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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Randal Pritchard (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock comes to the cage accompanied by You're Blind. Pritchard is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by English Blood, Irish Heart - By Morrissey. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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189 lbs
24 - 4 - 0 |
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185 lbs
23 - 11 - 1 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
Good gas tank |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
24 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Murdock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
23 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Hilo, Randal Pritchard!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, Winston Howard and Summer Carpenter.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pritchard misses with a body punch
and Murdock counters with a nice uppercut.
Pritchard swinging wildly here.
Nice shot lands for Pritchard.
Pritchard stuns Murdock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Pritchard throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Murdock moves into the clinch.
Murdock can't find room to land a body shot as Pritchard controls the action.
Murdock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murdock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pritchard controls his hands.
A short right from Pritchard on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice right hand lands inside from Murdock.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Pritchard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murdock scores with a hook to the body.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murdock.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Murdock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pritchard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pritchard trying to land knees to the body.
Pritchard lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Pritchard creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Murdock lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murdock dodges an elbow strike from Pritchard.
Pritchard looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Pritchard misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Murdock.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Murdock.
Murdock scores with a shot to the side of Pritchard's head.
Murdock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Pritchard is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murdock is defending well for now.
Still in the clinch, Pritchard scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Pritchard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock avoids a wild elbow strike from Pritchard.
Murdock misses with a body punch.
Murdock blocks an elbow strike from Pritchard.
Pritchard doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pritchard swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Pritchard blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murdock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pritchard lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Pritchard pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Pritchard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pritchard blocks a body shot from Murdock.
Pritchard fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Pritchard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
A leg kick checked by Murdock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like Matt Murdock has been cut.
Pritchard has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Murdock finds it's way round the side to connect with Pritchard's head.
Pritchard throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murdock tries to clinch up but Pritchard circles away and keeps his distance.
Pritchard avoids the head kick by Murdock.
Pritchard takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murdock takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
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 throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Pritchard counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Pritchard. That did some damage!
A nice leg kick lands there from Murdock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pritchard misses with a wild body shot.
Murdock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murdock is looking to land body kicks.
Good exchange - Pritchard coming out on top.
Pritchard tries to land a body kick
letting Murdock counter with a right hand.
Pritchard misses with a hook
and Murdock counters with a slapping leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Pritchard checks a leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock swings away with a body shot that misses
and Pritchard counters with a nice body shot.
Pritchard tries to land a leg kick but Murdock saw it coming and moves away.
Pritchard on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murdock. Murdock obviously looking to wear him down.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Matt Murdock will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matt Murdock's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Murdock misses with a low kick.
Pritchard looks for the body kick but Murdock saw that one coming.
Pritchard moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Pritchard scores with a jab to the jaw.
Pritchard misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murdock.
Pritchard throws a sloppy head kick
and Murdock counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Pritchard thinking.
Murdock throws a right hand that Pritchard ducks under and follows up with a left that Pritchard also avoids with ease.
Pritchard on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Pritchard slips under a jab from Murdock.
Good standup being displayed there by Murdock as he connects with a hook.
Matt Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Pritchard gets tackled into the cage by Murdock. Murdock maintains the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pritchard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murdock gets through Pritchard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murdock has a couple of punches blocked by Pritchard.
Pritchard blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Pritchard working aggressively here.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdock struggles to land a body shot inside as Pritchard controls his hands.
Murdock working aggressively here.
Murdock has a couple of punches blocked by Pritchard.
Pritchard scores with a hook to the body.
Murdock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Pritchard blocks a body shot from Murdock.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Pritchard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Pritchard just misses with a elbow thrown towards Murdock's brow.
Murdock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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 pushes Pritchard back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Pritchard.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Pritchard misses with a hook from the clinch.
Pritchard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Pritchard tries to land knees in the clinch but Murdock avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murdock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Pritchard tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Pritchard back against the cage.
Murdock lands a shoulder strike.
Murdock tries to throw a body punch but Pritchard avoids it by throwing Murdock back against the cage.
Pritchard throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Pritchard blocks an uppercut.
Murdock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Pritchard working aggressively here.
Pritchard throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Matt Murdock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock blocks an elbow strike.
Murdock throws a head punch that misses.
Pritchard's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pritchard takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Murdock cracks Pritchard with a hook to the temple - Pritchard is on wobbly legs here! Murdock swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Pritchard falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Murdock wins by TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Matt Murdock!
A very excited looking Matt Murdock 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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energy
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hype
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pop
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FIGHT
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