PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Jesus Chico Grande (ranked 88 p4p, 11 weight class) and Davie Brophy (ranked 70 p4p, 9 weight class). Grande comes to the cage accompanied by Dead By Dawn by Deicide . Brophy comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Pantera - Walk kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Chico Grande
vs
Brophy

165 cm
33
145 lbs
18 - 6 - 0

176 cm
33
145 lbs
32 - 13 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Arcticus University: London
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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 18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of London, Jesus Chico Grande!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 32 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Davie Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Grande misses with an uppercut. Brophy saw that one coming.
Brophy throws a low kick, looking for Grande's leg but Grande calmly moves out of range.
Grande fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Grande throws a nice inside leg kick.
Grande throws a solid leg kick but Brophy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Grande.
Brophy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Grande is out of range.
Grande fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Brophy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brophy digs a good body shot into Grande's ribs.
Grande throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Brophy throws a leg kick that misses.
Grande appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Grande tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Grande.
Grande misses the shot to the body.
Grande misses with a looping left.
Grande is looking to score with low kicks.
A jab from Brophy does it's job there.
Grande is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Grande misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Grande pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Grande checks it.
Nice body punch from Grande.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Grande lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy's corner calls for a 1-2. Brophy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Brophy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Grande on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brophy tries to score with a low kick but Grande moves his leg out of the way.
Grande throws a looping overhand right but Brophy ducks down to avoid it.
Grande has been working on his boxing with his coaches at ~T~ Troid - Gym in the buildup to the fight.
Brophy connects with a body shot.
Grande avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grande throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brophy looks to land a left hand but Grande moved out of range nicely.
Grande takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brophy throws a nice outside leg kick.

Brophy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Grande misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Grande throws a head punch that misses.
Grande scores with a shot to the side of Brophy's head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Grande gets through Brophy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Grande takes a shot to the head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grande.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande struggles to land a body shot inside as Brophy controls his hands.
Brophy lands with a short shot to the head.
Brophy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grande misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Grande avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grande misses with a punch to the body.
A shot in the inside from Grande.
A right handed body shot lands from Brophy.
Grande misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grande blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
Brophy takes a shot to the head.
Grande tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brophy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grande misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Grande.
Grande tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grande misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Grande.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Grande.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
Grande lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grande swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grande lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grande blocking some punches.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Grande controls the action.
Brophy lands a right hand.
Grande prevents a body shot from Brophy.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grande misses with a punch on the inside.
Grande prevents a body shot from Brophy.
Grande blocking some punches.
Brophy tries a body shot but Grande blocks it.
Grande goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grande blocks a punch to the side of the head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Grande fails to land.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grande lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Grande fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grande tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Grande digs a right hand into Brophy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brophy's gas tank.
Grande misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Brophy pushes Grande back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy pushes Grande back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Grande misses with the head strike.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Grande avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Brophy scores with a nice hook to the head.
Grande fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A left hand lands to the body for Brophy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grande.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Grande uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
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 Jesus Chico Grande will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Grande throws a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brophy.
Jab by Brophy.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Brophy in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Grande misses with an attempted mid kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brophy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A combination from Brophy does no damage.
A little feinted left hand from Grande on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grande misses the shot to the body.
The fighters circling - Grande throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brophy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Grande was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
A big right from Brophy misses.
As Brophy backs away, Grande returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Grande tries to bum rush Brophy with a series of wild strikes but Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brophy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brophy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grande throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brophy sees it coming and avoids it easily.

Grande moves into range and clinches up with Brophy.
Grande pushes Brophy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grande lands with a light punch inside.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Grande lands an uppercut.
Jesus Chico Grande has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Grande tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Grande misses with a short punch on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Grande cracks Brophy with a nice body shot.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Grande.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Grande throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.
Brophy lands a body shot in the clinch.
Grande misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grande works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Grande.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
A short uppercut from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Grande lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brophy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Grande.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grande.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Grande tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grande creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Grande misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Grande scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Grande swings wildly with an uppercut but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Grande lands a shot to the body.
Grande tries a body shot but Brophy blocks it.
A nice left hand lands by Brophy.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Grande.
Brophy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Grande lands with a right to the head.
Brophy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Grande digs a right hand underneath Brophy's ribcage. Brophy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brophy is breathing heavily.
Grande has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Grande.
A right hand to the body from Grande.
Grande blocks a body shot from Brophy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brophy or not.
Grande misses with a hook from the clinch.
Grande can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Grande misses with a body punch.
Grande lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grande lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Grande blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Grande creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brophy tries a body shot but Grande blocks it.
Grande tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Grande back against the cage.
Grande lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Grande.
Grande swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Grande.
Nice body punch from Grande - that landed with a thud.
Brophy throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Grandes head.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Grande has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy presses Grande against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Brophy lands a hook that snaps the head of Grande backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Grande.
Grande working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Grande.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Nice body punch from Grande.
A shot in the inside from Grande.
Grande lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Grande scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Grande.
A short right from Grande.
Grande lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Grande misses with a body punch.
Grande blocking some punches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grande swings wildly with an uppercut but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Grande lands with a short shot to the head.
Grande scores with a hook to the body.
Grande 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.

