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Coming up we have a welterweight kickboxing rules bout between Toke Axelsen (ranked 23111 p4p, 2884 weight class) and Gunnar Murphy (ranked 523 p4p, 348 weight class). Axelsen comes to the ring accompanied by Slipknot - The Virus of Life. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Excellent boxer
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 2, fighting out of Hilo, Toke Axelsen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gunnar Murphy!
The judges for this bout are Tarja Halkonen, Arvi Lind and Ben Zyskovitsi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murphy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Axelsen has closed the distance and engaged Murphy in a clinch.
Murphy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murphy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short right from Murphy on the inside.
Axelsen managing to block the knees to the body from Murphy.
Nice elbow from Murphy.
Murphy tries to work over Axelsen's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Axelsen controls the action.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Murphy throws an elbow but misses.
Murphy swings wildly with an uppercut but Axelsen uses good head movement to avoid it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy just leaning against Axelsen, taking a breather.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy lands a left hand.
Murphy working Axelsen over with knees to the body.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
A body shot lands from Murphy.
Axelsen is breathing heavily.
Axelsen is trying to break free.
Murphy lands a damaging elbow.
Axelsen blocks an elbow strike.
Murphy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Murphy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Axelsens head.
Murphy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Axelsen.
Murphy landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murphy lands with a left to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murphy.
Axelsen misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murphy obliges.
Murphy digs a right hand underneath Axelsen's ribcage. Axelsen let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murphy pushes Axelsen back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Axelsen.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy scores with a shot to the side of Axelsen's head.
Murphy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy working Axelsen over with knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Murphy dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Axelsen takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murphy. Axelsen does a little dance to reset his feet.
Axelsen is looking for a counter combo.
A slow jab from Axelsen misses its intended target.
A shot to the liver by Murphy. Beautiful body shot.
Axelsen takes one on the button.
A big left from Murphy misses.
Axelsen was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Axelsen throws a leg kick but Murphy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Murphy flicks out a counter leg kick but Axelsen steps away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Murphy throws a leg kick but Axelsen moved away.
Axelsen misses with a wild combination.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murphy lands a nice hook to Axelsen's body. Axelsen takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A nice leg kick lands there from Murphy.
Murphy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Murphy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murphy scores with a hook to the body.
Murphy has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Axelsen seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Murphy can turn it around.
Murphy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Axelsen tries to break free but Murphy pushes him back against the ropes.
Murphy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Axelsen prevents a body shot from Murphy.
Murphy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murphy cracks Axelsen with a nice body shot.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Good body shot from Murphy.
Murphy lands with a left to the head.
A short uppercut from Murphy.
Murphy lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Murphy.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Axelsen blocks with his arms.
Axelsen takes an elbow to the forehead.
It looks like Toke Axelsen has been cut.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Axelsen backwards.
Murphy lands an uppercut.
Murphy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Axelsen backwards.
Murphy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murphy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Axelsen backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Gunnar Murphy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Toke Axelsen's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
Axelsen drops his guard momentarily, allowing Murphy to crack him with a picture perfect lead left hook! Boom! Down goes Axelsen! Oh, he's in big trouble - I don't like his chances here as the referee's count reaches 5. 6,7,8,9...10! He's out! Murphy takes it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Gunnar Murphy!
A very excited looking Gunnar Murphy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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