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). Chooooooooon! I think Braddock might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Bulls on Parade - Rage against the machine. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Braddock
vs
Man

189 cm
36
220 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

200 cm
31
200 lbs
9 - 9 - 0

World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 24 - 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 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Best Man!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Alan Glass and Tiny Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice uppercut there from Braddock.

It looks like Best Man has been cut.
Best Man seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braddock misses with a hook
enabling Man to counter with a crisp jab.
Man swinging wildly here.
A punch lands to the side of Braddock 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Braddock misses with a wild body shot.
Braddock loads up on a big right hand but Man slips the punch.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and Braddock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
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 throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Braddock.
Braddock slips a jab and a cross from Man.
Braddock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Braddock throws a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Braddock slips under a jab.
Man drops his hands momentarily and Braddock takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Man misses with a wild combination.
Braddock scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Man doesn't seem bothered though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Man swinging wildly here.
A shot to the liver by Man. Beautiful body shot.
Man misses with a series of wild punches.
Braddock has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cobra Kai Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
Braddock comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Man takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Braddock misses with a double jab.
Man is looking for the big counter here.
Man on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Man rushes in with a sloppy looking punch

and Braddock counters with a perfectly timed counter left hook that drops Man to the mat, face first! Braddock goes to the neutral corner and waits for the referee to start the count. Man is back to hise feet already though and looking to continue the bout! Exciting stuff!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braddock. Man does a little dance to reset his feet.
A combination from Man does no damage.
Braddock is looking to counter punch.
Braddock blocks a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock connects with a body shot that sends Man's belly button to the back.
Man looks winded!
Man fails to land with a series of punches.
Braddock swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Braddock just misses with a punch to the body.
Man misses with a straight right.
Nice jab there from Braddock.
Man swings widly with a right hand
and before Man has any time to reset, Braddock cracks him with a big right hand that drops him face first to the canvas! He's hurt! I don't think he's going to get back up from that one! He's trying but he's doing the chicken dance and has face planted into to ropes, causing the referee to bring this fight to an end! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). James Braddock!
After the fight, James Braddock was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.