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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Denny Sideman (ranked 1478 p4p, 203 weight class) and Leroy Braga (ranked 1429 p4p, 192 weight class). Braga is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Seven Nation Army. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Denny Sideman!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Leroy Braga!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and George Francis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Braga misses the shot to the body.
Braga bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sideman jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Braga doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sideman loads up on a big right hand but Braga slips the punch.
Braga appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braga. Sideman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Braga lands a nice shot to the body.
Braga throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sideman looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Braga punishes Sideman's body with a nice straight punch.
Braga misses with a wild body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braga lands a jab to Sideman's midsection.
Sideman lands a body shot.
Sideman uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Braga.
Sideman looks to land a left hand but Braga moved out of range nicely.
Sideman looks to score with a jab to the body but Braga is just out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Sideman misses.
Denny Sideman seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Braga avoids a punch combination nicely.
Braga lands an overhand right.
Sideman connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Braga tries to clinch
and Sideman counters with a three punch combo that has Braga backing up. Braga nods at Sideman to acknowledge the strikes.
Braga takes one on the button.
Sideman gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Sideman tries to break free but Braga pushes him back against the cage.
Sideman breaks from the clinch.
Braga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sideman moves away.
Braga thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Braga.
Sideman misses with a body shot.
Braga appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sideman connects with a crisp jab.
Braga takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
The crowd cheers as Braga lands an impressive looking overhand right. Sideman doesn't seem phased though.
Sideman connects with a nice looking jab.
Sideman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A countering left hand to the body from Braga misses.
Sideman scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Braga chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Braga slips a straight right by Sideman.
Nice shot by Sideman.
Nice shot lands for Sideman.
Nice defenses there by Braga.
Braga pushes Sideman away with a front kick.
Sideman gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Braga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sideman.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Braga darts in trying to clinch
and Sideman counters with a stiff right hand.
Sideman closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Sideman is looking to break free of the clinch but Braga has double underhooks.
Braga is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Come on Braga - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Braga stalling.
Braga misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sideman manages to break the clinch.
Braga misses with a body shot.
A counter left hand to the body from Sideman misses its target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sideman jabs Braga to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Sideman takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Braga connects with a crisp jab.
A shot to the body from Braga misses
letting Sideman counter with a right hand.
Braga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sideman connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sideman blocks the body kick.
Sideman misses with an uppercut
and Braga counters with an inside leg kick.
Braga ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sideman moves away.
Sideman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braga.
Sideman lands with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Sideman throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Braga swings for the body but Sideman moves out of range.
It looked like Sideman was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Braga.
Sideman lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Braga at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denny Sideman dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Sideman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Sideman lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Braga tries to clinch up.
Sideman rushes Braga and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Sideman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sideman scores with a decent looking hook.
Denny Sideman is winning the standup battle so far.
Braga looks to score with a jab to the body but Sideman is just out of range.
Sideman throws a body shot but no joy.
Braga takes a swing at Sideman's ribcage but misses.
Sideman swings for the body but Braga moves out of range.
Braga appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braga tests Sideman's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Braga closes the distance and clinches.
Sideman breaks from the clinch.
Braga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sideman throws out the jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sideman connects with a nice looking jab.
Sideman drives through and clinches with Braga against the cage.
Braga stalls.
Sideman is trying to force a seperation but Braga has the dominant position.
Sideman being controlled against the cage.
Sideman manages to break the clinch.
Braga looks to score with a jab to the body but Sideman is just out of range.
Sideman slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sideman throws a series of punches but Braga moves out of range.
Sideman thows a left - swing and a miss!
Braga appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Sideman looks to land a left hand but Braga moved out of range nicely.
Sideman scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sideman misses with a hook.
Braga is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Sideman rather than just go for the knockout.
Sideman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Braga now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Braga blocks a jab.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Braga.
Sideman is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Braga can do to turn this around?
Braga throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Sideman throwing a counter right hand but Braga manages to avoid it.
