PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Magomedrasul Khasbulaev (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy comes to the ring accompanied by Down With The Sickness - Disturbed. Khasbulaev has chosen Fetty Wap - Trap Queen as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Brophy
vs
Khasbulaev

170 cm
24
145 lbs
11 - 2 - 0

173 cm
25
144 lbs
16 - 13 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Cardio machine

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill
Hellbent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight 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 London, Ryan Brophy!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 16 - 13 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Kenichi Hosakawa and Ren Mimura.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Brophy has closed the distance and engaged Khasbulaev in a clinch.
A short left from Khasbulaev.
Brophy lands a nice uppercut.
Khasbulaev is trying to break free.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
Khasbulaev told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Khasbulaev throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.

Brophy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Khasbulaev wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Khasbulaev scores with a sloppy right hand. Brophy should have avoided that one.
Khasbulaev ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Some bone on bone action there as Brophy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brophy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Khasbulaev's head backwards.
Brophy defending well as Khasbulaev loads up on a big left hand.
Brophy lands with a good body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brophy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Khasbulaev lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Brophy swings for the body but Khasbulaev moves out of range.
Khasbulaev lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
A telegraphed right hand from Khasbulaev misses the target.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Khasbulaev tries to keep at a distance but Brophy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Khasbulaev lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Khasbulaev.
Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Khasbulaev's elbow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Khasbulaev.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Khasbulaev blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
A hook to the body from Brophy.

Khasbulaev manages to break the clinch.
Brophy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy blocks a low kick nicely.
Khasbulaev lands a really nice looking cross but Brophy seems unphased.
Khasbulaev throws a lazy right hand but Brophy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circling - Khasbulaev throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brophy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Khasbulaev. Khasbulaev circles away out of range and recomposes himself.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Khasbulaev tried to score with a low kick but Brophy checks it.
Khasbulaev scores with a jab.
Khasbulaev bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Brophy blocks a jab.
Brophy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Khasbulaev can pounce on him.
A swing and a miss from Khasbulaev.
Khasbulaev throws a right hand that Brophy ducks under and follows up with a left that Brophy also avoids with ease.
Brophy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Khasbulaev takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Brophy walks into a left hand.
Brophy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Khasbulaev jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.

Brophy is rocked!
Khasbulaev scores with a jab. Brophy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Oh Brophy is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brophy gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Khasbulaev gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Brophy is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Magomedrasul Khasbulaev!
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev is the new bantamweight champion!
Magomedrasul Khasbulaev decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.