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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jack Dempsey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!
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189 cm
22
215 lbs
8 - 2 - 0 |
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185 cm
28
210 lbs
12 - 8 - 0 |
BJJ Blue Belt
Lethal high kicks
Cardio machine |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Braddock! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
12 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jack Dempsey! The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Winston Howard and Eliza Hachem.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/round1.jpg) The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Dempsey misses the jab. A nice inside leg kick there by Braddock. That's going to slow Dempsey down. A swing and a miss from Dempsey. Braddock lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected. Dempsey swings for the body but Braddock moves out of range.
Braddock fakes a head shot and lands one to the body. Dempsey on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Braddock scores with a punch to the head. Jack Dempsey seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Braddock showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Dempsey.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Braddock missing with a left hand there. Dempsey was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Dempsey jabbing away but nothing is landing. Braddock stuns Dempsey with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Braddock uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Dempsey.
Dempsey takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Braddock throws a leg kick which misses Dempsey's front leg but catches the back leg as Dempsey tries to avoid it. Braddock connects with a leg kick. Dempsey looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. Dempsey looks gassed! Braddock lands a leg kick that knocks Dempsey off balance momentarily. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Braddock.
Dempsey shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. A jab lands there for Braddock. Dempsey on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Braddock. Braddock obviously looking to wear him down.
Braddock throws a right and a left that Dempsey avoids nicely. Dempsey throws a wild combination but nothing lands. Braddock catches Dempsey with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong! Nice cross by Braddock. A slow jab from Braddock misses its intended target. Braddock throws a body kick that digs right into the meat. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Dempsey takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards. Dempsey takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh. Braddock tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Dempsey was well out of range. Poor timing from Braddock. Dempsey misses with a looping right. Braddock scores with a push kick. Braddock thuds his right hand into Dempsey's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Braddock feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dempsey's calf. Braddock throws a jab but it's blocked by Dempsey. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Braddock.
Braddock changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. Braddock lands a jab to the head.
Braddock dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Braddock connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
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Dempsey is rocked! Braddock lands a slapping body shot.
Dempsey is still on wobbly legs! Can Braddock finish him? Braddock measures up his opponent and throws a superman punch that connects to the jaw! Down goes Dempsey! The ref steps in, and that's the ball game folks!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Superman Punch). James Braddock!
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G |
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G |
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energy
A | B |
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hype
A | B |
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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