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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Lee Murray (ranked 23839 p4p, 3042 weight class) and Darius Thibodeaux (ranked 549 p4p, 361 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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World class boxer
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 17 - 8 - 0, fighting out of London, Lee Murray!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Darius Thibodeaux!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Ben Zyskovitsi and Arvi Lind.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Thibodeaux with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Thibodeaux connects with a single shot there.
Murray uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Thibodeaux.
Murray looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
A combination from Thibodeaux does no damage.
Thibodeaux throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murray counters with a thumping low kick.
Murray on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Thibodeaux throws a sloppy head kick and Murray moves out of range easily.
Thibodeaux pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Thibodeaux throws a solid leg kick but Murray takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Thibodeaux.
Murray feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Murray walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Murray tries to close the distance and clinch but Thibodeaux swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Thibodeaux tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murray was well out of range. Poor timing from Thibodeaux.
An attempted straight right counter from Murray misses the target.
Murray doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Murray connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murray keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux lands a nice looking body shot.
Thibodeaux misses with a left hand
and Murray makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Thibodeaux really felt that one!
Murray getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Thibodeaux misses with a body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Thibodeaux. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Thibodeaux.
Thibodeaux misses with a body shot.
Thibodeaux lands with a nice body punch.
Thibodeaux throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Thibodeaux is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Darius Thibodeaux seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Thibodeaux looks to land a right hand but Murray moved out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Thibodeaux. That snapped Murray's head back.
Thibodeaux lands with a good body shot.
Thibodeaux is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Murray rather than just go for the knockout.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Thibodeaux lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Murray is rocked!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murray is wiping some vaseline out of his eye. Thibodeaux doesn't give a rats ass about fair play and cracks him with a massive hook to the side of the head! Murray crumples to the floor out cold! The cornerman is going to be in Murray's bad books for that mishap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Darius Thibodeaux!
Darius Thibodeaux 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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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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