the top position though.
Hunstad lands strikes from half guard.
Ground and pound from Hunstad.
Hunstad is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hunstad is thwarting Murphey's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hunstad lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hunstad lands a nice short elbow.
Murphey taking some punishment here, with Hunstad in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Hunstad there.
Hunstad drops an elbow to the side of Murphey's head.
Murphey wants to improve his position but Hunstad is controlling well.
Murphey has hold of Hunstad's hands but Hunstad slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Murphey looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hunstad looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Murphey is trying to maintain the position but Hunstad is very close to passing his half guard.
Murphey is looking to improve his position.
Hunstad is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hunstad is thwarting Murphey's attempts to control the position.
Brian Hunstad overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Murphey looking for submissions off his back.
Hunstad scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murphey looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Hunstad working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Hunstad slips a nice elbow through Murphey's hands, connecting with Murphey's forehead.
Hunstad looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Hunstad winds up and cracks Murphey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hunstad landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hunstad working Murphey over with strikes.
Hunstad seems to be looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphey looking for submissions off his back.
Murphey is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hunstad winds up and cracks Murphey with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hunstad scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Murphey looking for submissions off his back.
Hunstad scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hunstad lands a nice short elbow.
Murphey looking for submissions off his back.
Murphey looking for submissions off his back.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Hunstad dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Hunstad moves into the clinch successfully.
Hunstad lands a takedown into guard.
Hunstad with a nice head shot there.
Hunstad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Murphey trying to control the position.
Murphey looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Hunstad working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Murphey's head.
Hunstad lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Hunstad throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hunstad tries to free his leg and advance position but Murphey is retaining full guard.
Hunstad has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Hunstad with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Hunstad connects with a couple of short punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hunstad pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Murphey is keeping the position for now.
Murphey is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Murphey pushes a forearm under Hunstad's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Hunstad is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Khris Murphey!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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