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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Andre Masques (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Riddick Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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168 lbs
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161 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Sydney, Andre Masques !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Riddick Braddock!
The judges for this bout are John Mangel, Damien Edna and Winston Howard.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braddock tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Masques counters with a left to the body.
Masques fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Braddock throws out a loose jab but Masques uses good head movement to avoid it.
Braddock slips a jab from Masques .
Braddock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Braddock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Masques .
Masques really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Masques tries to clinch but Braddock moves out of range.
Braddock tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Masques manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Braddock takes the fight into the clinch.
Braddock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Masques 's elbow.
Braddock is working Masques over against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Masques fails to land.
Masques goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Masques misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Masques 's elbow.
Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Braddock blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Masques stalling in the clinch but Braddock improves position.
Braddock breaks from the clinch.
Braddock takes a swing at Masques 's ribcage but misses.
Masques gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Braddock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masques .
Masques swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Masques misses with an uppercut.
Braddock uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Masques .
Masques lands the left hand.
Braddock lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Masques ducks under a wild hook from Braddock.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braddock tries to clinch there but Masques circles away.
Braddock throws out a loose jab but Masques uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masques scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Masques ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Braddock moves away.
Braddock blocks a jab.
Braddock clinches.
Masques throws a punch but it's blocked by Braddock.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Masques misses with the head strike.
Braddock pushes Masques back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Masques has had enough of the clinch but Braddock keeps him there for the moment.
Braddock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Masques has him pressed against the cage.
Masques doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Braddock fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Masques misses with a body punch.
Masques misses with a short punch on the inside.
Masques breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock wants to clinch.
Masques misses with an uppercut. Braddock saw that one coming.
Braddock lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Braddock is looking to clinch but Masques is avoiding it.
Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Braddock rushes Masques and presses him up against the cage.
Masques tries to throw a body punch but Braddock avoids it by throwing Masques back against the cage.
Masques stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Masques swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Masques blocks a body shot from Braddock.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Braddock pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Masques on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Masques misses with a two punch combination.
Masques swats away the attempt to clinch by Braddock.
Masques misses with the combination.
Andre Masques seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braddock throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Braddock rushes Masques and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Masques keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Braddock's efforts to push away.
Braddock breaks the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Braddock throws a right hand that Masques ducks under and follows up with a left that Masques also avoids with ease.
Braddock fails with an attempt to clinch.
Braddock closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Braddock stalling against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riddick Braddock dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Braddock scores with a jab. Masques acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Masques misses with a straight left.
Masques throws a right hand that Braddock ducks under and follows up with a left that Braddock also avoids with ease.
Riddick Braddock seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Braddock scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
A jab lands there for Masques .
Masques throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Braddock is looking to clinch.
Braddock fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Braddock ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Masques moves away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Masques .
Braddock instigates a clinch.
Masques looking to slow down the pace here.
Braddock tries a body shot but Masques blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Masques is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Masques trying to stall but Braddock improves his position.
A body shot lands from Masques .
Masques content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Andre Masques .
Braddock doesn't manage to clinch there - Masques circles away.
Braddock misses the shot to the body.
Braddock doesn't manage to clinch there - Masques circles away.
Masques moves out of range as Braddock strikes.
Braddock tries to clinch but Masques moves out of range.
Masques misses with an uppercut
and Braddock counters with a straight right hand.
Braddock misses with a wild body shot.
Braddock wants to clinch.
A combination from Braddock does no damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masques scores with a crisp jab that stopped Braddock in his tracks.
Braddock throws a sloppy head kick and Masques moves out of range easily.
Masques smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Braddock is looking to clinch.
Masques on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
No joy there for Masques , who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Braddock closes the distance and pushes Masques back into the cage.
Masques working aggressively here.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Masques misses with a hook to the ribs.
Braddock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Braddock lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Masques backs up against the cage.
Masques throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Braddock sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braddock throws a big shot that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Masques .
Masques scores with a sloppy right hand. Braddock should have avoided that one.
Braddock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Masques was well out of range. Poor timing from Braddock.
Braddock will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Masques swats away the attempt to clinch by Braddock.
Braddock misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Braddock moves in looking to clinch but Masques pushes him off.
Masques throws a jab but it's blocked by Braddock.
Masques lands a jab.
A big right from Masques misses.
Braddock swings widly with a right hand
and Masques counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Braddock throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Braddock throws a right hand that Masques ducks under and follows up with a left that Masques also avoids with ease.
Braddock tries to clinch up but Masques circles away and keeps his distance.
Masques throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Braddock tries to clinch there but Masques circles away.
A jab from Masques does it's job there.
Masques tries to keep at a distance but Braddock has taken the fight into the clinch.
Braddock manages to break the clinch.
Riddick Braddock is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Braddock moves into range and clinches up with Masques .
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Masques misses with a hook from the clinch.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Nice body punch from Braddock - that landed with a thud.
Masques prevents Braddock from breaking the clinch.
Come on Braddock - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Riddick Braddock showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
Masques thuds a left hand into Braddock's body.
Braddock misses with a head kick.
Braddock pushes Masques up against the cage in a clinch.
Masques is looking to control Braddock's arms but Braddock gets an underhook and turns him. Now Masques has his back to the cage.
Maybe Masques would be better served going for some more strikes rather than trying to control so much.
Riddick Braddock seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Braddock lands with a left to the head.
Braddock looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Masques trying to stall but Braddock improves his position.
Masques has Braddock pressed against the cage, preventing Braddock from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Braddock goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Braddock prevents a body shot from Masques .
Masques swings wildly with an uppercut but Braddock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Masques breaks the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock instigates a clinch.
Masques working aggressively here.
Masques misses with a hook from the clinch.
Masques misses with a body punch.
Braddock scores with a hook to the body.
Braddock working hard to break the clinch.
Braddock is leaning against Masques and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Masques has had enough of the clinch but Braddock keeps him there for the moment.
Braddock stalling against the cage.
Braddock continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
Masques fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Masques tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Braddock's elbow.
Braddock misses with a punch to the body.
Masques working aggressively here.
Masques prevents Braddock from breaking the clinch.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Masques tries to work over Braddock's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Masques wants to stall.
Braddock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Masques misses with a looping left.
Masques throws out a loose jab but Braddock uses good head movement to avoid it.
Braddock tries to clinch up but Masques circles away and keeps his distance.
Braddock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Masques lands a nice shot that snaps Braddock's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braddock lands a jab-cross combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock tries to close the distance and clinch but Masques swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Masques misses.
Good exchange - Masques coming out on top.
Masques swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Braddock misses with a looping right.
Masques dodges the punch combination from Braddock.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Masques struggles to land a body shot inside as Braddock controls his hands.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Braddock escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Braddock misses with an uppercut.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock lands an overhand right.
Braddock moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Braddock misses with the combination.
Andre Masques has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Masques keeps the fight on the outside.
Masques fails in his attempt to clinch.
Braddock gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Braddock is looking to clinch but Masques is avoiding it.
Masques avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Braddock moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Masques taking a breather.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Masques .
Braddock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Masques backwards.
Riddick Braddock is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
A nice left hand lands by Masques .
And that's the end of the fight!
Riddick Braddock comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Braddock has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 John Mangel scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Howard scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Riddick Braddock!
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FIGHT
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