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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnie Cashh (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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280 lbs
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245 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big heart |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, James Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Johnie Cashh!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Cashh lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Braddock tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cashh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Braddock circles away quickly and effectively.
Cashh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Braddock could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Cashh swats away the attempt to clinch by Braddock.
Braddock tries to clinch but Cashh is having none of it.
Cashh lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Braddock circles away quickly and effectively.
Braddock with a hook.
It looks like Johnie Cashh has been cut.
Braddock throws a body punch but Cashh moves out of range.
Braddock throws a right and a left that Cashh avoids nicely.
Cashh lands a jab.
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!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Braddock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cashh blocks it with crossed arms.
Cashh is trying to push Braddock away but Braddock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Cashh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braddock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Braddock lands with a left to the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cashh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Braddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Braddock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cashh's efforts to push away.
Braddock lands a left hand.
Braddock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cashh blocking some punches.
Braddock scores with a shot to the side of Cashh's head.
Braddock swings wildly with an uppercut but Cashh uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Braddock fails to land.
Braddock misses with a knee strike.
Braddock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cashh blocking some punches.
Braddock looking to throw knees to the head but Cashh is blocking nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Braddock looking to throw knees to the head but Cashh is blocking nicely.
Braddock digs a right hand underneath Cashh's ribcage. Cashh let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cashh working hard to break the clinch.
Cashh tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
Braddock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Braddock misses with a knee to the head.
Cashh tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
Braddock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cashh is trying to push Braddock away but Braddock has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Braddock prevents Cashh from breaking the clinch.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but Cashh blocks with his arms.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braddock makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Braddock misses with the head strike.
Braddock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cashh blocks it with crossed arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock looking to throw knees to the head but Cashh is blocking nicely.
Braddock misses with a knee strike.
Cashh working hard to break the clinch.
Braddock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Braddock swings wildly with an uppercut but Cashh uses good head movement to avoid it.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but Cashh blocks with his arms.
Braddock is breathing heavily.
Cashh wants to get back to striking at distance but Braddock won't allow it.
Braddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Braddock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cashh's efforts to push away.
Cashh wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Braddock has him pressed against the cage.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but Cashh blocks with his arms.
Braddock blocks an uppercut.
Braddock has Cashh pressed against the cage, preventing Cashh from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cashh can't break the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock throws a head punch that misses.
Braddock scores with a shoulder strike.
Braddock scores with a nice hook to the head.
Cashh wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Cashh wants to break free but Braddock has control.
Braddock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Braddock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Braddock unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cashh lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Braddock keeps control of Cashh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braddock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cashh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braddock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cashh blocks it with crossed arms.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cashh can't break the clinch.
Braddock lands a right hand.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
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 Johnie Cashh's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Braddock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Braddock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Cashh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Braddock tries to close the distance and clinch up but Cashh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A punch combination from Cashh misses.
Cashh swats away the attempt to clinch by Braddock.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Braddock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Braddock throws a lazy uppercut
and Cashh counters with a nice uppercut.
Cashh tries to bum rush Braddock with a series of wild strikes but Braddock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Braddock is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Braddock looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Nice shot by Cashh.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cashh throws a right hand that Braddock ducks under and follows up with a left that Braddock also avoids with ease.
Cashh clinches with his opponent.
Braddock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Braddock tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Cashh is looking to break free of the clinch but Braddock has double underhooks.
Braddock working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Braddock looking to throw knees to the head but Cashh is blocking nicely.
Braddock misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Cashh.
Braddock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cashh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but Cashh blocks with his arms.
Cashh is looking to break free of the clinch but Braddock has double underhooks.
Cashh is looking to break free of the clinch but Braddock has double underhooks.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but Cashh blocks with his arms.
Braddock misses with a knee strike.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Braddock misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Braddock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Braddock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cashh blocks it with crossed arms.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cashh has had enough of the clinch but Braddock keeps him there for the moment.
Braddock throws a head punch that misses.
Braddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Braddock trying to land knees to the body.
Braddock has Cashh pressed against the cage, preventing Cashh from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braddock misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Cashh.
