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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 23706 p4p, 20534 weight class) and Alex Alexandrov (ranked 482 p4p, 499 weight class). Alex Alexandrov has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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195 cm 25 220 14 - 7 - 0 |
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188 cm 42 205 33 - 43 - 0 |
World class boxer Insanely flexible
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Dangerous knees Solid chin
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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 14 - 7 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of 33 - 43 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Alex Alexandrov! The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Daniel Blasius and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Alexandrov tries to keep at a distance but Murray has taken the fight into the clinch. Murray lands an elbow that stopped Alexandrov in his tracks for a moment. Murray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It looks like Alex Alexandrov has been cut. Alexandrov is leaning against Murray and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Alexandrov avoiding damage as Murray throws knees to the body.
Alexandrov tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murray obliges. Knees in the clinch landing for Murray.
Alexandrov looks winded! Alexandrov has a couple of punches blocked by Murray.
Murray creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Alexandrov's defenses. Alexandrov wants to stall.
Murray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Alexandrov tries to throw a body punch but Murray avoids it by throwing Alexandrov back against the cage. Alexandrov throws a punch but it's blocked by Murray. Murray lands a body punch in the clinch. Murray comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush. Alexandrov misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murray lands an elbow that stopped Alexandrov in his tracks for a moment. Alexandrov tries a body shot but Murray blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round. Alexandrov has a couple of punches blocked by Murray.
Nice elbow from Murray. Murray lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Alexandrov. Murray unloads a knee to the mid-section. Alexandrov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. Murray cracks Alexandrov with a nice body shot. Alexandrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nice body punch from Murray. Murray is leaning against Alexandrov and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Murray lands a nice elbow. Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murray.
Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Murray lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those. Alexandrov has thrown a lot of knees so far in this fight and we're lead to believe that's something he's been working on the gym prior to this fight. Murray putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexandrov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Murray displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alexandrov up against the cage. Murray lands an elbow inside that Alexandrov shrugs off. Murray lands a damaging elbow.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murray lands a nice knee to the body. Alexandrov takes an elbow to the forehead. Alexandrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
Murray connects with a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Murray.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murray.
Murray working Alexandrov over with knees to the body. Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Murray lands a good knee to the midsection. Alexandrov won't want to take too many of those. Murray is working Alexandrov over against the cage. A bit of stalling here from Murray.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action. Murray connects with a nasty looking knee right to Alexandrov's face.
Murray scores with a knee to the head.
Murray prevents a body shot from Alexandrov. Alexandrov takes a knee right on the jaw!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lee Murray dominated that round. The cut man is working on Alex Alexandrov's cut. OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. Alexandrov takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. A combination from Alexandrov does no damage. Murray half committed to a counter leg kick. Alexandrov throws a body kick despite being completely out of range and Murray counters with a really nice, stiff jab that drops Alexandrov onto his ass. He'll have to take the mandatory count from the referee but he's back on his feet and he seems OK to continue.
Alexandrov is rocked! Murray comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Alexandrov is still on wobbly legs! Can Murray finish him? Alexandrov takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Alexandrov forces Murray back against the cage and clinches. Alexandrov seems to have recovered his senses. Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body. Murray displaying some good clinch control by pressing Alexandrov up against the cage. Murray landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murray lands an elbow just above Alexandrov 's eye. Alexandrov takes a knee to the side of the body. Murray is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alexandrov can do to turn this around? Alexandrov takes an elbow to the forehead. Murray landing knees to the body.
Alexandrov is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Murray taking a breather. Murray lands an elbow inside. Murray lands a nice knee to the body. Murray lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. Murray lands a knee to the head.
Murray putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Alexandrov in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body. Murray pushes Alexandrov back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Murray lands a nice knee to the body. Murray lands a damaging elbow. Murray has his opponent in a tight Thai clinch and unloads with a massive knee that drops Alexandrov to the canvas! Can Alexandrov beat the count? 3,4,5,6 and he's up... is he? Yes, he's up! The referee is taking a long look at him and he's waved off the fight! He didn't think Alexandrov was in a fit state to continue so this fight is over! Murray is your winner!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Lee Murray! Lee Murray seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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