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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between William Tate (ranked 4714 p4p, 5360 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 95 p4p, 567 weight class). James Braddock has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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180 cm
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful |
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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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Alan Glass.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Tate throwing a counter right hand but Braddock manages to avoid it.
Tate has managed to clinch.
Braddock turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Braddock manages to end up in side control.
Braddock controls the position.
Tate is not content to let Braddock control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate struggling a bit here.
Tate tries to buck Braddock off but Braddock is having none of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braddock is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Tate's shoulder. That is not cool.
Braddock is trying to get an arm triangle but Tate is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Braddock wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Braddock decides to stand back up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Tate gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Tate tries to clinch up but Braddock circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Tate lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
Donk. Tate catches Braddock right on the button with a cross.
Tate moves away from the strike by Braddock.
Tate is looking to clinch.
Braddock misses with a straight right.
Tate definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Braddock misses with a looping right.
Braddock misses with a wild combination.
Tate attempts a counter takedown but Braddock avoids it well and moves away.
Tate wants to clinch.
Tate fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Braddock looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice combination there by Tate.
Braddock misses with a double jab
and Tate counters with a three punch combo that has Braddock backing up. Braddock nods at Tate to acknowledge the strikes.
Tate gets in close and tags Braddock with a short punch that almost sends Braddock to the mat! Oh Braddock is in big trouble! He turns his back on Tate, trying to create some distance but Tate rushes him, striking wildly and Braddock goes down! The referee tackles Tate into the cage to end the fight! Tate is one violent man!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Tate!
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
A | B |
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
38% |
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