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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Phol Murhaa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and JT Redman (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Redman is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Breathe. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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178 lbs
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201 lbs
25 - 11 - 1 |
World class boxer
Granite chin
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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
11 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Helsinki, Phol Murhaa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of London, JT Redman!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Murhaa ducks under a wild hook from Redman.
Redman misses the jab.
Murhaa takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Redman moves out of range.
Redman misses with a low kick as Murhaa jumps back.
Murhaa misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Redman counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Redman throws an off balance right hand
and Murhaa counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Murhaa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Redman. Redman obviously looking to wear him down.
Murhaa looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Murhaa lands a nice looking body shot.
Redman throws the left hand but Murhaa avoids the punch easily.
Murhaa throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murhaa missing with a left hand there. Redman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Murhaa scores with a nice head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head kick misses from Redman.
Murhaa fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
As Redman tries to get set, Murhaa tries to push him back and clinch up but Redman manages to avoid the attempt.
Redman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Murhaa throws a right and a left that both miss.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa jabs Redman to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Murhaa throws a nice inside leg kick.
Redman lands with an overhand left.
A head kick misses from Redman.
Redman throws a body shot but no joy.
Murhaa is looking to counter the offense by Redman and move into the clinch.
Murhaa on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Redman throws a hook but Murhaa avoids it easily.
Redman 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.
Redman throws a low kick but Murhaa moves out of range easily.
Murhaa slips under a jab from Redman.
Murhaa throws a hook but Redman avoids it easily.
Murhaa scores with the left hand. Redman knows he should have avoided that one.
Murhaa avoids the body shot from Redman.
Murhaa just misses with a punch to the body.
Murhaa misses with a straight right.
Redman looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Redman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
It looks like JT Redman has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice straight punches there by Murhaa. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murhaa.
Murhaa blocks a head kick by Redman.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Redman misses with an uppercut. Murhaa saw that one coming.
Redman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Phol Murhaa seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Murhaa scores with a punch to the head.
Redman motions for Murhaa to come forward. Redman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Redman circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nice jab there from Murhaa.
Murhaa swings for the body but Redman moves out of range.
Redman thinks about the counter body kick.
Redman moves out of range of the body kick from Murhaa.
Murhaa connects with a crisp jab.
Murhaa avoids the head kick by Redman.
Murhaa scores with a sloppy right hand. Redman should have avoided that one.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Redman throws a head kick that misses
and Murhaa cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Murhaa is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Murhaa tries to clinch there but Redman circles away.
A jab from Murhaa misses.
Redman throws out a counter right but Murhaa avoids it with no problem.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Murhaa dominated that round.
The cut man is working on JT Redman's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
A shot to the liver by Murhaa. Beautiful body shot.
Phol Murhaa is winning the standup battle so far.
Murhaa slips under a jab from Redman.
Redman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Murhaa connects with a leg kick. Redman looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Redman looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa lands a right hook to the body.
Redman missing with a left hand there. Murhaa was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Redman throws a head kick but Murhaa moves out of range.
Redman misses with a hook.
Murhaa appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Redman on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Redman on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Murhaa throws a leg kick which misses Redman's front leg but catches the back leg as Redman tries to avoid it.
Murhaa fails with an attempt to clinch.
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!
Murhaa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A jab from Murhaa does it's job there.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Murhaa here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Murhaa throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Redman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Redman misses with a body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murhaa thumps Redman with a low kick.
Redman looks to land a left hand but Murhaa moved out of range nicely.
Murhaa clinches.
Redman working aggressively here.
Murhaa dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the ropes.
Murhaa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Redman can do to turn this around?
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Murhaa.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murhaa.
Redman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Murhaa wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Redman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murhaa. Murhaa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Murhaa tries to clinch but Redman is having none of it.
Redman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Redman takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Jab from Murhaa.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Redman.
Redman takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Redman looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Murhaa swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Murhaa looks to score with a jab to the body but Redman is just out of range.
Nice body kick from Murhaa.
Murhaa lands with a shot to the body.
Murhaa slips under a jab.
Murhaa moves out of range of the strikes.
Murhaa lands a jab to Redman's midsection.
Murhaa fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Redman has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
A head kick by Redman misses
and Murhaa makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Redman checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Redman thows a leg kick but Murhaa checks it
and Murhaa counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phol Murhaa dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on JT Redman's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Redman throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Murhaa connects with a nice looking jab.
Redman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
A slow jab from Murhaa misses its intended target.
Murhaa closes the distance and clinches.
Redman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Murhaa effectively controlling the action here.
Murhaa breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Redman throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Redman chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murhaa can pounce on him.
Murhaa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Redman if he has to take too many more of those.
Murhaa slips under a jab from Redman.
Redman gets tackled into the ropes by Murhaa. Murhaa maintains the clinch.
Murhaa has a couple of punches blocked by Redman.
Murhaa throws a head punch that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Redman blocks an uppercut.
Murhaa lands a nice shot to the body.
Redman managing to block the knees to the body from Murhaa.
Murhaa holding his opponent close, against the ropes.
Redman misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murhaa blocks a body shot from Redman.
Redman manages to break the clinch.
Redman connects with a good right hand that stumbles Murhaa. Murhaa circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Redman loads up on a big right hand but Murhaa slips the punch.
Murhaa scores with a jab to the body.
Redman closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Redman takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Murhaa displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Redman cracks Murhaa with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Murhaa throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Redman moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
JT Redman has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Murhaa throws a right and a left that Redman avoids nicely.
Jab by Murhaa.
Murhaa is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Redman throws a looping overhand right but Murhaa ducks down to avoid it.
Murhaa scores with a nice head shot.
Redman throws a nice outside leg kick.
Redman takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Murhaa.
Redman takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Murhaa tests Redman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Redman lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Redman misses with a lunging right hand
and Murhaa counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Phol Murhaa showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murhaa has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phol Murhaa!
Phol Murhaa took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title.
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