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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Pauke Murhaa (ranked 588 p4p, 94 weight class) and Ricky Blazer (ranked 744 p4p, 119 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Pauke Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
34 - 25 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ricky Blazer!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Murhaa ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Blazer moves away.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut
and Blazer counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like Pauke Murhaa has been cut.
Blazer ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Murhaa getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
It looks like Ricky Blazer has been cut.
Blazer scores with a jab. Murhaa acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Murhaa fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Blazer looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Murhaa scores with a nice head shot.
Murhaa throws a jab but it's blocked by Blazer.
Murhaa throws a quick inside leg kick.
Blazer smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blazer misses with a straight left.
Pauke Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blazer ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Blazer lands a leg kick that knocks Murhaa off balance momentarily.
Blazer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa throws a right and a left that both miss.
A big right from Murhaa misses.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
Blazer lands a head shot.
Murhaa swings and misses with a shot to the body
enabling Blazer to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa lands with a kick to the ribs.
Murhaa throws a predictable looking body shot
and Blazer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A telegraphed right hand from Murhaa misses the target.
Murhaa connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Blazer's hands.
Murhaa throws a lazy uppercut
letting Blazer counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murhaa tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Blazer was well out of range. Poor timing from Murhaa.
A slapping body kick lands there for Murhaa.
Blazer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Murhaa throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Murhaa throws a hook but Blazer blocks it.
Blazer throws out a counter right but Murhaa avoids it with no problem.
Blazer tries a head kick but it misses.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Blazer.
Murhaa uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Blazer.
Blazer walks forward, straight into a front kick from Murhaa.
Murhaa feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Blazer's calf.
Blazer takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Blazer misses with a body shot.
Murhaa throws out a powerful jab.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Blazer to counter with a crisp jab.
Murhaa lands a head kick. Blazer smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Blazer throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazer steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Murhaa. That one must have hurt.
Murhaa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Murhaa throws an off balance right hand
and Blazer counters with a leg kick.
Murhaa with a nice cross.
That has opened up Ricky Blazer's cut even more.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but Blazer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blazer doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Blazer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Blazer drops his hands momentarily and Murhaa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Blazer staying out of range there.
Blazer is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Murhaa had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Murhaa moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Blazer drops his hands momentarily and Murhaa takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice body kick from Blazer.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Blazer throws a poor cross that misses
and Murhaa counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Blazer ducks under a wild hook from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Blazer counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Blazer misses the target.
Blazer looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murhaa with a nice cross.
Murhaa moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa connects with an inside leg kick.
Murhaa darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
A big left from Murhaa misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pauke Murhaa dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Blazer is just out of range.
Murhaa jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Murhaa throws a low kick, looking for Blazer's leg but Blazer calmly moves out of range.
Blazer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Murhaa looks to throw a body kick
and Blazer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhaa throws a leg kick
and Blazer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Blazer.
Blazer throws out a loose jab but Murhaa uses good head movement to avoid it.
Pauke Murhaa is winning the standup battle so far.
Blazer lands a nice looking body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murhaa fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Blazer is out of range.
Murhaa cracks the inside of Blazer's front leg.
Blazer lands the left hand.
Blazer tests Murhaa's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murhaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blazer counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a good low kick that Murhaa was not able to check.
Murhaa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Blazer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa misses with an uppercut. Blazer saw that one coming.
Blazer throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa takes a swing at Blazer's ribcage but misses.
It seemed like Blazer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Blazer scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Murhaa pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blazer lands with a straight right. Murhaa didn't see that one coming.
Murhaa connects with an inside leg kick.
Murhaa turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blazer takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Blazer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murhaa.
Murhaa scores with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murhaa dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Murhaa throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Blazer counters with a thumping low kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Murhaa, as that shot connected.
Murhaa waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Blazer.
Murhaa tests Blazer's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Murhaa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blazer counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Murhaa misses with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a straight right hand.
Pauke Murhaa's cut is getting worse.
Murhaa lunges at Blazer with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Blazer's hand.
