PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Davie Brophy (ranked 583 p4p, 62 weight class) and Sean Tallon (ranked 336 p4p, 18 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brophy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pantera - Walk. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Brophy
vs
Tallon

176 cm
29
153 lbs
22 - 11 - 0

169 cm
39
151 lbs
55 - 24 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Granite chin

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 22 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Davie Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 55 - 24 - 1, fighting out of London, Sean Tallon!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy avoids the head kick by Tallon.
Tallon takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Tallon thuds a left hand into Brophy's body.
Tallon stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brophy.
Brophy throws a looping overhand right but Tallon ducks down to avoid it.
Tallon has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Brophy checks a leg kick.
Brophy throwing a counter right hand but Tallon manages to avoid it.
Tallon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
A low kick from Brophy is predictable there

and Tallon holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Tallon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tallon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Tallon throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A head punch on the inside from Tallon fails to land.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tallon blocks an uppercut.
Tallon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tallon tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Tallon back against the cage.
Brophy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
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!
Tallon lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Brophy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Tallons head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Tallon backwards.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
Tallon works on Brophy's body with a couple of short punches.
Tallon blocks a body shot from Brophy.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tallon working aggressively here.
Tallon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tallon tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Brophy lands a right hand.
Tallon has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
Brophy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right handed body shot lands from Tallon.
Tallon tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tallon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tallon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Tallon tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A right handed body shot lands from Tallon.
Tallon misses with the head strike.
Brophy lands an uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
Tallon can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Tallon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tallon works on Brophy's body with a couple of short punches.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Tallon.
Tallon has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
A right hand to the body from Tallon.
Brophy pushes Tallon back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tallon tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tallon throws a head punch that misses.
Tallon misses with a punch to the body.
Tallon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tallon or not.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brophy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Tallon working aggressively here.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Tallon.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Tallon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Tallon blocking some punches.
Tallon swings wildly with an uppercut but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Tallon lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tallon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tallon misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brophy presses Tallon against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brophy blocking some punches.
Tallon blocks an uppercut.
Brophy scores with a shoulder strike.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Tallon misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tallon can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Tallon blocking some punches.
Tallon can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tallon.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tallon misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tallon.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Tallon uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tallon's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Tallon.
Brophy gets through Tallon's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Tallon throws a head punch that misses.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Tallon.
Brophy scores with a shoulder strike.
Tallon misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Tallon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Tallon creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nice body punch from Tallon - that landed with a thud.
Brophy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Tallon or not.
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 Davie Brophy will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Tallon looks to land a right hand but Brophy moved out of range.
Brophy throws a jab when Tallon was well out of range.
Tallon tries to move into range but Brophy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Brophy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Tallon missing with a left hand there. Brophy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy scores with a shot to the body.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Tallon.
Tallon looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Brophy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
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.
Tallon throws a solid leg kick but Brophy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Tallon.
Brophy lands a slapping body shot.
Tallon wants to slow Brophy down by chopping away at his legs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tallon scores with a hook to the body. Brophy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Tallon tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Tallon misses with a low kick.
A telegraphed right hand from Brophy misses the target.
Tallon steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Brophy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Tallon slips a jab from Brophy.
Tallon is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Tallon is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brophy rather than just go for the knockout.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tallon throws out the jab.
Tallon throws a body shot but no joy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tallon buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brophy. That's going to slow Tallon down.
Tallon misses with a body shot.
Brophy connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Tallon with a body punch. A glancing blow.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brophy.
Tallon lands with a shot to the body.
Brophy blocks a leg kick.
Tallon blocks a jab.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brophy, right into the meat.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brophy checks a leg kick.
Brophy looks to land a left hand but Tallon moved out of range nicely.
Brophy moves out of range of the body kick from Tallon.
Tallon throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brophy catches Tallon with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Tallon on the wrong end of a nice jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brophy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Tallon scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands a body shot.
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Tallon throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tallon misses with a shot to the body
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brophy scores with a body shot.
Brophy misses the jab.
Brophy tries to clinch up.
Tallon is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brophy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Tallon throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Tallon misses the shot to the body.
Nice defenses there by Tallon.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brophy.
Tallon swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Tallon is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.
Brophy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Tallon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy throws a jab when Tallon was well out of range.
Tallon moves out of range as Brophy strikes.
Tallon wants to counter with a clinch but Brophy pushes him away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tallon misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
As Tallon backs away, Brophy returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Nice uppercut there from Tallon.
Brophy looks to score with a jab to the body but Tallon is just out of range.
Brophy swings for the body but Tallon moves out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Tallon. Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Tallon takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Tallon misses the shot to the body.
Tallon throws a leg kick but Brophy checks it.
Brophy lands a nice shot to the body.
Brophy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Tallon takes a kick to the side of the head.
Brophy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Tallon misses with a body shot.
Davie Brophy is winning the standup battle so far.
Tallon on the wrong end of a nice hook.

