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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Antonio Hong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock has chosen You're Blind as his entrance music. Matt Murdock acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
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196 lbs
23 - 7 - 0 |
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189 lbs
25 - 5 - 0 |
Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
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
23 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Antonio Hong!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hong throws a predictable looking body shot
and Murdock counters with a leg kick.
Hong throws a leg kick but Murdock checks it.
Murdock connects with a solid leg kick.
A head kick misses from Hong.
A solid body kick from Murdock.
Hong looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murdock doesn't manage to clinch there - Hong circles away.
Murdock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Hong throws a jab when Murdock was well out of range.
Hong connects with the punch.
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 lands with a thumping leg kick.
Murdock scores with a kick to the midsection.
Hong takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Hong is breathing heavily.
Hong on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murdock. Murdock obviously looking to wear him down.
Murdock rushes Hong and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock can't get the takedown.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hong blocking some punches.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hong.
Murdock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murdock blocks an uppercut.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murdock misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short right from Murdock on the inside.
Hong lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murdock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Hongs head.
Murdock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Hong.
Hong blocks an uppercut.
Hong misses with a body punch.
Hong throws a punch but it's blocked by Murdock.
Murdock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Hong blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murdock is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Murdock misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Still in the clinch, Murdock scores with a nice short uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Hong.
Hong tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murdock lands with a left to the head.
Hong misses with a punch to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murdock.
Murdock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murdock can't find room to land a body shot as Hong controls the action.
Hong lands a shoulder strike.
Murdock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murdock misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murdock.
Murdock blocking some punches.
A short right from Murdock.
Murdock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Hong backwards.
Murdock lands a right hand.
Murdock misses with a punch on the inside.
Hong softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murdock takes a shot to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Hong on the inside.
Murdock scores with a shot to the side of Hong's head.
Murdock has a couple of punches blocked by Hong.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Hong.
Murdock lands with a light punch inside.
A nice right hand lands inside from Murdock.
Murdock pushes Hong back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hong misses with a punch to the body.
Murdock is working Hong over against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murdock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murdock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Hong misses with the head strike.
Murdock gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Murdock throws a big elbow that misses, also allowing Hong to regain full guard.
Murdock stopping the sweep attempt from Hong.
Murdock throws a big elbow that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Hong not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Murdock accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Murdock in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murdock postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Murdock in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Hong avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murdock throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Hong wants to sweep but no luck.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Murdock dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Murdock misses the jab.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Hong's calf.
Murdock throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Hong takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Murdock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murdock moves out of range as Hong throws a body kick.
Hong checks a leg kick.
Hong closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Hong is rocked!
A decent looking body kick lands there for Murdock.
Oh Hong is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murdock weaves into range and cracks Hong right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Hong goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Murdock is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Matt Murdock!
After winning the bout, Matt Murdock thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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