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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Chris Karter (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Davie Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Proclaimers - 500 Miles. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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146 lbs
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Chris Karter!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Davie Brophy!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Steven Brown and Paul Tew.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brophy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Brophy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karter throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karter takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
It looks like Chris Karter has been cut.
Karter displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brophy throws out the jab.
Brophy lands with a hook. Karter tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Karter swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Karter takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Karter lands a nice looking body shot.
Karter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Brophy slips under a jab.
Brophy was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy blocks a jab.
Karter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Karter.
Karter throws a leg kick but Brophy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Brophy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brophy just misses with a punch to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Brophy throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Karter to counter with a crisp jab.
It looks like Davie Brophy has been cut.
Chris Karter seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karter pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Karter moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Karter misses with a hook.
We've been informed that Brophy has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Brophy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Karter connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brophy scrambles back to his feet.
Brophy misses with a looping left.
Karter throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brophy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A jab from Brophy finds it's way through Karter's defenses.
Brophy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Karter is out of range.
Karter throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy moves out of range easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brophy! But no joy.
Karter has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brophy finds it's way round the side to connect with Karter's head.
Karter just misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Karter avoids it with no problem.
Karter misses with a lunging right hand
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Karter thows a left - swing and a miss!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karter throws a low kick, looking for Brophy's leg but Brophy calmly moves out of range.
Karter throws a right hand that misses
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Karter. Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brophy! But no joy.
Karter has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Brophy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Karter has time to react.
Karter throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Karter throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Brophy feints and then cracks Karter's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Karter down.
Karter walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brophy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
Karter is looking to counter punch.
Karter stuns Brophy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brophy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
A big right from Brophy misses.
Brophy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Karter scores with a jab to the jaw.
A combination from Karter does no damage.
Despite the aggression on Brophy's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Brophy lands with a nice combination. Karter backs away looking to recover.
Karter throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brophy.
Brophy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Karter misses with a combination
and Karter takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Nice shot by Brophy.
Brophy tried to score with a low kick but Karter checks it.
Brophy steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Karter. That one must have hurt.
Karter lands a slapping body shot.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Karter's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brophy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Karter scrambles back to his feet.
Karter thumps Brophy with a low kick.
Karter fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brophy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karter misses with a hook
and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brophy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Karter had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Karter lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Karter throws a head kick that misses
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.
Karter looks to land a body kick but Brophy moved away.
Karter fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Karter uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Karter connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brophy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Karter connects with a good right hand that stumbles Brophy. Brophy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brophy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Karter tried to counter with a leg kick but Brophy avoided it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Karter throws a quick counter kick to the body but Brophy avoids it.
Karter throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Brophy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Karters jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Davie Brophy will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Brophy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Karter throws a leg kick that is checked
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slow jab from Brophy misses its intended target.
Karter lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
A nice leg kick lands there from Brophy.
Brophy gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brophy slips a jab from Karter.
Karter dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Karter ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Karter misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
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!
Karter shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Karter throws an off balance right hand
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
Brophy lands a jab to the head.
Karter connects with a solid leg kick.
Karter swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Brophy throws a poor cross that misses
and Karter counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Brophy thinking.
Brophy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Karter uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Karter connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Karter throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Karter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Karter is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Karter.
Brophy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brophy scores with a punch to the head.
Karter scores with a leg kick.
Karter takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Karter ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It looked like Karter wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Karter looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Karter looks to throw a body kick
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karter scores with a shot to the body.
Karter scores with a jab.
Karter scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Karter lets loose with a powerful body kick. Brophy will feel that in the morning.
Brophy cracks Karter with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Karter throws a right hand that Brophy ducks under and follows up with a left that Brophy also avoids with ease.
A little jabbing left from Brophy on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Karter tests Brophy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karter chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Karter fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brophy.
Brophy misses with an uppercut.
Brophy swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Karter.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karter throws a right hand that misses
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Brophy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Brophy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Karter misses with a leg kick
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Karter misses with a body shot.
Brophy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Karter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karter misses with a lunging right hand
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Karter tries to score with a low kick but Brophy moves his leg out of the way.
Brophy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Brophy blocks a head kick by Karter.
Brophy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Karter throws a chopping leg kick but Brophy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
A chopping leg kick lands by Karter.
Karter thows a leg kick but Brophy checks it
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.
Brophy misses with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Karter.
Brophy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karter.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy misses with an uppercut.
Karter stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brophy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Karter moved away.
Karter throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice inside leg kick there by Karter. That's going to slow Brophy down.
Karter looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Chris Karter is winning the standup battle so far.
Karter throws a head kick that misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Karter throws a sloppy head kick
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brophy tries to move into range but Karter moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A slow jab from Brophy misses its intended target.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Chris Karter dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Brophy thows a left - swing and a miss!
A jab from Brophy misses.
Karter looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brophy dips to his left and cracks Karter with an uppercut!
Karter throws a looping overhand right but Brophy ducks down to avoid it.
Brophy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Karter misses with a jab to the body
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brophy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A shot to the body from Karter misses
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karter swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Karter throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brophy.
Karter misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Karter fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Karter finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab from Brophy.
Brophy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Karter can pounce on him.
Karter tests Brophy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Karter throws a right hand that misses
and Brophy counters with an outside leg kick.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Karter.
Karter misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a good, hard body kick but Karter shrugs it off.
A clash of legs there as Brophy blocks the low kick.
Karter throws a sloppy body shot
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
Brophy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Karter throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy moves out of range easily.
Karter throws an overhand right that lands on Brophy's shoulder, as Brophy tries to avoid the shot.
Karter dips to his left and cracks Brophy with an uppercut!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Karter scores with a nice strike.
Karter stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brophy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Karter.
A low kick from Karter misses
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Brophy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Karter.
Brophy scores with a nice right hand.
Karter misses with an uppercut
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brophy.
Karter throws a leg kick that is checked
and Brophy counters with a head kick.
Karter is rocked!
Brophy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Karter.
Oh Karter is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Karter on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Brophy steps in with a hook that catches Karter right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Brophy follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Karter looks absolutely devastated.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Davie Brophy!
Davie Brophy is the new featherweight champion!
A very excited looking Davie Brophy rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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