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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Mustafa Erdogan (ranked 9 p4p, 83 weight class) and Derrick Bradley (ranked 2 p4p, 8 weight class). Bradley is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Sudbury Saturday Night. I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 37 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mustafa Erdogan!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 31 - 9 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Derrick Bradley!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Ren Mimura and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Bradley lands with a hook. Erdogan tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Erdogan pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Bradley has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Erdogan.
Bradley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Erdogan lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Bradley throws the left hand but Erdogan avoids the punch easily.
It appears Erdogan was looking to counter with a kick there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erdogan lands with a nice body kick.
Bradley lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Erdogan feints and then cracks Bradley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bradley down.
Erdogan swings widly with a right hand
and Bradley connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Erdogan clinches up against the cage.
Bradley lands a shot to the body.
Bradley creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Bradley scores with a shoulder strike.
Erdogan lands an elbow that stopped Bradley in his tracks for a moment.
Erdogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradley controls his hands.
Bradley lands a nice uppercut.
Bradley pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Mustafa Erdogan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Erdogan throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Bradley stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erdogan wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Bradley lands with a shot to the body.
Erdogan throws a low kick but Bradley avoids it.
Bradley appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Bradley throws a right hand that misses
enabling Erdogan to counter with a crisp jab.
A looping hook to the body misses from Erdogan. Bradley does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bradley swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Bradley takes a shot to the body in his stride.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Erdogan throws out a loose jab but Bradley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Erdogan misses with a straight left.
Bradley throws a leg kick that misses.
Bradley lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Bradley misses with a head kick.
Erdogan was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Bradley misses with a shot to the body
and Erdogan counters with a stiff right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Erdogan misses with a body shot.
A countering left hand to the body from Bradley misses.
Bradley throws the kick towards the body but Erdogan avoids it.
Erdogan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bradley misses with a left hand
and Erdogan counters with a nice uppercut.
Bradley walks forward, straight into a front kick from Erdogan.
Erdogan misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mustafa Erdogan 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.
Bradley throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Erdogan swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Bradley throws a body kick that misses
and Erdogan counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Erdogan feints and then cracks Bradley's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Bradley down.
Erdogan drives through and clinches with Bradley against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Erdogan managing to block the knees to the body from Bradley.
Erdogan misses with a punch on the inside.
Bradley manages to break the clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Bradley.
Bradley misses with a left hand
and Erdogan counters with a nice kick to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bradley pulls out of a head kick attempt.
A quick step to the side and Erdogan tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Erdogan doesn't manage to clinch there - Bradley circles away.
Erdogan throws a head kick that misses.
Mustafa Erdogan is winning the standup battle so far.
Bradley misses with a left hand
enabling Erdogan to counter with a crisp jab.
Bradley on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Bradley slips under a jab.
Bradley throws a fast counter high kick but Erdogan manages to duck under it in time.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Erdogan with a nice calf kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Erdogan. That's going to slow Bradley down.
Erdogan gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Erdogan closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bradley can't find room to land a body shot as Erdogan controls the action.
Erdogan is leaning against Bradley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Bradley lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Erdogan backwards.
Bradley wants to get back to striking at distance but Erdogan won't allow it.
Erdogan lands a nice elbow.
Bradley tries to work over Erdogan's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Erdogan pushes Bradley back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Bradley tries to throw a body punch but Erdogan avoids it by throwing Bradley back against the cage.
Erdogan lands an elbow that stopped Bradley in his tracks for a moment.
A short right from Erdogan on the inside.
Erdogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Bradley lands a body shot in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Erdogan.
Erdogan lands an uppercut.
Erdogan throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Erdogan blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Erdogan blocks a body shot from Bradley.
Bradley has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Bradley.
Erdogan pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Bradley throws a punch but it's blocked by Erdogan.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Erdogan lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Mustafa Erdogan has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Erdogan.
Erdogan misses with a body punch.
Erdogan scores with a hook to the body.
Bradley is breathing heavily.
Erdogan struggles to land a body shot inside as Bradley controls his hands.
Erdogan lands a body shot in the clinch.
Erdogan is leaning against Bradley and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Erdogan.
A short left from Erdogan.
Erdogan doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Bradley takes an elbow to the forehead.
Erdogan lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short left from Erdogan.
Erdogan gets through Bradley's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Erdogan lands a body shot.
Erdogan scores with a shoulder strike.
Erdogan goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Erdogan works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A right hook to the body lands for Erdogan.
Erdogan lands a shot to the body.
Erdogan lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mustafa Erdogan dominated that second round.
That's time! Erdogan's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Erdogan is throwing a storm of strikes! Right hook, left hook and follows it up with a spinning back fist! Bradley hits the canvas like a rag doll! And just like that, this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mustafa Erdogan!
Mustafa Erdogan retains his middleweight title!
After winning the bout, Mustafa Erdogan thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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