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Coming up we have a super heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Brophy (ranked 1677 p4p, 37 weight class) and Naoise Durnin (ranked 2981 p4p, 120 weight class). Brophy comes to the ring accompanied by Last Caress - Metallica. Durnin has chosen I'm Shipping Up To Boston by The Dropkick Murphy's as his entrance music. Naoise Durnin has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Brophy's chin.
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213 lbs
32 - 11 - 0 |
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197 cm
31
270 lbs
15 - 13 - 0 |
World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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World class MT
Granite chin
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
32 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Naoise Durnin!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Yukihiro Shimada and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Durnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Brophy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durnin tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Brophy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brophy thuds a left hand into Durnin's body.
Brophy swats away the attempt to clinch by Durnin.
Durnin tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Durnin forces Brophy back against the ropes and clinches.
Durnin tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Durnin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Durnin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Durnin.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Durnin tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Durnin back against the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Durnin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durnin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Brophy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Brophy throws an elbow but misses.
Durnin misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brophy lands an elbow just above Durnin 's eye.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy presses Durnin against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Durnin blocking some punches.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Durnin tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Durnin back against the ropes.
Brophy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durnin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Durnin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Durnin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Durnin.
Durnin blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Durnin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Durnin takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brophy lands with a short shot to the head.
Brophy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Durnin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
A right hand to the body from Durnin.
Brophy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Durnin moves to clinch but Brophy breaks away
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Durnin closes the distance and clinches.
A short right from Brophy on the inside.
Brophy tries a body shot but Durnin blocks it.
Durnin tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Durnin back against the ropes.
Brophy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brophy has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Trinity Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Brophy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brophy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brophy misses with a body kick.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Durnin.
Durnin moves into the clinch.
Durnin doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Durnin struggles to land a body shot inside as Brophy controls his hands.
Durnin tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brophy tries to work over Durnin's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Durnin tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Durnin back against the ropes.
Durnin struggles to land a body shot inside as Brophy controls his hands.
Durnin can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Durnin tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy lands a body punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Brophy dominated that round.
That's time! Brophy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Brophy connects with the punch.
Brophy feints a jab promting Durnin to slip. Brophy then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Durnin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Durnin clinches up against the ropes.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
Nice body punch from Durnin - that landed with a thud.
Durnin can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Durnin uses good head movement to avoid it.
A short right from Brophy on the inside.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Durnin avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the ropes.
Durnin misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy lands a nice uppercut.
Durnin tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Durnin.
Nice body punch from Durnin - that landed with a thud.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A short uppercut from Brophy.
Durnin blocks an uppercut.
Brophy tries a body shot but Durnin blocks it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Durnin tries to close the distance and clinch but Brophy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Durnin looks to clinch
and Durnin takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Durnin is rocked!
Brophy throws a nasty head kick that just misses. He throws another kick to the head of his opponent and almost takes it off! Durnin crumples to the floor and the fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). John Brophy!
During a confident post fight interview, John Brophy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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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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