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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thiago Cane (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brian Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Cane's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Ghost. Thiago Cane has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thiago Cane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brian Murdock!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, David Schapiro and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murdock looks to land a combination but Cane avoids it well.
Murdock misses with a two punch combination.
Murdock closes the distance and clinches.
Cane stalling against the cage.
Murdock misses with a knee to the head.
Cane landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Murdock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cane blocks it with crossed arms.
Murdock fails to pull guard.
Murdock scores with a knee to the head.
Cane slows down the pace here.
Cane with a knee to the head.
Cane landing knees to the head.
It looks like Brian Murdock has been cut.
Murdock looks gassed!
Cane lands a shot to the body.
Cane crunches a lovely knee into Murdock's ribcage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cane scores with a knee to the head.
Cane is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Murdock can't fight it off and eventually Cane manages to take the fight to the floor. Murdock looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Cane gets to his feet - Murdock follows without any prompting.
Cane fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murdock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cane moves in looking to clinch but Murdock pushes him off.
Cane moves into the clinch.
Murdock wants to get back to striking at distance but Cane won't allow it.
Cane lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Murdock.
Murdock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Cane goes for a takedown attempt but Murdock pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Cane has managed to clinch.
Cane prevents a takedown attempt there.
Cane connects with a nasty looking knee right to Murdock's face.
Cane leaning against his opponent.
Murdock wants to break free but Cane has control.
Murdock gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Cane.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Cane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cane unloads a knee to the mid-section. Murdock lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murdock is trying to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock looking to throw knees to the head but Cane is blocking nicely.
Cane connects with a knee to the head.
Cane is pushing Murdock up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Cane with a knee to the head.
Cane lands a knee to the head.
Cane scores a nice knee to the body.
Cane prevents Murdock from breaking the clinch.
Cane landing knees to the body.
Cane scores with a shot to the side of Murdock's head.
Cane tries to land knees in the clinch but Murdock avoids the damage to the body.
Cane can't get the takedown.
Cane blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Cane tries to score a body lock takedown but Murdock shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Murdock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cane has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Murdock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Murdock tries to pull guard but Cane won't allow it.
Cane turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock bucks up and manages to escape back to his feet!
Cane rushes Murdock and presses him up against the cage.
Cane misses with a knee to the head.
Cane is working for takedown but Murdock is calmly controlling the position for now.
Cane on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murdock is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Cane throws an elbow but it misses.
Cane is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Murdock as Cane tries to tie him up.
Murdock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murdock shoots in but no luck this time.
Murdock tries to close the distance and clinch but Cane swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cane wants to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock swinging wilding here.
Cane tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Murdock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Cane fails to land the takedown.
Murdock has managed to clinch.
Cane prevents the takedown attempt.
Murdock is pressed up against the cage. Cane has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Murdock down to the mat. Murdock avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Murdock takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Murdock closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cane is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Murdock tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Thiago Cane dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brian Murdock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Cane uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murdock.
Cane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murdock moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Thiago Cane has been cut.
Cane throws a left and a right that both miss
and Murdock counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Murdock throws a left and a right that both miss
and Cane holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Cane prevents Murdock from breaking the clinch.
Murdock breaks from the clinch.
Murdock tries to bum rush Cane with a series of wild strikes but Cane uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cane is looking to clinch but Murdock is avoiding it.
Cane tries to clinch
and Murdock counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cane is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Murdock's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Murdock's back!
Cane is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Cane gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Cane gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Cane apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Murdock throws a head kick but Cane moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock wants to clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cane fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Cane tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Murdock counters with an inside leg kick.
Cane wants to clinch but Murdock slips to the side
and Murdock counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Cane moves in looking to clinch but Murdock pushes him off.
Cane fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Cane fails with an attempt to clinch.
Murdock looks for a takedown but Cane sprawls well.
Cane looks for a takedown but Murdock sprawls well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Murdock gets a clinch.
Cane is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Cane with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murdock's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Cane has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Cane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice shot by Murdock.
Murdock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Cane tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Murdock counters with a three punch combo that has Cane backing up. Cane nods at Murdock to acknowledge the strikes.
Cane is looking to clinch.
Murdock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murdock shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cane but Cane pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cane wants to clinch up but Murdock keeps it at a distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock closes the distance and clinches up with Cane, looking for a takedown. Murdock pushes Cane against the cage but Cane circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Cane throws a nice looking combination but Murdock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cane fails in his attempt to clinch.
Cane fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Thiago Cane is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murdock falls off balance throwing a combination
and Cane counters by clinching up.
Cane tries for a takedown. No joy.
Thiago Cane has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Cane avoids a wild elbow strike from Murdock.
Cane drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Murdock gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Cane tries to break the clinch but Murdock is controlling the position.
Murdock is trying to trip Cane. He has hold of a leg but Cane is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Murdock persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock with a flurry of punches that miss.
Cane utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cane wants to stand but Murdock is controlling the position.
Cane will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Murdock passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Cane tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Cane wants to get back to his feet.
Cane tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Murdock wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brian Murdock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Cane ducks under a wild hook from Murdock.
Murdock changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Cane tries to avoid it but Murdock manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Cane to the ground. Cane escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Cane is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murdock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cane.
Murdock shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Cane as he avoids it easily.
Cane looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Murdock!
Murdock in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Poor strikes thrown by Cane there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Cane with shots to the head and body - Murdock looks very uncomfortable down there.
Cane is landing with some decent strikes but Murdock is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cane scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Murdock?
Cane lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Cane working Murdock over with strikes here.
Murdock can't escape the position.
Cane unloading with bombs!
Cane with the ground and pound from mount.
Murdock slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Murdock trying to control here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Murdock manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Cane being controlled here momentarily.
Cane decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Murdock, up you get!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cane closes the distance looking to clinch
and Murdock counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Murdock.
Murdock stops Cane from standing up.
Murdock is standing up over Cane. Cane looks to escape but Murdock dives into side control.
Murdock decides to stand up, so the ref orders Cane to his feet.
Nice sprawl there from Murdock as Cane shoots in.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
Cane dodges the punch combination from Murdock.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cane moves in looking to clinch but Murdock pushes him off.
Murdock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Cane clinches but Murdock breaks the clinch
and Murdock counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Cane is looking to stand up but Murdock isn't so interested in that idea.
Murdock in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Murdock throwing strikes from guard but Cane blocks nicely.
Cane looking for a sweep. Not yet Cane, not yet.
Cane is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Murdock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cane tries to close the distance and clinch up but Murdock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Murdock swinging wilding here.
Cane scores with a three punch combo!
Cane shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Thiago Cane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice sprawl there from Cane as Murdock shoots in.
Murdock looks for a takedown but Cane sprawls well.
Murdock keeps the fight on the outside.
A low kick from Murdock is predictable there
and Cane counters with a nice double leg into side control. Murdock won't be happy with that.
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!
Cane stands up and we're back to a striking position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cane fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Brian Murdock.
I think Murdock has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Reed Andrews scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Brian Murdock!
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