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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jase Newson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock comes to the cage accompanied by You're Blind. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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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
21 - 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
28 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jase Newson!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Shigeki Fujiwara and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock misses with a wild body shot.
Murdock darts in and clinches Newson up against the cage.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock pushes Newson back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Newson tries to land knees in the clinch but Murdock avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Newson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Newson.
Murdock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Newson's elbow.
Murdock scores with a shot to the side of Newson's head.
Newson lands a shot to the body.
Newson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Newson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murdock's elbow.
Murdock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Newson backwards.
Newson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Newson blocks an uppercut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Murdock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murdock takes a shot to the head.
Newson is leaning against Murdock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Newson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Newson fails to land.
Newson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newson looking to throw knees to the head but Murdock is blocking nicely.
Murdock lands with a right to the head.
Newson working aggressively here.
Murdock scores with a shoulder strike.
Newson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murdock's elbow.
A short right from Murdock on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murdock tries to throw a body punch but Newson avoids it by throwing Murdock back against the cage.
Murdock lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Newson.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Newson fails to land.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short uppercut from Newson.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A short body shot lands from Murdock as the two fighters clinch.
Murdock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A short right from Newson.
Newson lands a left hand.
Murdock scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Murdock lands a hook that snaps the head of Newson backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Newson.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Newson has a couple of punches blocked by Murdock.
Newson blocking some punches.
Newson swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdock dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Newson pushes Murdock back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Murdock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock lands with a left to the head.
Newson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murdock's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Newson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Newson misses with the head strike.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock being controlled against the cage.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murdock throws a punch but it's blocked by Newson.
Newson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murdock blocking some punches.
Newson misses with the head strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newson lands a body punch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Murdock cracks Newson with a nice body shot.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Newson is trying to break the clinch but Murdock is controlling him.
Newson struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdock controls his hands.
Newson throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murdock.
Murdock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Newson is trying to break the clinch but Murdock is controlling him.
Murdock misses with a punch to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Newson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newson lands a body punch.
Newson has had enough of the clinch but Murdock keeps him there for the moment.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
Newson looking to slow down the pace here.
Newson throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Murdock dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Newson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Newson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Murdock was well out of range. Poor timing from Newson.
Murdock gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Newson.
Newson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Newson tries a low kick but Murdock avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Newson misses the target.
Newson thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Murdock finds it's way through Newson's defenses.
Newson throws a series of punches but Murdock moves out of range.
Some bone on bone action there as Newson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murdock throws a head kick that Newson semi-blocks.
Murdock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Newson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Newson catches Murdock with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Murdock darts in trying to clinch
and Newson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock tries to land a front kick but Newson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Murdock misses with a low kick as Newson jumps back.
Newson moves out of range of the leg kick from Murdock.
Some bone on bone action there as Newson checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murdock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murdock.
Murdock swings away with a body shot that misses
and Murdock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Murdock throws a series of punches but Newson avoids them all with ease.
Murdock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Newson.
Murdock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Newson.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Newson. That did some damage!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newson misses with a few strikes there.
Murdock tries a low kick but Newson avoids it.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Newson checks a leg kick.
Newson misses with a body kick.
Murdock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Newson tries to land a body kick
and Murdock counters with a good low kick that Newson was not able to check.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
An inside leg kick from Newson misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murdock.
Murdock checks the leg kick.
Murdock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Newson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Newson feints and then cracks Murdock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Murdock down.
Newson dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Newson staying out of range there.
Nice jab there from Murdock.
Murdock tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Newson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Newson scoring well with a low kick there.
Murdock tries to work over Newson's front leg with a kick but Newson checks it.
Murdock throws a leg kick
and Newson counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Newson takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Newson walks into a stiff left hand from Murdock.
Murdock tries to clinch there but Newson circles away.
Murdock looks to land a right hand but Newson moved out of range.
Murdock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Newson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Newson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murdock checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Newson lands with a straight right. Murdock didn't see that one coming.
Murdock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Newson scores with a body shot.
Murdock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Newson throws out the jab.
Murdock tries to clinch up but Newson circles away and keeps his distance.
Murdock slips a straight right by Newson.
Newson misses with a lunging right hand
and Murdock counters with a straight right hand.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Murdock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Newson is out of range.
A low kick from Murdock is predictable there
and Newson counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock walks forward, straight into a front kick from Newson.
Murdock tries to land a body kick
and Newson counters with a nice leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Matt Murdock will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Newson scores with a body shot.
Murdock lands with an overhand left.
Murdock is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Newson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Murdock.
Murdock closes the distance but Newson moves to the side
and Newson makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Murdock is looking to score with low kicks.
Matt Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Good leg kick by Newson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Newson lands with a good body shot.
Newson connects with a solid leg kick.
Newson throws a head kick but Murdock moves out of range.
Decent striking displayed by Newson there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Murdock - that will leave a mark!
Newson avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Newson throws out the jab.
