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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Aoki Funkyama (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Funkyama's entrance music is . A fine choice. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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169 lbs
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180 cm
28
166 lbs
16 - 7 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
Insanely flexible |
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ADCC Champion
World class MT
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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
16 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Aoki Funkyama!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Matthew Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Josh West and Ryoma Takatsuka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Funkyama misses with a lunging right hand
and Murdock counters with a solid body kick.
Murdock throws a big shot that misses.
A looping hook to the body misses from Funkyama. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murdock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murdock creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Funkyama misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A right handed body shot lands from Funkyama.
Funkyama looking for a takedown.
Murdock throws an elbow but it misses.
Funkyama takes an elbow to the temple.
Funkyama avoids a wild elbow strike from Murdock.
Funkyama misses with some punches.
Murdock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
With the fighters up against the cage, Murdock throws an elbow but misses.
Murdock prevents a body shot from Funkyama.
Murdock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Funkyama working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murdock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Funkyama.
Funkyama misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Funkyama takes an elbow to the forehead.
Murdock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Funkyama.
Funkyama lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Murdock or not.
Funkyama is leaning against Murdock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Funkyama swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short body shot lands from Funkyama as the two fighters clinch.
Funkyama misses with a punch to the body.
Murdock tries to land knees in the clinch but Funkyama avoids the damage to the body.
Funkyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Funkyama is looking for a takedown.
Murdock managing to block the knees to the body from Funkyama.
A head punch on the inside from Funkyama fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama wants a takedown but no success here.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aoki Funkyama. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Murdock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock prevents a body shot from Funkyama.
Funkyama works on Murdock's body with a couple of short punches.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Murdock just misses with a elbow thrown towards Funkyama's brow.
Murdock blocks an uppercut.
Funkyama misses with the head strike.
Murdock prevents a body shot from Funkyama.
Funkyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock crunches a lovely knee into Funkyama's ribcage.
A head punch on the inside from Funkyama fails to land.
Murdock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Funkyama blocks it with crossed arms.
Murdock lands an elbow that stopped Funkyama in his tracks for a moment.
Murdock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Funkyama's defenses.
Funkyama misses with a body punch.
Murdock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murdock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Funkyama's defenses.
It looks like Aoki Funkyama has been cut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock scores a nice knee to the body.
Funkyama gets through Murdock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Funkyama works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Funkyama throws a big right hand that misses.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murdock throws his legs up looking for a submission but Funkyama uses it to pass to side control.
Murdock regains half guard.
Murdock is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Funkyama jumps into side control!
Funkyama lands a decent elbow from side control.
Murdock manages to work his way to half guard, despite Funkyama's best efforts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funkyama not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Murdock wants to control but Funkyama is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama working Murdock over with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Funkyama working over Murdock with some ground and pound. Murdock looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Murdock trying to hold on to Funkyama's head to control him but Funkyama postures up.
Murdock looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Funkyama looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Funkyama is trying to control. Murdock wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Funkyama working Murdock over with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Aoki Funkyama dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Aoki Funkyama's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A leg kick checked by Murdock.
Murdock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murdock closes the distance and clinches.
Nice body punch from Funkyama.
Funkyama misses with the head strike.
Knees to the body from Murdock.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murdock obliges.
Funkyama tries to work over Murdock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murdock lands a nice uppercut.
Funkyama trying to land knees to the body.
Murdock lands an elbow inside that Funkyama shrugs off.
Funkyama tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock avoids the elbow strike from Funkyama, against the cage.
Murdock throws an elbow but it misses.
Funkyama blocks the elbow strike.
Funkyama lands with a short head shot on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Funkyama blocks an elbow strike from Murdock.
Aoki Funkyama has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Funkyama managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
Funkyama avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.
Murdock blocks a body shot from Funkyama.
Funkyama struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdock controls his hands.
Funkyama wants the takedown. Murdock is fighting it off but Funkyama persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Murdock's guard against the cage.
Funkyama cracks Murdock with a solid left hand.
Murdock working for a triangle but Funkyama defends it easily.
Murdock is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Funkyama controls from within his opponent's guard.
Murdock had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Funkyama defends it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama trying to control but Murdock is working from the bottom.
Murdock working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Funkyama has passed into half guard!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Funkyama is keen to just control but Murdock is a slippery customer.
Funkyama working Murdock over with strikes.
Murdock tries to get to full guard but Funkyama has control of the leg.
Funkyama is looking to take a break and control but Murdock is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Funkyama passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Murdock!
Murdock in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Funkyama is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Murdock can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Funkyama has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Murdock's face.
Murdock is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Funkyama is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Murdock can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Aoki Funkyama overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Funkyama punishing his opponent with strikes.
Murdock is rocked!
Funkyama looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Murdock covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aoki Funkyama!
During a confident post fight interview, Aoki Funkyama thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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