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GAMMA: Contenders #116 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Jay Terks (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Josh Roward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Roward's choice of entrance music: Amazing. Jay Terks 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 welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Jay Terks!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Josh Roward!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roward slips a jab and a cross from Terks.
Roward swats away the attempt to clinch by Terks.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Terks is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Terks looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Josh Roward seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roward looks to land a right hand but Terks moved out of range.
Roward throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Terks.
Terks lands with a nice body kick.
Terks tries to clinch but Roward moves out of range.
Some wild striking there from Roward.
Terks tries to clinch there but Roward circles away.
Roward misses with an uppercut
and Terks counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Terks displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Roward throws out the jab.
Roward looks to land a left hand but Terks moved out of range nicely.
Terks gets a clinch.
Terks misses with a knee to the head.
Roward wants to break free but Terks has control.
Terks breaks from the clinch.
Roward scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Terks looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Terks tries to close the distance and clinch but Roward swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Roward keeps the fight on the outside.
Roward swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Terks wants to clinch.
Roward swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Terks blocks a jab.
Roward lands a jab.
Terks is rocked!
Terks throws a right and a left that Roward avoids nicely.
Oh Terks is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Roward connects with a superb combination that knocks Terks out cold! The referee charges across the mat and tackles Roward before he can land any more shots to the unconscious Terks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Josh Roward!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Markus Vinicius (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Petri Saarinen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Petri Saarinen has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Markus Vinicius!
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, Petri Saarinen!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Cecil Peabody.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vinicius changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Saarinen looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Vinicius throws a strike aimed at the side of Saarinen's head but Saarinen avoids it well.
Saarinen avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Vinicius.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saarinen takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Vinicius lands a decent elbow from side control.
Saarinen taking a bit of punishment here - Vinicius scoring with strikes.
Vinicius lands a decent elbow from side control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sloppy strikes there by Vinicius.
Vinicius grinds an elbow into Saarinen's temple.
Saarinen on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Vinicius in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Vinicius in side control, throwing shots but Saarinen defends.
Saarinen takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Vinicius works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Vinicius creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Saarinen is rocked!
Sloppy strikes there by Vinicius.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Saarinen taking punishment in the form of punches.
Vinicius scores with punches from side control.
Saarinen is still in real trouble! Can Vinicius finish him?
Saarinen is looking for a sweep.
Vinicius is chipping away with strikes.
Vinicius grinds an elbow into Saarinen's temple.
Vinicius landing a few strikes.
Vinicius scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Saarinen is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Vinicius can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Markus Vinicius!
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Damon Rekker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Stevenson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Damon Rekker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Phil Stevenson!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Daniel Franklin and Wesley Smith.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rekker instigates a clinch.
Stevenson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rekker clinches with his opponent.
Rekker tries to throw a body punch but Stevenson avoids it by throwing Rekker back against the cage.
Stevenson lands a shoulder strike.
Rekker tries to work over Stevenson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rekker.
Rekker misses with a knee to the head.
Rekker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Rekker throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Stevenson blocks it with crossed arms.
Stevenson wants the takedown. Rekker is fighting it off but Stevenson persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Rekker's guard against the cage.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Stevenson missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Rekker preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Stevenson is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rekker wants to stand but Stevenson is controlling the position.
Stevenson pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Rekker is keeping the position for now.
Rekker keeping moving, preventing Stevenson from controlling successfully.
Rekker being controlled here, momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Stevenson accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Stevenson won't allow Rekker to get back to his feet.
Stevenson landing some decent shots from guard.
Stevenson forces his way into half guard.
Stevenson not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Stevenson stops Rekker from getting back to his feet.
Rekker has hold of Stevenson's hands but Stevenson slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Stevenson has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Stevenson stops Rekker from getting back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Stevenson is looking for a kimura but Rekker is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Stevenson to get the leverage.
Stevenson trying to pass the guard but Rekker defending well.
Stevenson slows the pace down in half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Stevenson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rekker keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Stevenson is looking for a kimura but Rekker is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Stevenson to get the leverage.
Stevenson prevents Rekker from standing back up.
Stevenson trying to control from half guard but Rekker is working away.
Stevenson is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson working Rekker over with strikes.
Stevenson stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Rekker to get to his feet.
Stevenson shoots for a takedown but Rekker saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Rekker fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stevenson, pushing him back against the cage.
Stevenson lands a nice uppercut.
Rekker misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rekker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Stevenson goes for a takedown in the clinch but Rekker prevents it.
Stevenson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Stevenson looks gassed!
Rekker wants to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson works his way into full mount!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Rekker is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Stevenson punishing his opponent with strikes.
Stevenson fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Rekker bucks Stevenson off and manages to get back to his feet!
