PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Loratcho Bradock (ranked 1289 p4p, 978 weight class) and Geryon Macropus (ranked 169 p4p, 127 weight class). Bradock kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is KEVIN O CHRIS - PITBULLZADO . The key to victory for Loratcho Bradock has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Bradock
vs
Macropus

190 cm
23
225
5 - 1 - 0

200 cm
21
275
8 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great elbows
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Good elbows
Good gas tank

Tengelü Hekite

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 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Loratcho Bradock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Geryon Macropus!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradock lands a jab-cross combination.
Macropus tries to clinch up but Bradock circles away and keeps his distance.
Bradock listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Macropus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bradock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab lands there for Bradock.
Bradock cracks Macropus with a good jab.
Macropus moves in looking to clinch but Bradock pushes him off.
Bradock throwing a counter right hand but Macropus manages to avoid it.
Macropus tries to clinch but Bradock moves away
and Bradock counters with a one-two to the body.

It looks like Geryon Macropus has been cut.
Macropus ducks right into an uppercut from Bradock.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Macropus tries to close the distance and clinch up but Bradock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Bradock lands a jab to the head.

Macropus is rocked!
Macropus tries to close the distance and clinch but Bradock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Macropus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Macropus fails with an attempt to clinch.
Macropus fails in his attempt to clinch.
Bradock lands a glancing blow to the side of Macropus's head.
Bradock looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Macropus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bradock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Bradock throws a shot to the body.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bradock circles away from the clinch attempt.
It looked like Bradock wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Bradock keeps the fight on the outside.
A little feinted left hand from Bradock on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Bradock connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Bradock lands with an overhand left.
Macropus is still on wobbly legs! Can Bradock finish him?

That's one minute gone in the round.

Macropus clinches up against the cage.
Macropus seems to have recovered his senses.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macropus avoids it.
Macropus taking a breather.
A short right from Bradock on the inside.
Macropus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Macropus throws an elbow that misses.
Macropus pushes off an throws an elbow but Bradock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Macropus throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradock tries to stall but Macropus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bradock lands an elbow just above Macropus 's eye.
Bradock blocks an elbow strike from Macropus.
Macropus has a couple of punches blocked by Bradock.
Macropus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradock tries to land knees in the clinch but Macropus avoids the damage to the body.
Macropus just leaning against Bradock, taking a breather.
Bradock throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Macropus blocks it with crossed arms.
Bradock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradock is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradock's brow.
Macropus misses with a short punch on the inside.
Macropus gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Macropus misses with an elbow over the top.
Bradock blocks an elbow strike from Macropus.
Macropus avoiding damage as Bradock throws knees to the body.
Bradock lands an elbow inside that Macropus shrugs off.
Macropus softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Bradock using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Macropus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradock avoids the elbow strike from Macropus, against the cage.
Bradock lands a hook that snaps the head of Macropus backwards.
Macropus misses with some punches.
Bradock misses with a hook from the clinch.
Macropus pushes off an throws an elbow but Bradock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradock blocks the elbow strike.
Macropus tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradock's brow.
Bradock creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Macropus's defenses.
Bradock lands a good knee to the midsection. Macropus won't want to take too many of those.
Macropus pushes off an throws an elbow but Bradock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Macropus creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Macropus throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradock blocks the elbow strike.
A head punch on the inside from Macropus fails to land.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
The referee is keeping an eye on Bradock - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Bradock managing to block the knees to the body from Macropus.
Macropus throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradock's brow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macropus pushes off an throws an elbow but Bradock leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bradock looking to slow down the pace here.
Macropus tries to throw a body punch but Bradock avoids it by throwing Macropus back against the cage.
Bradock lands an elbow just above Macropus 's eye.
Macropus pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Macropus takes an elbow to the forehead.
Bradock has a couple of punches blocked by Macropus.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Macropus takes an elbow to the temple.

That has opened up Geryon Macropus's cut even more.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bradock gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bradock avoids the elbow strike from Macropus, against the cage.
Bradock lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Bradock lands a damaging elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Bradock tries to stall but Macropus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bradock lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Macropus backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Loratcho Bradock dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Geryon Macropus's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

A punch combination from Bradock misses.

Macropus fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Bradock, pushing him back against the cage.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Bradock here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Macropus takes an elbow to the forehead.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Macropus misses with some punches.
Macropus blocks an elbow strike from Bradock.
Bradock looking to slow down the pace here.
Macropus misses with an elbow strike.
Bradock looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bradock is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Macropus can do to turn this around?
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Loratcho Bradock has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Macropus blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradock looking to throw knees to the head but Macropus is blocking nicely.
Macropus lands an elbow inside.

