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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between John Murray (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Daniels (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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World class boxer
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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
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, John Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, Jack Daniels!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniels takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Daniels lands a head shot.
It looks like John Murray has been cut.
Daniels with a hook.
Daniels moves into range and connects with a jab.
Murray rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Daniels moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Daniels throws a good cross that connects.
Murray lands a high kick!
Murray misses with a straight right.
Daniels fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murray, pushing him back against the cage.
Murray breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murray connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Daniels takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Murray takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Murray misses with a straight left.
Daniels throws a hook to the side of Murray's head but Murray sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murray misses with a double jab.
Daniels scores with a hook to the body. Murray takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Murray keeps the fight on the outside.
Daniels avoids the body shot from Murray.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.
Daniels is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murray misses with a hook.
Daniels throws out a leg kick but Murray moves out of range and Daniels only half commits.
Murray throws a right hand that Daniels ducks under and follows up with a left that Daniels also avoids with ease.
Murray moves out of range as Daniels throws a body kick.
Murray throws a hook to the side of Daniels's head but Daniels sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daniels closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Murray manages to break the clinch.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.
Murray looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Daniels throws a head kick that misses.
Murray is looking for a counter combo.
Daniels throws a leg kick that misses.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.
Daniels slips under a jab from Murray.
Murray tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
John Murray seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Daniels misses with an uppercut.
Murray uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daniels.
Murray throwing a counter right hand but Daniels manages to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Daniels counters with a straight right hand.
Daniels fails in his attempt to clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Daniels misses with a body kick.
Nice body punch from Murray.
Murray blocks a head kick by Daniels.
Murray throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Daniels replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Murray blocks it well.
Jab by Murray.
Daniels throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Daniels has closed the distance and engaged Murray in a clinch.
Murray escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daniels moves away.
Daniels walks into a stiff left hand from Murray.
Murray throws a series of punches but Daniels avoids them all with ease.
Daniels looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Murray scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murray lands with a shot to the body.
Murray tries to move into range but Daniels moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Murray misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Daniels.
Murray fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Daniels throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Daniels thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Murray if he has to take too many more of those.
Daniels attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Murray takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Daniels misses with a wild body shot.
Daniels slips a jab and a cross from Murray.
Daniels thinks about the counter body kick.
A low kick from Daniels is predictable there
and Murray makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murray lands a right hook to the body.
The fighters circling - Murray throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Daniels throws out a counter right but Murray avoids it with no problem.
Nice straight punches there by Murray. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murray.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Daniels is just out of range.
Daniels scores with the left hand. Murray knows he should have avoided that one.
Murray on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
Murray throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Daniels counters with an inside leg kick.
Murray tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Daniels was well out of range. Poor timing from Murray.
Daniels was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Murray throws a head kick but Daniels moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murray pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Daniels raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Murray 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.
Murray avoids a kick to the body.
Murray misses with a straight left.
Murray is looking to wear down Daniels with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Murray takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murray scores with a body shot.
Daniels tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Daniels.
A solid leg kick lands there for Daniels.
Daniels tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.
Daniels takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Murray throws out a loose jab but Daniels uses good head movement to avoid it.
A jab lands there for Murray.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniels turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Daniels feints and then cracks Murray's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murray down.
Murray tries to bum rush Daniels with a series of wild strikes but Daniels uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Murray throws a head kick but Daniels moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that John Murray will probably get the nod.
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.
Daniels connects with a solid leg kick.
Murray scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Daniels doesn't seem bothered though.
Murray scores with a hook to the body. Daniels takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Daniels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murray.
Daniels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murray.
Daniels throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
Daniels tries to work over Murray's front leg with a kick but Murray checks it.
Murray misses with a few strikes there.
Daniels counters with a body kick.
Daniels lands a nice leg kick that just misses Murray's sensitive parts.
Daniels lands a jab to the nose.
Murray lands a jab to the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Daniels. Murray does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murray misses with a wild combination.
Nice jab there from Daniels.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murray connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Daniels's hands.
John Murray is winning the standup battle so far.
Murray bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murray connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Murray blocks a leg kick.
Murray fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Daniels needs to keep his hands up - Murray had a free shot at his head there.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Daniels moves away.
Daniels uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murray.
Murray takes one to the chin there.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Daniels is just out of range.
Murray on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Daniels tries to clinch up.
Daniels moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.
An attempted straight right counter from Murray misses the target.
Murray swings for the body but Daniels moves out of range.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Murray throws an overhand right that lands on Daniels's shoulder, as Daniels tries to avoid the shot.
Daniels keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murray.
Daniels tests Murray's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Daniels motions for Murray to come forward. Daniels throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murray misses with a jab, cross combination.
Daniels appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniels misses with a leg kick.
Daniels attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Murray scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Murray fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Daniels looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Daniels throws a jab when Murray was well out of range.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Daniels is just out of range.
Murray misses with an uppercut.
Murray fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Daniels manages to avoid it.
Daniels is looking to chop away at Murray's legs.
Murray chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Daniels can pounce on him.
Murray swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Daniels cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murray ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Murray scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murray ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Murray looks to score with a jab to the body but Daniels is just out of range.
Daniels throws a half hearted mid kick.
Murray ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murray plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Murray is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murray throws out a powerful jab.
Daniels throws a front kick that sends Murray stumbling back into the cage.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Daniels moves in looking to clinch but Murray pushes him off.
Daniels punishes Murray's body with a nice straight punch.
Murray takes a swing at Daniels's ribcage but misses.
Daniels misses with a body kick.
Murray connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Daniels momentarily.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murray swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Daniels tries to counter by closing the distance.
Murray digs a good body shot into Daniels's ribs.
Murray thuds his right hand into Daniels's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daniels can do to turn this around?
No joy there for Murray, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray takes a swing at Daniels's ribcage but misses.
Daniels tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Daniels throws out a powerful jab.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniels scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Daniels is looking to clinch.
Daniels misses with a body kick.
Daniels throws a body punch but Murray moves out of range.
Daniels tries to score with a low kick but Murray moves his leg out of the way.
A combination from Murray does no damage.
Murray takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Murray avoids a kick to the body.
Nice shot lands for Murray.
Murray is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Daniels tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murray paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Murray misses with a body shot.
Daniels slips under a jab from Murray.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Daniels jabs at Murray's body.
Daniels ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murray misses the shot to the body.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Murray dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on John Murray's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Daniels uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murray.
Murray sets himself, and Daniels steps forward looking for the clinch! Murray avoids it this time.
Good exchange - Daniels coming out on top.
Murray misses with a double jab
and Daniels counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Murray thinking.
Murray fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Murray swings for the body but Daniels moves out of range.
Murray takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A swing and a miss from Murray.
Murray throws a right hand that misses
and Daniels counters with a nice uppercut.
Murray throws a shot from downtown. Daniels moves away and avoids it.
Daniels misses with a low kick as Murray jumps back.
Murray just misses with a punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murray has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Murray is rocked!
A kick lands to the mid section there for Daniels.
Oh Murray is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murray throws an off balance right hand
and Daniels makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Daniels drops Murray with a straight right hand, right on the button! Daniels follows him down to the mat and pounds him out with hammerfists until the referee jumps in to end the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:53 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jack Daniels!
An out of breath Jack Daniels thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
John Murray was interviewed post fight and said 'Did you guys see the size of that chicken?!'.
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