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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Loratcho Bradock (ranked 1037 p4p, 4757 weight class) and Monty Don (ranked 144 p4p, 571 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Bradock might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to KEVIN O CHRIS - PITBULLZADO . Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
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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 6 - 1 - 1, 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 10 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Monty Don!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Dmitry Maklakov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradock tries to land a front kick but Don steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Don jabs Bradock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Bradock thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Don if he has to take too many more of those.
Bradock lands a nice looking body kick.
Don ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Bradock moves away.
Don avoids a kick to the body.
Bradock stalks Don and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Don's face. Don staggers backwards, shaken.
Bradock throws a body kick that misses
letting Don counter with a right hand.
Don jabs Bradock right on the nose. Bradock blinks but takes it well.
A slapping leg kick lands for Bradock.
Bradock throws a leg kick
and Don counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bradock won't be happy with that.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bradock regains half guard there - taking advantage of Don's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Bradock is looking for a sweep. Don is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradock is controlling Don's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Don seems to be looking for submissions.
Don is looking for a kimura here.
Don not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Don missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Don is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Don missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Don not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Don is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Don missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Bradock on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Bradock tries to get out of the position.
Don is working for a kimura but Bradock is defending it quite comfortably.
Don not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Don wants to free his trapped foot but Bradock is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Bradock is staying active underneath Don, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Don tries to pass the half guard into mount. Bradock knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Don working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Bradock's thigh. Bradock counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Don is looking to work some ground and pound but Bradock has wrist control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Don missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Don wants to control from the top but Bradock keeps moving.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Don accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Don showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Bradock has momentary wrist control but Don slips an elbow through the middle.
Bradock utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Don connects with a couple of short punches.
Bradock knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Don on the ground.
Don throws a big right hand that misses.
Don preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Don accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Don is looking to work some ground and pound but Bradock has wrist control.
Don forces his way into half guard.
Don throwing shots but Bradock is blocking nicely.
Bradock won't allow Don to pass to mount.
Bradock blocking the ground and pound attempt from Don.
Bradock taking some punishment here, with Don in his half guard.
Nice strikes from Don there.
Don throwing shots but Bradock is blocking nicely.
Don working the head and body with strikes.
Don is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Bradock sees it coming and defends easily.
Bradock keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Monty Don dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Bradock does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Don has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bradock throws a good cross that connects.
Bradock feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Dons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Don misses with a wild body shot.
Bradock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Don blocks a jab.
Don drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Bradock defends it well.
Loratcho Bradock is winning the standup battle so far.
Don scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Bradock doesn't seem bothered though.
Don is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Bradock waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Don.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Don avoids a kick to the body.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Don! But no joy.
Bradock lands a head kick. Don smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Don moves out of range as Bradock throws a body kick.
Don is pinned up against the ropes taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bradock looks to score with a jab to the body but Don is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Bradock.
Bradock with a hook.
Bradock throws out a powerful jab.
Don connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Bradock throws a lazy body kick
and Don counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Don looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bradock is staying active underneath Don, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bradock keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Bradock tries to kick Don off but Don keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Don looks to land a strike but Bradock avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Don pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bradock is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Don stands up over Bradock, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Don accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Don with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Don connects with a couple of short punches.
Don looking to pass the guard.
Don trying to control the position from guard on top but Bradock is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Don loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Don throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bradock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Don postures up and lands a big shot to Bradock's brow.
Don throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bradock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Bradock preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Don throws a big right hand that misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Don loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Don looking to pass the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Don accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Don is pushing down on Bradock's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bradock is fighting to maintain full guard but Don has managed to sneak the leg through.
Don sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bradock defending well though.
Don scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Bradock is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Alpha Brasil, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Don wants to free his trapped foot but Bradock is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Don throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Don has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Don not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Don wants to take a breather but Bradock is having none of it.
Don not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Bradock avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Don.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Don lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Don sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Bradock defending well though.
Don looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Don trying to control the pace.
Don slips a nice elbow through Bradock's hands, connecting with Bradock's forehead.
Don thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Bradock's head.
Don is looking to take a break and control but Bradock is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Don winds up and cracks Bradock with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Monty Don will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Bradock looks to land a left hand but Don moved out of range nicely.
Don is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Don swings widly with a right hand
and Bradock makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Don really felt that one!
Bradock takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bradock connects with a good right hand that stumbles Don. Don circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Don ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Bradock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Don moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Bradock instigates a clinch.
A short uppercut from Bradock.
Don missing with knees to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Don has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Bradock is trying to keep an underhook but Don manages to get the takedown into half guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Don is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Bradock doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Don.
Bradock is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Don not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Don tries to pass to full mount but Bradock defends it.
Bradock on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bradock is defending against the submission attempts here by Don.
Don misses with a head shot. Bradock uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Don trying to control but Bradock is working from the bottom.
Don pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bradock is keeping the position for now.
Don postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Don working some strikes from top position.
Bradock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Don.
Don wants to pass the guard but Bradock is keeping the position.
Don wants to control from the top but Bradock keeps moving.
Bradock working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Don.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Don is pushing down on Bradock's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bradock is fighting to maintain full guard but Don has managed to sneak the leg through.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Don lands strikes from half guard.
Don is pressing down on Bradock's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bradock is holding on for now.
Bradock on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Bradock makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Bradock.
Don postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Bradock utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Bradock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Don pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Bradock is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Don working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Don stands up over Bradock, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Don throws an elbow that misses. Bradock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Don's guard. Nice move by Bradock!
Don has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Bradock can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Don trying to keep a closed guard but Bradock is proving a slippery customer.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bradock stopping the sweep attempt from Don.
Loratcho Bradock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Don looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
And that's the end of the fight!
Monty Don comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Don winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:30
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dmitry Maklakov scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Monty Don!
After winning the bout, Monty Don thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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hype
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RATING
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