PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Braxton (ranked 188 p4p, 827 weight class) and Patrick Nielson (ranked 24 p4p, 100 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Braxton
vs
Nielson

184 cm
24
196
12 - 1 - 0

178 cm
24
188
9 - 7 - 0

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160)
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Danny Braxton!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Patrick Nielson!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nielson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Braxton misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Nielson.
Nielson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Braxton lunges at Nielson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nielson's hand.
Nielson throws an overhand right that lands on Braxton's shoulder, as Braxton tries to avoid the shot.
Braxton appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Nielson takes a swing at Braxton's ribcage but misses.
Nielson looks to land a left hand but Braxton moved out of range nicely.
Braxton connects with the punch.
Nielson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nielson tries to land a leg kick but Braxton saw it coming and moves away.
Nielson blocks a head kick by Braxton.
Braxton slips under a jab.
Nielson takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Nielson scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braxton throws a hook to the side of Nielson's head but Nielson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Nielson takes a swing at Braxton's ribcage but misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielson throws a sloppy head kick and Braxton moves out of range easily.
Nielson moves away from the strike by Braxton.
We've been told by Braxton's head coaches at Temple of Fitness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Braxton throws a good cross that connects.
Nielson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Nice shot lands for Braxton.
Nielson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nielson moves out of range as Braxton strikes.
Nielson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Braxtons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nielson cracks Braxton with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nielson.
Braxton works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nice uppercut there from Braxton.
Braxton looks to land a right hand but Nielson moved out of range.
Nielson is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Braxton.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braxton ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nielson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braxton.
Braxton is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Braxton misses with a wild body shot.
Nielson moves out of range of the strikes.
Nielson looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Danny Braxton is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nielson throws a hook to the side of Braxton's head but Braxton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
An attempted straight right counter from Braxton misses the target.
Braxton moves away from the strike by Nielson.
Nielson misses with a kick to the body.
Braxton tries to counter by clinching up but Nielson breaks away and moves out of range.
Nielson looks to throw the jab but Braxton is out of range.
Braxton scores with a nice right hand.
Braxton fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Braxton lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Nielson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Braxton defending well as Nielson loads up on a big left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braxton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nielson swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Nielson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Braxton.
A big right from Nielson misses.
Braxton appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Nielson just misses with a punch to the body.
Braxton misses with a low kick as Nielson jumps back.
Braxton moves out of range as Nielson strikes.
A little feinted left hand from Braxton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Braxton misses with a low kick.
Braxton throws an off balance right hand
and Nielson counters with a nice kick to the body.
Braxton misses with a looping right.
Nielson slips a straight right by Braxton.
Braxton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nielson throws a low kick but it's checked well by Braxton.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braxton throws a hook but Nielson avoids it easily.
Nielson takes one on the button.
Braxton walks into a straight right hand from Nielson.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Nielson - that will leave a mark!
Nielson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Braxton 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.
Nielson cracks Braxton with an open hand slap.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Nielson.
Braxton takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nielson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Braxton looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A nice leg kick from Braxton, right into the meat of the thigh.
Braxton throws a jab but it's blocked by Nielson.
Braxton blocks a leg kick.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Braxton cracks Nielson with a good jab.
Nielson staying out of range there.
Braxton looks to score with a jab to the body but Nielson is just out of range.
Nielson throws a nice inside leg kick.
Braxton slips a jab from Nielson.
Nielson lands a nice shot that snaps Braxton's head back.
Braxton ducks under a wild hook from Nielson.
Braxton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nielson moves away.
Braxton connects with a jab.
Braxton misses with a looping left.
Braxton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Nielson.
Nielson misses with a hook.
Braxton lands a nice shot that snaps Nielson's head back.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Braxton lands with a right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nielson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Braxton misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Nielson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nielson chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Braxton cracks Nielson with a good jab.
Nielson misses with a lunging right hand
and Braxton counters with a series of strikes. Nielson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Nielson throws a shot from downtown. Braxton moves away and avoids it.
Nielson throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Braxton counters with a nice uppercut.