Jesus Chico Grande dominated that second round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Grande connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Grande throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brophy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Grande is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brophy can do to turn this around?
Brophy misses with a series of wild punches.
Brophy misses with an uppercut. Grande saw that one coming.
Grande avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Grande on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Grande, right into the meat.
Brophy throws a hook but Grande blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Grande misses with a low kick.
Brophy blocks the body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy checks a leg kick nicely.
Brophy throws a solid leg kick but Grande takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brophy.
Grande jabs at Brophy's body.
Grande scores with a jab to the body.
Grande is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Brophy's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Brophy scores with a nice head shot.
Donk. Brophy catches Grande right on the button with a cross.
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!
Grande connects with an inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Grande uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brophy.
Grande lunges at Brophy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brophy's hand.
Some bone on bone action there as Grande checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Grande was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brophy is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brophy lands with an uppercut that bounces Grande off the cage and back into range.
Brophy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grande throws a lazy right hand but Brophy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grande is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Brophy lands with a nice body punch.
Grande loads up on a big right hand but Brophy slips the punch.
An inside leg kick lands from Brophy.
Brophy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Grande uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Brophy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Davie Brophy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brophy throws the left hand but Grande avoids the punch easily.
Brophy throws a body punch but Grande moves out of range.
Grande was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Grande.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande tries to land a leg kick but Brophy saw it coming and moves away.
A good leg kick by Grande.
A big right from Grande misses.
Brophy misses the jab.
A little feinted left hand from Grande on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grande throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grande pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Grande misses with a body shot.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Grande sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Grande throws an ugly left hook that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Grande throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Brophy tries a quick counter leg kick but Grande is wise to it.
Grande takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brophy has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Grande.
The fighters circling - Brophy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Grande checks a low kick from Brophy.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Grande.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grande.
Grande checks a low kick from Brophy.
Grande feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Grande misses with a straight left.
Grande moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Grande misses with a looping right.
Brophy closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Grande cracks Brophy with an open hand slap.
Grande lands a nice hook to Brophy's body. Brophy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Brophy looks to score with a jab to the body but Grande is just out of range.
Grande motions for Brophy to come forward. Grande throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

Brophy has taken the fight to the clinch.
Grande blocking some punches.
Grande lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Grande.
Brophy misses with some punches.
A short right from Grande.
Brophy softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grande blocking some punches.
Grande lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brophy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grande scores with a shoulder strike.
Grande misses with a body punch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Grande fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Grande tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Grande doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Grande misses with a body punch.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Grande.
Grande tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Grande lands with a light punch inside.
Grande tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Grande pushes Brophy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Grande tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Grande back against the cage.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Grande.
Brophy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
Brophy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A head punch on the inside from Grande fails to land.
Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but Jesus Chico Grande did the better work so I'd imagine he'll take it.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Grande throws a body shot but no joy.
Grande misses with a low kick.
Brophy takes a swing at Grande's ribcage but misses.
Brophy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Brophy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Grande.
Brophy feints a counter leg kick.
Grande scores with a jab.
Brophy is looking to clinch.
Brophy scores with a nice head shot.
Brophy throws a jab but it's blocked by Grande.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grande throws out the jab.
Brophy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Grande 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.
Brophy misses with a looping left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Grande fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Grande pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Brophy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brophy throws a big shot that misses.
Grande misses with a looping right.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A nice leg kick lands there from Grande.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande lands a high kick!
Brophy slips under a jab.
Grande steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Brophy scores with a sloppy right hand. Grande should have avoided that one.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Grande circles away from the clinch attempt.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Grande throwing a counter right hand but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Brophy throws the left hand but Grande avoids the punch easily.
Brophy misses with a hook. Grande ducked under it nicely.
Grande misses with a left hand
and Brophy counters with a three punch combo that has Grande backing up. Grande nods at Brophy to acknowledge the strikes.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Grande throws out the jab.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Davie Brophy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brophy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Grande.
Grande scores with a hook.
Grande throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Grande fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Grande defending well as Brophy loads up on a big left hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Grande eats them both and turns towards Brophy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Grande lands a nice shot that snaps Brophy's head back.
Brophy lands with a thumping leg kick.
Brophy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Grande was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Grande misses with a wild body shot.
Grande chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Grande digs a good body shot into Brophy's ribs.
Grande ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
Grande ducks right into an uppercut from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a looping right.
Grande moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brophy avoids the head kick by Grande.
Grande throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Brophy.
Brophy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brophy sizes up Grande with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brophy misses the shot to the body.
Grande lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Grande throws a leg kick but Brophy checks it.
Brophy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brophy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Grande lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brophy on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Grande scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A telegraphed right hand from Grande misses the target.
Grande avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Grande sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brophy looks to land a right hand but Grande moved out of range.
Brophy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Brophy misses with an uppercut. Grande saw that one coming.
Grande looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Grande.
A head kick misses from Brophy.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Grande does a little dance to reset his feet.
Grande throws a counter high kick but Brophy was just alert enough to avoid it.
Grande ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Grande lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Grande throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brophy motions for Grande to come forward. Brophy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grande cracks Brophy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Grande jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Grande stuns Brophy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grande moves away.
Brophy throws a body punch but Grande moves out of range.
Brophy thumps Grande with a low kick.
Good exchange - Brophy coming out on top.
Grande punishes Brophy's body with a nice straight punch.
Grande scores with a nice head shot.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Grande sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Grande fires out a quick counter leg kick but Brophy just manages to avoid it.
Brophy getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Grande lands the left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grande misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Brophy misses the jab.
Grande looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Grande drops his hands momentarily and Brophy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grande moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close fourth round but I would say that Jesus Chico Grande 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Grande scores with a hook.
Grande swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
Grande ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brophy cracks the inside of Grande's front leg.
Brophy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Grande takes one on the button.

