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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Danny Braxton (ranked 308 p4p, 479 weight class) and Ty Vanorden (ranked 38 p4p, 65 weight class). Vanorden is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by UP UP & AWAY. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Danny Braxton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Ty Vanorden!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Steve Smith and Dillan Fox.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Vanorden swings widly with a right hand
and Braxton counters with a nice body shot.
Braxton takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
It looks like Ty Vanorden has been cut.
Vanorden takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Braxton dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Vanorden. That did some damage!
Vanorden keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Braxton.
Braxton misses with a hook.
Braxton cracks Vanorden with an open hand slap.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braxton misses with a hook to the body
and Vanorden counters with a nice uppercut.
It looks like Danny Braxton has been cut.
Danny Braxton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braxton misses with a wild body shot.
Vanorden looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Braxton scores with a hook.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braxton drops Vanorden with a beautiful combination! Vanorden stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Braxton is looking for the KO!
Vanorden is rocked!
A shot to the liver by Vanorden. Beautiful body shot.
Vanorden is still on wobbly legs! Can Braxton finish him?
Braxton's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Vanorden connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Braxton scrambles back to his feet.
Braxton jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Braxton missing with a left hand there. Vanorden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vanorden seems to have recovered his senses.
Braxton looks to land a right hand but Vanorden moved out of range.
Vanorden is looking for the big counter here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braxton pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vanorden thinks about the counter body kick.
Braxton with a jab.
Braxton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Braxton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Vanorden wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braxton throws a jab when Vanorden was well out of range.
Braxton pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Vanorden swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Vanorden lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vanorden moves out of range of the strikes.
Vanorden drives through and clinches with Braxton against the cage.
Braxton throws a punch but it's blocked by Vanorden.
Vanorden crunches a lovely knee into Braxton's ribcage.
A head punch on the inside from Braxton fails to land.
Braxton avoiding damage as Vanorden throws knees to the body.
Vanorden stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Vanorden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Braxton avoids it.
Vanorden tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Braxton digs a right hand underneath Vanorden's ribcage. Vanorden let out a lung full of air as it connected.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Braxtons head.
Braxton scores with a shot to the side of Vanorden's head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Vanorden.
Braxton avoiding damage as Vanorden throws knees to the body.
Vanorden misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vanorden blocks the elbow strike.
Braxton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vanorden backwards.
Braxton lands with a light punch inside.
Vanorden working aggressively here.
Vanorden has a couple of punches blocked by Braxton.
Braxton struggles to land a body shot inside as Vanorden controls his hands.
Braxton tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vanorden's elbow.
Nice body punch from Braxton - that landed with a thud.
Braxton pushes Vanorden back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Vanorden.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Braxton.
Vanorden throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Braxton blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vanorden misses with a punch to the body.
Knees to the body from Vanorden.
Vanorden misses with a punch on the inside.
Vanorden has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Braxton seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Vanorden can turn it around.
Braxton lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vanorden blocking some punches.
Vanorden keeps control of Braxton as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Braxton tries to work over Vanorden's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vanorden misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vanorden lands with a light punch inside.
Vanorden makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Vanorden lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vanorden lands a left hand.
Vanorden lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vanorden misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vanorden lands a nice shot to the body.
Braxton is breathing heavily.
Vanorden scores with a shot to the side of Braxton's head.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Braxton misses with a hook to the ribs.
Vanorden blocks a body shot from Braxton.
Vanorden scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vanorden lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Braxton backwards.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vanorden.
Vanorden lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Braxton fails to land.
Vanorden lands a nice knee to the body.
Vanorden misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vanorden.
Vanorden is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Braxton managing to block the knees to the body from Vanorden.
Braxton misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vanorden fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vanorden trying to land knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braxton managing to block the knees to the body from Vanorden.
Braxton is trying to force a seperation but Vanorden has the dominant position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden crunches a lovely knee into Braxton's ribcage.
Vanorden lands a hook to the side of the head.
Braxton working aggressively here.
Good body shot from Vanorden.
Vanorden cracks Braxton with a nice body shot.
Braxton's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Vanorden putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Braxton in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Vanorden unloads a knee to the mid-section. Braxton lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vanorden scores with a nice hook to the head.
Vanorden using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Vanorden gets through Braxton's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Vanorden misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Braxton.
Vanorden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vanorden scores a nice knee to the body.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Vanorden lands a good knee to the midsection. Braxton won't want to take too many of those.
Vanorden lands with a light punch inside.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Braxton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vanorden crunches a lovely knee into Braxton's ribcage.
Vanorden works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Vanorden scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vanorden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Vanorden lands a left hand.
Braxton takes a knee to the side of the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vanorden.
Vanorden working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vanorden working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Braxton lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Vanorden backwards.
Vanorden tries to work over Braxton's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Braxton blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vanorden throws a punch but it's blocked by Braxton.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vanorden scores with a shoulder strike.
Braxton escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Braxton missing with a left hand there. Vanorden was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Vanorden! But no joy.
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.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Braxton misses with a straight right.
Vanorden moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Braxton sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Vanorden gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Braxton takes a knee to the side of the body.
Vanorden lands with a short shot to the head.
Vanorden misses with the head strike.
Vanorden softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Knees in the clinch landing for Vanorden.
Vanorden lands a body punch in the clinch.
Vanorden crunches a lovely knee into Braxton's ribcage.
Vanorden has a couple of punches blocked by Braxton.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Vanorden lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Vanorden.
Vanorden lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Braxton backwards.
Vanorden unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Braxton blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Vanorden doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Braxton avoiding damage as Vanorden throws knees to the body.
Vanorden tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Braxton avoids it.
Vanorden lands a nice uppercut.
Braxton misses with some punches.
Vanorden landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Vanorden tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Braxton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Braxton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Braxton misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vanorden tries to land knees in the clinch but Braxton avoids the damage to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ty Vanorden dominated that round.
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!
Vanorden scores with a jab. Braxton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Danny Braxton is winning the standup battle so far.
Braxton thows a left - swing and a miss!
Vanorden throws a big counter head kick but Braxton avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vanorden. Braxton does a little dance to reset his feet.
Braxton throws a hook to the side of Vanorden's head but Vanorden sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Vanorden looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Braxton blocks a head kick by Vanorden.
Braxton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vanorden counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vanorden avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Braxton throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Vanorden counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Braxton thinking.
A punch combination from Braxton misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braxton displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vanorden throws out the jab.
That kick from Braxton tenderised Vanorden's leg. Vanorden is trying to keep his angry face on.
Vanorden scores with a hook.
Vanorden stuns Braxton with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Braxton throws an ugly left hook that misses
enabling Vanorden to counter with a crisp jab.
Braxton is rocked!
Braxton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Vanorden counters with a crisp right hand that drops Braxton! Vanorden lets Braxton back up to his feet, looking for a finish!
Oh Braxton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braxton fails in his attempt to clinch.
Vanorden avoids the body shot from Braxton.
Braxton throws a poor cross that misses
and Vanorden counters with a powerful cross that connects right on the chin and the lights go out! A massive one punch knock out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ty Vanorden!
Ty Vanorden seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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