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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Hold Steady (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matthew Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock has chosen Man Without Fear as his entrance music. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent elbows
Granite chin |
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BJJ Brown Belt
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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
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Hold Steady!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Murdock!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Cecil Peabody and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Steady misses with a series of wild punches.
Murdock gets a clinch.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Steady is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Murdock is defending well for now.
Murdock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steady takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Murdock blocks a head kick by Steady.
Steady misses with an uppercut. Murdock saw that one coming.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steady. That did some damage!
Murdock moves to clinch but Steady breaks away
and Murdock takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Steady throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Murdock.
Matthew Murdock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Steady pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Murdock moves into the clinch successfully.
Murdock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
It looks like Hold Steady has been cut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murdock.
Steady wants to get back to striking at distance but Murdock won't allow it.
Murdock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Steady is breathing heavily.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock scores a nice knee to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murdock.
Murdock lands an elbow just above Steady 's eye.
Murdock lands an elbow just above Steady 's eye.
Knees to the body from Murdock.
Murdock utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Murdock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Murdock landing knees to the body.
Steady is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Steady sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Steady takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murdock.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murdock.
Steady chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murdock can pounce on him.
A head kick from Murdock lands but Steady takes it in his stride.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murdock. That's going to slow Steady down.
Murdock plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Murdock smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Murdock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A head kick from Murdock lands but Steady takes it in his stride.
Murdock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murdock.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murdock.
Steady has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murdock.
Murdock throws a head kick that half lands.
Hold Steady's cut is getting worse.
Steady just misses with a punch to the body.
Murdock throws a nice head kick!
Steady on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Steady is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Murdock is looking to slow Steady down with leg kicks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Murdock.
Murdock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steady.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murdock.
Steady tries to keep at a distance but Murdock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Murdock putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Steady in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Murdock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Murdock connects with a knee to the head.
Murdock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Steady takes an elbow to the forehead.
Nice elbow from Murdock.
Murdock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Steady's defenses.
Murdock has Steady pressed against the cage, preventing Steady from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Murdock landing knees to the head.
Murdock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Steady taking a breather.
Murdock with a knee to the head.
Murdock lands an elbow that stopped Steady in his tracks for a moment.
Murdock with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Steady lands a shoulder strike.
Steady can't find room to land a body shot as Murdock controls the action.
Steady throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murdock breaks the clinch.
Steady misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock wants to clinch.
Murdock doesn't manage to clinch there - Steady circles away.
Steady misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That kick from Murdock tenderised Steady's leg. Steady is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murdock pushes Steady up against the cage in a clinch.
Steady takes an elbow to the temple.
Steady wants to stall.
Murdock landing knees to the body.
Murdock lands a nice knee to the body.
Murdock with a knee to the head.
Murdock tries to break the clinch but Steady is controlling the position.
Steady wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Steady misses with a hook to the ribs.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Murdock obliges.
Steady misses with a punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Steady.
Steady trying to control the position but instead, Murdock has worked for underhooks and has pushed Steady into the cage.
Steady wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steady throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Steady throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Murdock lands with an uppercut that bounces Steady off the cage and back into rage.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Murdock.
Murdock connects with a solid leg kick.
Murdock scores with a kick to the body.
Murdock lands with a thumping leg kick.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Murdock, right into the meat.
Murdock scoring well with a low kick there.
Murdock scoring well with a low kick there.
Murdock lands a nice looking kick to the body. Steady takes a step back to recover.
That kick from Murdock tenderised Steady's leg. Steady is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
An inside leg kick lands from Murdock.
Steady keeps the fight on the outside.
Murdock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock lands a high kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Murdock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hold Steady's cut.
That's time! Steady's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A right-left combo lands from Steady.
Steady fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murdock is out of range.
Murdock fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Steady.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steady misses with a wild combination.
Matthew Murdock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Murdock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Some wild striking there from Steady.
Murdock pushes Steady up against the cage in a clinch.
Murdock connects with a nasty looking knee right to Steady's face.
Murdock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Murdock.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murdock.
Steady takes a knee to the side of the body.
Steady misses with the head strike.
Murdock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Murdock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Murdock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murdock manages to break the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A punch combination from Steady misses.
Steady on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Murdock throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Steady.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Steady manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Murdock misses with a low kick as Steady jumps back.
Steady stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murdock.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Steady moves out of range as Murdock throws a body kick.
Steady wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Steady tries to bum rush Murdock with a series of wild strikes but Murdock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Steady lands a jab to Murdock's midsection.
Steady rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murdock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Hold Steady is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Steady misses with a few strikes there.
An inside leg kick lands from Murdock.
Steady will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Murdock.
Murdock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steady has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murdock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murdock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Murdock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Murdock misses with a low kick as Steady jumps back.
Murdock fakes the leg kick and cracks Steady in the body.
Crunch! Murdock slams his shin into Steady's torso.
Steady waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Murdock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters circling a little - Murdock finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Murdock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Murdock gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Steady avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.
