PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mikael Brophy (ranked 280 p4p, 40 weight class) and Ghazi Okah (ranked 422 p4p, 61 weight class). Brophy comes into the arena with Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls blaring out of the sound system. Okah is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Rock Stone. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Brophy
vs
Okah

185 cm
26
205 lbs
16 - 2 - 1

195 cm
25
212 lbs
9 - 4 - 1

Good wrestling
World class MT
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Mikael Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ghazi Okah!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, Colin Fotheringham and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy scores with a nice right hand.
An inside leg kick lands from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a straight left.
Okah on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Okah has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brophy checks a leg kick.
Okah with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Okah keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brophy.
Brophy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Okah.
Brophy misses with a hook
enabling Okah to counter with a crisp jab.
A slow jab from Brophy misses its intended target.
A big right from Brophy misses.
Brophy tries to clinch but Okah is having none of it.
Brophy needs to keep his hands up - Okah had a free shot at his head there.
We've been told by Brophy's head coaches at Blackthorn Reborn - Trinity that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Good work by Okah as he checks the leg kick.
Okah with a hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy throws a hook but Okah blocks it.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Okah moves away.
Nice body kick from Okah.
Okah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brophy under the eye.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Okah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy scores with a body shot.
Brophy misses with a body kick.
Okah appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Brophy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Okah is out of range.
A good leg kick by Okah.
Brophy is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Okah's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Brophy digs a good hook to Okah's body.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Okah moves away.
Okah lands with an uppercut that bounces Brophy off the cage and back into range.
Okah lands with a hook. Brophy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brophy - that will leave a mark!
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brophy checks a leg kick.
Okah connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brophy's hands.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brophy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brophy looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Brophy connects with a single shot there.
Okah looks for the body kick but Brophy saw that one coming.
Brophy staying out of range there.
Okah throws a low kick but Brophy moves out of range easily.
Brophy lands with an uppercut that bounces Okah off the cage and back into range.
Okah misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
The fighters circling - Okah throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Okah tries to move into range but Brophy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Okah looks for the body kick but Brophy saw that one coming.
Brophy tries to land a front kick but Okah steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Okah is looking to land body kicks.
Okah connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Brophy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Okah avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Good shot there by Okah.
Brophy swings widly with a right hand

and Okah counters by moving into the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Brophy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Okah throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Okah wants to land a leg kick but Brophy is out of range.
Brophy connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Okah's hands.
Okah looks to throw a body kick
and Brophy counters with an outside leg kick.
Okah looks to land a right hand but Brophy moved out of range.
Okah on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
A jab from Okah finds it's way through Brophy's defenses.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Okah.
Okah tries a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
Okah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brophy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Brophy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Okah tries to land a front kick but Brophy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Okah moves away from the strike by Brophy.
Okah on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brophy. Brophy obviously looking to wear him down.
Okah 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Okah misses with a kick to the body.
Okah misses with a leg kick.
Okah ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Brophy does it's job there.
Brophy throws an overhand right that lands on Okah's shoulder, as Okah tries to avoid the shot.
Brophy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Okah manages to avoid it.
Okah now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Okah misses with a straight left.
Brophy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brophy looks to land a body kick but Okah moved away.
Okah checks a leg kick.

Okah moves into the clinch.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Okah lands with a left to the head.
Okah prevents a body shot from Brophy.
A short uppercut from Brophy.
Okah lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Mikael Brophy will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Okah uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brophy has time to react.
Okah punishes Brophy's body with a nice straight punch.
Okah connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brophy momentarily.
Brophy tries to land a front kick but Okah steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brophy moves away from the strike by Okah.
Brophy shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Brophy throws a series of punches but Okah moves out of range.
Brophy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Okah lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brophy's sensitive parts.
Okah swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brophy tries a head kick but it misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brophy doesn't manage to clinch there - Okah circles away.
Okah was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Okah! But no joy.
Brophy throws a low kick, looking for Okah's leg but Okah calmly moves out of range.
Okah was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Okah moves out of range as Brophy strikes.
Okah appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Donk. Okah catches Brophy right on the button with a cross.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okah slips under a jab.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Okah goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Okah is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Okah connects with a jab.
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.
Okah thuds his shin into the meat of Brophy's side.
Okah moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A lazy left from Okah finds it's target.
Sloppy strikes from Brophy. Those never looked like landing.
Okah throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Okah doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Brophy lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Okah at a distance.
Okah has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy throws a sloppy head kick and Okah moves out of range easily.
Okah looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Brophy throws a chopping leg kick but Okah manages to avoid taking any serious damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy looks to land a body kick but Okah moved away.
Okah staying out of range there.
Brophy throws a poor cross that misses
and Okah counters with a stiff right hand.

