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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Koji Murosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Stampe Eklund (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Murosaki might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Now We Are Free. Eklund has chosen Troll - Trollberg as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Koji Murosaki has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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165 lbs
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167 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
World class boxer
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Good wrestler
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Koji Murosaki!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Stampe Eklund!
The judges for this bout are Aleksei Zolotukhin, Sergei Dronov and Igor Prikhodko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murosaki misses with a hook.
Murosaki lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Eklund circles away quickly and effectively.
Eklund lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Eklund takes a swing at Murosaki's ribcage but misses.
Murosaki lands with a nice body punch.
A right-left combo lands from Eklund.
Eklund has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Murosaki lands a right hook to the body.
Eklund lands a jab.
Eklund defending well as Murosaki loads up on a big left hand.
Murosaki throws a hook but Eklund blocks it.
Eklund misses with a straight left.
Eklund throws a combination that misses
and Murosaki holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund has Murosaki pushed against the cage.
Murosaki blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murosaki trying to stall but Eklund improves his position.
Eklund throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Murosaki can't find room to land a body shot as Eklund controls the action.
Murosaki taking a breather.
A hook to the body from Murosaki.
Murosaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Eklund - that landed with a thud.
Murosaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A hook to the body from Murosaki.
Murosaki lands with a left to the head.
A short right from Eklund.
Eklund wants to break the clinch but can't.
Eklund throws an elbow that misses.
Murosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nice body punch from Murosaki.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki gets through Eklund's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Eklund prevents a body shot from Murosaki.
Eklund fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murosaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
Murosaki can't find room to land a body shot as Eklund controls the action.
Murosaki lands a left hand that snaps the head of Eklund backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murosaki.
Murosaki prevents a body shot from Eklund.
Eklund is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Eklund misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Eklund creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Eklund throws a punch but it's blocked by Murosaki.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murosaki.
Murosaki displaying some good clinch control by pressing Eklund up against the cage.
Murosaki throws a head punch that misses.
A body shot lands from Murosaki.
A body shot lands from Murosaki.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murosaki lands an uppercut.
Eklund pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Eklund misses with a hook. Murosaki ducked under it nicely.
Eklund throws a low kick but Murosaki avoids it.
Eklund thows a body shot but no joy.
Murosaki scores with a punch to the head.
Murosaki misses with a wild body shot.
Murosaki slips under a jab.
Murosaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eklund fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Murosaki manages to avoid it.
Murosaki looks to throw the jab but Eklund is out of range.
Murosaki thuds a left hand into Eklund's body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Eklund throws a lazy right hand but Murosaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Eklund on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Eklund throws a poor cross that misses
and Murosaki counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murosaki instigates a clinch.
Eklund looking to slow down the pace here.
Murosaki lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Murosaki lands a hook to the side of the head.
Eklund lands a knee to the head.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A short left from Eklund.
Murosaki throws a head punch that misses.
Eklund is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Murosaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Koji Murosaki dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Eklund throws a body punch but Murosaki moves out of range.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Murosaki checks a leg kick.
Murosaki pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Eklund misses with a wild body shot.
Murosaki uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Eklund.
Koji Murosaki is winning the standup battle so far.
Eklund falls off balance throwing a combination
and Eklund takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
A big left from Murosaki misses.
Eklund misses the jab.
Murosaki takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slow jab from Eklund misses its intended target.
Murosaki bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Eklund's head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund lands with a straight right. Murosaki didn't see that one coming.
Eklund swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Murosaki throws an off balance right hand
and Eklund cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murosaki connects with the punch.
A big right from Murosaki misses.
Eklund closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Eklund avoids the body shot from Murosaki.
Stampe Eklund seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Murosaki finds it's way through Eklund's defenses.
Murosaki moves into range and clinches up with Eklund.
Eklund misses with a punch on the inside.
Eklund breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murosaki lands a body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murosaki tries to clinch up but Eklund circles away and keeps his distance.