Braddock working aggressively here.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cashh wants to get back to striking at distance but Braddock won't allow it.
Braddock looking to throw knees to the head but Cashh is blocking nicely.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cashh.
Cashh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Cashh blocks an uppercut.
Cashh tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cashh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock has Cashh pressed against the cage, preventing Cashh from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cashh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cashh tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
Braddock tries a knee to the head but Cashh blocks it.
Braddock prevents Cashh from breaking the clinch.
Braddock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cashh is looking to break free of the clinch but Braddock has double underhooks.
Cashh takes a knee right on the jaw!
Braddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Braddock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cashh blocks it with crossed arms.
Braddock prevents Cashh from breaking the clinch.
A knee to the head by Braddock.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Braddock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Cashh tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cashh working hard to break the clinch.
Braddock tries a knee to the head but Cashh blocks it.
Cashh tries to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling the position.
Braddock tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Braddock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Cashh lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cashh tries to break free but Braddock pushes him back against the cage.
Cashh tries to circle away but Braddock has him pinned against the cage.
Cashh working hard to break the clinch.
Cashh has had enough of the clinch but Braddock keeps him there for the moment.
Cashh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cashh wants to break free but Braddock has control.
Cashh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Braddock.
Cashh is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Johnie Cashh will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Johnie Cashh's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Cashh throws a one two combo.
It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
Braddock is looking to clinch.
Cashh looks to land a combination but Braddock avoids it well.
Braddock doesn't manage to clinch there - Cashh circles away.
Cashh darts in and clinches Braddock up against the cage.
Braddock tries a knee to the head but Cashh blocks it.
Cashh wants to break the clinch but can't.
Braddock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cashh's efforts to push away.
Braddock misses with a knee to the head.
Braddock keeps control of Cashh as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Cashh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cashh blocking some punches.
Braddock misses with a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Braddock.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Braddock fails to land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Braddock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Cashh blocks it with crossed arms.
Braddock using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Cashh has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Braddock throws a head punch that misses.
Cashh blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Braddock.
Braddock working aggressively here.
A head punch on the inside from Braddock fails to land.
Braddock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Cashh blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cashh working hard to break the clinch.
Cashh wants to break free but Braddock has control.
Cashh wants to get back to striking at distance but Braddock won't allow it.
Braddock misses with a punch to the body.
Braddock struggles to land a body shot inside as Cashh controls his hands.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Cashh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Braddock working aggressively here.
Braddock connects with a knee to the head.
Braddock throws a knee to the head but misses.
A frustrated look appears on Cashh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Braddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Braddock has Cashh pressed against the cage, preventing Cashh from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Cashh is trying to force a seperation but Braddock has the dominant position.
A frustrated look appears on Cashh's face as he tries to break the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cashh avoiding damage as Braddock throws knees to the body.
Cashh tries to break free but Braddock pushes him back against the cage.
Cashh tries to circle away but Braddock has him pinned against the cage.
Braddock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cashh's efforts to push away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cashh is trying to break the clinch but Braddock is controlling him.
Braddock tries to land a knee to the head but Cashh blocks with his arms.
Braddock with a knee to the head.
Braddock with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Braddock misses with a knee strike.
Braddock prevents Cashh from breaking the clinch.
Cashh wants to break free but Braddock has control.
Cashh can't break the clinch.
Cashh working hard to break the clinch.
Braddock misses with the head strike.
Braddock tries a body shot but Cashh blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Braddock fails to land.
Braddock keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Cashh's efforts to push away.
Braddock misses with a punch on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Braddock obliges.
Braddock lands a knee to the head.
Cashh looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Cashh wants to get back to striking at distance but Braddock won't allow it.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Braddock.
Braddock misses with a knee strike.
Braddock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cashh wants to break free but Braddock has control.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cashh working hard to break the clinch.
A nice right hand lands inside from Braddock.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Cashh is looking to break free of the clinch but Braddock has double underhooks.
Braddock with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Braddock connects with a knee to the head.
And that's the end of the fight!
James Braddock showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Braddock has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 29:28
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:28
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... James Braddock!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, James Braddock made sure he mentioned Mango Nutrition , along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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