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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Curtis Tate Iii (ranked 22767 p4p, 22709 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 541 p4p, 557 weight class). This should be a great matchup!
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 54 - 15 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Curtis Tate Iii!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 38 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, James Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock throws a right hand that Tate Iii ducks under and follows up with a left that Tate Iii also avoids with ease.
Braddock misses the body punch
and Tate Iii counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tate Iii.
Tate Iii is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Braddock is defending well.
Tate Iii manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tate Iii is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Tate Iii wants to sweep but no luck.
Tate Iii is controlling Braddock's posture.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate Iii throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Braddock looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Braddock being controlled here momentarily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate Iii is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tate Iii decides to pull guard.
Tate Iii is pulling down on Braddock's head to control his posture.
Tate Iii has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Tate Iii definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Tate Iii has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Braddock can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Braddock preventing the sweep.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii controlling Braddock's posture.
Braddock wants to stand but Tate Iii has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Tate Iii is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Tate Iii's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Tate Iii looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Braddock throws a poor cross that misses
and Tate Iii counters by clinching up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii drags the fight down to the ground.
Tate Iii doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Braddock throws a strike but Tate Iii rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Braddock controls Tate Iii momentarily but Tate Iii frees himself.
Tate Iii has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tate Iii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Tate Iii slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tate Iii postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Braddock wants to sweep here but Tate Iii controlling him for the moment.
Tate Iii is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Braddock is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Braddock has escaped and now he's on top!
Braddock stopping the sweep attempt from Tate Iii.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tate Iii looking for a guillotine here but Braddock defends easily.
Tate Iii is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Tate Iii dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Tate Iii rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Braddock moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Braddock misses with a few strikes there.
Tate Iii throws a jab when Braddock was well out of range.
Tate Iii throws a series of punches but Braddock avoids them all with ease.
Braddock avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tate Iii misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Braddock.
Tate Iii throws a series of punches but Braddock moves out of range.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tate Iii walks into a jab.
Braddock misses with a double jab.
Braddock scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Tate Iii lands a body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate Iii slips a jab and a cross from Braddock.
Tate Iii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Tate Iii scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Braddock misses with a shot to the body
and Tate Iii counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
It looks like James Braddock has been cut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tate Iii. Braddock does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tate Iii misses the shot to the body.
Curtis Tate Iii is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Braddock falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tate Iii counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Tate Iii pulls guard effortlessly.
Braddock is looking to pass into half guard but Tate Iii pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Tate Iii is in guard.
Tate Iii drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Braddock manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Tate Iii has Braddock in his guard.
Tate Iii pulls Braddock in close to his closed guard and prevents Braddock from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock throwing strikes from guard but Tate Iii blocks nicely.
Tate Iii had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Braddock defends it easily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Tate Iii tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tate Iii is on top in guard.
Braddock working for a triangle but Tate Iii defends it easily.
Tate Iii is in close to Braddock's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Tate Iii showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Tate Iii works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tate Iii stops Braddock from getting back to his feet.
Braddock tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Tate Iii manages to move to mount!
Braddock has given up his back here.
Tate Iii is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Curtis Tate Iii dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on James Braddock's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Tate Iii misses with a wild combination.
Braddock falls off balance throwing a combination
and Tate Iii counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tate Iii.
Tate Iii manages to break the clinch.
Tate Iii ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braddock moves away.
Tate Iii scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Tate Iii avoids the body shot from Braddock.
Tate Iii uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Tate Iii throwing a counter right hand but Braddock manages to avoid it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braddock throws a combination that misses
and Tate Iii holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tate Iii drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Braddock gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Tate Iii has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Braddock uses from the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tate Iii is controlling Braddock's posture.
Braddock wants to get up but he can't break Tate Iii's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Tate Iii managing to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Tate Iii is on top in guard.
Tate Iii looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Tate Iii passes Braddock's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tate Iii sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Tate Iii is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Braddock can do to turn this around?
Tate Iii lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tate Iii is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock trying to hold on to Tate Iii's head to control him but Tate Iii postures up.
Tate Iii is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Braddock is looking for a sweep. Tate Iii is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ground and pound from Tate Iii.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tate Iii with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Tate Iii working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tate Iii controlling the action here.
Braddock on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tate Iii controlling the pace.
Braddock wants to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curtis Tate Iii showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tate Iii 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Curtis Tate Iii!
Curtis Tate Iii retains his light heavyweight title!
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energy
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hype
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