Sideman misses with a right hand
and Braga makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Sideman really felt that one!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sideman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Braga manages to avoid it.
Braga tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sideman was well out of range. Poor timing from Braga.
Sideman uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Braga has time to react.
Sideman takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Braga digs a good body shot into Sideman's ribs.
Braga moves away from the strike by Sideman.
Braga doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Sideman darts in and clinches Braga up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A frustrated look appears on Sideman's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Braga doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Sideman lands with a short shot to the head.
Braga's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Braga misses with a punch to the body.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Braga trying to control the position but instead, Sideman has worked for underhooks and has pushed Braga into the cage.
Sideman tries to break the clinch but Braga is controlling the position.
Braga is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Sideman gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Braga tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Sideman is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Sideman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sideman rushes Braga and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sideman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Braga closes the distance and clinches.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Braga misses with the head strike.
Sideman working hard to break the clinch.
Sideman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Braga closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sideman lands with a left to the head.
Braga blocks a body shot from Sideman.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sideman as Braga tries to tie him up.
Braga goes for a takedown attempt but Sideman pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Denny Sideman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Leroy Braga.
Braga looks to score with a jab to the body but Sideman is just out of range.
Sideman loads up on a big right hand but Braga slips the punch.
Braga misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Sideman.
Sideman throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denny Sideman dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Sideman throws a jab when Braga was well out of range.
Braga uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sideman.
Braga scores with a shot to the body.
Sideman drops his hands momentarily and Braga takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Nice defenses there by Sideman.
Braga closes the distance and clinches.
Braga tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Sideman's elbow.
Sideman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Sideman moves into the clinch successfully.
Sideman is trying to force a seperation but Braga has the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Braga goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Braga tries to throw a body punch but Sideman avoids it by throwing Braga back against the cage.
Braga tries to throw a body punch but Sideman avoids it by throwing Braga back against the cage.
Braga can't get the takedown.
Sideman tries to break the clinch but Braga is controlling the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Braga is looking to take this one to the mat.
Sideman breaks the clinch.
Sideman swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Good standup being displayed there by Braga as he connects with a hook.
A big left from Sideman misses.
Braga fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sideman manages to avoid it.
Nice shot by Braga.
Braga tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Sideman manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
Braga just misses with a punch to the body.
Sideman throws a body shot but no joy.
Sideman stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
A jab from Sideman misses.
Braga closes the distance looking to clinch
and Sideman cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Braga throws a body shot but no joy.
Sideman scores with a sloppy right hand. Braga should have avoided that one.
Sideman closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sideman breaks from the clinch.
Braga keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sideman throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Braga counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
A shot to the liver by Sideman. Beautiful body shot.
Sideman scores with a shot to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Braga. Sideman does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice shot lands for Braga.
Sideman just misses with a punch to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sideman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sideman instigates a clinch.
Sideman wants to break free but Braga has control.
Braga lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Sideman.
Braga working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Sideman is trying to force a seperation but Braga has the dominant position.
Sideman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short left from Braga.
Braga misses with the head strike.
Sideman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Braga misses with a wild body shot.
Braga scores with a punch to the head.
Braga takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Braga.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Sideman uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Braga.
Sideman scores with a shot to the body.
Braga has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Braga drops his hands momentarily and Sideman takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Sideman looks to score with a jab to the body but Braga is just out of range.
Sideman jabs Braga to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Braga displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Sideman throws out the jab.
Braga appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Braga throws a body shot but no joy.
Sideman lands with a straight right. Braga didn't see that one coming.
Sideman moves out of range as Braga strikes.
Sideman misses with an uppercut. Braga saw that one coming.
Leroy Braga has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Denny Sideman is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sideman throws a hook but Braga avoids it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Denny Sideman showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sideman has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight 30:27
Judge George Francis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Denny Sideman!
Denny Sideman tried to hype himself up post fight but didn't word it too well and it ended up with him sounding like a bit of a tool.
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RATING
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