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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grant Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soloman van der Vaart (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy comes to the cage accompanied by LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. van der Vaart has chosen Nah Mean as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
15 - 3 - 0 |
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178 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
Granite chin |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
15 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Soloman van der Vaart!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Paul Tew and Andrew Berry.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
van der Vaart cracks Brophy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Brophy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van der Vaart counters with a stiff right hand.
Brophy misses with a hook
and Brophy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy tries to clinch up
and van der Vaart counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brophy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brophy throws a head kick that van der Vaart semi-blocks.
It looks like Soloman van der Vaart has been cut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart misses the jab.
van der Vaart uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brophy misses with a low kick as van der Vaart jumps back.
Brophy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brophy throws a head kick but van der Vaart moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy slips a jab from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Brophy wants to clinch
and van der Vaart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brophy darts in trying to clinch
and van der Vaart counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Grant Brophy has been cut.
van der Vaart is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Brophy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as van der Vaart throws out the jab.
Good standup being displayed there by van der Vaart as he connects with a hook.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
van der Vaart misses with a wild body shot.
van der Vaart misses with an uppercut
and Brophy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy wants to clinch but van der Vaart slips to the side
and van der Vaart counters with a series of strikes. Brophy will be more careful next time no doubt.
Brophy misses with a low kick as van der Vaart jumps back.
Brophy throws a sloppy head kick and van der Vaart moves out of range easily.
van der Vaart uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brophy has time to react.
Brophy closes the distance looking to clinch
and van der Vaart counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
van der Vaart scores with a decent looking hook.
Brophy throws a predictable looking body shot
and van der Vaart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
van der Vaart rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brophy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart avoids the head kick by Brophy.
van der Vaart throws a right and a left that Brophy avoids nicely.
van der Vaart throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brophy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brophy looks to land a body kick but van der Vaart moved away.
van der Vaart lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
van der Vaart connects with a single shot there.
van der Vaart has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
van der Vaart scores with a jab to the head.
van der Vaart jabs Brophy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brophy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and van der Vaart counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brophy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brophy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van der Vaart counters with a straight right hand.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
van der Vaart circles away from the clinch attempt
and van der Vaart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
van der Vaart closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Brophy wants to clinch but van der Vaart slips to the side
and van der Vaart counters with a lovely shot to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brophy tries to clinch but van der Vaart moves away
and van der Vaart counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soloman van der Vaart dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Brophy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
van der Vaart fails to land with a series of punches.
van der Vaart throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brophy moves to clinch but van der Vaart breaks away
and van der Vaart counters with a left to the body.
van der Vaart avoids the head kick by Brophy.
van der Vaart throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
van der Vaart lands a slapping body shot.
van der Vaart might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Brophy closes the distance but van der Vaart moves to the side
and van der Vaart cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brophy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Brophy might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
van der Vaart lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brophy throws a body kick that misses.
van der Vaart is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
van der Vaart throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Brophy.
Brophy moves to clinch but van der Vaart breaks away
enabling van der Vaart to counter with a crisp jab.
Brophy tries to clinch but fails miserably
letting van der Vaart counter with a right hand.
van der Vaart takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
van der Vaart misses with a few strikes there.
Brophy looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
van der Vaart swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
The crowd cheers as van der Vaart lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brophy doesn't seem phased though.
Brophy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and van der Vaart has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
van der Vaart has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy takes one to the side of the head.
Brophy is looking to land body kicks.
van der Vaart throws a combination. Brophy tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy misses with a right hand
and van der Vaart counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brophy thinking.
van der Vaart lands with a straight right. Brophy didn't see that one coming.
Brophy wants to clinch
and van der Vaart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brophy misses with a body kick.
Brophy throws a sloppy body shot
and van der Vaart counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brophy avoids the body shot from van der Vaart.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brophy throws a poor cross that misses
and Brophy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy looks to clinch
and van der Vaart counters with a lovely straight right hand!
van der Vaart moves into range and connects with a jab.
van der Vaart bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brophy tries to clinch up
and van der Vaart counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brophy thinking.
van der Vaart swinging wildly here.
Decent striking displayed by van der Vaart there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
van der Vaart ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
van der Vaart throws the left hand but Brophy avoids the punch easily.
van der Vaart throws a looping overhand right but Brophy ducks down to avoid it.
van der Vaart avoids the head kick by Brophy.
Brophy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
van der Vaart throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice cross by van der Vaart.
van der Vaart misses with a two punch combination.
Brophy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Soloman van der Vaart showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Brophy defending well as van der Vaart loads up on a big left hand.
van der Vaart throws a big shot that misses.
van der Vaart throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a slapping leg kick.
van der Vaart avoids the head kick by Brophy.
van der Vaart dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
van der Vaart circles away from the clinch attempt
and van der Vaart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
van der Vaart lands a jab-cross combination.
Brophy tries to clinch up
and van der Vaart counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy tries to clinch but fails miserably
and van der Vaart counters with a one-two to the body.
van der Vaart catches Brophy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brophy tries to clinch but van der Vaart moves away
enabling van der Vaart to counter with a crisp jab.
Soloman van der Vaart seems to be getting the better of the standup.
A swing and a miss from van der Vaart.
van der Vaart lands a big uppercut and Brophy crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Brophy looks OK. van der Vaart waves Brophy back to his feet!
Brophy is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy misses with a right hand
and van der Vaart counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Oh Brophy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
van der Vaart lands a big right hook! Brophy looks hurt but is still standing! van der Vaart lands a left jab and another right hook! This time Brophy falls down and van der Vaart dives in with a huge hammer fist! Brophy's eyes roll back! The referee calls for the bell and van der Vaart runs up the cage to celebrate with his fans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Soloman van der Vaart!
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