PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Man Boy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Dane Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Boy
vs
Brophy

151 cm
22
141 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

171 cm
20
140 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Man Boy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Dane Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, William Gold and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boy lands a right hook to the body.

Boy moves into the clinch.

Boy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Boy misses with a looping right.
Brophy takes a kick to the side of the head.
Boy fails to land with a series of punches.
Brophy misses with a low kick as Boy jumps back.
No luck for Boy with that takedown attempt.
Brophy misses with the combination.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brophy throws a solid leg kick but Boy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Brophy.
Brophy misses with a wild combination.
Boy misses with a combination
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Boy throws a head kick but Brophy moves out of range.

Boy takes the fight into the clinch.
Brophy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.

Boy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch lands to the side of Boy 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Boy moves into the clinch.
Nice elbow from Boy.

It looks like Dane Brophy has been cut.

Boy manages to break the clinch.
Boy throws a series of strikes that have Brophy backpedaling.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy fails with a takedown attempt.
Brophy connects with a body shot.
Brophy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Boy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brophy swinging wildly here.
Brophy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brophy misses with the combination.
Brophy throws a nice looking combination but Boy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brophy tries to score with a low kick but Boy moves his leg out of the way.
Brophy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brophy looks gassed!
Boy throws a series of strikes that have Brophy backpedaling.
Boy misses with a double jab.
Boy comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Boy throws a head kick that misses
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brophy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

Boy has taken the fight to the clinch.

Boy has picked Brophy up - he's going for a ride! Boy dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Boy not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Boy throwing shots but Brophy is blocking nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boy moves into full mount! Brophy won't be happy about that!
Brophy wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Boy.
Brophy avoids a series of strikes thrown by Boy.
Boy lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boy throwing strikes here but Brophy is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boy lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Boy throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Brophy because Boy loaded up on that one.
Boy tries to control but Brophy wriggling away.
Boy unloading with bombs!
Boy landing strikes, looking to finish!
Boy unloads with some shots from mount but Brophy bucks and avoids them well.
Boy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Brophy is looking to escape.
Boy putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Boy has hold of Brophy's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Brophy manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Boy controlling the pace for now.
Boy throwing strikes here but Brophy is writhing around nicely and avoiding any serious damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Boy looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.

Boy looking for a guillotine from mount but Brophy is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Man Boy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Dane Brophy's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brophy throws a combination that misses
and Boy counters with a good, hard body kick but Brophy shrugs it off.
Boy throws a half hearted mid kick.
Brophy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brophy avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Boy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A combination from Boy does no damage.
Brophy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boy counters with a two punch combo.
Man Boy is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Brophy takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Boy scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Boy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Boy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Boy lands a slapping body shot.
Boy misses with the combination.

Boy forces Brophy back against the cage and clinches.
Brophy is breathing heavily.
Boy lands an elbow inside.
Brophy is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
Boy lands an elbow inside.
Brophy takes an elbow to the temple.
Brophy takes an elbow to the temple.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy lands a nice elbow.
Boy lands an elbow inside.
Boy lands an elbow inside that Brophy shrugs off.
Brophy takes an elbow to the forehead.
Brophy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Boy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.

Boy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boy connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brophy momentarily.
Boy connects with the punch.

Boy clinches with his opponent.

Boy breaks from the clinch.
Boy connects with a looping right hand.
No joy there for Brophy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Brophy gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Boy wants to control from the top but Brophy keeps moving.
Boy not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boy postures up and lands a big shot to Brophy's brow.
Boy throwing strikes but missing.
Brophy keeping moving, preventing Boy from controlling successfully.
Boy throws a big right hand that misses.
Brophy working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boy.
Boy thows a big elbow that misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Boy throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Brophy's waist but Brophy gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Boy off to one side.
Boy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brophy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Boy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brophy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.

