PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scott Richards (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Grant Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Brophy's choice of entrance music: Strong Again- N-Dubz. Grant Brophy has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Scott Richards's chin.

Richards
vs
Brophy

180 cm
21
180 lbs
4 - 5 - 0

170 cm
18
176 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Experienced

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Granite chin

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 4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Richards!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A head kick from Brophy lands but Richards takes it in his stride.

Brophy darts in and clinches Richards up against the cage.
Richards swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Richards prevents Brophy from breaking the clinch.
Richards looking to throw knees to the head but Brophy is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Brophy crunches a lovely knee into Richards's ribcage.
Richards is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Brophy pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Brophy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Richards looking for a takedown.
Brophy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brophy is trying to break the clinch but Richards has him pressed against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Richards takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brophy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Brophy gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Richards.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Richards. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Richards is working for takedown but Brophy is calmly controlling the position for now.

Brophy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Richards misses with a two punch combination.
Richards keeps the fight on the outside.
Richards scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Richards tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Brophy counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Brophy.
Brophy leaning his opponent against the cage.
Brophy tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Richards works on Brophy's body with a couple of short punches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Richards looking for a takedown.
Richards is breathing heavily.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Brophy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Richards has him pressed against the cage.
Brophy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brophy can't break the clinch.

Brophy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Grant Brophy is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Richards takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Richards swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Richards misses with a takedown attempt - Brophy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Brophy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brophy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Richards blocks a head kick by Brophy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy looks to land a right hand but Richards moved out of range.
Richards moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Richards throws a head kick that misses
and Brophy makes the exchange count by landing a cracking kick to the body. Richards really felt that one!
Brophy throws a right and a left that Richards avoids nicely.
Richards misses with a wild combination.
Richards on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brophy tries to clinch up but Richards circles away and keeps his distance.
Brophy tries a head kick but it misses.
Richards fails with the takedown.
Brophy connects with a jab.
Richards slips a jab and a cross from Brophy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a nice looking combination but Richards bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Richards swats away the attempt to clinch by Brophy.
Richards avoids the head kick by Brophy.

Brophy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Richards using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Richards tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
Brophy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Richards has him pressed against the cage.
Richards leaning against his opponent.
A knee to the head by Brophy.

Brophy manages to break the clinch.
Brophy throws a series of punches but Richards avoids them all with ease.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Grant Brophy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brophy wants to clinch
and Richards counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Richards scores with a jab to the body.
Brophy scores with a kick to the midsection.
Scott Richards seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Richards shoots for a takedown but Brophy saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Brophy throws a head kick that looked like it stung.

Richards feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.

Brophy scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Brophy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.

Brophy instigates a clinch.

Brophy manages to break the clinch.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a head kick.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Brophy tries to clinch there but Richards circles away.
Richards comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.

Brophy moves into range and clinches up with Richards.
Richards avoiding damage as Brophy throws knees to the body.
Brophy lands a body shot.
Brophy misses with an elbow over the top.

Richards breaks the clinch.
Brophy tries a head kick but it misses.
Richards cracks Brophy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Brophy closes the distance looking to clinch
and Richards connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.

Richards shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Brophy tries to kick Richards off but Richards keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Richards drops an elbow to the side of Brophy's head.
Brophy is trying to stand up here but Richards is controlling him well.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Richards connects with a nice short shot to Brophy's temple.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Richards with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Richards throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Brophy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Richards throws out the jab.
Brophy throws a series of punches but Richards avoids them all with ease.
Richards throws a head kick that half lands.
Brophy tries to clinch up
and Richards counters with a nice low kick that buckles Brophy's knee momentarily.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Richards paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Richards misses with the combination.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Brophy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Richards's sensitive parts.
Richards blocks a head kick by Brophy.
Brophy lands with a nice combination. Richards backs away looking to recover.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Richards misses with the combination.

Brophy closes the distance and clinches.
Richards being controlled against the cage.
Richards has Brophy pushed against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Grant Brophy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Brophy misses with a wild combination.
Richards uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brophy.

Richards takes the fight into the clinch.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
Richards goes for a takedown in the clinch but Brophy prevents it.
Brophy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Richards tries for a takedown. No joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Richards pulls guard successfully.
Richards looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Brophy would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy won't allow Richards to sweep him here.
Richards wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Brophy is now in half guard.
Brophy tries to stand and escape but Richards is controlling the position.
Richards is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.

Brophy decides to return to a standing position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Brophy lands a body shot.
Brophy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Richards misses with the combination.

Richards darts in and clinches Brophy up against the cage.
Brophy wants to get back to striking at distance but Richards won't allow it.
Brophy wants to break free but Richards has control.

Brophy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Richards scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Richards tries to close the distance and clinch but Brophy swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Brophy pushes Richards up against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short uppercut from Richards.
Brophy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brophy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Richards goes for a takedown in the clinch but Brophy prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Scott Richards. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brophy is trying to break free.
Richards keeps control of Brophy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brophy connects with a nasty looking knee right to Richards's face.
Brophy is looking to break free of the clinch but Richards has double underhooks.
Richards on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Richards leaning his opponent against the cage.

Brophy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Richards tries for a takedown but Brophy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Brophy fails with an attempt to clinch.

Brophy has managed to clinch.
Brophy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Richards or not.

Brophy breaks from the clinch.
Brophy throws a sloppy head kick

and Richards counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Richards.
Richards goes for a takedown attempt but Brophy pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Brophy tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Richards tries for a takedown but Brophy sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.

And that's the end of the fight!
Grant Brophy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Brophy winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight for Grant Brophy!
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight for Grant Brophy!
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight for Grant Brophy!

Grant Brophy wins by unanimous decision!