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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Frank Murdock (ranked 309 p4p, 42 weight class) and Robert Harris (ranked 1150 p4p, 154 weight class). Murdock comes into the arena with Flashbacks to 'Nam blaring out of the sound system. Robert Harris acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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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
3 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Murdock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert Harris!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock cracks Harris with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Murdock back into the cage.
Murdock breaks from the clinch.
Harris swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Murdock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murdock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Murdock connects with a looping right hand.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Murdock circles away.
Murdock throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Murdock definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Murdock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Murdock takes one to the chin there.
Harris tries to clinch up.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murdock lands a glancing blow to the side of Harris's head.
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!
Murdock is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Harris.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Murdock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
A combination from Harris does no damage.
Harris shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Murdock there as he acknowledges the shot.
Murdock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Harris is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
A big right from Harris misses.
Murdock is looking for a counter combo.
Harris throws a shot from downtown. Murdock moves away and avoids it.
Murdock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Harris.
A telegraphed right hand from Harris misses the target.
Harris tries to clinch there but Murdock circles away.
Murdock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Harris.
Harris chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murdock can pounce on him.
Murdock works over Harris's head and body with a nice combination.
Murdock misses with a leg kick.
Murdock motions for Harris to come forward. Murdock throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Harris! But no joy.
Murdock scores with a hook.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock lands a slapping body shot.
Murdock lands a jab to the nose.
Harris throws a hook but Murdock blocks it.
Harris takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Murdock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Harris moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Harris tries to clinch but Murdock is having none of it.
Murdock misses with a few strikes there.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Harris checks a leg kick.
Harris tries to counter by closing the distance.
Harris dips to his left and cracks Murdock with an uppercut!
Harris takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Harris connects with a single shot there.
Murdock is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Murdock fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murdock cracks Harris with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murdock takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Murdock lands a lovely overhand right.
Murdock scores with a body shot.
Harris tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and moves out of range.
A big left from Murdock misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock slips a jab from Harris.
Harris moves in looking to clinch but Murdock pushes him off.
Harris throws a body punch but Murdock moves out of range.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Harris sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Murdock connects with a solid leg kick.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Harris displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Murdock throws out the jab.
Decent striking displayed by Murdock there.
Harris walks into a left hand.
Murdock takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murdock swats away the attempt to clinch by Harris.
Murdock throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Harris's sensitive parts.
Murdock lands a body shot.
Harris gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Harris misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murdock.
Murdock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Harris was well out of range. Poor timing from Murdock.
Murdock throws a series of punches but Harris moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock misses with a straight right.
Murdock ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris misses with an uppercut.
Harris misses with a wild body shot.
Murdock appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Murdock ducks under a wild hook from Harris.
Harris is looking to clinch but Murdock is avoiding it.
Harris is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Harris stuns Murdock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Murdock is out of range.
Murdock misses with a kick to the body.
Murdock misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Good shot there by Murdock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris tries to clinch up but Murdock circles away and keeps his distance.
Murdock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Harris to score with a decent uppercut.
Harris moves into the clinch.
Murdock can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Murdock dominated that round.
That's time! Murdock's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Murdock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Harris.
A big right from Murdock misses.
Murdock will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Frank Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Murdock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Harris tries to clinch but Murdock moves out of range.
Murdock avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Murdock misses with a looping left.
Murdock throws a big shot that misses.
Murdock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Harris can do to turn this around?
Murdock misses the jab.
Harris thows a left - swing and a miss!
Murdock keeps the fight on the outside.
Murdock swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Harris fails with an attempt to clinch.
Harris takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murdock misses with a hook
letting Harris counter with a right hand.
Harris is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murdock.
A little feinted left hand from Murdock on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Murdock gets tackled into the cage by Harris. Harris maintains the clinch.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Murdock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murdock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Harris has closed the distance and engaged Murdock in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A body shot lands from Harris.
Murdock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Murdock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Murdock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Harris.
Harris closes the distance and pushes Murdock back into the cage.
Murdock lands with a left to the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Harris.
Murdock can't find room to land a body shot as Harris controls the action.
The referee is keeping an eye on Harris - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Murdock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Harris fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Harris. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Harris fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Murdock, pushing him back against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Murdock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Harris struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdock controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Harris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murdock backwards.
Harris misses with some punches.
Murdock breaks the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock walks into a straight right hand from Harris.
A jab from Harris misses.
Murdock lands an overhand right.
Harris bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Murdock's head backwards.
Murdock lands a head shot.
