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Coming up we have a middleweight kickboxing rules bout between Gunnar Murphy (ranked 3296 p4p, 24194 weight class) and Nedjeljko Krajisnik (ranked 344 p4p, 469 weight class). Krajisnik comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Sexual Harrassement - I Need a Freak kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gunnar Murphy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
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 17 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Gunnar Murphy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Nedjeljko Krajisnik!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Anthony Taglia and Jonathan Paton.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Krajisnik wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Murphy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Krajisnik.
Krajisnik clinches.
Krajisnik scores a nice knee to the body.
Krajisnik just leaning against Murphy, taking a breather.
Krajisnik works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Krajisnik works on Murphy's body with a couple of short punches.
Krajisnik working Murphy over with knees to the body.
Krajisnik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Murphy is breathing heavily.
Krajisnik on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Krajisnik avoids it.
Krajisnik crunches a lovely knee into Murphy's ribcage.
Krajisnik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Krajisnik lands with a light punch inside.
Krajisnik misses with a shot to the kidneys.
I was talking to Murphy's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Krajisnik.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A shot in the inside from Murphy.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krajisnik lands a hook that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Krajisnik landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Krajisnik lands with a short shot to the head.
Krajisnik lands with a short shot to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Krajisnik.
Krajisnik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajisnik scores with a nice hook to the head.
Krajisnik is leaning against Murphy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Krajisnik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Krajisnik softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Murphy prevents a body shot from Krajisnik.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Krajisnik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Krajisnik lands with a light punch inside.
Murphy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Murphy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krajisnik working aggressively here.
Krajisnik misses with a body punch.
Still in the clinch, Krajisnik scores with a nice short uppercut.
Murphy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Murphy tries to work over Krajisnik's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krajisnik misses with a body punch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Krajisnik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Murphy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Murphy tries to work over Krajisnik's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Krajisnik lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Krajisnik avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Murphy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Krajisnik's elbow.
Krajisnik misses with a punch on the inside.
Krajisnik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Krajisnik controls the action.
Krajisnik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Krajisnik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krajisnik lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Murphy.
Murphy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Krajisnik misses with a hook to the ribs.
Murphy can't find room to land a body shot as Krajisnik controls the action.
Knees in the clinch landing for Murphy.
Krajisnik is working Murphy over against the cage.
Krajisnik scores with a hook to the body.
Krajisnik lands a nice shot to the body.
Krajisnik presses Murphy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Krajisnik lands a shot to the body.
Krajisnik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Krajisnik throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Murphy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Krajisnik lands with a short shot to the head.
Krajisnik tries a body shot but Murphy blocks it.
Murphy missing with knees to the body.
Krajisnik lands a shot to the body.
Krajisnik can't find room to land a body shot as Murphy controls the action.
Krajisnik lands with a light punch inside.
Nice body punch from Krajisnik - that landed with a thud.
Krajisnik misses with a punch on the inside.
Krajisnik scores with a nice hook to the head.
Krajisnik tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krajisnik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Murphy tries to land a knee to the head but Krajisnik blocks with his arms.
Krajisnik pushes Murphy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Good body shot from Krajisnik.
Krajisnik lands a nice shot to the body.
Krajisnik scores with a shot to the side of Murphy's head.
Krajisnik lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Nice body punch from Krajisnik - that landed with a thud.
Still in the clinch, Krajisnik scores with a nice short uppercut.
Krajisnik lands a nice shot to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Krajisnik lands a body punch.
Krajisnik tries to work over Murphy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Krajisnik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Krajisnik working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Krajisnik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Murphy's elbow.
Krajisnik works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Krajisnik misses with a punch to the body.
Krajisnik is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Murphy is keeping busy.
Krajisnik misses with a punch to the body.
Murphy throws a head punch that misses.
Murphy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Krajisnik lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Krajisnik lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Murphy backwards.
Krajisnik swings wildly with an uppercut but Murphy uses good head movement to avoid it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Krajisnik struggles to land a body shot inside as Murphy controls his hands.
Murphy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Murphy tries to throw a body punch but Krajisnik avoids it by throwing Murphy back against the cage.
Krajisnik blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A left hand lands to the body for Murphy.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Nedjeljko Krajisnik dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Krajisnik throws a body punch but Murphy moves out of range.
Murphy moves out of range of the body kick.
Krajisnik tries to close the distance and clinch but Murphy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
It looked like Murphy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Krajisnik.
Krajisnik throws a jab but it's blocked by Murphy.
Murphy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Krajisnik sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Murphy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Krajisnik listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Krajisnik tries to move into range but Murphy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
It looks like Nedjeljko Krajisnik has been cut.
Krajisnik throws a front kick that sends Murphy stumbling back into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Krajisnik uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Murphy.
Murphy walks into a big right hand from Krajisnik and goes down! The referee sends Krajisnik to a neutral corner as Murphy gets back to his feet. He looks OK so we're back under way.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Krajisnik throws a sloppy head kick and Murphy moves out of range easily.
Krajisnik changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Krajisnik tries to clinch up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Krajisnik moves to clinch but Murphy breaks away
and Murphy counters with a right hand to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Murphy walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Krajisnik rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Murphy has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Murphy is rocked!
Krajisnik weaves into range and cracks Murphy right on the temple with a beautiful overhand right! Murphy goes down! He's out cold! Wow, what a beautiful knockout! Krajisnik is strutting round the canvas like a movie star as the camera bulbs flash frantically.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Nedjeljko Krajisnik!
Our winner, Nedjeljko Krajisnik, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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