Round by Round: Witter v. Bradley

Witter v. Bradley is tonight's fight at the junior welterweight class. Timothy Bradley is 24 years old from Palm Springs, CA, and comes in tonight undefeated. Junior Witter is from England and 34 years old. His record is 36-2-1.

The fight is in Nottingham, England. The British fans in attendance show their distaste for the American national anthem. Witter doesn't feel that it's necessary to remove his hat during God Save the Queen."

The crowd is hyped for this one as the introductions are made and it's time to get started.

Rd 1: Both fighters try to establish the jab in round 1. Witter swings with a very wide hook and Bradley ducks away. Nobody connecting with anything big. Bradley attempts to work the body. Bradley counters with 2 hard hooks that score. Bradley's defense looks good as he catches Witter's jabs and hooks.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Witter

Rd 2: Bradley is trying to be the counter puncher in this fight. Witter stands in a very awkward southpaw stance. It looks uncomfortable. They clash heads hard; so far no cut opened. Bradley trying to work the body again and gets in with some good jabs. Witter switches back to orthodox. Both fighters swing wildly but neither connects. Bradley scores with a right hook upstairs.

Spartan: 10-9 Witter
Uatu: 10-9 Bradley

Rd 3: Bradley switches to southpaw and then switches back again in the first seconds. Witter lunges forward but doesn't connect. Its pretty cautious in the first half of the round. Witter connects with an uppercut. Bradley doesn't look hurt. Bradley now swinging for the fences and missing. Bradley gets in with a good hard jab followed by a straight right. Witter continues to switch stances.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Witter

Rd 4: Both fighters clash again in the beginning. Lots of clinching, lots of stumbling around the ring. Witter gets hit with a hard jab and straight and then they tie up again. There's a lot of toe to toe fighting. Bradley now showing his head movement and dodges 2 straights. Tough round to score.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Bradley

Rd 5: Bradley counters and connects. The two tie up again and again. Witter keeps running in and grabbing. Witter looks very awakward in the ring. Bradley now starts throwing hard again. A bruise starts to grow over Bradley's eye, possibly from a headbutt.

Spartan: 10-9 Witter
Uatu: 10-9 Witter

Rd 6: Witter not lunging in to get inside . Not many clean punches landing in this fight. Bradley throws a long right hand and misses. Bradley gets in again and clocks Witter with a solid cross. Bradley not landing at a higher percentage but Witter still looks fine. Witter comes into a hard counter. Bradley lands a huge overhand right hand and Witter goes down. He gets up but he looks hurt.

Spartan: 10-8 Bradley
Uatu: 10-8 Bradley

Rd 7: Bradley now looking for the KO. Witter looks scared and he runs. Witter now looks tired. He falls but its clearly a slip. Bradley is swinging wildly - he might punch himself out. Witter is barely punching at all. Bradley tries the overhand bomb again but it doesn't land cleanly. Now Witter is swinging hard again, some of it connecting. I still think it was Bradley's round.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Bradley

Rd 8: The fighters start off slowly. The ref is warning Bradley for a headbutt. Witter gets a hard left hand in but Bradley doesn't back down. Both fighters are headhunting and looking for the knockdown. Bradley is trying, throwing hard bombs and it's a matter of time before one lands. The two start tying up again.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Witter

Rd 9: Witter comes in awkwardly and pays with a counter. Now the fighters slow the action and wait for the other to throw a punch. Witter does not look like he can find a rhythm. This is the sloppiest round yet. They keep lunging forward and tying up. Bradley gets Witter against the ropes but Witter blocks everything. Hardest round to score yet.

Spartan: 10-10
Uatu: 10-9 Witter

Rd 10: No surprise, they start the round out with a clinch. Both fighters jab at each other in the clinch. Bradley lands a hard right hand, Witter looks a little hurt. Witter starts throwing low blows. The ref tells him to keep the punches up. He goes for the low blow again and gets another warning. Bradley is now loading up his right hand, but just missing. Bradley wins this one.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Bradley

Rd 11: Bradley now looking for a way to get inside. Bradley gets in a jab. Both fighters now flailing and missing. Bradley now connecting more. Witter looks tired and not landing much. Now he tries to come up with something and lands some small punches. Bradley looks fresh and confident. The commentators are ripping into Witter. Bradley lands another wide hook.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Bradley

Rd 12: Witter looks miserable in his corner. He looks like he has nothing left. Bradley now looking strictly for the knockout. Witter stumbles back after blocking. Witter doesn't look like he has any interest of attempting to win this fight. Bradley still loading up with his overhand right. Now it's turning into a street fight - both swing very wildly fighting out of clinches and spinning around the ring. Both fighters raise their hands at the end of the fight.

Spartan: 10-9 Bradley
Uatu: 10-9 Bradley

Spartan117 scores it 118-110 Bradley. Uatu scores it 115-112 Bradley. The judges score it 115-112 Witter, 115-112 Bradley and 114-113 Bradley. The winner by split decision and new WBC junior welterweight champion, Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley.

Bradley says he stayed and prayed and thanks Jesus for his victory. He says he felt good throughout the whole fight. He says he got a little reckless but then he slowed down. He said he noticed Witter was fading and he turned the pressure up.