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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 22903 p4p, 22845 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 454 p4p, 465 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent boxer
Cardio machine
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 58 - 16 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 14 - 39 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Robert Twigg and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tate Iii on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Braddock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Donk. Braddock catches Tate Iii right on the button with a cross.
Braddock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Braddock is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tate Iii's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Tate Iii duly obliges.
It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
Braddock throws a left and a right that both miss
and Tate Iii counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tate Iii.
Good body shot from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii is trying to break the clinch but Braddock has him pressed against the ropes.
Tate Iii blocks an uppercut.
Tate Iii wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Tate Iii takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Tate Iii tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate Iii avoiding damage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Tate Iii as Braddock tries to tie him up.
Braddock slows down the pace here.
Tate Iii keeps control of Braddock as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braddock takes a shot to the head.
Braddock keeps control of Tate Iii as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
A short body shot lands from Tate Iii as the two fighters clinch.
Tate Iii lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tate Iii throws an elbow that misses.
Braddock has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Braddock being controlled against the ropes.
A frustrated look appears on Tate Iii's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Tate Iii tries to circle away but Braddock has him pinned against the ropes.
Tate Iii throws an elbow but it misses.
Tate Iii is struggling to control the position.
Stalling in the clinch from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
Tate Iii is looking to break free of the clinch but Braddock has double underhooks.
Tate Iii can't break the clinch.
Tate Iii creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Tate Iii lands a shoulder strike.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii tries to break free but Braddock pushes him back against the ropes.
Tate Iii is trying to push Braddock away but Braddock has him pressed against the ropes, so he's going nowhere.
Braddock wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A short right from Tate Iii.
Tate Iii looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Tate Iii is trying to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling him.
Tate Iii has Braddock pressed against the ropes, preventing Braddock from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braddock taking a breather.
Braddock wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Tate Iii is trying to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling him.
Tate Iii is looking to break free of the clinch but Braddock has double underhooks.
Braddock has Tate Iii pressed against the ropes, preventing Tate Iii from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Tate Iii tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Tate Iii crunches a lovely knee into Braddock's ribcage.
Tate Iii stalling in the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii lands a good knee to the midsection. Braddock won't want to take too many of those.
Tate Iii tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
Tate Iii has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
A frustrated look appears on Tate Iii's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Braddock is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Braddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Braddock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tate Iii swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Tate Iii dodges the punch combination from Braddock.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tate Iii swinging wildly here.
Tate Iii ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Tate Iii dominated that round.
The cut man is working on James Braddock's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Braddock takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
A right-left combo lands from Tate Iii.
Braddock looks to land a combination but Tate Iii avoids it well.
Tate Iii ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Tate Iii works the jab nicely.
Braddock misses with a wild combination.
Tate Iii throws a big counter combination but Braddock scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Braddock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Braddock is rocked!
That has opened up James Braddock's cut even more.
Tate Iii scores a knockdown with a big right hand! Braddock beats the count and gets back to his feet. The referee asks him to walk forwards and it appears he is OK so we'll continue the bout.
Braddock is still on wobbly legs! Can Tate Iii finish him?
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate Iii plants his feet and throws a 3 punch combo. Miss, miss, boom! The third punch, a big right hook, connects right on the temple and drops Braddock to the mat, unconscious! This fight is all over! Braddock just couldn't keep out of the way of the whole flurry of punches!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Curtis Tate Iii!
Curtis Tate Iii retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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FIGHT
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