Newson looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murdock throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Newson counters with a good, hard body kick but Murdock shrugs it off.
Newson jabs Murdock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
A good leg kick by Murdock.
Newson misses with a few strikes there.
Murdock tries to clinch up.
Murdock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Murdock throws a push kick but Newson slaps the foot to one side.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murdock. That's going to slow Newson down.
Newson's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Newson is looking to score with low kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock misses with a low kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Newson. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Newson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murdock throws a shot from downtown. Newson moves away and avoids it.
Murdock tries a low kick but Newson avoids it.
A bone on bone clash there as Newson blocks the leg kick.
Murdock throws out a loose jab but Newson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdock ducks under a wild hook from Newson.
Murdock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
A head kick misses from Murdock.
Newson connects with a leg kick. Murdock looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Murdock thows a leg kick but Newson checks it
and Newson counters with a leg kick.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big left from Murdock misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock moves out of range as Newson throws a body kick.
Newson darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Newson looks to land a right hand but Murdock moved out of range.
Newson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murdock explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Newson scores with a nice body kick.
Murdock blocks the body kick.
Newson cracks a nice hook into Murdock's ribs.
Murdock lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Newson throws a head kick that misses.
Murdock cracks Newson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Newson on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murdock. Murdock obviously looking to wear him down.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Newson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Murdock tries to land a front kick but Newson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
A jab from Newson finds it's way through Murdock's defenses.
Newson throws a leg kick but Murdock checks it.
Newson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Newson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Murdock to score with a decent uppercut.
Murdock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Murdock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Newson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Newson there as he acknowledges the shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Newson scores with a hook.
Newson circles away from the clinch attempt.
Murdock misses with a straight right.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but Matt Murdock did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Newson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Newson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Newson avoids a kick to the body.
Newson throws the left hand but Murdock avoids the punch easily.
Murdock throws a leg kick that misses.
Murdock checks a low kick from Newson.
Murdock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Newson's sensitive parts.
Newson throws a wild body kick that Murdock sees coming a mile off.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Newson's sensitive parts.
Murdock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Newson.
Newson lunges at Murdock with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Murdock's hand.
Newson is looking to score with low kicks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Newson moves out of range of the body kick from Murdock.
Murdock pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
A head kick misses from Murdock.
Nice body kick there by Murdock.
Newson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Murdock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murdock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Newson avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Newson jabs Murdock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Newson wants to land a leg kick but Murdock is out of range.
The fighters circling - Newson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Newson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Newson misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Newson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A clash of legs there as Murdock blocks the low kick.
Murdock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murdock lunges at Newson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Newson's hand.
Newson misses with a series of wild punches.
Newson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Murdock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Newson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murdock throws an overhand right that lands on Newson's shoulder, as Newson tries to avoid the shot.
Newson wants to slow Murdock down by chopping away at his legs.
Nice straight punches there by Murdock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murdock.
Newson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murdock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
Murdock misses with a straight right.
Newson cracks Murdock with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murdock fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Newson is out of range.
Murdock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Newson was well out of range. Poor timing from Murdock.
Newson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Newson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murdock manages to avoid it.
Newson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Newson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Newson jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Newson moves out of range as Murdock strikes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Newson shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Newson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Newson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Newson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Newson moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Newson swings for the body but Murdock moves out of range.
Murdock lands with a good body shot.
Murdock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Murdock slips under a jab.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murdock throws an overhand right that lands on Newson's shoulder, as Newson tries to avoid the shot.
Newson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Murdock looking to land some kicks to the body here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close fourth round but I would say that Matt Murdock will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Murdock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murdock moves into the clinch.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
Murdock blocks an uppercut.
Newson throws a head punch that misses.
Newson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Newson lands a shoulder strike.
Murdock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Newson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Newson manages to break the clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Newson.
Murdock throws a leg kick which misses Newson's front leg but catches the back leg as Newson tries to avoid it.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
A right handed body shot lands from Murdock.
Murdock works on Newson's body with a couple of short punches.
Newson is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
Newson misses with a body punch.
Matt Murdock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Newson throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Murdocks head.
Newson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Newson working aggressively here.
Newson holding his opponent close, against the cage.
A short right from Murdock on the inside.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murdock lands a left hand that snaps the head of Newson backwards.
Jase Newson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Murdock.
Newson tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Newson back against the cage.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Newson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock tries to work over Newson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Murdock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Murdock lands a nice uppercut.
Newson is rocked!
Murdock lands with a left to the head.
Newson is still on wobbly legs! Can Murdock finish him?
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murdock.
Newson struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdock controls his hands.
Murdock struggles to land a body shot inside as Newson controls his hands.
Newson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Murdock pushes Newson against the cage. Murdock is working some dirty boxing. Murdock pushes off with a quick right hook! Newson goes down! Newson tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Murdock moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 5, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Matt Murdock!
Matt Murdock retains his middleweight title!
Matt Murdock 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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