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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Gomes (ranked 5624 p4p, 4982 weight class) and Boyd Braddock (ranked 596 p4p, 563 weight class). Braddock has chosen I'm Southern - The Cadillac Three as his entrance music. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, David Gomes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Boyd Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Glass and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gomes's corner calls for a 1-2. Gomes obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Braddock throws a jab but it's blocked by Gomes.
Gomes scores with a punch to the head.
Braddock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gomes takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Gomes takes a swing at Braddock's ribcage but misses.
Gomes throws a jab when Braddock was well out of range.
Gomes seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
David Gomes seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braddock cracks Gomes with a right hand to the side of the head.
Braddock slips a jab from Gomes.
Donk. Gomes catches Braddock right on the button with a cross.
Braddock misses the body punch
and Gomes cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braddock avoids the body shot from Gomes.
A little jabbing left from Braddock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Braddock misses with a wild body shot.
Braddock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gomes sends Braddock crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Gomes is motioning to the referee to let Braddock up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Braddock is rocked!
Gomes throws a jab when Braddock was well out of range.
Braddock is still on wobbly legs! Can Gomes finish him?
Gomes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braddock seems to have recovered his senses.
Braddock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gomes.
Gomes avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Gomes throwing a counter right hand but Braddock manages to avoid it.
Gomes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Braddock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Gomes walks into a stiff left hand from Braddock.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomes smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Gomes lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Gomes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braddock throws a lazy right hand but Gomes sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braddock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Gomes is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Gomes throws a hook but Braddock blocks it.
Braddock throws a poor cross that misses
and Gomes counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Braddock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gomes throws a hook to the side of Braddock's head but Braddock sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A little jabbing left from Braddock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Braddock misses with a wild body shot.
Braddock throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gomes scores with a jab. Braddock acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Braddock looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Gomes connects with a nice looking jab.
Braddock misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Gomes counter with a right hand.
Gomes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braddock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gomes scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braddock doesn't seem bothered though.
Braddock getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Braddock dodges the punch combination from Gomes.
Braddock swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Braddock lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Braddock moves away from the strike by Gomes.
Gomes misses with a jab to the body
and Gomes takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Gomes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Braddock misses with a straight left.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Gomes.
Braddock throws a jab but it's blocked by Gomes.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slow jab from Gomes misses its intended target.
Braddock throws out a counter right but Gomes avoids it with no problem.
Gomes's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Gomes duly obliges.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gomes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braddock was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomes.
Gomes misses with a body shot.
Braddock dips to his left and cracks Gomes with an uppercut!
Good exchange - Braddock coming out on top.
Gomes avoids the body shot from Braddock.
Gomes thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Gomes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Gomes's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Braddock connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gomes scrambles back to his feet.
Gomes looks to throw the jab but Braddock is out of range.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
David Gomes dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
A jab lands there for Gomes.
Braddock on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gomes tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braddock was well out of range. Poor timing from Gomes.
David Gomes is winning the standup battle so far.
Braddock walks into a jab.
Gomes misses with an uppercut. Braddock saw that one coming.
A left lands for Gomes.
Gomes swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Braddock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Gomes throws a big shot that misses.
A little jabbing left from Braddock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braddock throws the left hand but Gomes avoids the punch easily.
Gomes throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gomes takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Gomes lands a really nice looking cross but Braddock seems unphased.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock throws the left hand but Gomes avoids the punch easily.
Braddock scores with a hook to the body. Gomes takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Braddock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gomes.
Gomes throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Gomes drops Braddock with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Braddock looks back up at him and smiles so Gomes waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Gomes misses the shot to the body.
Gomes drops Braddock with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Braddock looks back up at him and smiles so Gomes waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A big right from Gomes misses.
Gomes misses the shot to the body.
Braddock wants to counter with a clinch but Gomes pushes him away.
Braddock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Gomes.
Braddock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Gomes.
Gomes pounces like a tiger and cracks Braddock with a vicious hook! Braddock is down but not out! Gomes follows up with more strikes forcing the ref to jump in and stop it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). David Gomes!
During a confident post fight interview, David Gomes thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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