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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Johnny McBraddish (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruno Malfacine (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). McBraddish comes to the cage accompanied by Broken by 12 Stones. Malfacine has chosen His Own Fight Video as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
28 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Johnny McBraddish!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Bruno Malfacine!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and John Mangel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
McBraddish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malfacine lands with a good body shot.
Malfacine throws a right hand that misses
and McBraddish counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
McBraddish lands a really nice looking cross but Malfacine seems unphased.
Malfacine is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in McBraddish's half guard.
Malfacine throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Malfacine throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
McBraddish is not content to let Malfacine control the position.
Malfacine takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
McBraddish is trying to stand.
Malfacine has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malfacine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
McBraddish avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Malfacine.
Malfacine not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Malfacine misses with a head shot. McBraddish uses the momentum to regain guard.
Malfacine wants to control from the top but McBraddish keeps moving.
McBraddish keeping full guard, as Malfacine tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Malfacine's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Malfacine with a flurry of punches that miss.
Malfacine throws a strike but McBraddish rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Malfacine looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish stands up and waves to Malfacine to follow him.
McBraddish scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
McBraddish feints a jab promting Malfacine to slip. McBraddish then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Malfacine slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
McBraddish throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Malfacine stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Malfacine is on the wrong end of a nice combination from McBraddish.
McBraddish scores with a nice right hand.
Malfacine misses with a straight right.
McBraddish with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Malfacine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McBraddish sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Johnny McBraddish seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Malfacine misses the jab.
McBraddish fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malfacine manages to avoid it.
Malfacine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine loads up on a big right hand but McBraddish slips the punch.
Malfacine rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and McBraddish counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Malfacine uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by McBraddish.
Malfacine dips to his left and cracks McBraddish with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Malfacine swings away with a leg kick that misses.
McBraddish feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Malfacines jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
A shot to the body from McBraddish misses
and Malfacine cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Malfacine swings for the body but McBraddish moves out of range.
Malfacine keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from McBraddish.
McBraddish on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Malfacine avoids the body shot from McBraddish.
A good leg kick by McBraddish.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McBraddish misses with a low kick.
McBraddish takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
McBraddish staying out of range there.
Malfacine looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Malfacine dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
A good leg kick by McBraddish.
McBraddish on the wrong end of a nice jab.
McBraddish does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McBraddish takes a swing at Malfacine's ribcage but misses.
McBraddish darts in trying to clinch
and Malfacine counters with a body kick that stops McBraddish in his tracks momentarily.
Nice defenses there by McBraddish.
Malfacine moves away from the strike by McBraddish.
Malfacine scores with a punch to the head.
Johnny McBraddish is winning the standup battle so far.
McBraddish tries to clinch up.
McBraddish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Malfacine was well out of range. Poor timing from McBraddish.
Malfacine throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McBraddish wants to clinch.
McBraddish swings for the body but Malfacine moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Malfacine fails to land the takedown.
Malfacine lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McBraddish circles away quickly and effectively.
McBraddish keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Malfacine.
Malfacine throws a lazy right hand but McBraddish sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McBraddish fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Malfacine manages to avoid it.
McBraddish takes a swing at Malfacine's ribcage but misses.
McBraddish tries to clinch but Malfacine is having none of it.
McBraddish lands a nice looking body shot.
McBraddish uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Malfacine.
Malfacine lands an overhand right.
Malfacine is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
A telegraphed right hand from Malfacine misses the target.
McBraddish is looking to land body kicks.
McBraddish misses with a straight right.
Malfacine misses with an uppercut. McBraddish saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
McBraddish wants to stand and escape but Malfacine is having none of it.
McBraddish keeping moving, preventing Malfacine from controlling successfully.
McBraddish looking for a sweep. Not yet McBraddish, not yet.
McBraddish wants to stand but Malfacine is controlling the position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malfacine throws a big right hand that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Malfacine in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Malfacine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Malfacine scoring with punches to the head and body.
Malfacine throwing strikes from guard but McBraddish blocks nicely.
Malfacine controlling from the top position.
Malfacine wants to control from the top but McBraddish keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Malfacine won't allow McBraddish to get back to his feet.
Malfacine looking to pass the guard.
McBraddish utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malfacine stands up over McBraddish, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Malfacine showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.
McBraddish connects with an inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from McBraddish. Malfacine does a little dance to reset his feet.
McBraddish checks the leg kick nicely there.
Malfacine misses with an uppercut.
Malfacine takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
McBraddish scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
McBraddish waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Malfacine.
Malfacine loads up on a big right hand but McBraddish slips the punch.
McBraddish on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Malfacine. Malfacine obviously looking to wear him down.
Malfacine takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Malfacine lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
McBraddish wants to clinch up but Malfacine keeps it at a distance.
McBraddish misses with a low kick.
McBraddish throws a nice looking combination but Malfacine bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malfacine avoids the body shot from McBraddish.
Malfacine fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McBraddish tries to clinch there but Malfacine circles away.
McBraddish misses with a wild body shot.
Malfacine walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Malfacine swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
McBraddish is looking to wear down Malfacine with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Malfacine avoids the body shot from McBraddish.
Malfacine throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McBraddish sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McBraddish swings for the body but Malfacine moves out of range.
Malfacine throws a big shot that misses.
Malfacine throws a right hand that misses
and McBraddish counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Malfacine misses with a straight right.
McBraddish ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
McBraddish lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
McBraddish throws a nice outside leg kick.