Stevenson fails with the takedown.
Damon Rekker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Stevenson.
Rekker keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Rekker darts in and clinches Stevenson up against the cage.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Rekker lands a good knee to the midsection. Stevenson won't want to take too many of those.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Stevenson dominated that round.
That's time! Rekker's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Rekker darts in and clinches Stevenson up against the cage.
Rekker can't find room to land a body shot as Stevenson controls the action.
A short uppercut from Rekker.
Stevenson avoiding damage as Rekker throws knees to the body.
Rekker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Stevenson is looking to break free of the clinch but Rekker has double underhooks.
Stevenson lands a right hand.
Stevenson drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Rekker prevents Stevenson from breaking the clinch.
Rekker throws a punch but it's blocked by Stevenson.
Stevenson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Stevenson fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Stevenson gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Rekker tries a knee to the head but Stevenson blocks it.
Rekker looking to throw knees to the head but Stevenson is blocking nicely.
Rekker lands a hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rekker tries to land a knee to the head but Stevenson blocks with his arms.
Stevenson takes a knee right on the jaw!
It looks like Phil Stevenson has been cut.
Stevenson is breathing heavily.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
Stevenson is trying to break free.
Stevenson wants a takedown.
Damon Rekker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Stevenson.
Rekker misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson lands with a right to the head.
Rekker misses with the head strike.
Stevenson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Stevenson lands a right hand.
Rekker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevenson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevenson.
Rekker with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson tries to break the clinch but Rekker is controlling the position.
Stevenson breaks the clinch.
Stevenson forces Rekker back against the cage and clinches.
Stevenson breaks the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Stevenson fails with a takedown attempt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson gets tackled into the cage by Rekker. Rekker maintains the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Stevenson lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Rekker.
Rekker scores with a knee to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Rekker.
Stevenson drags the fight down to the ground.
Rekker trying to stand up but can't free himself from Stevenson's guard.
Rekker gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Rekker looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Damon Rekker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rekker pushes Stevenson up against the cage in a clinch.
Stevenson can't break the clinch.
Damon Rekker has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Stevenson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson lands a hook that snaps the head of Rekker backwards.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stevenson.
Rekker's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rekker clinches up with Stevenson and pushes him back against the cage.
Rekker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekker swings wildly with an uppercut but Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Stevenson gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Rekker regains guard.
Stevenson tries to free his leg and advance position but Rekker is retaining full guard.
Stevenson won't allow Rekker to get back to his feet.
Rekker avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Rekker keeping moving, preventing Stevenson from controlling successfully.
Stevenson throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rekker works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Stevenson passes Rekker's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stevenson lands with a punch from half guard.
Stevenson working the head and body with strikes.
Rekker is defending against the submission attempts here by Stevenson.
Stevenson lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Stevenson stops Rekker from getting back to his feet.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stevenson thows a huge punch but Rekker dodges it nicely.
Rekker is staying active underneath Stevenson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Stevenson stops Rekker from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Phil Stevenson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Phil Stevenson's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Rekker misses with the combination.
Rekker closes the distance and clinches.
Stevenson pulls guard effortlessly.
Stevenson seems keen to control Rekker's posture.
Stevenson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Stevenson wants to sweep but no luck.
Stevenson keeping moving, preventing Rekker from controlling successfully.
Rekker is looking to stand up but Stevenson won't let him.
Stevenson wriggles free and stands up.
Damon Rekker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Stevenson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Stevenson forces Rekker back against the cage and clinches.
Stevenson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Stevenson.
Rekker closes the distance and clinches.
Stevenson throws a head punch that misses.
Rekker escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Rekker moves into the clinch.
Stevenson is trying to push Rekker away but Rekker has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Rekker.
Rekker using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Stevenson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Stevenson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Rekker.
Stevenson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rekker forces Stevenson back against the cage and clinches.
Stevenson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Rekker backwards.
Rekker has a couple of punches blocked by Stevenson.
Stevenson tries to pull guard but Rekker won't allow it.
Rekker tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Stevenson's elbow.
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!
Rekker misses with a knee to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A nice left hand lands by Stevenson.
Rekker misses with a punch on the inside.
Come on Rekker - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Stevenson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Rekker stops a takedown attempt from Stevenson.
Damon Rekker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phil Stevenson.
Rekker with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Rekker throws a knee to the head but misses.
Rekker creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Rekker just misses with a elbow thrown towards Stevenson's brow.
Rekker fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson scores with a shoulder strike.
Rekker tries to land knees in the clinch but Stevenson avoids the damage to the body.
A short left from Stevenson.
Stevenson scores with a shoulder strike.
Stevenson breaks the clinch.
Rekker swinging wildly here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rekker has managed to clinch.