Steady lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Murdock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steady lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Steady.
Steady looks to land a combination but Murdock avoids it well.
Steady throws a hook to the side of Murdock's head but Murdock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Murdock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Steady has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Murdock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Steady has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Murdock.
Murdock crunches a lovely knee into Steady's ribcage.
Murdock blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A knee to the head by Murdock.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Steady.
Steady holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Steady lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murdock lands an elbow inside.
Murdock misses with an elbow strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Steady avoids it.
Steady has Murdock pushed against the cage.
Steady seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the head but Steady blocks with his arms.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Murdock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Steady lands a body shot in the clinch.
Steady breaks the clinch.
Steady scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Steady swings for the body but Murdock moves out of range.
Murdock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Steady.
Steady looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Steady tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Murdock throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Steady chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murdock can pounce on him.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Steady ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
Murdock moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Murdock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Steady is looking to wear down Murdock with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Steady has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murdock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Steady.
Steady rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murdock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steady's calf.
A nice inside leg kick there by Murdock. That's going to slow Steady down.
Steady goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Steady on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Murdock. Murdock obviously looking to wear him down.
Murdock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Murdock lands a leg kick that knocks Steady off balance momentarily.
A punch combination from Steady misses.
A good leg kick by Murdock.
Murdock lands a high kick!
A nice inside leg kick there by Murdock. That's going to slow Steady down.
Murdock thows a body kick. Steady tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Murdock scores with a kick to the body.
Steady tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Murdock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Steady throws out a loose jab but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steady jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steady takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Murdock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Hold Steady'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. This is the final round!
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steady's sensitive parts.
Steady throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Steady takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Murdock lands a nice looking body kick.
Murdock keeps Steady at a distance using the push kick.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Steady's sensitive parts.
Steady throws a nice looking combination but Murdock bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Murdock goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Murdock lands a leg kick that knocks Steady off balance momentarily.
Murdock clinches with his opponent.
Murdock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Matthew Murdock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Steady is leaning against Murdock and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Murdock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Steady swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Steady works on Murdock's body with a couple of short punches.
Murdock lands a nice elbow.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Murdock lands a knee to the body.
Murdock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Steady breaks from the clinch.
Murdock slips a jab and a cross from Steady.
Steady misses with a jab, cross combination.
Murdock connects with a high kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Steady throws a right and a left that both miss.
Murdock connects with a crisp jab.
Steady throws a one two combo.
Murdock closes the distance and pushes Steady back into the cage.
Murdock connects with a knee to the head.
Steady has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Steady blocks the elbow strike.
Steady looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Murdock lands a nice knee to the body.
Murdock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Steady lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Murdock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Steady blocks it with crossed arms.
Steady works on Murdock's body with a couple of short punches.
Steady tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the head but Steady blocks with his arms.
Steady tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Nice body punch from Steady - that landed with a thud.
Murdock lands a knee to the head.
Steady scores with a shot to the side of Murdock's head.
Steady is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Murdock's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Steady misses with a punch on the inside.
Murdock landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Steady struggles to land a body shot inside as Murdock controls his hands.
Murdock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steady misses with a looping right.
Matthew Murdock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Steady's calf.
Steady fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Murdock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Steady rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Murdock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Murdock has managed to clinch.
Steady tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murdock's elbow.
Murdock lands an elbow just above Steady 's eye.
Steady tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Steady back against the cage.
Murdock lands an elbow inside.
Murdock scores with a knee to the head.
Steady managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
A nice right hand lands inside from Steady.
Steady digs a right hand underneath Murdock's ribcage. Murdock let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Steady misses with some punches.
Steady lands an uppercut.
Steady wants to stall.
Murdock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Murdock managing to block the knees to the body from Steady.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Steady tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nice elbow from Murdock.
Steady breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Steady throws a series of punches but Murdock avoids them all with ease.
Murdock dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Steady. That did some damage!
Steady throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Good leg kick by Murdock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murdock throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Steady.
An inside leg kick lands from Murdock.
A slapping leg kick lands for Murdock.
Murdock has taken the fight to the clinch.
Murdock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Murdock scores a nice knee to the body.
Steady tries to circle away but Murdock has him pinned against the cage.
Murdock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Murdock lands an elbow inside.
Steady takes an elbow to the temple.
Steady misses with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Steady.
Murdock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Murdock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock breaks from the clinch.
Murdock blocks a jab.
Murdock scores with a head kick.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Murdock - that will leave a mark!
Murdock delivers a nice body kick.
An inside leg kick lands from Murdock.
Steady throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Murdock slips a jab from Steady.
Good leg kick by Murdock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murdock rushes Steady and presses him up against the cage.
Hold Steady has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
A knee to the head by Murdock.
Murdock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Steady jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Steady throws a right and a left that both miss.
A good leg kick by Murdock.
A chopping leg kick lands by Murdock.
Steady looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Murdock fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Murdock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murdock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Murdock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Murdock has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 George Francis scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Matthew Murdock!
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