Malfacine paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Malfacine closes this distance looking for a takedown but McBraddish circles away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Malfacine connects with a jab.
Malfacine takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Malfacine lands with a slapping head kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McBraddish throws a low kick but Malfacine avoids it.
McBraddish thows a body shot but no joy.
A looping hook to the body misses from McBraddish. Malfacine does a little dance to reset his feet.
Johnny McBraddish is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Malfacine tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Malfacine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McBraddish moves into the clinch successfully.
Malfacine wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Malfacine manages to break the clinch.
Malfacine takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Malfacine throws a hook but McBraddish blocks it.
McBraddish rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Malfacine moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malfacine.
McBraddish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Malfacine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McBraddish misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Malfacine.
McBraddish doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A swing and a miss from McBraddish.
Malfacine rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but McBraddish moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
McBraddish gets caught flat footed, as Malfacine shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Malfacine takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Malfacine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Malfacine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Malfacine loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Malfacine throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as McBraddish works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
McBraddish utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Malfacine working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Malfacine throws a big right hand that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Malfacine trying to control but McBraddish is working from the bottom.
Malfacine trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
McBraddish keeping moving, preventing Malfacine from controlling successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Malfacine really dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Malfacine looks to throw the jab but McBraddish is out of range.
A leg kick checked by Malfacine.
Malfacine throws a jab but it's blocked by McBraddish.
Malfacine throws out a leg kick but McBraddish moves out of range and Malfacine only half commits.
Malfacine misses with a body shot.
Malfacine throws out a leg kick but McBraddish moves out of range and Malfacine only half commits.
McBraddish does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
McBraddish misses with a wild body shot.
McBraddish works Malfacine's body with a nice hook.
Malfacine throws a shot from downtown. McBraddish moves away and avoids it.
McBraddish takes a swing at Malfacine's ribcage but misses.
Malfacine ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McBraddish moves away.
Malfacine swings for the body but McBraddish moves out of range.
Malfacine throws a low kick but it's checked well by McBraddish.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McBraddish misses with a looping right.
Malfacine lands with a good body shot.
A big left from Malfacine misses.
McBraddish lands an overhand right.
McBraddish tries to score with a low kick but Malfacine moves his leg out of the way.
Malfacine looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for McBraddish!
McBraddish blocking the ground and pound.
Malfacine landing strikes, looking to finish!
Malfacine looking to control but McBraddish is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Malfacine thowing shots but they're missing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine looking to finish with strikes here!
Malfacine sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Malfacine lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
BOOM! Malfacine connects with a massive shot to the dome!
McBraddish really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Malfacine punching from mount but McBraddish doing a good job of avoiding damage.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Malfacine throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Malfacine trying to control but he's not successful this time.
McBraddish blocking the ground and pound.
McBraddish knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Malfacine on the ground.
Malfacine punching from mount but McBraddish doing a good job of avoiding damage.
McBraddish wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Malfacine.
Bruno Malfacine has got the better of the ground game so far.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Malfacine throwing strikes here but McBraddish is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Malfacine throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
McBraddish avoids a series of strikes thrown by Malfacine.
McBraddish might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Malfacine throwing strikes here but McBraddish is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
Malfacine landing punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bruno Malfacine dominated that fourth round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Malfacine scores with a jab to the head.
A solid leg kick lands there for Malfacine.
Malfacine avoids the body shot from McBraddish.
Malfacine misses with a body shot.
Malfacine missing with a left hand there. McBraddish was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
McBraddish lands with a nice body punch.
McBraddish stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McBraddish with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Malfacine to score with a decent uppercut.
Malfacine chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Malfacine jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Malfacine lands with a nice combination. McBraddish backs away looking to recover.
McBraddish scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
McBraddish ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Malfacine moves away.
A looping hook to the body misses from McBraddish. Malfacine does a little dance to reset his feet.
McBraddish drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's one minute gone in the round.
McBraddish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McBraddish throws out a loose jab but Malfacine uses good head movement to avoid it.
McBraddish looks to score with a jab to the body but Malfacine is just out of range.
McBraddish staying out of range there.
Malfacine pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McBraddish lands with a nice body punch.
Malfacine fails with a takedown attempt.
Malfacine is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
McBraddish misses with a jab, cross combination.
McBraddish slips a jab from Malfacine.
Malfacine scores with a hook.
Malfacine looks to land a right hand but McBraddish moved out of range.
McBraddish checks the leg kick nicely there.
McBraddish uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Johnny McBraddish has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish staying out of range there.
Malfacine checks the leg kick nicely there.
McBraddish with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McBraddish takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
McBraddish tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Malfacine paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Malfacine fails with a takedown attempt.
McBraddish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Malfacine avoids the body shot from McBraddish.
McBraddish fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
McBraddish connects with a right hand. Malfacine shakes it off.
Malfacine's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
McBraddish throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McBraddish thows a body shot but no joy.
Malfacine takes one on the button.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
McBraddish finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Malfacine drives through with a takedown into McBraddish's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Malfacine throwing strikes from guard but McBraddish blocks nicely.
Malfacine is looking to advance position but McBraddish has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
McBraddish sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Malfacine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Malfacine slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Malfacine is looking to improve his position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Malfacine looking for subs from the bottom but McBraddish mounts him!
And that's the end of the fight!
Bruno Malfacine comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Malfacine 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 45:50
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 45:50
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 45:50
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Bruno Malfacine!
Bruno Malfacine is the new bantamweight champion!
Our winner, Bruno Malfacine, 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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