PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Davie Brophy (ranked 436 p4p, 48 weight class) and Matt Smith (ranked 852 p4p, 88 weight class). Brophy's entrance music is Pantera - Walk. A fine choice. 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?

Brophy
vs
Smith

176 cm
30
145 lbs
23 - 11 - 0

167 cm
33
149 lbs
28 - 16 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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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 23 - 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 28 - 16 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Matt Smith!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A looping hook to the body misses from Smith. Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Decent striking displayed by Brophy there.
Smith throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy misses with an uppercut.
Brophy moves into range and connects with a jab.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Smith moved away.
A leg kick checked by Smith.
Brophy connects with a body shot.
Donk. Brophy catches Smith right on the button with a cross.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Smith sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Smith tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brophy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Smith throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brophy misses with a low kick as Smith jumps back.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Smith scores with a hook to the body. Brophy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Good leg kick by Brophy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Smith tries a head kick but it misses.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Smith checks it well.
Brophy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brophy misses with a body kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Smith.
Brophy scoring well with a low kick there.
A chopping leg kick lands by Smith.
Smith throws a jab when Brophy was well out of range.
Smith is looking to clinch but Brophy is avoiding it.
Brophy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Smith misses with a jab to the body
and Smith takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Smith fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Smith is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
Brophy moves out of range of the leg kick from Smith.
Smith fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brophy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Smith throws a body kick that misses.
Brophy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Smith.
A counter left hand to the body from Brophy misses its target.
Smith takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Smith darts in and clinches Brophy up against the cage.
Brophy misses with some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Smith is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy takes an elbow to the temple.

It looks like Davie Brophy has been cut.
Brophy struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
Smith lands a shoulder strike.
Brophy pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Brophy lands a left hand.
Brophy tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Brophy avoids the damage to the body.
Brophy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brophy blocks the elbow strike.
Smith lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Brophy lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Smith pushes off an throws an elbow but Brophy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Brophy.
Smith can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brophy lands a shot to the body.
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brophy lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Brophy misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
Smith prevents a body shot from Brophy.
Brophy blocking some punches.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Brophy avoids the damage to the body.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Brophy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Smith just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brophy's brow.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Smith misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Smith misses with a knee strike.
Smith tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Smith blocking some punches.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brophy lands a left hand.
Brophy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith blocking some punches.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Smith lands a body punch.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy blocking some punches.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davie Brophy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Davie Brophy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Smith swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Smith is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brophy rather than just go for the knockout.
Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Smith wants to counter with a clinch but Brophy pushes him away.
Brophy slips under a jab.
A good leg kick by Brophy.
Brophy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brophy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Smith throws a jab when Brophy was well out of range.
Brophy is looking to counter punch.
Smith wants to clinch up but Brophy keeps it at a distance.
Smith takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Davie Brophy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Smith forces Brophy back against the cage and clinches.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Davie Brophy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith lands a knee to the body.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Smith struggles to land a body shot inside as Brophy controls his hands.
Smith lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brophy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knees to the body from Smith.
Brophy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Brophy dodges an elbow strike from Smith.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Smith has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
Brophy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brophy takes an elbow to the temple.
Smith with a knee to the head.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Smith prevents a body shot from Brophy.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brophy.
Brophy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Smith can do to turn this around?
A short left from Brophy.
Smith lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Smith.
Brophy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Smiths head.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy lands an uppercut.
Smith misses with an elbow over the top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knees in the clinch landing for Smith.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Smith.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Smith.
Brophy scores with a hook to the body.
A short uppercut from Smith.
Smith swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brophy.
Smith lands a left hand.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Nice body punch from Brophy.
Brophy pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Smith misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Smith softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
Brophy avoiding damage as Smith throws knees to the body.
Brophy lands with a left to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brophy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
A nice left hand lands by Brophy.
Brophy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brophy lands with a right to the head.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy pushes Smith back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Smith.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brophy.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brophy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Smith lands a right hand.
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!
Smith's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brophy blocks an elbow strike from Smith.
Smith tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brophy avoids it.
A short left from Smith.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Smith.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Smith missing with knees to the body.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy struggles to land a body shot inside as Smith controls his hands.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Brophy managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Smith.
Smith lands a hook that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Smith blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Smith blocks a body shot from Brophy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith crunches a lovely knee into Brophy's ribcage.
Smith throws a head punch that misses.
Brophy lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Smith or not.
Brophy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Davie Brophy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Davie Brophy's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Smith lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
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.
Smith scores with a nice body kick.
Smith moves away from the strike by Brophy.

Smith clinches.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith lands a nice knee to the body.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brophy.
Brophy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
A short right from Smith.
Smith lands an uppercut.
Smith using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith blocking some punches.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Smith tries to land knees in the clinch but Brophy avoids the damage to the body.
Brophy lands a left hand.
A short left from Smith.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Smith is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brophy is defending well for now.
Smith lands an elbow inside.
Smith blocks an uppercut.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Smith controls the action.
Smith takes a shot to the head.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.
Smith misses with some punches.
Smith misses with an elbow strike.
Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brophy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Smith connects with a nasty looking knee right to Brophy's face.

Davie Brophy's cut is getting worse.
Smith lands an elbow that stopped Brophy in his tracks for a moment.
Brophy managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Brophy lands a body shot.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Smith lands a nice uppercut.
Smith misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brophy.
Smith trying to land knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy managing to block the knees to the body from Smith.
Smith lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Brophy works on Smith's body with a couple of short punches.
Brophy tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
A left hand lands to the body for Brophy.
Smith tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Smith lands a knee to the head.
Brophy lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Brophy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Smith backwards.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
Smith blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith working aggressively here.
Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brophy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Smith.
Brophy pushes Smith back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Brophy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brophy working aggressively here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Brophy lands a left hand.
A nice left hand lands by Brophy.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brophy lands with a left to the head.
Smith tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Smith uses good head movement to avoid it.
Smith misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Smith misses with the head strike.
Smith lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brophy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brophy lands with a light punch inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy lands with a right to the head.
Smith lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy takes an elbow to the forehead.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Smith lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Smith fails to land.
Brophy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brophy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy tries to work over Smith's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Smith tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Smith stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Matt Smith has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Davie Brophy.
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 William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davie Brophy!
In his post fight interview, Davie Brophy started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.