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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Matt Chabala (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). John Murray will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
27 - 16 - 2, fighting out of New York, Matt Chabala!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, John Murray!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray lands the left hand.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
Chabala misses with an uppercut.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chabala moves away.
Chabala tries to counter with a takedown but Murray is quick to defend against it.
Chabala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chabala does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Chabala connects with an inside leg kick.
John Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Chabala on the side of the head.
Chabala throws a front kick aimed at Murray's knee but Murray avoids it well.
Murray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murray throws a jab but it's blocked by Chabala.
Chabala avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murray throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chabala.
Chabala throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Chabala.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Chabala is chipping away with strikes.
Murray is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chabala wants to control but Murray is keeping him busy.
Murray is trying to get back to his feet.
Chabala scores with a couple of short elbows.
Murray is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Chabala off and has taken his back!
Murray tries to get the hooks in deep but Chabala pushed the leg off.
Murray lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Chabala.
Chabala tries to break free.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray throwing lazy shots from the back mount that aren't doing any damage.
You can see the frustration on Chabala's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Good control from Murray.
Murray is hanging on to Chabala's back as he tries to escape.
Chabala covering up well and avoiding damage.
Murray has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Murray thows a huge left but connects with the canvas and not his opponent.
Murray lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Chabala.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabala avoids the strikes from Murray.
Murray is looking to control Chabala but Chabala is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Chabala is covering up but some of the strikes from Murray are getting through and doing damage.
Chabala trying to control the action but Murray just sinks the hooks in.
Murray punches Chabala on the ear.
Murray is punishing Chabala with some ground and pound.
Chabala covers up after taking a massive shot to the side of the head.
Chabala is taking damage to the body and head.
Chabala prevents Murray from getting a body triangle.
Chabala looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chabala grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
Murray throwing sloppy strikes.
Murray misses with a punch to the head.
Murray lands a couple of good shots to his opponent's body and a final shot to the head. Good little attack there by Murray.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray trying to control momentarily.
Murray softening up his opponent with strikes here.
Chabala has his hands over his head blocking the strikes from Murray.
Murray lands a shot to the body.
Murray looking to hold on to the position here but Chabala rolls and ends up regaining guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Murray 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.
Chabala connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Chabala takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murray scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
A big right from Chabala misses.
Murray throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chabala.
Murray throws a series of punches but Chabala moves out of range.
Chabala throws a body kick that misses.
Chabala slips under a jab from Murray.
Chabala avoids the body shot from Murray.
Chabala looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Murray lands a right hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murray. Chabala does a little dance to reset his feet.
Chabala on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chabala throws a leg kick but Murray sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chabala looks to land a body kick but Murray moved away.
Chabala throws a leg kick that misses.
John Murray seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murray on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Chabala misses with a kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray throws a hook to the side of Chabala's head but Chabala sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Chabala throws a low kick but Murray avoids it.
Murray lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Chabala circles away quickly and effectively.
As Murray backs away, Chabala returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
John Murray is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murray keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Chabala.
Chabala avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murray has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chabala drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murray moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Chabala, right into the meat.
Chabala lands a nice shot to the body.
Chabala misses with a body kick.
Murray throws a sloppy head kick and Chabala moves out of range easily.
Chabala thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murray if he has to take too many more of those.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A shot to the liver by Murray. Beautiful body shot.
Murray has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chabala manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Chabala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Chabala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murray misses with the combination.
Chabala looks to throw the jab but Murray is out of range.
Murray looks to throw the jab but Chabala is out of range.
Murray slips under a jab from Chabala.
Murray let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Chabala slips under a jab from Murray.
Chabala drops down looking for a counter takedown but Murray sprawls and moves away.
Chabala throws a lazy right hand but Murray sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Danga de danga de dang - Chabala scores with a four punch combination!
It looks like John Murray has been cut.
Chabala throws a front kick that sends Murray stumbling back into the cage.
A punch combination from Murray misses.
Murray misses with a wild combination.
Chabala misses with a double jab.
Murray tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray takes a swing at Chabala's ribcage but misses.
Chabala lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murray lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Chabala is just out of range.
Murray misses with a straight right.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chabala.
Murray moves out of range of the leg kick from Chabala.
