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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between jack murl (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Darius Ellis (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Ellis has chosen Deuces as his entrance music. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, jack murl!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Darius Ellis!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
murl tries to clinch but Ellis moves out of range.
Ellis shoots in but no luck this time.
Ellis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
murl moves in looking to clinch but Ellis pushes him off.
murl swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ellis throws a nice looking combination but murl bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
murl rushes Ellis and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ellis pulls guard.
murl stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ellis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
murl makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ellis is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
murl thows a big elbow that misses.
Ellis has his foot on murl's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. murl works his way back into a safe position though.
Ellis is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
murl trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
murl throwing strikes from guard but Ellis blocks nicely.
murl forces his way into half guard.
Ellis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ellis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
murl throwing strikes from guard but Ellis blocks nicely.
murl postures up and lands a big shot to Ellis's brow.
Ellis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Ellis looks gassed!
murl preventing the sweep.
murl thows a big elbow that misses.
murl postures up and lands a big shot to Ellis's brow.
Ellis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in murl's guard.
murl tries to strike from the bottom.
Ellis stopping the sweep attempt from murl.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ellis is looking to stand up but murl won't let him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
murl is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
murl trying to mount his opponent but Ellis defends it.
murl working Ellis over with strikes.
murl passes to full mount!
Ellis is wriggling around trying to escape.
Ellis swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Ellis is desperately trying to improve his position but murl has a good base and remains in mount.
BOOM! murl connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ellis manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Ellis is pressing down on murl's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ellis manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Ellis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but murl swivels and escapes.
jack murl has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Darius Ellis.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ellis.
murl misses with a series of wild punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
murl misses with a straight right.
Ellis fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Ellis throws a series of punches but murl avoids them all with ease.
Ellis misses with a head kick.
murl misses with a head kick.
A slapping leg kick lands for Ellis.
Ellis tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but murl swivels and escapes.
Ellis fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
murl is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ellis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ellis has managed to clinch.
murl lands a left hand.
A head punch on the inside from murl fails to land.
Ellis drags the fight down to the ground.
murl won't allow Ellis to get back to his feet.
Ellis trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ellis has momentary wrist control but murl slips an elbow through the middle.
murl looking to pass the guard.
Ellis seems keen to control murl's posture.
Ellis looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Ellis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in murl's guard.
Ellis preventing the sweep.
Ellis with a flurry of punches that miss.
murl striking off his back but it's not causing Ellis any problems.
Ellis trying to control but murl is working from the bottom.
Ellis drops back looking for a leg! murl is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and murl manages to kick Ellis off! Ellis jumps back into murl's guard.
murl wants to improve his position but instead Ellis has moved into half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Darius Ellis will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Ellis throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around murl's waist but murl gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Ellis off to one side.
Darius Ellis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Ellis bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
murl looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Ellis!
murl scoring with strikes but Ellis is staying in there.
murl avoids the attempt from Ellis to control.
murl landing punches.
BOOM! murl connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Ellis is rocked!
murl landing shots from mount.
Ellis is still in real trouble! Can murl finish him?
murl avoids the attempt from Ellis to control.
murl lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ellis is breathing heavily.
murl punishing his opponent with strikes.
murl unloading with bombs!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
murl cracks Ellis with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Ellis takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Ellis is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis regains half guard.
Ellis seems to have recovered his senses.
Ellis avoiding damage under a succession of punches from murl.
Ellis keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
murl not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ellis is pressing down on murl's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Ellis looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Ellis lands an upkick as murl stands over him.
Ellis throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Ellis lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for murl!
murl can't escape the position.
Ellis trying to control but murl is having none of it.
murl might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
murl sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Ellis blocks the strikes from murl.
murl makes his way to full guard. A much better position for murl.
murl bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Ellis's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ellis 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.
murl works over Ellis with some ground and pound from guard.
murl pushing down on Ellis's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ground and pound from murl.
murl slips a nice elbow through Ellis's hands, connecting with Ellis's forehead.
Ellis on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Ellis is trying to control but can't.
jack murl overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Ellis blocking the ground and pound attempt from murl.
Ellis flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
murl tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ellis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
murl winds up and cracks Ellis with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ellis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ellis wants to control but murl is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ellis controlling the position for now.
Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Ellis shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says murl as he avoids it easily.
Ellis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
murl darts in trying to clinch
and Ellis decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in murl's guard.
murl looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ellis is one step ahead there.
murl thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Ellis drops back looking for a leg! murl is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and murl manages to kick Ellis off! Ellis jumps back into murl's guard.
murl 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
murl throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ellis wants to control from the top but murl keeps moving.
Ellis won't allow murl to sweep him here.
murl tries to strike from the bottom.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
murl tries to clinch there but Ellis circles away.
Ellis closes the distance looking to clinch
and murl counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
murl working Ellis over with strikes.
murl looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ellis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
murl not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Ellis wants to control but murl is keeping busy and won't allow it.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ellis has hold of murl's hands but murl slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ellis wants to control but murl is keeping busy.
murl takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ellis trying to control from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
jack murl dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
murl drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
murl creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
murl scores with punches from side control.
Ellis sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
murl missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
murl not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Ellis wants to get back to full guard.
Ellis misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Ellis tries to roll over but murl keeps him under control.
murl lands with a punch from half guard.
Ellis is looking to sinch up a gullotine here but murl pulls his head out easily.
The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Ellis shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has murl pinned against the cage. murl gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
murl gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Ellis chips away with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ellis passes murl's left leg - he's now in half guard.
murl is pressing down on Ellis's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
murl trying to strike off his back.
murl looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ellis puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
murl is not content to let Ellis control the position.
murl is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
murl makes his way to full guard. A much better position for murl.
murl lands with a heel strike from the guard.
murl 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.
murl is striking from the bottom but Ellis uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Ellis stands up from half guard... He's had enough of that ground malarky for the time being.
Ellis takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
murl drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
murl lands a nice forearm strike.
Ellis is pushing murl's head away, looking to escape. murl manages to hold on to the position though.
Ellis manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ellis manages to get to full guard.
murl scoring with some ground and pound.
Ellis wants to stand but murl is controlling the position.
murl postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
murl scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for leaving it all in the cage!
Ellis has momentary wrist control but murl slips an elbow through the middle.
murl makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Ellis trying to control the position.
murl stops Ellis from standing up.
murl scoring with some ground and pound.
murl throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
murl scoring with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
murl working some strikes from top position.
murl content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
murl has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
murl connects with a couple of short punches.
murl postures up.
murl stopping the sweep attempt from Ellis.
Ellis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. murl manages to get himself to full guard.
murl lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Ellis!
murl avoids the attempt from Ellis to control.
murl throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ellis regains half guard.
Ellis tries to get to full guard but murl has control of the leg.
murl lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
murl scoring with strikes to the body and head.
murl looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Ellis with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
murl scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
murl looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
murl lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
murl looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
murl moves into full mount! Ellis won't be happy about that!
murl putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
A nice elbow there by murl.
murl with good strikes from the mount here!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ellis is looking to get to half guard.
murl lands a big elbow.
And that's the end of the fight!
jack murl showed his dominance in that final round.
Well murl has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 30:28
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... jack murl!
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energy
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hype
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