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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Codi Gale (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braddock comes to the cage accompanied by Bulls on Parade - Rage against the machine. The crowd seem to be enjoying Gale's choice of entrance music: Gravity kills - Guilty. This should be a great matchup!
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Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
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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
13 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Braddock!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Codi Gale!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Summer Carpenter and Damien Edna.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gale tries to land a front kick but Braddock steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Braddock moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Braddock looks to land a body kick but Gale moved away.
Gale throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Braddock checks the leg kick.
A big right from Gale misses.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Braddock - that will leave a mark!
Braddock on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Braddock lands a nice looking body shot.
Gale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braddock takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Gale gets cracked there but stands up to it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Gale, right into the meat.
Gale throws a low kick but Braddock moves out of range easily.
Braddock misses with a head kick.
Braddock scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Gale swings away with a leg kick that misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Gale blocks the body kick.
Gale misses with a body kick.
Braddock throws a looping overhand right but Gale ducks down to avoid it.
Braddock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Braddock swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Braddock thuds his right hand into Gale's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Gale on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Gale on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gale thows a body shot but no joy.
Gale uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Braddock circles away from the clinch attempt.
Gale lands with a thumping leg kick.
Braddock rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gale makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gale wants to land a leg kick but Braddock is out of range.
Gale misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Braddock fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Sloppy strikes from Braddock. Those never looked like landing.
Gale misses with a double jab.
Braddock throws a looping overhand right but Gale ducks down to avoid it.
Good leg kick by Gale there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Gale lands with a cross.
Gale scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braddock doesn't seem bothered though.
Gale avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Braddock just misses with a punch to the body.
Braddock swings for the body but Gale moves out of range.
Braddock cracks Gale with a good jab.
Braddock tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock lunges at Gale with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Gale's hand.
Braddock moves out of range of the strikes.
Gale lands a jab to Braddock's midsection.
Braddock moves into range and connects with a jab.
Gale lands a nice looking body shot.
Braddock misses with a body shot
and Gale counters with a stiff right hand.
Gale loads up on a big right hand but Braddock slips the punch.
Gale looks to land a right hand but Braddock moved out of range.
Gale drives through and clinches with Braddock against the cage.
Gale lands an elbow inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braddock.
A shot in the inside from Gale.
Gale tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Braddock avoids it.
Gale misses with a shot to the kidneys.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Gale tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Braddock's elbow.
Braddock misses with some punches.
Braddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gale comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Braddock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gale has him pressed against the cage.
Braddock swings wildly with an uppercut but Gale uses good head movement to avoid it.
Braddock throws a head punch that misses.
Gale goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
A short right from Braddock on the inside.
Braddock tries a body shot but Gale blocks it.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Gale.
Braddock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Gale swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Braddock blocks an uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Codi Gale will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Braddock ducks under a wild hook from Gale.
Braddock jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Braddock throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Gale looks to land a body kick but Braddock moved away.
Gale misses with a low kick.
Gale scores with a hook.
Braddock takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Gale uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Braddock.
Gale goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Gale closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Gale lands a nice looking kick to the body. Braddock takes a step back to recover.
Braddock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gale dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Braddock. That did some damage!
Gale tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Braddock is able to avoid easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gale scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Braddock throws a leg kick but Gale checks it.
A cross from Gale lands.
Gale tries to work over Braddock's front leg with a kick but Braddock checks it.
Codi Gale seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Gale takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Braddock misses with an uppercut
and Gale counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Gale misses with an uppercut. Braddock saw that one coming.
Gale wants to land a leg kick but Braddock is out of range.
Braddock swinging wildly here.
Braddock throws the kick towards the body but Gale avoids it.
Gale smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
A head kick misses from Braddock.
Braddock misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gale takes one to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Gale slips a jab from Braddock.
Braddock slips a jab from Gale.
Gale misses with a leg kick
and Braddock counters with an outside leg kick.
Gale looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Gale moves out of range as Braddock throws a body kick.
Braddock lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Braddock scores with a hook to the body. Gale takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Braddock staying out of range there.
Braddock checks a leg kick.
Gale cracks the inside of Braddock's front leg.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gale. Braddock does a little dance to reset his feet.
A head kick misses from Gale.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale feints and then cracks Braddock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Braddock down.
Gale uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Gale thumps Braddock with a low kick.
Gale connects with a solid leg kick.
Braddock walks into a left hand.
Braddock blocks the body kick.
Gale with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Braddock.
Gale moves into range and connects with a jab.
Braddock tries to land a front kick but Gale steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Gale throws out a leg kick but Braddock moves out of range and Gale only half commits.
Gale lands a nice hook to Braddock's body. Braddock takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gale throws a leg kick that misses.
Braddock is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock connects with a looping right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Braddock misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Gale.
Gale throws a poor cross that misses
and Braddock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gale throws a push kick but Braddock slaps the foot to one side.
Braddock throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Gale sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Gale misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Braddock on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gale ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Braddock misses with a hook.
Braddock takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braddock misses with a straight right.
Gale tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Braddock moves into range and connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Codi Gale showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Gale misses with a kick to the body.
Braddock scoring well with a low kick there.
Gale cracks a nice hook into Braddock's ribs.
Good shot there by Braddock.
Gale does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Braddock throws a looping overhand right but Gale ducks down to avoid it.
Gale fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gale thows a leg kick but Braddock checks it
and Braddock counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Gale misses with a left hand
and Braddock counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A big right from Braddock misses.
Gale drives through and clinches with Braddock against the cage.
Braddock swings wildly with an uppercut but Gale uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short left from Braddock.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braddock blocks an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Braddock.
Gale has a couple of punches blocked by Braddock.
Braddock working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Braddock wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Gale has him pressed against the cage.
Gale with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Gale lands a right hand that snaps the head of Braddock backwards.
Gale avoids the elbow strike from Braddock, against the cage.
Gale lands with a right to the head.
A nice right hand lands inside from Gale.
Still in the clinch, Gale scores with a nice short uppercut.
Gale blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Gale landing knees to the body.
Braddock breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Gale lands with a straight right. Braddock didn't see that one coming.
Codi Gale is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gale displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Braddock throws out the jab.
Gale lands a leg kick that knocks Braddock off balance momentarily.
Gale scores with a leg kick.
Gale keeps Braddock at a distance using the push kick.
Braddock takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
An inside leg kick from Gale misses.
Braddock looks to score with a jab to the body but Gale is just out of range.
Gale misses with an attempted mid kick.
No joy there for Braddock, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Braddock tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Gale is able to avoid easily.
Braddock takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Gale connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Gale scores with a shot to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gale scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Gale.
Gale staying out of range there.
Braddock throws a low kick but Gale avoids it.
Gale is looking to chop away at Braddock's legs.
Braddock keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Gale on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Braddock throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Gale lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Braddock checks the leg kick.
Braddock stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Gale.
Braddock keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
A jab from Braddock misses.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gale misses with a body kick.
Braddock has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Gale.
James Braddock has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Braddock throws a lazy right hand but Gale sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Braddock chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Gale can pounce on him.
Gale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Braddock steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Gale. That one must have hurt.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Braddock looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Braddock scores with a crisp jab that stopped Gale in his tracks.
Braddock misses with an uppercut
and Gale counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gale bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Braddock misses the jab.
Braddock will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A solid body kick from Gale.
Gale keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
And that's the end of the fight!
Codi Gale comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Gale 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 27:30
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 27:30
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Codi Gale!
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