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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Klaus Manfred (ranked 1140 p4p, 1108 weight class) and Loratcho Bradock (ranked 145 p4p, 140 weight class). Bradock has chosen BRUNO MARTINI - LIVING ON THE OUTSIDE as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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Good wrestling
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Dangerous knees
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Klaus Manfred!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 19 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Loratcho Bradock!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and Robert Douchet.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bradock swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Manfred slips under a jab.
Manfred is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Bradock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Klaus Manfred seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bradock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Manfred gets a double leg takedown into Bradock's guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Bradock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Manfred trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Manfred slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bradock is looking for a sweep.
Bradock manages to work his way to half guard, despite Manfred's best efforts.
Manfred wants to pass to mount but Bradock is defending the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manfred takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Bradock really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Manfred. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Manfred lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Manfred throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Manfred trying to control the action but Bradock is working from the bottom.
Manfred working Bradock over with strikes.
Manfred is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Manfred has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Manfred wants to control but Bradock is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bradock wants to get back to full guard.
Manfred trying to control the pace.
Bradock moves into full guard.
Manfred throws a big elbow that misses.
Bradock trying to keep a closed guard but Manfred is proving a slippery customer.
Manfred tries to free his leg and advance position but Bradock is retaining full guard.
Manfred wants to control from the top but Bradock keeps moving.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Manfred accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Manfred throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Bradock throws a fast counter high kick but Manfred manages to duck under it in time.
Bradock takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Loratcho Bradock is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Manfred misses with a looping left.
A jab from Bradock misses.
Manfred keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Manfred moves out of range as Bradock strikes.
Bradock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
An inside leg kick from Manfred misses.
Manfred throws a right and a left that Bradock avoids nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Manfred blocks a head kick by Bradock.
Manfred misses with a jab, cross combination.
Bradock is looking for the big counter here.
Manfred takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Bradock chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Bradock moves out of range as Manfred strikes.
Manfred walks into a jab.
It looks like Klaus Manfred has been cut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Manfred feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Bradock controls Manfred momentarily but Manfred frees himself.
Manfred missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Manfred slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Manfred accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Manfred chips away with some ground and pound.
Manfred looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Manfred trying to control but Bradock is working from the bottom.
Manfred landing with the ground and pound.
That's six 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.
Manfred throwing strikes from guard but Bradock blocks nicely.
Manfred wants to control from the top but Bradock keeps moving.
Manfred with a flurry of punches that miss.
Manfred trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Manfred missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Manfred wants to control from the top but Bradock keeps moving.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Manfred fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Bradock.
Bradock scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Bradock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Manfred.
Bradock looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Bradock with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Manfred to score with a decent uppercut.
Bradock throws a body kick, spinning off balance
so Manfred counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Manfred throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Bradock works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Manfred wants to control from the top but Bradock keeps moving.
Bradock trying to control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Manfred throws an elbow that misses. Bradock uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Manfred's guard. Nice move by Bradock!
Manfred escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bradock gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Manfred seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Manfred escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Bradock gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Manfred keeping moving, preventing Bradock from controlling successfully.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Manfred looking to hit a scissor sweep but Bradock is one step ahead there.
Manfred working a defensive guard but Bradock passes into half guard.
Manfred is looking to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Manfred is pressing down on Bradock's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Klaus Manfred dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Klaus Manfred's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nice straight punches there by Bradock. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Bradock.
Bradock misses with a hook to the body
and Manfred counters with a nice double leg into side control. Bradock won't be happy with that.
Bradock tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Manfred is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Bradock knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Bradock for a finish.
Manfred scores with punches to the body.
Manfred is not going to allow Bradock to sit and survive in this position.
Manfred is throwing punches to the body, looking to soften Bradock up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Manfred is landing with strikes. Bradock can't take much more of this.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Manfred misses with punches from the back.
Klaus Manfred overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Bradock tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Manfred scores with a couple of good head shots there.
BOOM! Manfred connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Manfred content just to control the position here.
Manfred lands a big shot there that rocks Bradock but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Manfred controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Manfred lands a big elbow.
Manfred lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Bradock is rocked!
Manfred is in full mount looking to finish with strikes. He lands a big shot, followed by another and Bradock goes limp! The ref jumps in to end the fight - a big win for Manfred!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Klaus Manfred!
After winning the bout, Klaus Manfred 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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hype
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