I had the fight 8-4 Bradley. It was a bad decision. The headbutt in round 2 changed the fight slowly.
In about round 5 or 6, the eye started to swell up probably after Chaves hit the eye couple of times.
Bradley started to fight on the outside when he was clearly having success fighting in the phonebooth. With the bad eye, I could see why he'd stay away because he couldn't see all punches coming. And Chaves is obviously a dangerous puncher.
Was it the eye or could it have been fatigue? He did admit he got fatigued in PAC-Bradley 2 the last 6 rounds and couldn't keep up. In this fight, Diaz kept saying stuff like "Tim, you're not tired, are you?"...etc..
So there could be a case here. I personally believe it was the eye, but in Bradley's future fights, we need to watch if there's a pattern here.
I also thought Bradley won 8 rounds. I voted fatique slowed him down as he fought very hard in the early rounds and built a big lead on my score card. An injury like he had might cause him to get hit by punches he didn't see but it would not effect his stamina.
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Yea, i think it's due to the eye... Pretty nasty. I could imagine it being difficult to fight not being able to see all punches.
I honestly think it was the eye.
I don't like to make excuses for fighters getting her during a fight and how it affects their performance; BUT I think it really did bother Bradley.
Say what you want about Timmeh; dude is always in shape come fight night. I don't think he gassed at all.