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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Brad Coral (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nick Bradshaw (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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22
210 lbs
0 - 0 - 0 |
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178 cm
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210 lbs
2 - 0 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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Good wrestler
Brawler
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brad Coral!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nick Bradshaw!
The judges for this bout are Franklyn Lucas, Bruno Lombardi and Dean Styles.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradshaw will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Coral cracks Bradshaw with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Coral darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Bradshaw wants to improve his position but Coral is controlling well.
Coral is just content to waste time from the top position. Bradshaw takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bradshaw throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Coral trying to control but Bradshaw is working from the bottom.
Bradshaw looking for a sweep. Not yet Bradshaw, not yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coral drops back, looking for a kneebar! Bradshaw looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Bradshaw looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Bradshaw!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Coral manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Bradshaw is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Coral pulls his head out easily.
Coral working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bradshaw looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bradshaw manages to get to full guard.
Bradshaw looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Bradshaw looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Coral preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Bradshaw is on top in guard.
Bradshaw wants to pass the guard but Coral is keeping the position.
Coral wants to improve his position but instead Bradshaw has moved into half guard.
Bradshaw should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Coral wants to control but Bradshaw is keeping busy.
Coral is trying to stand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Coral has hold of Bradshaw's hands but Bradshaw slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Bradshaw works his way into full mount!
Bradshaw landing strikes from the mount.
Coral wants to hold on but Bradshaw pushes him away.
Bradshaw controlling his opponent.
Coral in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Bradshaw fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
That's four 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.
Bradshaw working Coral over with strikes here.
Bradshaw is landing with some decent strikes but Coral is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Bradshaw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Coral can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bradshaw dominating with strikes here.
Bradshaw postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Coral looks a forlorn figure.
Coral sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Bradshaw wants to advance to full mount but Coral doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Bradshaw has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Bradshaw postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bradshaw is in close to Coral's body, working some short punches and elbows.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brad Coral dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Coral fails in his attempt to clinch.
Coral tries to clinch up.
Bradshaw doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Coral counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bradshaw won't be happy with that.
Bradshaw gets back to half guard.
Bradshaw looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Coral thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bradshaw's head.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Bradshaw looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Coral frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coral tries to control but Bradshaw wriggling away.
Bradshaw is trying to escape the mount.
Coral has control of Bradshaw's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Bradshaw regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Bradshaw regains half guard.
Coral trying to control the action but Bradshaw is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Bradshaw manages to get to full guard.
Coral trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradshaw is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Coral stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bradshaw swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bradshaw working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Coral doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Coral manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bradshaw has his foot on Coral's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Coral works his way back into a safe position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Coral trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradshaw is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bradshaw working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Coral doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Coral manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bradshaw tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Nick Bradshaw has got the better of the ground game so far.
Bradshaw is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Coral tries to free his leg and advance position but Bradshaw is retaining full guard.
Coral wants to control from the top but Bradshaw keeps moving.
Bradshaw is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Coral is looking to control Bradshaw's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Coral avoid being mounted?
Bradshaw prevents Coral from standing back up.
Bradshaw winds up and cracks Coral with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Bradshaw lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Coral taking some punishment here, with Bradshaw in his half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nick Bradshaw showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Coral misses with a takedown
and Bradshaw decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Coral's guard.
Bradshaw trying to control but Coral is working from the bottom.
Bradshaw works over Coral with some ground and pound from guard.
Bradshaw stands up over Coral, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bradshaw stands up over Coral, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Bradshaw connects with a couple of short punches.
Bradshaw makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Bradshaw keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Coral's head.
Bradshaw working some strikes from top position.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Coral is trying to control the position but Bradshaw postures up.
Bradshaw postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Coral trying to control the position.
Coral is really struggling to control Bradshaw but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Coral keeping moving, preventing Bradshaw from controlling successfully.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Bradshaw shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Bradshaw working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Coral is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Coral sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Bradshaw is nestled in close to Coral, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Bradshaw working Coral over with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Nice strikes from Bradshaw there.
Coral trying to control but Bradshaw postures up.
Bradshaw prevents Coral from improving his position.
Bradshaw working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Bradshaw takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Coral tries to roll over but Bradshaw keeps him under control.
Bradshaw uses his free foot to push down on Coral's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Coral.
Bradshaw landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradshaw working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Bradshaw is landing with some decent strikes but Coral is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Coral is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bradshaw with a couple of short strikes.
Coral is bucking up trying to escape but Bradshaw cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bradshaw lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Coral hang on?
Bradshaw dominating with strikes here.
Coral is trying to escape the mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Coral is bucking up trying to escape but Bradshaw cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Bradshaw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Coral can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
A nice elbow there by Bradshaw.
Coral is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Bradshaw is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Coral can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Bradshaw lands with some strikes.
The referee warns Coral that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Coral is trying desperately to improve position.
Coral wants to hold on but Bradshaw pushes him away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nick Bradshaw comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Bradshaw has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Franklyn Lucas scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nick Bradshaw!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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