Murray lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Murray throws a jab when Chabala was well out of range.
Chabala ducks under a wild hook from Murray.
Chabala shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Murray cracks Chabala with a right hand to the side of the head.
Chabala connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Murray momentarily.
Murray looks to land a combination. Chabala sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Murray is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Chabala looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Murray! But no joy.
Murray connects with a nice looking jab.
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!
Murray misses with a wild body shot.
Murray throws a right hand that Chabala ducks under and follows up with a left that Chabala also avoids with ease.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray misses with a few strikes there.
Murray missing with a left hand there. Chabala was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chabala lands a nice hook to Murray's body. Murray takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Chabala throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chabala fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chabala.
A right-left combo lands from Murray.
Chabala manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Murray on his heels. He'll look to pass Murray's guard now, I'm sure.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murray looking to control.
Chabala trying to control but Murray is working from the bottom.
Murray wants to stand but Chabala is controlling the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chabala is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Murray showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on John Murray's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Chabala takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Murray avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
Chabala looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murray throws a right hand that misses
and Chabala counters with a low kick, right behind Murray 's knee.
Chabala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Chabala drops down looking for a counter takedown but Murray sprawls and moves away.
Murray fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Chabala avoids the body shot from Murray.
Chabala changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Chabala uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Murray checks a low kick from Chabala.
Chabala clobbers Murray with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
The fighters circling - Murray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Murray takes a swing at Chabala's ribcage but misses.
Murray throws a body punch but Chabala moves out of range.
Chabala throwing a counter right hand but Murray manages to avoid it.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray moves out of range as Chabala strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murray. Chabala does a little dance to reset his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray misses with a straight right.
Chabala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chabala chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Chabala steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murray.
Murray throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Chabala tries to counter with a takedown but Murray is quick to defend against it.
Chabala keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Murray is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chabala.
Chabala looks for the body kick but Murray saw that one coming.
A little jabbing left from Murray on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Chabala tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Chabala.
Murray lands a nice hook to Chabala's body. Chabala takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Murray throws a big shot that misses.
Chabala doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murray misses the jab.
Murray throws a body shot but no joy.
Chabala turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Chabala ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Chabala attempts a counter takedown but Murray avoids it well and moves away.
Murray's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Chabala throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chabala.
Murray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Chabala was well out of range. Poor timing from Murray.
Chabala fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Murray on the side of the head.
Murray digs a good body shot into Chabala's ribs.
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!
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chabala.
Chabala scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murray scores with a nice head shot.
Murray tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murray scores with a nice strike.
Murray looks to land a left hand but Chabala moved out of range nicely.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Chabala moves away.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Chabala.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chabala.
Chabala slips under a jab from Murray.
A punch lands to the side of Murray 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chabala looks to score with a jab to the body but Murray is just out of range.
Chabala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Matt Chabala has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chabala takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chabala ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murray moves away.
Sloppy strikes from Murray. Those never looked like landing.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murray. Chabala does a little dance to reset his feet.
A jab from Murray misses.
Nice takedown defense from Murray. No joy for Chabala on that attempt.
The fighters circling - Chabala throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Chabala slips under a jab from Murray.
John Murray is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Murray blocks a head kick by Chabala.
Murray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Jab by Murray.
Murray punishes Chabala's body with a nice straight punch.
Chabala misses with a low kick.
Chabala uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murray.
Murray checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Murray scores with a nice head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chabala tries a low kick but Murray avoids it.
Murray fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chabala looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray connects with a right hand. Chabala shakes it off.
Murray misses with a wild body shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Murray. That snapped Chabala's head back.
Murray throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Chabala.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Murray uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chabala.
Murray slips under a jab.
Chabala swings and misses with a hook to the body.
No joy there for Chabala, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Chabala avoids the body shot from Murray.
Chabala feinted with a counter takedown.
Murray moves out of range as Chabala strikes.
A countering left hand to the body from Murray misses.
Murray swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Murray digs a good hook to Chabala's body.
Murray throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
And that's the end of the fight!
John Murray comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Murray has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Murray!
After the big win, John Murray made sure to do all the important stuff like thanking his sponsors Hellbent and telling the interviewer how much he loves him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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