PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Leonard Washington (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Washington comes to the cage accompanied by Snuffed Out by Streetlife. Braddock comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Bulls on Parade - Rage against the machine kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Washington
vs
Braddock

185 cm
36
220 lbs
20 - 14 - 0

189 cm
29
222 lbs
18 - 9 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

BeastMode

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 20 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Leonard Washington!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Eliza Hachem and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Washington.
A swing and a miss from Braddock.
Washington misses with a hook.
Washington throws a hook to the side of Braddock's head but Braddock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Braddock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Washington.
Washington takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Braddock ducks under a wild hook from Washington.
Washington lands a nice shot that snaps Braddock's head back.
Braddock takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
A jab lands there for Washington.
Braddock connects with a crisp jab.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braddock lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Braddock throws a sloppy head kick
and Washington counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
A big right from Washington misses.
Braddock turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Braddock scores with a three punch combo!

It looks like Leonard Washington has been cut.
Washington blocks a head kick by Braddock.
Good standup being displayed there by Braddock as he connects with a hook.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock throws a jab when Washington was well out of range.
Washington throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Washington tries for a takedown but Braddock sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Washington shoots in for a takedown but Braddock shows good takedown defense.
Braddock uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Washington.
Braddock throws an overhand right that lands on Washington's shoulder, as Washington tries to avoid the shot.

Braddock moves into range and clinches up with Washington.
A nice right hand lands inside from Braddock.
Braddock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Washington prevents a body shot from Braddock.
Braddock is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Washington is defending well for now.
Braddock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A right handed body shot lands from Braddock.
Washington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Braddock told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Braddock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Braddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Washington's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Braddock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braddock lands a hook to the side of the head.
Washington lands a hook that snaps the head of Braddock backwards.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Braddock.
Braddock throws a head punch that misses.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Braddock lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Washington takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Braddock misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Braddock fails to land.
Washington working aggressively here.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Washington misses with some punches.
Washington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Braddock blocking some punches.
Washington scores with a shoulder strike.
Washington takes an elbow to the forehead.
A short left from Braddock.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Washington lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Washington tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Washington.
Braddock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Braddock avoids a wild elbow strike from Washington.
Washington working aggressively here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Braddock.
Braddock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Washington fails to land.
Braddock avoids the elbow strike from Washington, against the cage.
Braddock scores with a shot to the side of Washington's head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Braddock.
Braddock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Washington tries to work over Braddock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Washington misses with a hook from the clinch.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Braddock.
Braddock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Washington gets through Braddock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Braddock lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Washington throws an elbow but it misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Washington.
Washington fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Braddock.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Braddock.
Washington swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Braddock fails to land.
Braddock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Washington lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Washington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Braddock lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Leonard Washington's cut is getting worse.
Washington throws a head punch that misses.
Braddock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Washington misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Braddock.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braddock misses with a body punch.
Braddock lands with a left to the head.

Washington is rocked!
Braddock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Washington has a couple of punches blocked by Braddock.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Washington.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

James Braddock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Leonard Washington's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Washington avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
An inside leg kick lands from Braddock.
Braddock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Washington manages to avoid it.
Braddock lands a jab.
Washington throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braddock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braddock fails to land with a series of punches.
Washington's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Braddock connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Washington scrambles back to his feet.
Crunch! Braddock slams his shin into Washington's torso.
Washington waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Braddock.
Washington throws a hook but Braddock blocks it.
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!
Braddock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Washington.
Washington misses with a low kick.
Washington scores with a jab to the head.
Braddock swings for the body but Washington moves out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Washington takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Braddock wants to clinch up but Washington keeps it at a distance.
Braddock tries to clinch but Washington moves out of range.
Washington moves out of range as Braddock strikes.
Washington misses with a left hand
and Braddock connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Washington throws an overhand right that lands on Braddock's shoulder, as Braddock tries to avoid the shot.
Washington fails with the takedown.
Braddock misses the jab.
Braddock misses with a wild body shot.
Washington takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Washington throws a body punch but Braddock moves out of range.
Braddock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Washington.
Washington with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Braddock to score with a decent uppercut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Washington tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Braddock swivels and escapes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Washington takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Oh Washington is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!

Leonard Washington's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Braddock dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Braddock thows a body kick. Washington tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Braddock lands a brutal uppercut that launches Washington off his feet! Washington tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Braddock!
James Braddock took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'This fight isn't the one that matters. I'm thankful I won, but it isn't the one that matters.'.