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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Benny Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sean Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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174 lbs
7 - 2 - 0 |
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180 cm
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182 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power |
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Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world! Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner. With a record of
7 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Phillips! And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
7 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Sean Brophy! The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Brophy misses with a straight left. Brophy misses with a two punch combination.
An inside leg kick lands from Brophy. Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Benny Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Brophy fails to land with a series of punches.
Brophy on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere. Brophy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Phillips.
Brophy moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Brophy moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot. Brophy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Phillips is breathing heavily. The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here. Phillips blocks a jab. Phillips misses with a straight right. Phillips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Brophy misses with a straight right. Brophy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Phillips's sensitive parts. Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Brophy lands with an overhand left.
That's one minute gone in the round. Phillips throws a right and a left that both miss. Brophy thumps Phillips with a low kick. Phillips is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Phillips is rocked! Brophy falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Phillips counter with a right hand. Phillips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy. Brophy jabbing away but nothing is landing. Brophy lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Brophy. Phillips stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Brophy. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Nice cross by Brophy. Brophy lands a nice hook to Phillips's body. Phillips takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. A nice leg kick lands there from Brophy. Phillips walks forward, straight into a front kick from Brophy. Brophy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phillips. Brophy throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Brophy scoring well with a low kick there.
Brophy throws a nice looking combination but Phillips bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Brophy misses with a two punch combination.
Phillips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good standup being displayed there by Brophy as he connects with a hook. Brophy lands a glancing blow to the side of Phillips's head. Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phillips. Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phillips throws out the jab. Phillips throws a series of punches but Brophy moves out of range. Phillips scores to the head and body with a nice combination! Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Phillips. Brophy looks to throw the jab but Phillips is out of range. Brophy lands with a straight right. Phillips didn't see that one coming. Brophy throws a right and a left that Phillips avoids nicely. Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phillips moves away. Brophy misses with a series of wild punches.
Phillips throws a leg kick and Brophy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Brophy misses with a looping left. Brophy misses with a two punch combination.
Phillips misses with a combination
and Brophy counters with an outside leg kick.
Phillips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Phillips takes one on the button. Phillips misses with a hook. Phillips moves away from the strike by Brophy. Brophy swinging wildly here.
Phillips thows a body shot but no joy. Brophy goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo. Brophy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Brophy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Phillips had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté. Brophy throws a nice looking combination but Phillips bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Phillips throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. Brophy looks to land a left hand but Phillips moved out of range nicely. Phillips throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily. Phillips misses with a straight left. Phillips swinging wildly here.
Phillips chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brophy can pounce on him.
Phillips lands a right hook to the body.
Good leg kick by Brophy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Phillips looks to land a left hand but Brophy moved out of range nicely. Phillips misses with a double jab
and Brophy makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick. The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action! Phillips swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brophy counters with a thumping low kick. Brophy thuds his right hand into Phillips's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Brophy fails to land with a series of punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Brophy dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!
Brophy lands with a kick to the temple. Phillips shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Brophy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw. Brophy misses with the combination.
Brophy uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook. Brophy misses the jab. Phillips is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight. Brophy misses with a straight left. Phillips throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it. Phillips swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy. Phillips stuns Brophy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Phillips misses with a body punch
and Brophy counters with a good low kick that Phillips was not able to check. A nice inside leg kick there by Brophy. That's going to slow Phillips down. Brophy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brophy connects with a crisp jab. Benny Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here. Phillips sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs. Phillips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round. No joy there for Brophy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brophy thows a body shot but no joy. Brophy scores with a hook. Phillips throws a series of punches but Brophy moves out of range. Brophy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him. Phillips throws a hook to the side of Brophy's head but Brophy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully. Brophy thuds his right hand into Phillips's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters. Phillips misses with a looping right. 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. Nice uppercut there from Brophy. Brophy has been the more effective fighter overall so far. A punch combination from Phillips misses. Phillips takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brophy lands with a cross. Brophy throws out a loose jab but Phillips uses good head movement to avoid it. Phillips misses with a combination
and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Jab from Phillips. No joy there for Brophy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brophy moves forwards but Phillips connects with a nice, crisp jab. Brophy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phillips moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Phillips misses with a double jab
and Brophy counters with a flying knee. Nice. Phillips misses with a combination
and Phillips takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Brophy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brophy throws a body punch but Phillips moves out of range. Brophy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. Phillips throws a leg kick that is checked and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand! Phillips takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Phillips staying out of range there. Brophy throws the left hand but Phillips avoids the punch easily.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Brophy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles. Phillips avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phillips lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Sean Brophy seems to be getting the better of the standup. Phillips throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena. Brophy takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Phillips tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him. Brophy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Brophy avoids a punch combination nicely.
