PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Best Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braddock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Bulls on Parade - Rage against the machine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Braddock
vs
Man

189 cm
36
220 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

200 cm
30
200 lbs
9 - 7 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

Alpha-Male Nutritional Supplements (q160)

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 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Best Man!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Wesley Smith and Gwen Towbar.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Braddock throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A swing and a miss from Man.
Braddock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Man lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Braddock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Man blocks a jab.
Braddock throws a body punch but Man moves out of range.
Man misses with a wild body shot.
Braddock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Braddock misses with a hook.
Braddock looks to throw the jab but Man is out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man staying out of range there.
Braddock fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Braddock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Man.
Man throws out a loose jab but Braddock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Braddock misses with a few strikes there.
Man unleashes a big counter combination but Braddock bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A combination from Braddock does no damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Braddock circles away quickly and effectively.
Man misses with a two punch combination.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Braddock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Man misses with the combination.
A punch combination from Man misses.
Braddock throws a hook but Man blocks it.
The fighters circling - Man throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
It looked like Braddock was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Braddock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Braddock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man thows a left - swing and a miss!
Man looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Man looks to score with a jab to the body but Braddock is just out of range.
Man has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Man connects with the punch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Braddock seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Man throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Braddock.
Man looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Man tries to bum rush Braddock with a series of wild strikes but Braddock uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Man swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Man throws a series of punches but Braddock moves out of range.
Man throws a series of punches but Braddock moves out of range.
Man looks to land a left hand but Braddock moved out of range nicely.
Braddock misses with a looping right.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination
and Man takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice body punch from Man.
Braddock lands a jab to Man's midsection.
Man ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braddock moves away.
Best Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Man throws a lazy right hand but Braddock sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braddock misses with a wild body shot.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man dodges the punch combination from Braddock.
Man falls off balance throwing a combination

and Braddock counters with a right, a left and a big uppercut that drops Man to the mat! Braddock runs to a neutral corner to get the count going quickly. 3,4,5,6 and Man is back to his feet. He seems ready to continue - the ref agrees so we're back at it!

Man is rocked!
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Braddock engages and cracks Man with a massive lead left hook - Man tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Braddock is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). James Braddock!
James Braddock was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.