Harris tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murdock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Harris tests Murdock's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murdock misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
Murdock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Murdock looks to throw the jab but Harris is out of range.
Harris's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Harris cracks Murdock with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Harris slips a straight right by Murdock.
Harris throws an overhand right that lands on Murdock's shoulder, as Murdock tries to avoid the shot.
Harris tries to clinch up.
Murdock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Harris throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A quick step to the side and Murdock tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock keeps the fight on the outside.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harris darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murdock, as that shot connected.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murdock.
Harris avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A swing and a miss from Harris.
Murdock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murdock misses with a low kick.
Murdock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Harris manages to avoid it.
Harris pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Murdock went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Harris tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Murdock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murdock slips a straight right by Harris.
Murdock throws a jab when Harris was well out of range.
Harris swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Harris throws a hook to the side of Murdock's head but Murdock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
As Harris backs away, Murdock returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Harris throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Harris doesn't manage to clinch there - Murdock circles away.
Murdock misses with an uppercut. Harris saw that one coming.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris lunges at Murdock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murdock's hand.
Harris throws a right hand that Murdock ducks under and follows up with a left that Murdock also avoids with ease.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murdock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murdock throws a big shot that misses.
Harris steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Murdock.
Murdock jabs at Harris's body.
Murdock staying out of range there.
Murdock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Harris is looking to clinch but Murdock is avoiding it.
Murdock misses with a wild body shot.
Harris takes one to the side of the head.
Harris swings for the body but Murdock moves out of range.
Murdock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Harris takes a swing at Murdock's ribcage but misses.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murdock.
Harris slips under a jab from Murdock.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Harris is looking to clinch but Murdock is avoiding it.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Harris's calf.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Frank Murdock will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Murdock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Harris.
Harris takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Harris moves to clinch but Murdock breaks away
and Murdock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Harris swings for the body but Murdock moves out of range.
Murdock is looking to counter punch.
Murdock shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murdock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murdock throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Harris on the side of the head.
Harris is looking to clinch.
Murdock moves out of range as Harris strikes.
Harris wants to clinch.
Harris has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Harris checks it.
Murdock throws out a powerful jab.
Murdock lands a jab to the head.
Murdock throws a low kick, looking for Harris's leg but Harris calmly moves out of range.
Murdock misses with a hook.
Murdock scores with a jab to the jaw.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock looks to score with a jab to the body but Harris is just out of range.
Harris tries to counter with a clinch but Murdock shakes him off and moves away.
The crowd cheers as Murdock lands an impressive looking overhand right. Harris doesn't seem phased though.
Murdock tries to keep at a distance but Harris has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murdock scores with a shoulder strike.
Murdock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Harris's elbow.
Harris stalling in the clinch but Murdock improves position.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Harris tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murdock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Harris goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murdock is trying to force a seperation but Harris has the dominant position.
Murdock scores with a hook to the body.
Murdock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murdock misses with some punches.
A short right from Harris.
Murdock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Harris is trying to stall.
Robert Harris has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock is trying to break free.
Murdock tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
Murdock gets through Harris's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murdock lands an uppercut.
Harris misses with a hook to the ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Harris misses with some punches.
Murdock blocks a body shot from Harris.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murdock.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
Harris taking a breather.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
A hook to the body from Murdock.
Harris looking to slow down the pace here.
Harris is trying to stall.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Harris has him pressed against the cage.
Murdock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murdock misses with a straight left.
Harris throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Harris looks to throw the jab but Murdock is out of range.
Harris moves forwards but Murdock connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murdock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murdock throws a head kick but Harris moves out of range.
Murdock connects with an inside leg kick.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Harris gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Murdock manages to break the clinch.
Harris steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murdock.
Frank Murdock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Murdock fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Harris on the side of the head.
A head kick misses from Murdock.
A head kick misses from Murdock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock looks to land a right hand but Harris moved out of range.
Harris is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Harris cracks Murdock with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Murdock throws a chopping leg kick but Harris manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Murdock lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Harris keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Harris lands with an overhand left.
Harris moves into the clinch.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Harris tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Harris back against the cage.
Good body shot from Harris.
Harris lands a right hand that snaps the head of Murdock backwards.
Harris blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Harris tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murdock's elbow.
Harris lands with a light punch inside.
Murdock tries to break the clinch but Harris is controlling the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Harris.
Harris misses with a punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Frank Murdock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Murdock, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Phil Schofield scores the fight 30:27
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Frank Murdock!
Frank Murdock decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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