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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jon Pegas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chilemba Murithi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 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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247 lbs
26 - 21 - 0 |
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285 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
26 - 21 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jon Pegas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chilemba Murithi!
The judges for this bout are Paulsen Ambrosius, Saam Ante and Patrick Alders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice jab there from Pegas.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murithi checks a leg kick.
Murithi takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Pegas's corner calls for a 1-2. Pegas obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Pegas lands a jab to the nose.
Pegas misses with a left hand
and Murithi counters with a nice body kick.
Pegas thumps Murithi with a low kick.
Pegas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murithi.
Murithi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Pegas tries to land a body kick
and Murithi counters with a low kick, right behind Pegas 's knee.
Murithi misses with a straight right.
The fight stays on the outside here - Pegas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murithi misses with a leg kick
and Pegas makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Pegas throws a leg kick
and Murithi counters with a nice body kick.
Pegas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murithi takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Pegas scores with a shot to the body.
Pegas tries to close the distance and clinch but Murithi swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pegas misses with a double jab
and Murithi counters with a body kick.
Pegas throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murithi connects with an inside leg kick.
Pegas misses with a wild body shot.
Murithi takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murithi moves out of range as Pegas strikes.
Murithi tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pegas lunges at Murithi with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murithi's hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pegas tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Good work by Murithi as he checks the leg kick.
Pegas misses with a low kick as Murithi jumps back.
Pegas throws a sloppy head kick and Murithi moves out of range easily.
Pegas tries a head kick but it misses.
Murithi pivots, looking for a leg kick but Pegas is out of range and Murithi settles back down.
Murithi avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Pegas wants to clinch.
Pegas is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegas throws a leg kick which misses Murithi's front leg but catches the back leg as Murithi tries to avoid it.
Jon Pegas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pegas looks to land a body kick but Murithi moved away.
Pegas keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pegas scoring well with a low kick there.
Murithi throws a head kick that misses.
Pegas misses with a body kick.
Pegas moves to clinch but Murithi breaks away
and Murithi counters with a big head kick but Pegas shrugs it off.
Pegas avoids the head kick by Murithi.
Pegas doesn't manage to clinch there - Murithi circles away.
Murithi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pegas misses with an uppercut. Murithi saw that one coming.
Pegas dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murithi. That did some damage!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegas throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murithi looks for the body kick but Pegas saw that one coming.
Murithi misses with a body kick.
Decent striking displayed by Murithi there.
It looks like Jon Pegas has been cut.
Pegas just misses with a punch to the body.
A combination from Pegas does no damage.
Pegas lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murithi's sensitive parts.
Pegas closes the distance and clinches.
Pegas lands a body punch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pegas tries a body shot but Murithi blocks it.
Pegas has Murithi pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Pegas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jon Pegas's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Pegas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Murithi avoids the head kick by Pegas.
Pegas chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murithi can pounce on him.
Pegas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A left and a right from Pegas both land. Nice combination.
A lazy body kick from Pegas
and Murithi counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Pegas has taken the fight to the clinch.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Pegas here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Pegas is leaning against Murithi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Nice body punch from Pegas.
Pegas digs a right hand underneath Murithi's ribcage. Murithi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Pegas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murithi's elbow.
Pegas lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murithi is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Pegas as the two fighters clinch.
Pegas lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murithi backwards.
Murithi blocks a body shot from Pegas.
Pegas throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pegas stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pegas is stalling here.
Pegas manages to break the clinch.
Pegas connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murithi. Murithi circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Pegas moves to clinch but Murithi breaks away
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
A good leg kick by Pegas.
Nice cross by Pegas.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murithi throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Pegas.
Murithi moves out of range as Pegas throws a body kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Pegas.
Pegas scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Pegas thumps Murithi with a low kick.
Murithi has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Pegas.
Jon Pegas is winning the standup battle so far.
Pegas misses with a head kick.
Murithi with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pegas to score with a decent uppercut.
It looks like Chilemba Murithi has been cut.
That kick from Pegas tenderised Murithi's leg. Murithi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murithi's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Pegas lands a big head kick that sends Murithi tumbling to the mat! Pegas takes a step backwards and waves Murithi back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Pegas turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Murithi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pegas can pounce on him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pegas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Murithi at a distance.
Pegas pushes Murithi up against the cage in a clinch.
Pegas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Murithi can do to turn this around?
Pegas lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Pegas lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murithi.
The referee calls for Pegas to work.
Pegas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Pegas works on Murithi's body with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice right hand lands inside from Pegas.
A short right from Pegas on the inside.
Pegas misses with a body punch.
Pegas can't find room to land a body shot as Murithi controls the action.
Jon Pegas has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Pegas lands an elbow inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pegas is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Pegas misses with a body punch.
Nice elbow from Pegas.
Pegas has Murithi pressed against the cage.
Pegas tries a body shot but Murithi blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Murithi breaks from the clinch.
Pegas fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murithi has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murithi moves out of range of the body kick.
A thudding body kick lands there by Pegas!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pegas misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Pegas tries to clinch but Murithi moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jon Pegas dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!
Murithi avoids the head kick by Pegas.
A head kick misses from Murithi.
Nice body punch from Pegas.
Murithi swats away the attempt to clinch by Pegas.
Pegas throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
It looks like Pegas has been trying to sharpen up his punching technique, as it looks crisper than last time we saw him.
Pegas pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murithi on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Some bone on bone action there as Pegas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
That kick from Pegas tenderised Murithi's leg. Murithi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murithi takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murithi slips a jab and a cross from Pegas.
Pegas misses with an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pegas feints and then cracks Murithi's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murithi down.
Pegas throws a leg kick but Murithi checks it.
Pegas misses with a low kick.
That kick from Pegas tenderised Murithi's leg. Murithi is trying to keep his angry face on.
That kick from Pegas tenderised Murithi's leg. Murithi is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murithi stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Pegas.
Pegas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pegas lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Pegas lands a leg kick that knocks Murithi off balance momentarily.
Pegas throws a head kick that misses.
Pegas scoring well with a low kick there.
Chilemba Murithi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pegas throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pegas keeps Murithi at a distance using the push kick.
Pegas goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Pegas works over Murithi's head and body with a nice combination.
Pegas looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Pegas moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murithi takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murithi takes one to the chin there.
Pegas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Pegas pushes Murithi away with a front kick.
Murithi uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pegas.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Pegas. Murithi shrugs it off though.
A punch lands to the side of Murithi 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Pegas connects with an inside leg kick.
Pegas clinches up with Murithi and pushes him back against the cage.
Pegas scores with a shoulder strike.
Pegas lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Murithi has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Pegas.
Pegas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murithi ducks under a wild hook from Pegas.
Murithi chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Pegas can pounce on him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murithi tries to keep at a distance but Pegas has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murithi takes an elbow to the forehead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murithi prevents a body shot from Pegas.
A short right from Pegas on the inside.
Pegas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Murithi wants to get back to striking at distance but Pegas won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Murithi's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Jon Pegas is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murithi.
Pegas breaks from the clinch.
Murithi throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murithi takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Pegas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murithi tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murithi drops his hands momentarily and Pegas takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jon Pegas showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Pegas 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 Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:25
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:25
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jon Pegas!
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