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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Shamus Murphy (ranked 3725 p4p, 384 weight class) and Sabotage Rex (ranked 3457 p4p, 371 weight class). Rex has chosen Motley Crue - Girlsx3 as his entrance music. Well, the cameraman is lingering on a pretty young lady for a bit too long there. Keep your eyes on the prize buddy or you'll miss the fighter intros!
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Shamus Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sabotage Rex!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Trevor Gratis and Steve Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rex displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
Murphy misses with a hook. Rex ducked under it nicely.
Rex moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Rex takes a swing at Murphy's ribcage but misses.
Murphy is looking to counter the offense by Rex and move into the clinch.
Rex is looking to clinch but Murphy is avoiding it.
Rex lands a really nice looking cross but Murphy seems unphased.
Rex with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Rex lets loose with a powerful body kick. Murphy will feel that in the morning.
Rex bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Murphy's head.
A slow jab from Rex misses its intended target.
Rex dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Murphy. That did some damage!
A jab from Rex misses.
Murphy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rex connects with a body shot.
Rex closes the distance and pushes Murphy back into the cage.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Murphy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Rex in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Rex looks winded!
Murphy stalls.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A right hook to the body lands for Rex.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Murphy gets through Rex's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Rex fails to land.
Murphy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Rex backwards.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Murphy.
Murphy looking to throw knees to the head but Rex is blocking nicely.
I was talking to Murphy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Murphy content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Murphy blocking some punches.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Rex blocks with his arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy stalling in the clinch.
Murphy tries a body shot but Rex blocks it.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Murphy misses with an elbow strike.
Rex takes a shot to the head.
Rex avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Murphy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Rex fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy leaning against his opponent.
Rex misses with a punch to the body.
Rex can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Murphy taking a breather.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rex is defending well for now.
Murphy stalling in the clinch.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Rex's elbow.
Murphy misses with a body punch.
Rex blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Murphy fails to land.
Rex can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
A left hand lands to the body for Murphy.
Murphy misses with some punches.
Murphy stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Murphy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Rex blocks an elbow strike from Murphy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Rex avoids it.
Murphy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Rex controls his hands.
Rex just leaning against Murphy, taking a breather.
Rex letting Murphy take a breather here.
Murphy misses with the head strike.
Rex blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Rex trying to control the position but instead, Murphy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rex into the cage.
A right hand to the body from Rex.
Rex prevents a body shot from Murphy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shamus Murphy dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Rex closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Murphy just leaning against Rex, taking a breather.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy stalls.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murphy.
Rex takes a shot to the head.
Rex on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rex misses with a hook from the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rex blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Murphy dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Murphy blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rex avoiding damage as Murphy throws knees to the body.
Rex keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Murphy's efforts to push away.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Rex avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Good body shot from Rex.
Stalling in the clinch from Murphy.
Rex managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
Shamus Murphy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Rex letting Murphy take a breather here.
Rex blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rex can do to turn this around?
Murphy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murphy lands with a right to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murphy just misses with a elbow thrown towards Rex's brow.
Rex misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Rex blocks a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Rex uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murphy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A right hand to the body from Rex.
A short body shot lands from Rex as the two fighters clinch.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy lands a body punch.
Murphy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murphy throws a jab when Rex was well out of range.
Rex takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rex throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Rex misses with a looping right.
Murphy ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Rex's head but Rex sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murphy blocks a head kick by Rex.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Rex lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body. Rex takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murphy scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Rex lands a nice looking body shot.
Murphy throws a big shot that misses.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rex throws out the jab.
Rex moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Nice uppercut lands for Murphy. That snapped Rex's head back.
Murphy throws a hook to the side of Rex's head but Rex sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The fight stays on the outside here - Murphy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Murphy scores with a jab. Rex acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rex lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murphy misses with an uppercut.
Rex swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murphy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rex is looking to clinch.
Rex cracks Murphy with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Rex tries to clinch but Murphy moves out of range.
Rex avoids the head kick by Murphy.
Murphy looks to throw the jab but Rex is out of range.
Rex misses the shot to the body.
Murphy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Rexs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Murphy connects with a body shot that sends Rex's belly button to the back.
Murphy works over Rex's head and body with a nice combination.
Murphy lands a big head kick that sends Rex tumbling to the mat! Murphy takes a step backwards and waves Rex back to his feet - he wants the finish!
Rex is rocked!
Murphy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Rex is still on wobbly legs! Can Murphy finish him?
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rex seems to have recovered his senses.
Rex gets tackled into the cage by Murphy. Murphy maintains the clinch.
Murphy struggles to land a body shot inside as Rex controls his hands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shamus Murphy dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Rex tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murphy was well out of range. Poor timing from Rex.
Murphy dodges the punch combination from Rex.
Murphy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murphy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Rex rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murphy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shamus Murphy is winning the standup battle so far.
Murphy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Rex finds it's way round the side to connect with Murphy's head.
Murphy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Rex connects with a body shot.
Murphy throws a solid leg kick but Rex takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Murphy.
Rex takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rex clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Murphy swats away the attempt to clinch by Rex.
Rex uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murphy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Rex, right into the meat.
A combination from Murphy does no damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Rex looks to land a combination but Murphy avoids it well.
Rex throws a wild body kick that Murphy sees coming a mile off.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rex throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murphy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Shamus Murphy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rex displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murphy throws out the jab.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Rex checks a leg kick.
Rex avoids a kick to the body.
Rex throws a leg kick
and Murphy counters with a stiff right hand.
Rex is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
No joy there for Rex, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Murphy catches Rex with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Murphy missing with a left hand there. Rex was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Rex slips a straight right by Murphy.
Rex looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murphy lands a nice shot to the body.
Rex takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murphy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Rex defending well as Murphy loads up on a big left hand.
Rex misses with a wild combination.
Rex moves out of range of the body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rex throws a right hand that Murphy ducks under and follows up with a left that Murphy also avoids with ease.
Murphy swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Rex takes one on the button.
Rex tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murphy paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murphy misses with a hook. Rex ducked under it nicely.
Rex swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murphy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murphy lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Rex thuds his right hand into Murphy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Murphy misses with the combination.
Murphy swings for the body but Rex moves out of range.
Rex thuds a left hand into Murphy's body.
Rex throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Rex with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murphy looks to land a combination but Rex avoids it well.
A big left from Murphy misses.
Rex let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Murphy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rex throws out the jab.
Rex getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Murphy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy dips to his left and cracks Rex with an uppercut!
Rex takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nice straight punches there by Murphy. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murphy.
A slow jab from Murphy misses its intended target.
Murphy wants to clinch.
Rex clobbers Murphy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Rex lands an overhand right.
Murphy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Rex counters with a two punch combo.
Murphy cracks Rex with a good jab.
Murphy jabs Rex right on the nose. Rex blinks but takes it well.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murphy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murphy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Rex scores with a spinning back kick!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murphy keeps the fight on the outside.
Murphy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Rex moves out of range as Murphy throws a body kick.
Murphy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murphy.
Rex throws a one two combo.
Murphy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rex sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Rex lands a nice shot to the body.
Rex rushes Murphy and presses him up against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Rex.
Rex trying to control the position but instead, Murphy has worked for underhooks and has pushed Rex into the cage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murphy throws a punch but it's blocked by Rex.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Sabotage Rex.
Well Murphy 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 Robert Douchet scores the fight 29:28
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steve Smith scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Shamus Murphy!
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energy
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hype
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