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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between William Tate (ranked 23924 p4p, 23785 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 653 p4p, 629 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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 9 - 24 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, William Tate!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 33 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Daniel Franklin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock misses with a wild combination.
Braddock fails to land with a series of punches.
Braddock misses with a double jab.
Tate swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Tate wants to clinch up but Braddock keeps it at a distance.
Braddock takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Braddock keeps the fight on the outside.
Braddock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Tate dodges the punch combination from Braddock.
Tate keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braddock.
Braddock scores with a punch to the head.
Tate is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Braddock lands a nice shot that snaps Tate's head back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tate was well out of range. Poor timing from Braddock.
Tate tries to clinch up but Braddock circles away and keeps his distance.
No joy there for Braddock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Braddock misses the shot to the body.
Braddock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Tate counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Tate definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tate tries to clinch up but Braddock circles away and keeps his distance.
Braddock wants to counter the offense by Tate and move into the clinch position.
Braddock swats away the attempt to clinch by Tate.
Braddock takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Braddock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Braddock throws a right and a left that Tate avoids nicely.
A shot to the body from Braddock misses
and Tate counters with a lovely straight right hand!
It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate misses with a wild body shot.
Braddock lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
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!
Braddock misses with the combination.
Tate throws the left hand but Braddock avoids the punch easily.
Braddock throws a right hand that Tate ducks under and follows up with a left that Tate also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Tate misses.
Braddock throws a combination that misses
and Tate makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tate closes the distance looking to clinch
and Braddock counters with a nice uppercut.
Braddock works the jab nicely.
Braddock keeps the fight on the outside.
Braddock connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate lands a nice looking body shot.
Braddock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tate lands with an uppercut that bounces Braddock off the ropes and back into range.
Tate is looking to wear down Braddock with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Braddock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Tate takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Some wild striking there from Braddock.
Braddock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Tate.
Braddock misses with a two punch combination.
Tate misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
A countering left hand to the body from Braddock misses.
Tate darts in trying to clinch
and Braddock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock closes the distance and lands a one-two.
It looks like William Tate has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate staggers Braddock with a jab and knocks him down with a follow up straight! Braddock looks in trouble, will he beat the count?! The count has reached 5 and he's only back to 1 knee - it's going to be close! 6,7,8 - he's up! Just in time and the ref is going to let the fight continue!
Tate is looking to clinch.
Tate dodges the punch combination from Braddock.
Braddock throws a right hand that Tate ducks under and follows up with a left that Tate also avoids with ease.
Tate tries to clinch but Braddock moves out of range.
Braddock on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Braddock ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Braddock pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Tate back to the ropes. Braddock follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braddock throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Tate counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Braddock. That snapped Tate's head back.
Tate tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Tate takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Braddock throws a shot to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
William Tate should take that round, based on the knockdown.
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!
Tate misses with the combination.
Tate fails to land with a series of punches.
Tate feints a jab promting Braddock to slip. Tate then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Braddock slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Tate swings for the body but Braddock moves out of range.
Tate misses with a few strikes there.
Danga de danga de dang - Braddock scores with a four punch combination!
Some wild striking there from Braddock.
Tate appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tate avoids the body shot from Braddock.
Tate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braddock appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Tate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Braddock has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Braddock lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Braddock is looking for the big counter here.
Braddock misses with a jab, cross combination.
Braddock throws a series of punches but Tate moves out of range.
Braddock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tate scores with a jab to the body.
Braddock misses with a double jab
and Tate counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Tate will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Braddock throws a right hand that misses
and Tate makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Tate jabs Braddock to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Braddock swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braddock is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Tate with a body shot.
Tate falls off balance throwing a combination
and Braddock counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braddock throws a combination that misses
enabling Tate to counter with a crisp jab.
Tate tries to clinch there but Braddock circles away.
Braddock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tate appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tate throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Braddock throws a hook to the side of Tate's head but Tate sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Tate appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Tate doesn't manage to clinch there - Braddock circles away.
Braddock misses with a telegraphed body shot
letting Tate counter with a right hand.
