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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Stephen Quadros (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Quadros's entrance music is Pride Theme. A fine choice. Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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194 cm
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220 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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189 cm
24
215 lbs
10 - 3 - 0 |
Good wrestling
World class MT
Cardio machine |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Lethal high kicks
Good gas tank |
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stephen Quadros! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
10 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Braddock! The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Hugh Johnson and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Quadros blocks the body kick.
Quadros keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Quadros throws a combination that misses and Quadros takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Quadros looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Quadros ducks right into an uppercut from Braddock. Braddock smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button. Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Braddock keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Quadros. Braddock avoids the head kick by Quadros.
This has been an exciting period of action! Braddock misses with a series of wild punches.
Braddock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Quadros tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Quadros plants his feet and lands a nice head kick! Quadros misses with a two punch combination.
Quadros throws a nice inside leg kick. Braddock avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
That's one minute gone in the round. Quadros tries a head kick but it misses.
Braddock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business. Quadros misses with a body kick. Quadros misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Braddock lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Quadros throws a right and a left that Braddock avoids nicely. A head kick misses from Quadros. Quadros is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Quadros misses with the body kick and Braddock counters with a stiff right hand. Quadros takes a body punch but keeps moving. Quadros is breathing heavily. Quadros throws a head kick but Braddock moves out of range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Quadros throws a jab but it's blocked by Braddock. Quadros slips under a jab. Braddock catches Quadros with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Quadros throws a sloppy head kick and Braddock moves out of range easily. Braddock lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Quadros circles away quickly and effectively. Braddock looks to land a body kick but Quadros moved away. A decent looking body kick lands there for Braddock. Quadros moves forwards but Braddock connects with a nice, crisp jab. Braddock avoids the head kick by Quadros.
Quadros misses with a head kick.
Braddock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Braddock attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin. Stephen Quadros seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Quadros takes one on the button. Braddock misses with a straight right. Quadros wants to clinch. Braddock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Braddock with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Braddock clobbers Quadros with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. Quadros takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Braddock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Quadros is able to avoid easily. Braddock throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Braddock scores with a jab to the head.
An inside leg kick from Quadros misses. Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Braddock. Braddock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Quadros. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Good standup being displayed there by Braddock as he connects with a hook. Quadros doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Quadros misses with a low kick. Quadros showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Braddock.
Braddock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Braddock scores with a nice head shot. Quadros tries a head kick but it misses.
Braddock clobbers Quadros with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise. A head kick by Quadros misses and Braddock counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Braddock takes a kick to the body and keeps moving. Quadros throws a head kick that Braddock semi-blocks.
Braddock throws a jab but it's blocked by Quadros. Quadros is looking to clinch. Quadros misses with a body shot.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Braddock scoring well with a low kick there.
Quadros scores with a leg kick.
Quadros fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Braddock checks it well. Nice defenses there by Braddock. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
James Braddock dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Braddock tries a low kick but Quadros avoids it. Braddock lands a slapping body shot.
Quadros pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way. Quadros is looking to land body kicks. A telegraphed right hand from Quadros misses the target. Quadros tries to clinch and Braddock counters with a left to the body. Quadros wants to slow Braddock down by chopping away at his legs. Braddock buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Quadros walks into a straight right hand from Braddock. The fight stays on the outside here - Quadros looks like he's thinking about clinching though. Quadros throws a body kick but he was well out of range there. Braddock takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
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! Good leg kick by Braddock there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Braddock ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round. Braddock throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Quadros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target. Braddock is looking to slow Quadros down with leg kicks. Braddock blocks a head kick by Quadros.
Braddock scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard. Jab by Braddock. Braddock is looking to slow Quadros down with leg kicks. Braddock moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Stephen Quadros is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. This has been an exciting period of action! Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Braddock. Braddock darts in and out, connecting with a jab. Braddock with a hook. Braddock scores with a decent looking hook. Braddock lands a nice shot to the body.
Quadros tries to close the distance and clinch up but Braddock swats him away and circles back towards the center. Quadros is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Quadros on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Braddock lands a jab to the head.
Braddock sends Quadros crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Braddock is motioning to the referee to let Quadros up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
Quadros is rocked! Braddock has been the more effective fighter overall so far. Braddock drops Quadros with a big left hand! Quadros is injured, injured bad! Braddock jumps in and finished him with strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Braddock!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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