Brophy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brophy misses with a double jab.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brophy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brophy.
Phillips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brophy circles away quickly and effectively. Brophy throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Phillips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy 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 misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phillips moves away. Phillips lands a really nice looking cross but Brophy seems unphased.
Brophy scores with a leg kick.
Phillips lands a really nice looking cross but Brophy seems unphased.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end. Brophy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button. Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phillips. Phillips throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand. Brophy avoids the body shot from Phillips.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Sean Brophy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
Brophy throws a sloppy body shot
and Phillips counters with a lovely shot to the body. Phillips connects with a nice looking jab.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phillips moves away. Phillips misses with a double jab.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Phillips is out of range. The fighters circling - Phillips throws out the jab but it was never going to land. Phillips waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brophy. Phillips throws a nice looking combination but Brophy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Phillips throws a right and a left that both miss. Brophy throws a right and a left that both miss. Brophy scores with a one two! Phillips had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes. Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brophy counters with an inside leg kick. Brophy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Phillips slips under a jab from Brophy. Brophy misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round. Phillips slips under a jab from Brophy. Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phillips throws out the jab. Phillips misses the shot to the body. Brophy throws a combination that misses and Phillips counters with a lovely straight right hand! Nice jab there from Phillips. An inside leg kick lands from Brophy. Phillips takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming. Good exchange - Brophy coming out on top. Phillips throws a leg kick and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Brophy throws a push kick but Phillips slaps the foot to one side. Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brophy throws a right and a left that both miss. Phillips throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy moves out of range easily. Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phillips throws out the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Phillips misses with a double jab
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand. Brophy lands a nice looking kick to the body. Phillips takes a step back to recover. Phillips connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brophy momentarily.
Phillips displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brophy throws out the jab. Brophy lands with a kick to the temple. Phillips shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?" Phillips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy. Brophy connects with a solid leg kick. Phillips misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Phillips throws a lazy head kick and Brophy counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body. A left and a right from Phillips both land. Nice combination. Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brophy - that will leave a mark!
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips lands a jab to the head.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Phillips on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brophy. Brophy obviously looking to wear him down.
Phillips misses with a two punch combination.
Brophy misses with a series of wild punches.
Brophy finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Brophy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there. Brophy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phillips. Phillips throws a head kick but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range. Phillips's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Phillips duly obliges. Brophy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Phillips lands a nice hook to Brophy's body. Brophy takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes. Phillips swings and misses with a shot to the body and Brophy counters with a left and a right that stings Phillips. Sean Brophy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Phillips takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket. Benny Phillips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Brophy scores with a crisp jab that stopped Phillips in his tracks. Phillips throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy counters with a body kick that stops Phillips in his tracks momentarily. Nice uppercut there from Brophy. Brophy throws a nice looking combination but Phillips bobs and weaves to avoid any damage. Phillips fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brophy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phillips. Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brophy counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Phillips thinking. Phillips throws a combination that misses and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick. Brophy lands an overhand right. Phillips looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range. Brophy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brophy scores with a nice right hand.
And that's the end of the fight! Sean Brophy comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. Well Brophy 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 27:30 Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 26:30 Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sean Brophy! Sean Brophy retains his welterweight title!
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energy
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