Nielson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Nielson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Braxton scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Braxton throws an off balance right hand
and Nielson finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
Braxton connects with a solid leg kick.
Braxton lands a slapping body shot.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Braxton throws a looping overhand right but Nielson ducks down to avoid it.
Nielson looks to throw the jab but Braxton is out of range.
Nielson misses with a straight right.
Braxton misses with a left hand
and Nielson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Braxton looks to land a combination but Nielson avoids it well.
Braxton throws a head kick that Nielson semi-blocks.
Braxton misses with a body shot.
Nielson with a jab.
Braxton throws a looping overhand right but Nielson ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Nielson! But no joy.
Nielson uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braxton.
Nielson now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nielson throws a solid leg kick but Braxton takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nielson.
Braxton drops his hands momentarily and Nielson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Braxton misses with a looping left.
Nielson keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braxton looks to land a right hand but Nielson moved out of range.
Nielson is looking to score with low kicks.
A telegraphed right hand from Braxton misses the target.
Nielson misses the shot to the body.
Nielson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nielson gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Braxton counters with a two punch combo.
Nielson connects with an inside leg kick.
Braxton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braxton getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Braxton fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Nielson on the side of the head.
Nielson shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Braxton pinned against the cage. Braxton gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nielson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Nielson misses the shot to the body.
Braxton ducks under a wild hook from Nielson.
Nielson lands with a straight right. Braxton didn't see that one coming.
Nielson throws a shot from downtown. Braxton moves away and avoids it.
Sloppy strikes from Braxton. Those never looked like landing.
A head kick misses from Nielson.
Nielson throws a hook to the side of Braxton's head but Braxton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Danny Braxton dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Braxton misses with a looping right.
Braxton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Nielson throws a push kick but Braxton slaps the foot to one side.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Nielson might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Braxton has got the better of the exchanges.
Braxton scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Nielson moves away from the strike by Braxton.
Braxton shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Nielson eats them both and turns towards Braxton to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Braxton throws a jab but it's blocked by Nielson.
Nielson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Nielson moves away from the strike by Braxton.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braxton throws out a loose jab but Nielson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nielson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Nielson counters with a body kick.
Braxton looks to land a right hand but Nielson moved out of range.
Nielson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Braxton counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielson showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braxton.
The fighters circling - Braxton throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nielson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Braxton throws out the jab.
Braxton cracks Nielson with an open hand slap.
Nielson moves out of range of the strikes.
A swing and a miss from Braxton.
Nielson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Braxton digs a good body shot into Nielson's ribs.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nielson lands a head shot.
Danny Braxton is winning the standup battle so far.
Braxton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Nielson's sensitive parts.
Nielson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Braxton.
Nielson 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nielson ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braxton thows a left - swing and a miss!
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!
Braxton just misses with a punch to the body.
Braxton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Nielson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nielson misses with a hook.
Braxton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nielson throws a shot from downtown. Braxton moves away and avoids it.
Braxton blocks the body kick.
Nielson swings widly with a right hand
and Braxton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nielson ducks under a wild hook from Braxton.
A big right from Nielson misses.
Braxton lands the left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nielson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Braxton swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nielson throws a sloppy head kick and Braxton moves out of range easily.
Braxton appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Braxton pivots, looking for a leg kick but Nielson is out of range and Braxton settles back down.
Nielson has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Nielson there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nielson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Braxton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nielson just misses with a punch to the body.
Braxton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nielson.
Nice defenses there by Nielson.
Nielson is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Braxton misses with an uppercut.
Nice cross by Nielson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braxton misses with a hook. Nielson ducked under it nicely.
Nielson throws a half hearted mid kick.
Braxton moves out of range as Nielson strikes.
Nielson steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Braxton.
Nielson misses with a straight right.
Braxton misses with a double jab.
Braxton has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Nielson finds it's way round the side to connect with Braxton's head.
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!
Braxton looks to throw the jab but Nielson is out of range.
A punch lands to the side of Nielson 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Nice shot by Nielson.
Braxton checks a leg kick.
