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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Kaven Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and BJJ Money (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The fight MMA fans around the world have waited their entire lives for!
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151 lbs
2 - 4 - 0 |
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154 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Good takedowns
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kaven Bradley!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, BJJ Money!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Money throws out a leg kick but Bradley moves out of range and Money only half commits.
Bradley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bradley gets a takedown into half guard.
Money tries to get to full guard but Bradley has control of the leg.
Bradley wants to stand but Money has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Money is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Bradley wants to stand up but Money is controlling the position.
Money is looking to improve his position.
Bradley stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Money to get to his feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money looks for the body kick but Bradley saw that one coming.
Money throws a shot from downtown. Bradley moves away and avoids it.
Money looks to land a combination but Bradley avoids it well.
Bradley throws a series of punches but Money moves out of range.
A big right from Money misses.
Money gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bradley postures up.
Money is looking for a triangle but Bradley pushes his legs off easily.
Bradley gets to his feet. Money looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Money throws a hook but Bradley avoids it easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Money looks to land a right hand but Bradley moved out of range.
Money swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Bradley throws a right and a left that both miss.
Bradley misses with the combination.
Bradley misses with a double jab
and Money counters by clinching up.
Bradley jumps guard but Money stands there with Bradley around his waist. Bradley gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Money throws a punch but it's blocked by Bradley.
Money swings wildly with an uppercut but Bradley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Bradley tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Money manages to pull guard.
Bradley trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Bradley trying to control the position from guard on top but Money is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Money is looking for a triangle but Bradley pushes his legs off easily.
Bradley looking to pass the guard.
Bradley is working hard here to advance position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bradley trying to control but Money is working from the bottom.
Bradley is breathing heavily.
Money seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Money working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Bradley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Bradley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Bradley stopping the sweep attempt from Money.
Bradley has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Money not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Money misses with a double jab.
Money throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Bradley shoots in for a takedown but Money shows good takedown defense.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kaven Bradley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bradley closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Bradley lands in his opponent's guard.
Money bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bradley's guard.
Money forces his way into half guard.
Money passes to full mount!
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 Kaven Bradley will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Bradley avoids the body shot from Money.
Bradley slips a jab from Money.
Money tries to clinch there but Bradley circles away.
Bradley tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nice defenses there by Bradley.
Bradley slips under a jab.
Bradley fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Money fails to land the takedown.
Bradley throws a hook to the side of Money's head but Money sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Money loads up on a big right hand but Bradley slips the punch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Money misses with a straight left.
Money misses with a straight right.
Money shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bradley as he jumps to the side.
Bradley avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Money tries to clinch there but Bradley circles away.
Bradley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bradley looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Money working a defensive guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money is striking off his back. Bradley thinks nothing of it though and passes easily into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Money manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Bradley trying to control the position from guard on top but Money is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Bradley has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Money is proving hard to escape from.
Bradley wants to control from the top but Money keeps moving.
Money bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Bradley's guard.
Money passes Bradley's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Bradley keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Money uses his free foot to push down on Bradley's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Bradley.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Money working for a guillotine from mount but Bradley is in no mood to give up.
Money fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Money lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Money trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Money is landing with some decent strikes but Bradley is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Money with a couple of short strikes.
Money looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Money has hold of Bradley's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Bradley manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Money takes Bradley's back.
Money trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Money cracks Bradley with a big shot to body and one to the head - really punishing Bradley from the back mount here, looking to soften him up.
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!
Money is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Bradley has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Bradley grimaces as he takes a shot to the body.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Money landing with strikes.
Money is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Bradley. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
Money lands a shot to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
BJJ Money showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Money fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Bradley manages to avoid it.
Bradley throws a sloppy head kick and Money moves out of range easily.
Bradley throws a series of punches but Money moves out of range.
Bradley fails to land the takedown.
Bradley checks a low kick from Money.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some bone on bone action there as Bradley checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Bradley moves out of range as Money strikes.
Nice defenses there by Bradley.
Money throws a low kick but Bradley avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley misses with a few strikes there.
Bradley takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Bradley moves out of range as Money strikes.
Money wants to clinch up but Bradley keeps it at a distance.
Bradley feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Money working a defensive guard here.
Money throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Money is trying to keep Bradley in close.
Bradley trying to control but Money is working from the bottom.
Money looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Money thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Money wants to sweep here but Bradley controlling him for the moment.
Money seems keen to control Bradley's posture.
Bradley wanted to stand there but Money had control of the position.
Money trying to keep a closed guard but Bradley is proving a slippery customer.
Money is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Bradley looking for submissions off his back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Money seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Bradley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Money scores with a couple of nice shots.
Bradley taking some punishment here, with Money in his half guard.
Money wants to work for an arm triangle but Bradley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Money seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Bradley does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Money missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Money is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Bradley is looking to control Money's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Bradley avoid being mounted?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley tries to get to full guard but Money has control of the leg.
Bradley is defending against the submission attempts here by Money.
Bradley pushes Money off looking to stand but Money dives back in and keeps control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Money is looking to advance position but Bradley won't allow it.
Money seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
And that's the end of the fight!
BJJ Money comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Money 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Suge Night scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... BJJ Money!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
51% |
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