It looks like Loratcho Bradock has been cut.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Macropus in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Macropus swings wildly with an uppercut but Bradock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Macropus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Bradock pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Bradock drops Macropus with a big knee straight up the middle! Macropus is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!
Bradock with a nice cross.
Bradock connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Nice defenses there by Macropus.
Macropus uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Bradock.
Bradock circles away from the clinch attempt.
An attempted straight right counter from Bradock misses the target.
Macropus moves away from the strike by Bradock.
Bradock is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Bradock lands with an overhand left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Macropus tries to clinch but Bradock moves out of range.
Macropus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bradock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Macropus tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Bradock paws at him with a jab and circles away.

Macropus pushes Bradock up against the cage in a clinch.
Bradock misses with a short punch on the inside.
Bradock blocks an elbow strike.
Bradock landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Bradock stalling in the clinch but Macropus improves position.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradock's brow.
Stalling in the clinch from Bradock.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradock blocks the elbow strike.
Bradock tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Macropus avoids it.
Macropus throws an elbow but it misses.
Macropus throws an elbow that misses.
With the fighters up against the cage, Macropus throws an elbow but misses.
Bradock pushes off an throws an elbow but Macropus leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Bradock misses with a knee strike.
Bradock blocks an elbow strike from Macropus.
Bradock blocks the elbow strike.
Macropus misses with some punches.
Macropus has a couple of punches blocked by Bradock.
Bradock scores with a shot to the side of Macropus's head.
Bradock tries to stall but Macropus uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Bradock avoids a wild elbow strike from Macropus.
Bradock throws a knee to the head but misses.
Bradock avoids a wild elbow strike from Macropus.
Macropus creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Bradock's defenses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Still in the clinch, Bradock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Macropus throws an elbow but it misses.
Bradock is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Macropus misses with a punch to the body.
Bradock taking a breather.
Bradock is struggling to control the position.
Bradock creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradock lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradock's brow.
Macropus throws an elbow that misses.
Bradock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Macropus blocks the elbow strike.
Macropus lands a hook to the side of the head.
Macropus avoids a wild elbow strike from Bradock.
Macropus takes an elbow to the temple.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macropus throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Macropus just misses with a elbow thrown towards Bradock's brow.
Bradock looking to throw knees to the head but Macropus is blocking nicely.
Bradock throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Macropus throws an elbow that misses.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Bradock trying to stall but Macropus improves his position.
Bradock lands a nice uppercut.
Macropus avoiding damage as Bradock throws knees to the body.
Macropus looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bradock lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Macropus stalling the fight.
Bradock stalling in the clinch but Macropus improves position.
Macropus throws an elbow that misses.
Macropus avoids a wild elbow strike from Bradock.
Macropus throws an elbow that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bradock.
Bradock crunches a lovely knee into Macropus's ribcage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Loratcho Bradock dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Bradock uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Macropus has time to react.
Macropus has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Bradock finds it's way round the side to connect with Macropus's head.
Macropus has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Bradock connects with a looping right hand.
Bradock throws a big shot that misses.
Bradock lands a jab to Macropus's midsection.
Macropus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bradock throws an overhand right that lands on Macropus's shoulder, as Macropus tries to avoid the shot.
Macropus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bradock scores with a punch to the head.
Macropus tries to close the distance and clinch but Bradock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Bradock throws a hook but Macropus avoids it easily.
Macropus darts in trying to clinch
and Bradock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Bradock connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Macropus's hands.
Bradock keeps the fight on the outside.
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!
Macropus takes one on the button.
Macropus tries to clinch up.
Macropus moves away from the strike by Bradock.
Bradock circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradock scores with a nice head shot.
Bradock throws a hook but Macropus blocks it.
Macropus tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bradock keeps the fight on the outside.
Macropus looks to land a right hand but Bradock moved out of range.
Macropus tries to clinch but Bradock moves away
and Bradock cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Macropus moves in looking to clinch but Bradock pushes him off.
Bradock cracks Macropus with a hook to the temple - Macropus is on wobbly legs here! Bradock swarms him with hook after hook, landing with each one! Macropus falls to the canvas face first and the referee dives in to stop the fight! Bradock wins by TKO!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Loratcho Bradock!
An out of breath Loratcho Bradock thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.