Braxton throws a lazy head kick
and Nielson counters with a straight right hand.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Braxton slips a straight right by Nielson.
Nielson throws a body shot but no joy.
Nielson throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Nielson moves away from the strike by Braxton.
A left and a right from Braxton both land. Nice combination.
Braxton throws the kick towards the body but Nielson avoids it.
Braxton throws a hook but Nielson blocks it.
Nielson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Nielson tries to land a leg kick but Braxton saw it coming and moves away.
Nice body kick from Nielson.
Braxton throws a head kick that misses.
Nielson tests Braxton's chin there with a solid looking shot.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
A shot to the body from Braxton misses
and Nielson counters with a nice uppercut.
Braxton tries to move into range but Nielson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nielson lunges at Braxton with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Braxton's hand.
A clash of legs there as Braxton blocks the low kick.
Braxton moves out of range of the body kick from Nielson.
A little feinted left hand from Braxton on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Nielson throws an overhand right that lands on Braxton's shoulder, as Braxton tries to avoid the shot.
Braxton checks a low kick from Nielson.
Nielson throws an off balance right hand
and Braxton counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Braxton throws a hook but Nielson blocks it.
Braxton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Braxton looks to throw the jab but Nielson is out of range.
Nielson throws a sloppy head kick
letting Braxton counter with a right hand.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nielson misses the shot to the body.
As Nielson backs away, Braxton returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nielson lands with a nice body kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Nielson throws a push kick but Braxton slaps the foot to one side.
Nielson ducks under a wild hook from Braxton.
Braxton misses with a double jab
and Nielson counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nielson misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Braxton throwing a counter right hand but Nielson manages to avoid it.
Nielson jabs Braxton right on the nose. Braxton blinks but takes it well.
Braxton avoids a kick to the body.
Braxton looks to land a combination. Nielson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Nielson tests Braxton's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Nielson has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Braxton finds it's way round the side to connect with Nielson's head.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Braxton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Braxton throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Braxton misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Nielson is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Nielson checks a leg kick.
Nielson tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Braxton tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Braxton missing with a left hand there. Nielson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Nielson throws a sloppy head kick and Braxton moves out of range easily.
A swing and a miss from Braxton.
And Nielson tries to counter it with a takedown but Braxton pushes his down on his head and steps out.
A jab from Nielson does it's job there.
Nielson misses with a double jab.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nielson throws a sloppy head kick and Braxton moves out of range easily.
Nielson avoids the body shot from Braxton.
Braxton comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nielson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braxton.
Braxton ducks under a wild hook from Nielson.
Braxton lands a jab.
Nielson tries to land a front kick but Braxton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Braxton throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nielson blocks a jab.
Braxton just misses with a punch to the body.
Nielson tries to counter with a clinch but Braxton shakes him off and moves away.
Braxton throws a right hand that misses
and Nielson counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nielson avoids the head kick by Braxton.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Danny Braxton will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Braxton cracks Nielson with a good jab.
Nice body punch from Nielson.
Braxton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Braxton works over Nielson's head and body with a nice combination.
Braxton fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nielson manages to avoid it.
Nielson slips under a jab.
Nielson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braxton.
Braxton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A swing and a miss from Nielson.
Nielson fails to land with a series of punches.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Braxton.
Nielson throws a nice head kick!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nielson shoots in but no luck this time.
Braxton looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Braxton.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A big right from Braxton misses.
Nielson misses with a looping right.
Nielson scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Braxton misses with an uppercut
and Nielson counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Braxton tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nielson was well out of range. Poor timing from Braxton.
Braxton misses with an uppercut
and Nielson counters with a stiff right hand.
Nielson throws a hook but Braxton avoids it easily.
Nielson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Braxton will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Nielson looks to score with a jab to the body but Braxton is just out of range.
It looked like Braxton wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braxton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Braxton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Braxton avoids the body shot from Nielson.
Braxton throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Nielson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nielson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A jab from Braxton misses.
Nielson moves out of range as Braxton strikes.
Braxton throws a hook but Nielson avoids it easily.