Tallon pushes Brophy up against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tallon.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brophy.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy lands a nice shot to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tallon is leaning against Brophy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brophy takes a shot to the head.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Tallon scores with a hook to the body.
Tallon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tallon pushes Brophy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Tallon lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Tallon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
Tallon goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Tallon controls the action.
Tallon softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tallon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Brophy lands with a short shot to the head.
Tallon is leaning against Brophy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Brophy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davie Brophy dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Tallon misses with a low kick.
Brophy tries to score with a low kick but Tallon moves his leg out of the way.
Brophy scores with a jab to the head.
Brophy misses with a double jab.
Brophy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Tallon throws a jab when Brophy was well out of range.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Tallon does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Tallon throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
That kick from Tallon tenderised Brophy's leg. Brophy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brophy throws a front kick aimed at Tallon's knee but Tallon avoids it well.
A swing and a miss from Brophy.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tallon fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Tallon ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Tallon's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Tallon cracks a nice hook into Brophy's ribs.
Brophy throws a low kick but Tallon avoids it.
Tallon lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A solid leg kick lands there for Tallon.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy jabs Tallon right on the nose. Tallon blinks but takes it well.
Brophy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Tallon tries to clinch but Brophy moves out of range.
Tallon fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Brophy checks it well.
Tallon shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Some bone on bone action there as Tallon checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tallon lands a leg kick that knocks Brophy off balance momentarily.
Brophy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Tallon.
Brophy wants to clinch.
Tallon throws out a counter right but Brophy avoids it with no problem.
Brophy swats away the attempt to clinch by Tallon.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Some bone on bone action there as Brophy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Tallon misses with a low kick.
Brophy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
A leg kick checked by Tallon.
Good standup being displayed there by Brophy as he connects with a hook.
Sean Tallon has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Tallon throws a leg kick
and Brophy counters with a right hand to the body.
Tallon has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Tallon there as he acknowledges the shot.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brophy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Good work by Tallon as he checks the leg kick.
Tallon 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.
Tallon pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brophy takes a body punch but keeps moving.

Brophy clinches up against the cage.
Tallon tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Tallon blocking some punches.
Tallon swings wildly with an uppercut but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Tallon misses with the head strike.
Brophy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
Tallon misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Tallon blocks an uppercut.
Brophy cracks Tallon with a nice body shot.
Brophy tries to work over Tallon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tallon fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Tallon.
Brophy lands a right hand.
Brophy tries to work over Tallon's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brophy struggles to land a body shot inside as Tallon controls his hands.
Tallon tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Tallon throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.
Still in the clinch, Tallon scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brophy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tallon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Tallon tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Tallon's elbow.
Tallon working aggressively here.
Tallon working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brophy scores with an uppercut up the middle.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tallon can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Tallon blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Tallon misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy lands a left hand.
A right hand to the body from Brophy.
Tallon tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Brophy blocking some punches.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Tallon.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Tallon avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Tallon.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Tallon.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
A right hand to the body from Tallon.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Tallon misses with a body punch.
Tallon misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tallon blocking some punches.

And that's the end of the fight!
Davie Brophy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brophy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davie Brophy!
After the fight, Davie Brophy was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.