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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Alex Murphy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Walter Haze (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murphy's entrance music is Robocop Theme. A fine choice. Haze has chosen King Of Amarillo by Issues as his entrance music. Walter Haze has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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144 lbs
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150 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Inexperienced |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Alex Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Walter Haze!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Tarja Halkonen.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Haze gets a double leg takedown into Murphy's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Haze wants to control from the top but Murphy keeps moving.
Haze advances position into side control!
Haze stands up.
Haze looking to score a takedown here. Murphy is defending well but Haze drives through and ends up in Murphy's guard.
Murphy is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Haze is controlling him.
Haze pushes down on Murphy's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Murphy is staying active underneath Haze, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Murphy!
Murphy tries to reverse the position but Haze maintains control.
Haze landing strikes, looking to finish!
Haze pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Haze controlling the position easily from mount.
Haze scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Murphy?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Haze raining down hammerfists from mount.
Haze sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Haze has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Murphy's face.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Haze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Haze lands a big shot there that rocks Murphy but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Haze controlling his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Haze with good strikes from the mount here!
Haze landing strikes from the mount and Murphy is in trouble!
Haze is trying to control here but Murphy has managed to regain half guard.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Haze working over Murphy with some ground and pound. Murphy looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Haze tries to pass the half guard into mount. Murphy knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Haze passes to full mount!
Haze looking to finish Murphy with some ground and pound. This is bad for Murphy!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Haze dominating with strikes here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Haze is working for a guillotine from mount but Murphy frees his head quite easily.
Haze is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Haze cracks Murphy with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Haze controlling the pace for now.
Haze working the ground and pound effectively.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Haze with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Walter Haze dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Haze gets a takedown into half guard.
Haze throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Haze not doing much here.
Haze passes to full mount!
Haze lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Murphy hang on?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Haze working the ground and pound effectively.
Haze unloading with bombs!
Haze postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Murphy looks a forlorn figure.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Haze cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Haze raining down hammerfists from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy taking shots to the head.
Murphy is rocked!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Haze connects with a bit shot that sees Murphy covering up! More strikes from Haze and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Haze is our winner by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Walter Haze!
Our winner, Walter Haze, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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