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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Billy Paxton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is You're Blind. The crowd seem to be enjoying Paxton's choice of entrance music: Advance Australia Fair. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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193 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
16 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Murdock!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Billy Paxton!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Josh West and Micheangelo Fripello.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paxton throws a hook to the side of Murdock's head but Murdock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murdock lands with a good body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Paxton misses the target.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murdock.
Murdock with a hook.
Murdock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Paxton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Paxton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murdock - the referee stops the clock and Paxton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murdock. Paxton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murdock bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Murdock attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Paxton on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Paxton's sensitive parts.
Murdock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Paxton manages to avoid it.
Murdock rushes Paxton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Paxton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock lands with a right to the head.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Murdock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Paxton fails to land.
A head punch on the inside from Paxton fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Murdock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murdock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murdock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Paxton working aggressively here.
Murdock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Paxton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murdock.
Paxton throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
A short left from Paxton.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike.
Murdock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Paxton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paxton misses with the head strike.
Murdock swings wildly with an uppercut but Paxton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Paxton blocking some punches.
Murdock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murdock pushes Paxton back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Paxton or not.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Paxton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paxton.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Paxton.
Murdock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Paxton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Paxton has a couple of punches blocked by Murdock.
Murdock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Paxton backwards.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Paxton blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Paxton tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock tries to throw a body punch but Paxton avoids it by throwing Murdock back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Murdock.
Murdock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Paxton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paxton takes a shot to the head.
Paxton working aggressively here.
Paxton throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock lands with a light punch inside.
Murdock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murdock can't find room to land a body shot as Paxton controls the action.
Murdock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Paxton backwards.
Paxton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Paxton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Paxton fails to land.
Paxton has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murdock.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
Paxton lands a nice uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murdock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murdock is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murdock lands with a right to the head.
A short right from Murdock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Murdock.
Murdock blocking some punches.
Paxton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Paxton misses with the head strike.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Paxton managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike.
Murdock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Paxton misses with some punches.
Paxton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murdock misses with a body punch.
Murdock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paxtons head.
Paxton misses with the head strike.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paxton throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
Murdock lands with a light punch inside.
Paxton swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Murdock dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Paxton misses with a hook. Murdock ducked under it nicely.
A jab from Murdock does it's job there.
Paxton scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
It looks like Matt Murdock has been cut.
Paxton throws a right and a left that Murdock avoids nicely.
Paxton has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Murdock.
Paxton throws a hook but Murdock avoids it easily.
Murdock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Paxton looks to throw the jab but Murdock is out of range.
Matt Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Murdock scores with a kick to the body.
Murdock lands with a kick to the ribs.
Paxton throws a hook but Murdock blocks it.
Paxton misses with an uppercut.
Paxton throws a right hand that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Murdock slips a jab from Paxton.
Murdock misses with a jab, cross combination.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Paxton crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Murdock - the referee stops the clock and Paxton gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Murdock. Paxton manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Paxton is breathing heavily.
Murdock lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Paxton is looking to close the distance but Murdock sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Paxton crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Paxton is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Matt Murdock!
Matt Murdock retains his middleweight title!
Matt Murdock decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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hype
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