It looks like Jesus Chico Grande has been cut.
Grande checks a low kick from Brophy.
A lazy left from Grande finds it's target.
Some wild striking there from Brophy.
Brophy throws a chopping leg kick but Grande manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brophy throws a shot from downtown. Grande moves away and avoids it.
Grande staying out of range there.
Grande uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brophy has time to react.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Grande finds it's way round the side to connect with Brophy's head.
Brophy is looking to score with low kicks.
Brophy thows a leg kick but Grande checks it
and Grande counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brophy is looking to land body kicks.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Grande cracks a nice hook into Brophy's ribs.
Grande fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice inside leg kick there by Grande. That's going to slow Brophy down.
Brophy misses with a body shot.
Grande fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Grande avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Grande was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Grande misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Grande.
Grande jabs Brophy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brophy walks into a stiff left hand from Grande.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Grande was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Grande moves away.
Brophy bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Grande's head backwards.
Brophy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
A swing and a miss from Brophy.
A swing and a miss from Brophy.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Grande bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brophy's head.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Grande misses with a hook.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brophy misses with a hook. Grande ducked under it nicely.
Brophy misses with a low kick.
Grande is looking to slow Brophy down with leg kicks.
Grande throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy moves out of range easily.
A slow jab from Brophy misses its intended target.
Brophy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Grande's calf.
Grande moves away from the strike by Brophy.
Brophy misses with a hook.
Grande works Brophy's body with a nice hook.
Grande connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brophy misses the jab.
Grande appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Grande checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Grande lands a leg kick that knocks Brophy off balance momentarily.
Brophy misses with an uppercut. Grande saw that one coming.
Brophy defending well as Grande loads up on a big left hand.
A jab from Grande finds it's way through Brophy's defenses.
Brophy throws a low kick but Grande avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy looks to land a left hand but Grande moved out of range nicely.
Grande uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brophy.
Grande scoring well with a low kick there.
Brophy lands a jab to the nose.
Brophy throws a leg kick that misses.
Brophy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Grande misses with the combination.
Brophy takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
Brophy throws out a powerful jab.
Grande thuds his right hand into Brophy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brophy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brophy motions for Grande to come forward. Brophy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Grande wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Grande was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy tries a low kick but Grande avoids it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Nice straight punches there by Grande. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Grande.
Brophy throws a big shot that misses.
Brophy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brophy avoids the head kick by Grande.
Grande sizes up Brophy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Grande feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Brophy's calf.
Grande connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brophy's hands.
Grande walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brophy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Grande throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Brophy lands a jab to the nose.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Grande checks a leg kick.
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
Brophy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brophy wants to slow Grande down by chopping away at his legs.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Grande fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Brophy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Grande doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Grande works Brophy's body with a nice hook.
Brophy misses with a leg kick.

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 Jesus Chico Grande.
Well Grande 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 50:45
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 48:48
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 48:48

The fight is ruled a majority draw!
Jesus Chico Grande retains his title. It's always disappointing when a championship fight ends as a draw but that's what happens when you leave the fight in the judges hands!