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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Grant Hyde (ranked 790 p4p, 716 weight class) and Danny Braxton (ranked 104 p4p, 95 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Hyde might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Darkside-Neoni. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
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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 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Grant Hyde!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Danny Braxton!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Alec Ball and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Hyde throws a jab when Braxton was well out of range.
Braxton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Grant Hyde seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braxton moves forwards but Hyde connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Braxton throws an overhand right that lands on Hyde's shoulder, as Hyde tries to avoid the shot.
Braxton swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Hyde.
Braxton looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Braxton works the jab nicely.
Hyde misses with a wild body shot.
Braxton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hyde has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Catch Wrestling L.A. in the buildup to the fight.
Braxton lands a lovely overhand right.
Hyde cracks Braxton with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Hyde throws a right hand that misses
and Braxton counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Hyde takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Hyde throws out a loose jab but Braxton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyde misses with a kick to the body.
Hyde throws a shot from downtown. Braxton moves away and avoids it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hyde throws an off balance right hand
and Braxton counters with a nice body shot.
Hyde throws a lazy right hand but Braxton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braxton fails to land with a series of punches.
Braxton bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hyde's head backwards.
Hyde throws a looping overhand right but Braxton ducks down to avoid it.
Braxton stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Hyde misses with a straight left.
Braxton looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Braxton throws a right and a left that Hyde avoids nicely.
Hyde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hyde misses the body punch
and Braxton counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hyde misses with a body shot
and Braxton counters with a straight right hand.
Braxton chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Hyde can pounce on him.
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 is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hyde.
Hyde turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Hyde scores with a jab. Braxton acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hyde darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Hyde scores with a kick to the body.
Braxton takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Braxton connects with a nice looking jab.
Hyde takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Braxton might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Hyde just misses with a punch to the body.
Hyde throws a hook to the side of Braxton's head but Braxton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hyde showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braxton.
Hyde misses with a wild body shot.
Hyde scores with a nice strike.
Braxton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Braxton there as he acknowledges the shot.
It looks like Danny Braxton has been cut.
Hyde connects with a solid leg kick.
A nice leg kick from Braxton, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde throws a quick inside leg kick.
Braxton lands with a cross.
A lazy left from Hyde finds it's target.
Hyde throws a shot to the body.
Hyde shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Braxton takes one on the button.
Hyde jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Hyde throws a lazy right hand but Braxton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Hyde thows a left - swing and a miss!
Braxton ducks under a wild hook from Hyde.
Braxton scores with a jab. Hyde acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Braxton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braxton has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Hyde.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hyde connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Braxton's hands.
Hyde with a nice calf kick.
Braxton lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Hyde ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braxton moves away.
Hyde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braxton was well out of range. Poor timing from Hyde.
Hyde staying out of range there.
Braxton throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Hyde throws an overhand right that lands on Braxton's shoulder, as Braxton tries to avoid the shot.
A big right from Braxton misses.
Braxton lands a nice leg kick that just misses Hyde's sensitive parts.
Braxton blocks the body kick.
Hyde misses with an uppercut
and Braxton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice straight punches there by Hyde. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Hyde.
Braxton moves away from the strike by Hyde.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Braxton keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braxton looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Braxton's jab looks to have found its range, popping Hyde under the eye.
No joy there for Hyde, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Braxton lands with a good body shot.
Hyde throws a body punch but Braxton moves out of range.
It seemed like Braxton was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Braxton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Braxton throws a sloppy head kick and Hyde moves out of range easily.
Hyde is looking to counter punch.
Braxton just misses with a punch to the body.
Hyde is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Hyde connects with an inside leg kick.
Braxton lands a glancing blow to the side of Hyde's head.
Hyde misses with a hook.
Braxton scores with the left hand. Hyde knows he should have avoided that one.
Braxton lands a jab to the nose.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hyde, as that shot connected.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A big right from Hyde misses.
Braxton punishes Hyde's body with a nice straight punch.
Sloppy strikes from Braxton. Those never looked like landing.
Hyde lands with a cross.
Good shot there by Hyde.
Braxton's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Braxton misses with a hook to the body
and Hyde counters with a slapping leg kick.
Hyde thows a leg kick but Braxton checks it
and Braxton counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Hyde throws the left hand but Braxton avoids the punch easily.
Braxton rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Hyde cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Braxton lands a jab to the nose.
Braxton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Hyde tries to land a front kick but Braxton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Braxton tests Hyde's chin there with a solid looking shot.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Braxton drops his hands momentarily and Hyde takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Braxton throws a looping overhand right but Hyde ducks down to avoid it.
A swing and a miss from Hyde.
Hyde on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Hyde uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Braxton.
Braxton throws a sloppy head kick and Hyde moves out of range easily.
Hyde is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Braxton.
Hyde misses with an uppercut.