Stevenson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Stevenson lands a right hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Stevenson.
Stevenson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Rekker darts in and clinches Stevenson up against the cage.
Rekker misses with a knee to the head.
Stevenson breaks the clinch.
Stevenson tries to keep at a distance but Rekker has taken the fight into the clinch.
Stevenson breaks from the clinch.
Stevenson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Rekker throws out the jab.
Rekker is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick misses from Rekker.
Rekker moves into the clinch.
Rekker throws a head punch that misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Stevenson no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Stevenson has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Rekker has passed into side control.
Rekker tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Stevenson is looking to regain half guard here but Rekker keeps moving and retains side control.
Phil Stevenson has got the better of the ground game so far.
Rekker is trying to get an arm triangle but Stevenson is defending well.
Rekker looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Damon Rekker has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Stevenson is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Rekker's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Phil Stevenson.
I've got Stevenson winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 for Phil Stevenson!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Phil Stevenson!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Phil Stevenson!
Phil Stevenson wins by unanimous decision!
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Matthew Murdock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kyle Kingsley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Murdock comes to the cage accompanied by Man Without Fear. The crowd seem to be enjoying Kingsley's choice of entrance music: Blood Stained Nike's - Complete. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matthew Murdock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 3 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kyle Kingsley!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Wesley Smith and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
No joy there for Kingsley, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Kingsley wants to clinch up but Murdock keeps it at a distance.
Murdock scores with a leg kick.
Kingsley is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Murdock.
Murdock throws a nice outside leg kick.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Kingsley.
Murdock throws a wild body kick that Kingsley sees coming a mile off.
Murdock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Murdock connects with an inside leg kick.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock scores with a head kick. Kingsley tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Kingsley shoots in but Murdock avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Murdock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Murdock delivers a nice body kick.
Murdock lands a high kick to the side of Kingsley's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Murdock dives into guard, looking to finish.
Kingsley is rocked!
Murdock passes into half guard.
Kingsley is still in real trouble! Can Murdock finish him?
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kingsley pushes Murdock off looking to stand but Murdock dives back in and keeps control.
Kingsley looks gassed!
Murdock is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Kingsley defends it well.
Murdock is trying to work for a kimura but Kingsley is defending well.
Kingsley seems to have recovered his senses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kingsley won't allow Murdock to pass to mount.
Murdock trying to control from half guard but Kingsley is working away.
Murdock moves nicely into side control.
Murdock tries for a kimura but Kingsley is defending well.
Murdock tries to advance to mount but Kingsley denies him.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Murdock asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Murdock looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Murdock is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kingsley is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kingsley gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!
Murdock is working for a guillotine from mount but Kingsley frees his head quite easily.
Murdock working for a submission but Kingsley is keeping him at bay.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murdock trying to control but Kingsley is having none of it.
Kingsley is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Murdock controlling the position easily from mount.
Murdock won't let Kingsley get back to his feet... He wants to keep the fight where it is for now.
Murdock moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Kingsley has worked his arm free - good work by Kingsley!
Kingsley wants to get back to his feet but Murdock is dominant here and he's now got Kingsley's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock working for the choke.
Kingsley is in a bad position with Murdock working for a choke. Kingsley manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment.
Kingsley gets to his feet - Murdock follows without any prompting.
Matthew Murdock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Kingsley swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Murdock counters with an inside leg kick.
Kingsley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murdock forces Kingsley back against the cage and clinches.
Murdock keeps control of Kingsley as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Murdock missing with knees to the body.
Murdock lands a nice elbow.
Murdock scores with a knee to the head.
Murdock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kingsley's efforts to push away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Murdock dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Murdock moves into the clinch successfully.
Kingsley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murdock has him pressed against the cage.
Kingsley blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Murdock lands an elbow inside.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the head but Kingsley blocks with his arms.
Kingsley wants to break free but Murdock has control.
Murdock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the head but Kingsley blocks with his arms.
Kingsley avoids the elbow strike from Murdock, against the cage.
Kingsley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Murdock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kingsley is defending well for now.
Murdock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Kingsley with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murdock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kingsley's efforts to push away.
Murdock pushes off an throws an elbow but Kingsley leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Kingsley avoiding damage as Murdock throws knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock scores a nice knee to the body.
Murdock missing with knees to the body.
Murdock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Kingsley's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Murdock throws a leg kick which misses Kingsley's front leg but catches the back leg as Kingsley tries to avoid it.
Murdock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
Murdock throws the kick towards the body but Kingsley avoids it.
Murdock fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Kingsley checks it well.
Murdock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A head kick by Kingsley misses
and Murdock counters with an outside leg kick.
Murdock drives through and clinches with Kingsley against the cage.
