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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Alfonso Lopez (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and James Braddock (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Braddock has chosen Bulls on Parade - Rage against the machine as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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224 lbs
17 - 6 - 0 |
Good wrestling
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
9 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alfonso Lopez!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
17 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, James Braddock!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, John Mangel and Donatello Bradman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lopez misses with a hook.
A head kick misses from Braddock.
Lopez sizes up Braddock with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Braddock misses with a low kick.
Lopez misses with a low kick.
Braddock misses with a head kick.
Lopez takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice shot lands for Lopez.
Lopez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Braddock takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Braddock throws a poor cross that misses
and Lopez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Lopez uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braddock.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Lopez.
Lopez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Braddock.
Lopez bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Braddock's head backwards.
Braddock is looking to score with low kicks.
Lopez on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like Alfonso Lopez has been cut.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lopez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braddock.
Lopez lands a nice looking kick to the body. Braddock takes a step back to recover.
Lopez stuns Braddock with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Lopez chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Lopez fakes the leg kick and cracks Braddock in the body.
Lopez throws the kick towards the body but Braddock avoids it.
Lopez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Braddock's calf.
Braddock swings for the body but Lopez moves out of range.
Lopez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Braddock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Braddock misses the shot to the body.
Lopez swings for the body but Braddock moves out of range.
Braddock throws a leg kick but Lopez checks it.
Braddock connects with a solid leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lopez connects with an inside leg kick.
Braddock misses with a straight left.
Braddock misses with a body kick.
Sloppy strikes from Braddock. Those never looked like landing.
Braddock takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Lopez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Braddock doesn't seem bothered though.
Braddock needs to keep his hands up - Lopez had a free shot at his head there.
Lopez feints and then cracks Braddock's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Braddock down.
Braddock uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Lopez connects with the punch.
A shot to the body from Braddock misses
and Lopez holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Still in the clinch, Braddock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Lopez softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A knee to the head by Lopez.
A short right from Lopez.
Braddock throws an elbow but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braddock lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lopez backwards.
Braddock's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Lopez doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Braddock tries a body shot but Lopez blocks it.
Braddock swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Braddock misses with a punch on the inside.
A bit of stalling here from Lopez.
Braddock doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Lopez tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Lopez lands a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lopez.
Braddock on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Still in the clinch, Braddock scores with a nice short uppercut.
Braddock lands a body shot in the clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Braddock misses with a punch on the inside.
Lopez landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Braddock lands an elbow inside.
Lopez misses with a knee to the head.
Lopez misses with a punch to the body.
Braddock working aggressively here.
Lopez gets through Braddock's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Braddock misses with a body punch.
Lopez with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Braddock.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Lopez creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Braddock lands an uppercut.
Braddock working aggressively here.
Lopez lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Braddock is rocked!
Lopez throws a big uppercut that drops Braddock! More strikes from Lopez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Braddock lies dazed against the cage as Lopez celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfonso Lopez!
Alfonso Lopez retains his light heavyweight title!
Alfonso Lopez seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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