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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Matt Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tiago Renato (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is You're Blind. Renato has chosen I Want My Tears Back as his entrance music. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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189 lbs
39 - 6 - 0 |
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195 lbs
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
39 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Murdock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Tiago Renato!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Renato shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Renato looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Renato scores with a jab to the jaw.
It looks like Matt Murdock has been cut.
Renato throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Murdock has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Mary Gracies Jiu Jitsu in the buildup to the fight.
Murdock works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Renato lands a nice looking body kick.
Renato checks a low kick from Murdock.
Murdock misses with a kick to the body.
Renato avoids a kick to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Renato lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Renato misses.
Renato ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Murdock moves away.
A big right from Renato misses.
Murdock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Renato connects with a jab.
Murdock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Renato checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Renato misses with a body shot.
Murdock misses with an uppercut.
Murdock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Murdock moves forwards but Renato connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Murdock tries to land a front kick but Renato steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Nice straight punches there by Murdock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Murdock.
Murdock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Renato moves away.
Renato throws a low kick but Murdock avoids it.
Renato pushes Murdock away with a front kick.
That kick from Renato tenderised Murdock's leg. Murdock is trying to keep his angry face on.
Murdock throws a body punch but Renato moves out of range.
Murdock throws a series of punches but Renato moves out of range.
Murdock misses with a body shot.
Renato throws a leg kick but Murdock moved away.
Murdock scores with a leg kick.
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!
Renato throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock clinches with his opponent.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murdock struggles to land a body shot inside as Renato controls his hands.
Murdock has a couple of punches blocked by Renato.
Murdock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Renato.
Renato fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murdock throws a punch but it's blocked by Renato.
Renato misses with a punch on the inside.
Renato takes a shot to the head.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Renato scores with a shoulder strike.
Renato prevents a body shot from Murdock.
Renato lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Murdock backwards.
Renato tries to stall but Murdock uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Renato's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Renato lands with a hook. Murdock tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Renato circles away from the clinch attempt.
Renato stuffs the takedown.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Renato moves out of range as Murdock strikes.
Murdock scores with a jab to the body.
Murdock connects with a solid leg kick.
Renato misses with a hook to the body
and Murdock moves into the clinch.
Murdock misses with the head strike.
Murdock lands a hook that snaps the head of Renato backwards.
Murdock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Murdock misses with some punches.
Murdock blocks an uppercut.
Murdock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Renato scores with a shoulder strike.
Renato working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murdock.
Murdock throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Renatos head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Renato makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Murdock swings wildly with an uppercut but Renato uses good head movement to avoid it.
Renato tries to throw a body punch but Murdock avoids it by throwing Renato back against the cage.
Renato breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock tries to clinch but Renato is having none of it.
Renato is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murdock.
Murdock takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
A looping hook to the body misses from Renato. Murdock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murdock lands a head shot.
Renato works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Renato moved away.
Renato fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Murdock is out of range.
Murdock is looking to wear down Renato with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Murdock tries to clinch there but Renato circles away.
Tiago Renato is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Murdock slips a jab from Renato.
Murdock throws a good cross that connects.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock throws a jab when Renato was well out of range.
Murdock throws a nice inside leg kick.
Murdock thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Renato if he has to take too many more of those.
Nice body kick there by Murdock.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Matt Murdock will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Matt Murdock's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Murdock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Renato.
Murdock misses with a body kick.
Renato blocks a leg kick.
Renato blocks a low kick nicely.
Murdock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A bone on bone clash there as Murdock blocks the leg kick.
Murdock closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Renato to the mat! Renato manages to get full guard.
Murdock throwing strikes but missing.
Renato working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Murdock.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Murdock is looking to work some ground and pound but Renato has wrist control.
Murdock missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Murdock stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Renato swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Renato avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Murdock throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Murdock throws a strike but Renato rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Murdock is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Renato showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Murdock keeping moving, preventing Renato from controlling successfully.
Murdock is pulling down on Renato's head. It's preventing any offense from Renato, at least for the moment.
Renato stopping the sweep attempt from Murdock.
Murdock has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock is trying to keep Renato in close.
Matt Murdock has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Renato looks to land a left hand but Murdock moved out of range nicely.
Renato 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 misses with a body kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Renato finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Renato misses with a low kick.
Tiago Renato seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Renato throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Renato misses with a kick to the body.
Murdock tries to score with a low kick but Renato moves his leg out of the way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Renato.
Renato throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murdock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Renato misses with an uppercut. Murdock saw that one coming.
Murdock drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Murdock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Murdock throws the kick towards the body but Renato avoids it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Murdock. Renato does a little dance to reset his feet.
Murdock clinches up with Renato and pushes him back against the cage.
Murdock pushes Renato back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Murdock fails to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Renato swings wildly with an uppercut but Murdock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Renato lands with a light punch inside.
Murdock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Murdock swings wildly with an uppercut but Renato uses good head movement to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matt Murdock dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Matt Murdock's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
A decent looking cross lands there for Murdock.
Renato takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Murdock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Renato moves away.
Murdock checks a low kick from Renato.
Murdock with a lazy takedown attempt
and Renato counters with an inside leg kick.
Murdock walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Renato looks to score with a jab to the body but Murdock is just out of range.
Renato lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Murdock misses with a looping left.
Murdock punishes Renato's body with a nice straight punch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Renato just misses with a punch to the body.
Renato moves into range and connects with a jab.
A leg kick checked by Murdock.
Murdock throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Renato throws a hook but Murdock blocks it.
Murdock tries to work over Renato's front leg with a kick but Renato checks it.
Murdock cracks the inside of Renato's front leg.
Murdock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murdock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Murdock misses with an uppercut.
Nice uppercut lands for Murdock. That snapped Renato's head back.
Renato scores with a spinning back kick!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Renato checks a leg kick.
Murdock works the jab nicely.
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!
Some bone on bone action there as Renato checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Murdock missing with a left hand there. Renato was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Renato sizes up Murdock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Renato misses the shot to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Murdock checks a low kick from Renato.
A head kick misses from Murdock.
Renato throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Renato keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Renato throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Murdock misses with a series of wild punches.
Murdock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Renato wants to land a leg kick but Murdock is out of range.
Murdock lands a nice shot to the body.
Murdock throws the kick towards the body but Renato avoids it.
Renato throws a chopping leg kick but Murdock manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Murdock is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Matt Murdock's cut is getting worse.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Murdock misses.
Murdock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Renato connects with an inside leg kick.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Murdock.
Murdock finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Renato throws a leg kick but Murdock moved away.
Murdock walks into a left hand.
Renato avoids the body shot from Murdock.
Murdock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice body punch from Renato.
Renato connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Renato scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Renato scores with a sloppy right hand. Murdock should have avoided that one.
Renato connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Murdock's hands.
Murdock is rocked!
Murdock misses with a straight left.
Oh Murdock is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Renato lands a big uppercut and this one is all over! His foe lies motionless on the canvas - a massive one punch knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:07 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tiago Renato!
Tiago Renato seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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