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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Kyle Bradley (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Draught Papillia (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Papillia has chosen I dont know what those two ladies were singing about that day as his entrance music. 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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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Kyle Bradley !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Draught Papillia!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Roger Salmon and Paul Gruel.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Papillia misses with a takedown
and Bradley moves into the clinch.
Bradley fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Bradley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradley gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Papillia.
Papillia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Papillia has had enough of the clinch but Bradley keeps him there for the moment.
Bradley working aggressively here.
Bradley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papillia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Bradley lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Papillia is trying to push Bradley away but Bradley has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Papillia blocking some punches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papillia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bradley prevents Papillia from breaking the clinch.
Bradley managing to block the knees to the body from Papillia.
Bradley scores with a hook to the body.
Papillia goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Papillia wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Bradley has him pressed against the cage.
Bradley breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Papillia swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bradley connects with a body shot that sends Papillia's belly button to the back.
A swing and a miss from Papillia.
Papillia throws out a powerful jab.
A punch combination from Papillia misses.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bradley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Papillia misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Bradley .
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Papillia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bradley misses the shot to the body.
Papillia takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Papillia throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Kyle Bradley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bradley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Papillia moves away.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Papillia looks to throw the jab but Bradley is out of range.
Bradley misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Bradley ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch but Papillia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bradley takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Bradley pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Papillia back to the cage. Bradley follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Some wild striking there from Bradley .
Bradley misses with a few strikes there.
Bradley gets in close and instigates a clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley lands an elbow that stopped Papillia in his tracks for a moment.
Bradley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Papillia manages to break the clinch.
Papillia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bradley .
Papillia shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Bradley defends it nicely.
Kyle Bradley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Draught Papillia.
Papillia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bradley looks to land a combination but Papillia avoids it well.
Bradley misses with a right hand
and Papillia counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Papillia throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Papillia paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bradley connects with a body shot.
Bradley misses with a wild body shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bradley tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Papillia was well out of range. Poor timing from Bradley .
Bradley blocks a jab.
A combination from Bradley does no damage.
Bradley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Bradley avoids a punch combination nicely.
Papillia fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Bradley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradley wants to clinch up but Papillia keeps it at a distance.
Papillia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bradley moves away.
Papillia connects with a right hand. Bradley shakes it off.
Bradley throws a wild body kick that Papillia sees coming a mile off.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papillia throws a shot from downtown. Bradley moves away and avoids it.
Bradley bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Bradley closes the distance but Papillia moves to the side
and Papillia counters with a nice body shot.
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 Kyle Bradley will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch but Papillia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bradley misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bradley rushes Papillia and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Papillia dodges an elbow strike from Bradley .
Bradley pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Papillia wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Papillia tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bradley throws a punch but it's blocked by Papillia.
Papillia misses with a punch on the inside.
Bradley pushes off an throws an elbow but Papillia leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Papillia tries to circle away but Bradley has him pinned against the cage.
Bradley throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Papillia.
Papillia blocks a body shot from Bradley .
That's one minute gone in the round.
Papillia drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Bradley lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bradley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Bradley throws an elbow but misses.
Papillia avoiding damage as Bradley throws knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Bradley fails to land.
Papillia misses with a hook to the ribs.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bradley .
Papillia manages to break the clinch.
Bradley displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Papillia misses with a wild combination.
Bradley sizes up Papillia with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papillia connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Papillia throws a right hand that misses
and Bradley counters with a two punch combo.
Bradley is looking to wear down Papillia with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Bradley gets cracked there but stands up to it.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch but Papillia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bradley gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Papillia.
Bradley takes the fight into the clinch.
Bradley lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Papillia tries to score a body lock takedown but Bradley shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Kyle Bradley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Draught Papillia.
Bradley pushes Papillia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Papillia wants to stall.
Bradley blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papillia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Kyle Bradley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Papillia loads up on a big right hand but Bradley slips the punch.
Bradley looks to clinch
and Papillia counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Bradley thinking.
Bradley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Papillia swats away the attempt to clinch by Bradley .
Bradley clinches with his opponent.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bradley .
Papillia working hard to break the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Bradley just misses with a elbow thrown towards Papillia's brow.
Bradley throws a head punch that misses.
Bradley lands with a right to the head.
Bradley misses with a punch on the inside.
Papillia tries a body shot but Bradley blocks it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papillia doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bradley working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Papillia prevents a body shot from Bradley .
A body shot lands from Papillia.
Bradley keeps control of Papillia as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Papillia can't break the clinch.
Bradley working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Bradley misses with an elbow strike.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Papillia blocks a punch to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papillia is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Bradley tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Papillia takes an elbow to the temple.
Bradley is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Papillia is defending well for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Kyle Bradley dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Papillia paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Papillia tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Papillia on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Bradley tries to clinch but Papillia moves out of range.
Papillia lands a slapping body shot.
Bradley takes a jab right on the kisser.
Papillia looks to land a left hand but Bradley moved out of range nicely.
A clash of legs there as Bradley blocks the low kick.
Draught Papillia seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Bradley throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Papillia.
Papillia scores with a jab to the head.
Papillia misses with an uppercut.
Bradley scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Bradley is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Papillia scores with a nice right hand.
Bradley is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Papillia moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch up but Papillia swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloppy strikes from Bradley . Those never looked like landing.
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch but Papillia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bradley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Papillia throws a hook to the side of Bradley 's head but Bradley sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bradley throws a combination that misses
and Papillia counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sloppy strikes from Papillia. Those never looked like landing.
Papillia shoots for a takedown but Bradley saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Papillia throws a right and a left that Bradley avoids nicely.
Bradley is looking to clinch.
Papillia goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Kyle Bradley is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Bradley has managed to clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Papillia.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Papillia avoids a wild elbow strike from Bradley .
Papillia misses with a hook to the ribs.
Papillia managing to block the knees to the body from Bradley .
Papillia escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Papillia.
Bradley fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Bradley looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd cheers as Bradley lands an impressive looking overhand right. Papillia doesn't seem phased though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Papillia misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Bradley .
Bradley fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Papillia looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Papillia scores with a jab.
Bradley moves in looking to clinch but Papillia pushes him off.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Papillia fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Bradley avoids the body shot from Papillia.
Bradley tries to clinch up
enabling Papillia to counter with a crisp jab.
Papillia shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Bradley pinned against the cage. Bradley gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Kyle Bradley has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Draught Papillia.
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch but Papillia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bradley throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Bradley throws a body punch but Papillia moves out of range.
Bradley lands a jab-cross combination.
It looks like Draught Papillia has been cut.
A punch combination from Bradley misses.
Papillia throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Bradley .
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Papillia slips a straight right by Bradley .
Bradley tries to clinch up.
Bradley lands with a nice combination. Papillia backs away looking to recover.
Draught Papillia has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bradley avoids the body shot from Papillia.
Papillia ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bradley moves away.
Bradley lands a nice shot to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Papillia circles away from the clinch attempt.
Bradley lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Papillia throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Bradley 's waist but Bradley gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Papillia off to one side.
Papillia takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bradley tries to close the distance and clinch but Papillia swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bradley throws a body punch but Papillia moves out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Papillia takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Bradley slips a jab from Papillia.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Bradley , right into the meat.
Papillia gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Bradley .
And that's the end of the fight!
Kyle Bradley showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bradley has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Kyle Bradley !
A relieved looking Kyle Bradley thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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