It looks like Mikael Brophy has been cut.
Brophy slips a jab from Okah.
Brophy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brophy misses the jab.
Okah looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Okah was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Okah explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Okah drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Okah looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Okah wants to clinch up but Brophy keeps it at a distance.
Brophy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Okah. Brophy shrugs it off though.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Okah does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.

Okah rushes Brophy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Okah.
Brophy takes a shot to the head.
A left hand lands to the body for Okah.
Okah scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brophy tries a body shot but Okah blocks it.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Okah controls the action.
Okah tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Okah tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy tries to work over Okah's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Okah takes a shot to the head.
A right hand to the body from Okah.
Okah can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Okah misses with the head strike.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Okah.
Okah working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Okah working aggressively here.
Nice body punch from Okah.
Okah lands with a left to the head.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Okah.
Okah misses with some punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Okah creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Ghazi Okah seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Okah.
Brophy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Okah tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Okah presses Brophy against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Brophy.
Okah works on Brophy's body with a couple of short punches.
Brophy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Okah backwards.
Okah can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brophy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Okah uses good head movement to avoid it.
Okah works on Brophy's body with a couple of short punches.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice right hand lands inside from Okah.
Okah lands a body punch.
Okah lands a right hand.
Okah tries to land knees in the clinch but Brophy avoids the damage to the body.
Okah tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Okah back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ghazi Okah showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mikael Brophy's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. And we move into the final round!

Brophy sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Okah walks into a left hand.
Mikael Brophy is winning the standup battle so far.
Brophy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Okah doesn't seem bothered though.
Brophy throws a series of punches but Okah avoids them all with ease.
Okah lands the left hand.
Okah fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Okah keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Okah.
Okah paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Okah takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Brophy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Brophy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy wants to clinch up but Okah keeps it at a distance.
Okah goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Okah scores with a kick to the body.
Brophy misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okah was well out of range. Poor timing from Brophy.
Okah rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brophy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
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.
Brophy throws a front kick that sends Okah stumbling back into the cage.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Okah throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Okah moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
A jab from Brophy misses.
Brophy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Okah scores with a nice head shot.
Brophy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brophy slips a jab from Okah.
Brophy blocks a jab.
Okah keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy is looking to chop away at Okah's legs.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Okah moves away.
Brophy moves out of range of the leg kick from Okah.
Brophy throws a push kick but Okah slaps the foot to one side.
Both fighters circling a little - Okah finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Okah lands with a straight right. Brophy didn't see that one coming.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brophy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Okah has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Okah and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Okah blocks the body kick.
Brophy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Okah was well out of range. Poor timing from Brophy.
Okah checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brophy will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
A solid leg kick lands there for Okah.
Brophy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Okah fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brophy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brophy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brophy connects with a solid leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy jabs Okah right on the nose. Okah blinks but takes it well.
Okah keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brophy punishes Okah's body with a nice straight punch.
Okah just misses with a punch to the body.
A jab from Okah does it's job there.
Brophy throws the left hand but Okah avoids the punch easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Okah! But no joy.
Brophy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Okah's head.
Brophy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Okah connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Brophy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Okah.
Okah misses with a kick to the body.
Brophy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Okah.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Okah misses with a wild body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Okah misses the jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Okah crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Brophy - the referee stops the clock and Okah gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Brophy. Okah manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Brophy misses with a kick to the body.
Okah pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brophy is out of range and Okah settles back down.
Brophy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Okah's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brophy under the eye.
Brophy moves out of range as Okah strikes.
Brophy throws a hook to the side of Okah's head but Okah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Okah flicks out a counter leg kick but Brophy steps away.
Brophy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Okah manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Okah on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Okah lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Brophy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Okah.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brophy throws a hook to the side of Okah's head but Okah sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Okah defending well as Brophy loads up on a big left hand.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ghazi Okah comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Okah has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 James Ackerman scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ghazi Okah!
Our winner, Ghazi Okah, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.