PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 23069 p4p, 23238 weight class) and Sebastian Burger (ranked 602 p4p, 608 weight class). The key to victory for James Braddock has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Braddock
vs
Burger

180 cm
27
208
9 - 36 - 1

190 cm
34
220
23 - 13 - 1

Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good kicks
Granite chin

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 - 36 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sebastian Burger!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Stewart Dunkirk and Daniel Franklin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burger cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Braddock lands a nice hook to Burger's body. Burger takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Burger takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Burger showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braddock.
Burger lands with a nice body kick.
Braddock bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Braddock scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braddock looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Braddock throws a series of punches but Burger avoids them all with ease.
Burger ducks under a wild hook from Braddock.
Braddock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Burger.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Burger scores with a head kick. Braddock tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
Burger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Burger takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Braddock has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Cozad MMA Las Vegas in the buildup to the fight.
Braddock lands a jab-cross combination.
Burger lands with a thumping leg kick.
Braddock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Burger takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Braddock slips a straight right by Burger.
Braddock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Burger circles away quickly and effectively.
Braddock looks to land a right hand but Burger moved out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Burger uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Braddock throws a jab but it's blocked by Burger.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock misses with a few strikes there.
Burger takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Braddock misses the body punch
and Burger counters with a nice leg kick.
Braddock is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Braddock misses with a combination
enabling Burger to counter with a crisp jab.
Burger thuds a left hand into Braddock's body.
James Braddock seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burger misses with a head kick.
Burger gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Braddock.
Burger throws a jab but it's blocked by Braddock.
Burger avoids the body shot from Braddock.
Burger unleashes a big counter combination but Braddock bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Burger throws a hook but Braddock avoids it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burger lands with a slapping head kick.
Braddock fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Burger manages to avoid it.
A right-left combo lands from Braddock.
Burger takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.

Burger is rocked!
Braddock closes the distance and catches Burger with a lead hook that drops him to the canvas! Burger is clearly dazed and struggling here! 3,4,5,6,7 and Burger is up to his feet but the referee has called it off! Burger is still far too wobbly and he's not going to allow the fight to continue! Braddock takes it!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). James Braddock!