Blazer missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blazer throws a shot from downtown. Murhaa moves away and avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Blazer moves out of range as Murhaa throws a body kick.
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but Blazer moved out of range nicely.
Blazer scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Blazer displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Blazer changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Blazer.
Blazer avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murhaa throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Blazer was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Blazer blocks a jab.
Murhaa throws out a loose jab but Blazer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blazer flicks out a counter leg kick but Murhaa steps away.
Murhaa takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Blazer bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Blazer misses with a body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Blazer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Blazer cracks a nice hook into Murhaa's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice body punch from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Blazer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhaa misses with a looping left.
Murhaa moves out of range of the body kick.
Blazer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Blazer avoids the head kick by Murhaa.
Blazer unleashes a big counter combination but Murhaa bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Blazer.
Murhaa throws a body kick that misses.
Murhaa blocks a head kick by Blazer.
Blazer digs a good hook to Murhaa's body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ricky Blazer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Murhaa misses with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Murhaa looks for the body kick but Blazer saw that one coming.
Murhaa looks to land a left hand but Blazer moved out of range nicely.
A nice side step and Blazer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Murhaa throws a poor cross that misses
and Blazer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Nice body punch from Murhaa.
Blazer fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Murhaa takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Murhaa cracks Blazer with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
An inside leg kick from Murhaa misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Murhaa.
Blazer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murhaa scores with a punch to the head.
Murhaa misses with a leg kick
and Blazer counters with a stiff right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Blazer.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Blazer blocks a jab.
A nice side step and Blazer releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Murhaa throws a leg kick which misses Blazer's front leg but catches the back leg as Blazer tries to avoid it.
Blazer throws a head kick that misses.
Murhaa swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Blazer counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Murhaa looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
A big right from Murhaa misses.
Some wild striking there from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws an off balance right hand
and Blazer makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Murhaa misses the body punch
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Blazer misses with a body shot.
Nice cross by Blazer.
Blazer lands with a hook. Murhaa tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa misses with a shot to the body
and Murhaa takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murhaa swings widly with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Blazer keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murhaa.
Murhaa misses with a right hand
and Blazer counters with a nice uppercut.
Pauke Murhaa's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Blazer avoids the head kick by Murhaa.
Blazer is looking to land body kicks.
Blazer misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Blazer lands a left and a right that send Murhaa crashing to the mat, dazed. Blazer thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Murhaa is rocked!
Murhaa has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Blazer.
Oh Murhaa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Blazer cracks Murhaa with a right hand to the side of the head.
Murhaa checks a low kick from Blazer.
Murhaa seems to have got his legs back now.
Blazer pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Blazer's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa swings away with a body shot that misses
letting Blazer counter with a right hand.
Murhaa throws a right hand that misses
and Blazer counters with a head kick that drops Murhaa to the mat! Murhaa scrambles across the canvas and gets back to his feet, still wobbly!
Blazer missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Blazer moves out of range as Murhaa strikes.
Murhaa throws a left and a right that both miss
and Blazer counters with an inside leg kick.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Blazer moves out of range.
Blazer checks the leg kick nicely there.
Blazer swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Murhaa shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murhaa takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Blazer misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a right hand that misses
and Blazer counters with a lovely shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murhaa connects with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A telegraphed right hand from Murhaa misses the target.
A countering left hand to the body from Blazer misses.
Murhaa throws a sloppy body shot
and Blazer counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Murhaa goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Blazer throws a fast counter high kick but Murhaa manages to duck under it in time.
Blazer lands with an uppercut that bounces Murhaa off the cage and back into range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murhaa.
Murhaa throws a body punch but Blazer moves out of range.
Murhaa scores with a push kick.
Blazer looks to score with a jab to the body but Murhaa is just out of range.
Blazer takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa throws a lazy body kick
and Blazer counters with an outside leg kick.
Murhaa throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ricky Blazer comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Blazer 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ricky Blazer!
Ricky Blazer was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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RATING
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