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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Cody Lundin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Koji Murosaki (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murosaki has chosen Now We Are Free as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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161 lbs
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165 lbs
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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World class boxer
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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
10 - 3 - 1, fighting out of New York, Cody Lundin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 7 - 0, fighting out of New York, Koji Murosaki!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Dean Styles and Alyssa Summers.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lundin throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Murosaki swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lundin throws a lazy right hand but Murosaki sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some wild striking there from Murosaki.
Lundin lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Cody Lundin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nice jab there from Murosaki.
Murosaki looks to land a left hand but Lundin moved out of range nicely.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murosaki. Lundin does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lundin misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Murosaki.
Murosaki lands with a nice body punch.
A leg kick checked by Murosaki.
Murosaki pushes Lundin up against the cage in a clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murosaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lundin taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Lundin misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lundin.
Lundin takes a shot to the head.
Murosaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Lundin misses with a knee to the head.
Murosaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murosaki throws a head punch that misses.
Lundin working aggressively here.
A body shot lands from Lundin.
Lundin lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Murosaki misses with a punch on the inside.
Murosaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Lundin gets an underhook and turns Murosaki into the cage.
Lundin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murosaki's elbow.
Lundin lands a body punch in the clinch.
Murosaki blocking some punches.
Lundin tries to land a knee to the head but Murosaki blocks with his arms.
Murosaki swings wildly with an uppercut but Lundin uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lundin is pushing Murosaki up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lundin tries to throw a body punch but Murosaki avoids it by throwing Lundin back against the cage.
Murosaki throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Murosaki goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Lundin throws a head punch that misses.
Lundin throws a punch but it's blocked by Murosaki.
Lundin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murosaki working aggressively here.
Murosaki misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murosaki working aggressively here.
Murosaki has a couple of punches blocked by Lundin.
Murosaki lands with a short shot to the head.
Murosaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lundin can't break the clinch.
Lundin prevents a body shot from Murosaki.
Lundin scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Lundin missing with knees to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lundin blocking some punches.
Murosaki misses with a body punch.
Murosaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murosaki tries a body shot but Lundin blocks it.
Murosaki takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murosaki prevents a body shot from Lundin.
Lundin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murosaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lundin swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lundin can't find room to land a body shot as Murosaki controls the action.
Lundin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Murosaki avoiding damage as Lundin throws knees to the body.
Murosaki looking to stall.
Lundin tries a body shot but Murosaki blocks it.
Lundin softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murosaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murosaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lundin's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundin is trying to force a seperation but Murosaki has the dominant position.
Lundin manages to break the clinch.
Lundin moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Lundin's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Murosaki connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Lundin scrambles back to his feet.
Lundin is looking to land body kicks.
Lundin throws a lazy uppercut
letting Murosaki counter with a right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murosaki connects with a looping right hand.
Lundin fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murosaki throws an overhand right that lands on Lundin's shoulder, as Lundin tries to avoid the shot.
Murosaki avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Murosaki works Lundin's body with a nice hook.
Murosaki lands with a nice body punch.
Murosaki avoids the head kick by Lundin.
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.
Murosaki takes the fight into the clinch.
Lundin tries to land knees in the clinch but Murosaki avoids the damage to the body.
Murosaki scores with a nice hook to the head.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Lundin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short left from Murosaki.
Murosaki tries to throw a body punch but Lundin avoids it by throwing Murosaki back against the cage.
A short right from Murosaki on the inside.
We've been informed that Murosaki has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Murosaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murosaki has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Murosaki makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Lundin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murosaki has a couple of punches blocked by Lundin.
Lundin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murosaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lundin lands a right hand.
Lundin scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Lundin scores with a nice hook to the head.
Koji Murosaki seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Lundin misses with a short punch on the inside.
Lundin lands a shoulder strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murosaki misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Lundin.
Lundin blocking some punches.
Lundin blocks an uppercut.
Lundin blocks an uppercut.
Lundin lands with a right to the head.
Still in the clinch, Lundin scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lundin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murosaki.
Murosaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Lundin.
Murosaki throws a head punch that misses.
Murosaki scores with a shoulder strike.
Lundin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murosaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lundin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Lundin lands a left hand that snaps the head of Murosaki backwards.
Murosaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murosaki scores with a hook to the body.
Lundin tries to throw a body punch but Murosaki avoids it by throwing Lundin back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Lundin - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki has a couple of punches blocked by Lundin.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Lundin misses with a knee to the head.
Murosaki lands a hook that snaps the head of Lundin backwards.
Lundin blocks a body shot from Murosaki.
Lundin digs a right hand underneath Murosaki's ribcage. Murosaki let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Murosaki throws a head punch that misses.
Lundin scores with a shot to the side of Murosaki's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Murosaki.
Murosaki misses with a punch to the body.
Lundin swings wildly with an uppercut but Murosaki uses good head movement to avoid it.
A right hook to the body lands for Lundin.
Murosaki fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Murosaki.
Murosaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lundin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murosaki has a couple of punches blocked by Lundin.
Murosaki tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Murosaki blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Murosaki lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki misses with a punch to the body.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lundin working aggressively here.
Lundin lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murosaki backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murosaki.
Lundin can't find room to land a body shot as Murosaki controls the action.
Lundin lands a nice uppercut.
Lundin works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Lundin misses with a body punch.
Lundin working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Murosaki stalling the fight.
Lundin misses with a body punch.
Murosaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Lundin controls his hands.
Lundin scores with a shot to the side of Murosaki's head.
Murosaki wants to stall.
Murosaki misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Murosaki.
Lundin lands a nice uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lundin lands a hook that snaps the head of Murosaki backwards.
Murosaki tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Lundin's elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murosaki misses with a punch to the body.
Lundin lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Lundin.
Murosaki throws a punch but it's blocked by Lundin.
Lundin working aggressively here.
Lundin lands a good knee to the midsection. Murosaki won't want to take too many of those.
Lundin lands with a short shot to the head.
Lundin lands with a short shot to the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Murosaki.
Murosaki doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lundin misses with a punch on the inside.
Lundin misses with some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lundin blocks an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Lundin.
Lundin lands a shoulder strike.
Murosaki misses with some punches.
Murosaki tries a body shot but Lundin blocks it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cody Lundin dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Lundin scores with a sloppy right hand. Murosaki should have avoided that one.
Lundin's corner calls for a 1-2. Lundin obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Lundin throws a chopping leg kick but Murosaki manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Lundin is looking to land body kicks.
Murosaki fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murosaki scores with a punch to the head.
Murosaki fails to land with a series of punches.
Murosaki throws a sloppy body shot
and Lundin moves into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lundin lands a nice uppercut.
Murosaki lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Lundin.
Lundin lands a left hand.
Lundin has a couple of punches blocked by Murosaki.
Murosaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Murosaki stalling in the clinch but Lundin improves position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murosaki misses with a hook from the clinch.
Lundin is leaning against Murosaki and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Lundin lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murosaki is trying to maintain a safe position but Lundin gets an underhook and turns Murosaki into the cage.
Lundin fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A short left from Lundin.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Murosaki.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lundin creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Lundin blocks an uppercut.
Lundin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murosaki struggles to land a body shot inside as Lundin controls his hands.
Lundin scores with a shot to the side of Murosaki's head.
Lundin works on Murosaki's body with a couple of short punches.
Murosaki lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murosaki swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Lundin scores a nice knee to the body.
Murosaki stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Murosaki working some nice short punches in the clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murosaki blocking some punches.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murosaki.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A short right from Lundin.
Murosaki is rocked!
Lundin gets through Murosaki's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Murosaki is still on wobbly legs! Can Lundin finish him?
Lundin pushes Murosaki against the cage. Lundin is working some dirty boxing. Lundin pushes off with a quick right hook! Murosaki goes down! Murosaki tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Lundin moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:22 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cody Lundin!
A pretty intense looking Cody Lundin took the opportunity post-fight to ask for a shot at the title.
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