Murosaki throws a series of punches but Eklund moves out of range.
Murosaki missing with a left hand there. Eklund was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Eklund misses with a wild body shot.
Murosaki just misses with a punch to the body.
Eklund connects with a body shot that sends Murosaki's belly button to the back.
Murosaki on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Eklund looks to land a combination but Murosaki avoids it well.
Eklund gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Murosaki.
Eklund is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murosaki.
Murosaki slips under a jab from Eklund.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Eklund's hands.
Murosaki scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Murosaki misses with an uppercut
and Eklund counters with a body kick.
Eklund walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Murosaki checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murosaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eklund.
Eklund looks to score with a jab to the body but Murosaki is just out of range.
Eklund keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Murosaki.
Murosaki misses with a wild body shot.
Murosaki falls off balance throwing a combination
and Eklund counters with a nice uppercut.
Eklund throws a jab but it's blocked by Murosaki.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki tries to clinch up.
Murosaki scores with a punch to the head.
Eklund fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Murosaki has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Eklund ducks right into an uppercut from Murosaki.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Eklund just misses with a punch to the body.
Murosaki keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Eklund.
Eklund avoids the body shot from Murosaki.
A good leg kick by Eklund.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murosaki throws a poor cross that misses
and Eklund counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murosaki tries to move into range but Eklund moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Murosaki throws a body punch but Eklund moves out of range.
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 Koji Murosaki will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Eklund attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Eklund steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Murosaki.
Eklund scores with a nice right hand.
Murosaki throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Eklund moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Eklund lands an overhand right.
Eklund slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Murosaki tries to close the distance and clinch but Eklund swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Eklund lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Murosaki has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Murosaki and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Murosaki throws a hook but Eklund blocks it.
Eklund comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Eklund needs to keep his hands up - Murosaki had a free shot at his head there.
Eklund misses with a hook
and Murosaki counters with a nice uppercut.
A slow jab from Eklund misses its intended target.
Murosaki is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
A nice leg kick lands there from Eklund.
Eklund throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Eklund scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Murosaki doesn't seem bothered though.
Murosaki scores with a jab to the head.
Murosaki misses the body punch
enabling Eklund to counter with a crisp jab.
Eklund throws a big shot that misses.
Eklund looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
A telegraphed right hand from Eklund misses the target.
Stampe Eklund has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Eklund scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Murosaki avoids the body shot from Eklund.
Eklund ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murosaki moves away.
Eklund slips a jab from Murosaki.
Eklund connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Eklund throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murosaki.
Murosaki misses with a body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Eklund throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murosaki throws a shot from downtown. Eklund moves away and avoids it.
Murosaki dodges the punch combination from Eklund.
Eklund misses with the combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eklund throws a body punch but Murosaki moves out of range.
Eklund uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Murosaki.
Eklund throws a leg kick but Murosaki checks it.
Eklund misses with an uppercut. Murosaki saw that one coming.
Murosaki misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nice shot lands for Eklund.
Murosaki defending well as Eklund loads up on a big left hand.
A slow jab from Eklund misses its intended target.
Murosaki fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eklund lands with an uppercut that bounces Murosaki off the cage and back into range.
A big right from Eklund misses.
Eklund uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Murosaki.
Eklund misses with a hook.
Murosaki tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Eklund counters with a nice uppercut.
Murosaki scores with a crisp jab that stopped Eklund in his tracks.
Murosaki misses with a looping left.
Murosaki moves out of range of the leg kick from Eklund.
Murosaki is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murosaki slips a jab and a cross from Eklund.
Murosaki connects with a single shot there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stampe Eklund comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Murosaki has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Aleksei Zolotukhin scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sergei Dronov scores the fight 29:28
Judge Igor Prikhodko scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Koji Murosaki!
Koji Murosaki thanked the fans post fight for their support.
Stampe Eklund was interviewed post fight and said 'Read my lips: I will return stronger and better!'.
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