Nielson misses with a hook
letting Braxton counter with a right hand.
Braxton misses with a hook.
Braxton jabs at Nielson's body.
Nielson throws a solid leg kick but Braxton takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Nielson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braxton. Nielson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Sloppy strikes from Braxton. Those never looked like landing.
Nielson throws a jab when Braxton was well out of range.
A shot to the liver by Nielson. Beautiful body shot.
Braxton misses the shot to the body.
Braxton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Braxton checks a leg kick.
Braxton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Nielson moves away.
Braxton throws an overhand right that lands on Nielson's shoulder, as Nielson tries to avoid the shot.
An inside leg kick from Nielson misses.
Braxton looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Braxton misses with an uppercut
and Nielson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Braxton slips under a jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A left and a right from Nielson both land. Nice combination.
Nielson lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nielson. Braxton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Braxton moves out of range of the strikes.
Nielson slips a straight right by Braxton.
Braxton throws a low kick, looking for Nielson's leg but Nielson calmly moves out of range.
A big right from Nielson misses.
Nielson lands with a nice body kick.
Braxton bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Braxton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Braxton there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nielson pulls out of a head kick attempt.

That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nielson misses with a low kick.
Braxton fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Braxton takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nielson takes one to the side of the head.
Braxton throws a nice head kick!
Braxton looks to land a right hand but Nielson moved out of range.
Braxton looks to land a combination but Nielson avoids it well.
Nielson uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Braxton has time to react.
Braxton throws a jab but it's blocked by Nielson.
Nielson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A solid body kick from Nielson.
Nielson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Braxton checks it well.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nielson connects with the punch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A slow jab from Braxton misses its intended target.
Braxton moves forwards but Nielson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Nielson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Braxton gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Nielson misses with an uppercut. Braxton saw that one coming.
Braxton swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nielson clobbers Braxton with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nielson with a hook.
Nielson misses with a straight left.
A telegraphed right hand from Nielson misses the target.
Nielson throws a right hand that misses
and Braxton makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Patrick Nielson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Danny Braxton is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Braxton avoids the body shot from Nielson.
Braxton throws a shot from downtown. Nielson moves away and avoids it.
Braxton lands a jab to the head.
Braxton misses with a wild body shot.
Nielson pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Braxton is looking for a counter combo.
Nielson misses with a lunging right hand
and Braxton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Braxton looks to throw the jab but Nielson is out of range.
Nielson replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Braxton blocks it well.
Nielson rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Braxton counters with a left and a right that stings Nielson.
Nielson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Nielson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Braxton keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nielson.
Braxton takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nielson misses with a lunging right hand
and Braxton counters with a nice uppercut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nielson misses with a lunging right hand
and Braxton counters with a nice body shot.
Nielson is looking to clinch but Braxton is avoiding it.
Braxton seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Nielson misses the jab.
Nielson throws a front kick aimed at Braxton's knee but Braxton avoids it well.
Nielson throws a sloppy body shot
letting Braxton counter with a right hand.
Braxton lunges at Nielson with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nielson's hand.
Nielson throws a nice looking combination but Braxton bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
A nice leg kick from Braxton, right into the meat of the thigh.
Braxton ducks under a wild hook from Nielson.
Nielson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Braxton avoids the body shot from Nielson.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nielson throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
and Braxton counters with a nice uppercut.
Braxton lands a jab to the head.
Nielson looks to land a right hand but Braxton moved out of range.
Braxton cracks a nice hook into Nielson's ribs.
Braxton works the jab nicely.
Nielson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Nielson throws a head kick that misses.
Braxton throwing a counter right hand but Nielson manages to avoid it.
Nielson takes a jab right on the kisser.
A lazy body kick from Nielson
and Braxton connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nielson takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Braxton connects with a jab.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Danny Braxton.
Well Braxton has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yves DeLean scores the fight 30:27
Judge Alec Ball scores the fight 30:27
Judge Dillan Fox scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Danny Braxton!
Danny Braxton retains his middleweight title!
Danny Braxton thanked the fans post fight for their support.