PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between John Braddock (ranked 309 p4p, 18 weight class) and Jakob Trabik (ranked 1154 p4p, 41 weight class). This should be fireworks!

Braddock
vs
Trabik

185 cm
30
285 lbs
15 - 2 - 0

189 cm
23
236 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, John Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Jakob Trabik!
The judges for this bout are Ivan Kurochkin, Aleksandr Martynov and Igor Prikhodko.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Trabik looks to land a combination. Braddock sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

It looks like John Braddock has been cut.
Trabik has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Braddock is landing a low percentage of strikes.
A jab lands there for Braddock.
Trabik jabs Braddock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Trabik is looking to clinch but Braddock is avoiding it.
Braddock lands with a shot to the body.
Trabik is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Trabik fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Braddock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Trabik misses with a series of wild punches.
Braddock throws a body punch but Trabik moves out of range.
Trabik only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Braddock tries to clinch but Trabik is having none of it.
Trabik tries to clinch up.
Trabik throws a hook but Braddock blocks it.
Trabik avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Trabik throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
As Trabik tries to get set, Braddock tries to push him back and clinch up but Trabik manages to avoid the attempt.
Trabik keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Trabik lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Trabik looks for the body kick but Braddock saw that one coming.
Trabik swings away with a body shot that misses

and Braddock counters by moving into the clinch.
Braddock avoiding damage as Trabik throws knees to the body.
Braddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Trabik working aggressively here.
Braddock manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Braddock throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Braddock misses with a punch to the body.
Trabik misses with the head strike.
Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Trabik throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Braddock fails to land.
Braddock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Braddock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trabik tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Trabik tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Braddock creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Braddock tries a body shot but Trabik blocks it.
Trabik working aggressively here.
Trabik scores with a nice hook to the head.
Trabik misses with a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braddock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trabik throws a head punch that misses.
Trabik swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Trabik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Braddock's elbow.
Trabik goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Trabik doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Trabik working aggressively here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Braddock takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Trabik misses with a short punch on the inside.
Trabik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Braddock lands a body punch.
Trabik misses with a hook from the clinch.
Trabik tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Braddock's elbow.
Trabik misses with a body punch.
Braddock blocks a body shot from Trabik.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Trabik swings wildly with an uppercut but Braddock uses good head movement to avoid it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Trabik.
A shot in the inside from Braddock.
A shot in the inside from Braddock.
A short body shot lands from Braddock as the two fighters clinch.
Trabik looks winded!
Braddock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Braddock blocks a body shot from Trabik.
Braddock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Nice body punch from Braddock - that landed with a thud.
Braddock lands a right hand that snaps the head of Trabik backwards.
Braddock presses Trabik against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
I was talking to Braddock's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Braddock lands a body shot in the clinch.
Braddock lands an uppercut.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Braddock lands with a left to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Braddock.
Braddock lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Braddock presses Trabik against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Braddock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Trabik backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Trabik's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Trabik takes a shot to the head.
Braddock lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Braddock digs a right hand into Trabik's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Trabik's gas tank.
Braddock can't find room to land a body shot as Trabik controls the action.
Trabik throws a knee to the head but misses.
A nice left hand lands by Braddock.

Trabik is rocked!

It looks like Jakob Trabik has been cut.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Trabik is still on wobbly legs! Can Braddock finish him?
Braddock lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Braddock unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Trabik! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Braddock is unloading with more strikes now! Trabik drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Braddock!
After the fight, John Braddock was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.