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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 24341 p4p, 22523 weight class) and Tang Cao (ranked 572 p4p, 568 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Cao 's choice of entrance music: Song of the Waking City - Jucifer. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class MT
Insanely flexible
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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 9 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tang Cao !
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Bruno Hogan and Francis DeMontford.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murray blocks a low kick nicely.
Murray is looking to counter with a body kick.
Murray listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Cao moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Cao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murray throwing a counter right hand but Cao manages to avoid it.
Cao gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Cao throws a leg kick that misses.
Cao connects with a right hand. Murray shakes it off.
Cao throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Murray counters with a stiff right hand.
Cao takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Murray fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Cao , pushing him back against the ropes.
Cao blocks an elbow strike.
Murray is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.
Murray using the Thai clinch to land knees 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 tries to stall but Cao uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Cao tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murray lands a body punch.
Murray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Cao 's defenses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Murray.
Cao looks winded!
Murray lands a nice knee to the body.
Murray crunches a lovely knee into Cao 's ribcage.
Murray lands a shot to the body.
A battle for position here, against the ropes.
Cao 's coach down at The Quarry was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Cao 's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Murray lands a nice elbow.
A bit of stalling here from Murray.
Murray landing knees to the body.
Cao takes an elbow to the temple.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cao .
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
It looks like Tang Cao has been cut.
Murray lands a knee to the head.
Murray connects with a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice body punch from Murray.
Murray is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Murray landing knees to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray landing knees to the head.
Cao takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murray lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Cao is rocked!
Murray has control of Cao and unloads with a rapid fire barage of elbows, sending Cao crashing to the mat! Cao looks in big trouble - I don't think he's going to beat the count! He hasn't! The referee has reached 10 and this fight is all over! Murray looks delighted, as well he should.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Elbows). Lee Murray!
A victorious Lee Murray thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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hype
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pop
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