Braddock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Braddock throws a series of punches but Tate avoids them all with ease.
Braddock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Tate moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Tate with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Braddock to score with a decent uppercut.
Braddock falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tate counters with a nice uppercut.
Braddock lands with a shot to the body.
Braddock misses with a shot to the body
and Tate counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Tate wants to clinch up but Braddock keeps it at a distance.
Braddock throws a lazy right hand but Tate sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braddock rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Tate moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Braddock looks to land a left hand but Tate moved out of range nicely.
Some wild striking there from Tate.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Braddock! But no joy.
Tate avoids the body shot from Braddock.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock tries to bum rush Tate with a series of wild strikes but Tate uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Braddock lands a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Braddock moves into the clinch.
Tate wants to get back to striking at distance but Braddock won't allow it.
Braddock keeps control of Tate as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braddock breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Tate tries to clinch up but Braddock circles away and keeps his distance.
Tate dodges the punch combination from Braddock.
Braddock throws a nice looking combination but Tate bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Tate lands with a right hand.
That has opened up James Braddock's cut even more.
Tate lands with a right hand.
Braddock misses with a double jab.
As Braddock looks to move away, Tate throws a big counter combo but Braddock just gets out of the way.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but James Braddock will probably get the nod - 10:9.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action! And we move into the final round!
Tate throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Braddock stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up but Braddock swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Braddock on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Braddock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tate circles away quickly and effectively.
Braddock misses with an uppercut
and Tate counters with a three punch combo that has Braddock backing up. Braddock nods at Tate to acknowledge the strikes.
Tate just misses with a punch to the body.
Tate is looking to clinch.
Braddock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Tate.
Tate tries to clinch but Braddock moves out of range.
Braddock wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Braddock.
Tate fails in his attempt to clinch.
Braddock just misses with a punch to the body.
Braddock throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Braddock looks to score with a jab to the body but Tate is just out of range.
Braddock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braddock falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tate counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Tate fails with an attempt to clinch.
William Tate is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
A combination from Braddock does no damage.
Braddock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tate tries to clinch but Braddock is having none of it.
Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Tate doesn't manage to clinch there - Braddock circles away.
Braddock misses with a combination
and Tate counters with a one-two to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Tate wants to clinch up but Braddock keeps it at a distance.
Tate throws a right and a left that Braddock avoids nicely.
Tate ducks under a wild hook from Braddock.
Braddock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Tate was well out of range. Poor timing from Braddock.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Tate throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Braddock swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Tate.
Braddock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Braddock lands with a hook. Tate tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Tate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A lazy left from Braddock finds it's target.
Braddock misses the body punch
and Tate counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Braddock manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Good exchange - Tate coming out on top.
The cut above James Braddock's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Tate tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tate tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braddock was well out of range. Poor timing from Tate.
Braddock misses with a wild combination.
Braddock throws a lazy uppercut
letting Tate counter with a right hand.
Tate tries to clinch up.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Braddock paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Braddock looks to land a combination but Tate avoids it well.
Braddock misses with a few strikes there.
Tate fails with an attempt to clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Tate does no damage.
Braddock throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
No joy there for Braddock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Braddock takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Tate throws a right hand that Braddock ducks under and follows up with a left that Braddock also avoids with ease.
Tate lands a glancing blow to the side of Braddock's head.
Braddock is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tate misses with a few strikes there.
Tate sets himself, and Braddock steps forward looking for the clinch! Tate avoids it this time.
Braddock is still on wobbly legs! Can Tate finish him?
The fight stays on the outside here - Tate looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Braddock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tate circles away quickly and effectively.
Braddock seems to have recovered his senses.
Tate is looking to clinch but Braddock is avoiding it.
Tate tries to close the distance and clinch but Braddock swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Tate lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Braddock circles away quickly and effectively.
Braddock now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
William Tate has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
James Braddock is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Tate misses with a few strikes there.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to James Braddock.
Well Braddock has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Gwen Towbar scores the fight 28:28
Judge George Francis scores the fight 28:28
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:28
The fight is ruled a draw!
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RATING
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