Hyde looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Braxton throws a shot from downtown. Hyde moves away and avoids it.
Braxton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hyde.
Hyde connects with a body shot that sends Braxton's belly button to the back.
Hyde blocks a head kick by Braxton.
Hyde takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hyde moves out of range of the strikes.
Hyde fakes the leg kick and cracks Braxton in the body.
Braxton looks winded!
Braxton misses with a left hand
and Braxton takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braxton tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Hyde cracks Braxton with a right hand to the side of the head.
Hyde swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Braxton stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hyde.
Braxton moves out of range of the strikes.
Braxton slips a straight right by Hyde.
Hyde throws a hook to the side of Braxton's head but Braxton sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Hyde checks a leg kick.
Hyde pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Hyde throws a lazy right hand but Braxton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Hyde.
A jab from Hyde finds it's way through Braxton's defenses.
Hyde wants to slow Braxton down by chopping away at his legs.
Braxton throws a sloppy body shot
and Hyde counters with a low kick, right behind Braxton 's knee.
Braxton is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Hyde.
Hyde slips under a jab.
Hyde looks to land a right hand but Braxton moved out of range.
Hyde scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Hyde throws out a loose jab but Braxton uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hyde ducks under a wild hook from Braxton.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Hyde lands an overhand right.
Hyde misses with a low kick.
Braxton uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hyde.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Hyde dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Danny Braxton's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Hyde blocks a jab.
Hyde tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Braxton was well out of range. Poor timing from Hyde.
Hyde slips a jab from Braxton.
Hyde takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Braxton misses with a two punch combination.
A head kick misses from Braxton.
Decent striking displayed by Braxton there.
Hyde misses with a right hand
letting Braxton counter with a right hand.
Hyde scores with a push kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hyde misses with a hook. Braxton ducked under it nicely.
Hyde scores with a body shot.
That kick from Hyde tenderised Braxton's leg. Braxton is trying to keep his angry face on.
Braxton is breathing heavily.
Hyde slips under a jab.
Hyde throws a poor cross that misses
and Braxton counters with a stiff right hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body kick there by Hyde.
Hyde scores with a punch to the head.
Hyde throws a leg kick that misses.
Braxton looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Hyde misses with a looping left.
Hyde defending well as Braxton loads up on a big left hand.
Nice defenses there by Braxton.
Hyde fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braxton manages to avoid it.
Hyde connects with a looping right hand.
Hyde tries to land a front kick but Braxton steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Hyde misses with an uppercut.
Hyde takes a swing at Braxton's ribcage but misses.
Braxton looks to land a body kick but Hyde moved away.
Braxton fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Braxton lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Hyde has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Hyde and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Hyde does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Braxton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hyde moves away.
Braxton takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hyde displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Braxton throws out the jab.
Hyde half committed to a counter leg kick.
Grant Hyde is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braxton pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Braxton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Braxton moves out of range of the strikes.
Braxton lands a nice looking body kick.
A nice combination there by Braxton.
Braxton looks to land a left hand but Hyde moved out of range nicely.
Hyde jabs Braxton to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Hyde moves out of range as Braxton strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hyde connects with a good right hand that stumbles Braxton. Braxton circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hyde throws a front kick aimed at Braxton's knee but Braxton avoids it well.
Hyde scoring well with a low kick there.
A jab from Hyde misses.
Hyde waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Braxton.
Hyde digs a good body shot into Braxton's ribs.
Braxton takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hyde pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Braxton is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Hyde with a body shot.
Hyde bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Braxton's head.
Braxton is rocked!
Hyde pivots, looking for a leg kick but Braxton is out of range and Hyde settles back down.
Hyde dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Hyde lands with a cross.
Braxton is still on wobbly legs! Can Hyde finish him?
Hyde is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Braxton can do to turn this around?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hyde throws a lazy right hand but Braxton sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braxton seems to have recovered his senses.
Hyde lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Braxton throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with each other but Braxton might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Hyde has got the better of the exchanges.
Braxton ducks under a wild hook from Hyde.
Hyde cracks Braxton with a good jab.
Braxton misses with a looping right.
Nice uppercut there from Braxton.
Braxton darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Braxton looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Braxton throws a lazy uppercut
and Hyde cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Hyde bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Hyde throws a leg kick but Braxton sees it coming and moves out of range.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A solid leg kick lands there for Hyde.
Braxton throws an off balance right hand
and Hyde counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Braxton uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hyde.
You can see that Braxton has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
Hyde lands a big uppercut and Braxton crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Braxton looks OK. Hyde waves Braxton back to his feet!
Hyde moves forwards but Braxton connects with a nice, crisp jab.
and Hyde counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Braxton! He's just covering up as Hyde starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:32 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Grant Hyde!
Grant Hyde really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Kersikov's Vitamin Clinic (160) logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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