Boy has Brophy up against the cage in a clinch.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Boy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Boy gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Boy lands a nice elbow.
Boy lands an elbow just above Brophy 's eye.
Brophy wants to get back to striking at distance but Boy won't allow it.
Boy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Brophy working hard to break the clinch.
Boy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Boy lands a damaging elbow.
A frustrated look appears on Brophy's face as he tries to break the clinch.

Boy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Boy moves into the clinch.
Brophy tries to circle away but Boy has him pinned against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Boy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Boy throws a head kick that misses.
Brophy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Boy counters with a leg kick.
Danga de danga de dang - Boy scores with a four punch combination!
Some wild striking there from Brophy.
Brophy is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Boy.
Boy looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Brophy is fending him off so far but Boy persists. Nope, Brophy circles away and we're back to standing.
Brophy scores with a three punch combo!
Boy lands with a nice combination. Brophy backs away looking to recover.

Boy has closed the distance and engaged Brophy in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Boy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Boy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brophy.
Brophy blocks the elbow strike.
Brophy is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
Brophy has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Brophy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Boy missing with knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Man Boy dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Dane Brophy's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Brophy falls off balance throwing a combination
and Boy counters with a big head kick but Brophy shrugs it off.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Boy, right into the meat.
A good leg kick by Boy.
Boy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Man Boy is winning the standup battle so far.

Boy clinches up against the cage.
Boy lands an elbow inside.

Boy breaks from the clinch.
Brophy's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Brophy duly obliges.
Brophy scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!

Boy moves into range and clinches up with Brophy.
Boy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Brophy throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Boy counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Brophy throws a right and a left that both miss.

Boy rushes Brophy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Boy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Boy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Boy is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Boy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Come on Boy - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
A nice left hand lands by Boy.
Boy fails to pull guard.
Boy pressing his opponent against the cage.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brophy tries to circle away but Boy has him pinned against the cage.
Boy has Brophy pressed against the cage, preventing Brophy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Boy lands an elbow that stopped Brophy in his tracks for a moment.
Boy lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Brophy tries to break the clinch but Boy is controlling the position.
Boy stalling in the clinch.
Brophy has had enough of the clinch but Boy keeps him there for the moment.
A bit of stalling here from Boy.
Brophy is trying to break the clinch but Boy has him pressed against the cage.
Boy keeps control of Brophy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brophy is trying to break the clinch but Boy is controlling him.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Boy takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Brophy can't break the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Boy keeps control of Brophy as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Boy lands with a light punch inside.
Boy has Brophy pressed against the cage, preventing Brophy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.

Boy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Boy clinches with his opponent.
Boy has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Brophy avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Boy tries to stall but Brophy uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Brophy is trying to break the clinch but Boy has him pressed against the cage.

Boy has Brophy pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Boy pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Brophy tumbling to the mat - Boy dives into Brophy's guard.
Boy is looking to work some ground and pound but Brophy has wrist control.
Boy trying to control the position from guard on top but Brophy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boy throws a strike but Brophy rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Dane Brophy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Boy kicks Brophy off and gets to his feet.
Brophy misses with a jab, cross combination.
Boy throws a left and a right that both miss
and Boy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Boy stalling the fight.
Brophy is trying to break free.

Boy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Boy misses with a series of wild punches.
Brophy throws a right hand that Boy ducks under and follows up with a left that Boy also avoids with ease.
Nice sprawl there from Brophy as Boy shoots in.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Man Boy. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Boy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brophy throws a combination that misses
and Boy counters with a slapping leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brophy misses with a combination
and Boy counters with a nice leg kick.
Brophy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Brophy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Boy throws a combination that misses
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dane Brophy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Boy closes the distance and clinches.
Brophy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brophy wants to break the clinch but can't.
Brophy wants to break the clinch but can't.
The referee is keeping an eye on Boy - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Brophy tries to break free but Boy pushes him back against the cage.
Man Boy is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boy stalls.
Brophy scores with a hook to the body.
Brophy is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Boy is defending well for now.
Brophy takes an elbow to the temple.
Boy lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Nice elbow from Boy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Man Boy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Boy 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge William Gold scores the fight 30:27
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Man Boy!