Murdock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Murdock landing knees to the body.
Kingsley is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Kingsley managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
Kingsley working hard to break the clinch.
Kingsley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murdock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Nice elbow from Murdock.
Kingsley takes a knee to the side of the body.
Murdock crunches a lovely knee into Kingsley's ribcage.
Matthew Murdock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Murdock lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Kingsley has had enough of the clinch but Murdock keeps him there for the moment.
Murdock connects with a knee to the head.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kingsley avoids it.
Murdock scores a nice knee to the body.
Murdock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Kingsley.
Murdock scores a nice knee to the body.
Murdock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Murdock lands a knee to the head.
Murdock lands a good knee to the midsection. Kingsley won't want to take too many of those.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley wants to break free but Murdock has control.
Kingsley takes an elbow to the temple.
Kingsley tries to break the clinch but Murdock is controlling the position.
Murdock trying to land knees to the body.
Kingsley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Murdock moves into range and clinches up with Kingsley.
Murdock looking to throw knees to the head but Kingsley is blocking nicely.
Kingsley breaks from the clinch.
Murdock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Murdock tries to clinch up.
Murdock fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Kingsley has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Kingsley throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Murdock's waist but Murdock gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Kingsley off to one side.
Murdock thumps Kingsley with a low kick.
Murdock moves into the clinch successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Murdock misses with a knee strike.
Murdock landing knees to the body.
Murdock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kingsley avoids it.
Murdock tries to land knees in the clinch but Kingsley avoids the damage to the body.
Murdock lands an elbow inside.
Murdock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Kingsley is defending well for now.
Kingsley is trying to break the clinch but Murdock is controlling him.
Kingsley wants to break the clinch but can't.
Murdock looking to throw knees to the head but Kingsley is blocking nicely.
A frustrated look appears on Kingsley's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Murdock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Kingsley's efforts to push away.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Murdock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Kingsley avoids it.
Kingsley wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Murdock has him pressed against the cage.
Murdock trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Matthew Murdock dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Murdock walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Kingsley checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Murdock checks a leg kick nicely.
Murdock throws a leg kick but Kingsley checks it.
Kingsley lands a two punch combo.
Kingsley misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Murdock.
Kingsley chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Murdock can pounce on him.
Murdock cracks the inside of Kingsley's front leg.
Kingsley stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Murdock.
Murdock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Kingsley can do to turn this around?
Murdock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Kingsley's calf.
Murdock fails in his attempt to clinch.
Murdock scoring well with a low kick there.
Kingsley's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Murdock.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Kingsley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kingsley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Kingsley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Murdock throws a sloppy head kick and Kingsley moves out of range easily.
Kingsley swats away the attempt to clinch by Murdock.
Murdock thumps Kingsley with a low kick.
Murdock thumps Kingsley with a low kick.
A head kick by Murdock misses
and Kingsley counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Murdock tries to clinch there but Kingsley circles away.
Murdock pushes Kingsley up against the cage in a clinch.
Kingsley takes an elbow to the temple.
Murdock lands an elbow just above Kingsley 's eye.
Murdock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Kingsley takes an elbow to the temple.
Murdock tries to land knees in the clinch but Kingsley avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Murdock.
Matthew Murdock is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Kingsley throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Murdock lands a head kick!
Matthew Murdock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Murdock scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Kingsley misses with a few strikes there.
Murdock lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Kingsley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Murdock.
Murdock moves out of range as Kingsley throws a body kick.
Kyle Kingsley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Murdock tries a head kick but it misses.
Murdock throws a sloppy head kick and Kingsley moves out of range easily.
Murdock tries a low kick but Kingsley avoids it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kingsley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Murdock gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Kingsley counters with an inside leg kick.
Murdock misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Murdock misses with a low kick as Kingsley jumps back.
Murdock blocks a low kick nicely.
A bone on bone clash there as Kingsley blocks the leg kick.
Murdock lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Kingsley throws a low kick but Murdock avoids it.
Kingsley will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Murdock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Matthew Murdock is winning the standup battle so far.
Murdock lands a nice leg kick that just misses Kingsley's sensitive parts.
Murdock throws a head kick but Kingsley moves out of range.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Murdock lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Murdock swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Kingsley scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Murdock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Murdock cracks Kingsley with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Murdock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Good leg kick by Murdock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Murdock takes a head kick and keeps coming.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Murdock misses with a head kick.
Murdock drives through and clinches with Kingsley against the cage.
Kyle Kingsley has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Kingsley managing to block the knees to the body from Murdock.
And that's the end of the fight!
Matthew Murdock showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Murdock 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Matthew Murdock!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Matthew Murdock!
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight for Matthew Murdock!
Matthew Murdock wins by unanimous decision!
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