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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Grant Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Pterion Sinistra (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, LL Cool J - Mama Said Knock You Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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175 lbs
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176 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent MT
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Pterion Sinistra!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Sam Margolis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Sinistra if he has to take too many more of those.
Sinistra misses the jab.
Pterion Sinistra seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sinistra throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sinistra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Sinistra misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a head kick. That will keep Sinistra thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Sinistra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Brophy fails in his attempt to clinch.
Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brophy takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses.
Brophy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brophy there as he acknowledges the shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Brophy throws the kick towards the body but Sinistra avoids it.
Sinistra falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brophy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Sinistra fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Sinistra moves out of range of the body kick from Brophy.
Brophy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Sinistra.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brophy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sinistra scores with a hook to the body. Brophy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Brophy slips under a jab.
Brophy throws a head kick but Sinistra moves out of range.
No joy there for Brophy, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brophy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brophy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Sinistra counters with a left to the body.
Brophy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sinistra.
Sinistra lands a nice shot to the body.
Sinistra swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Brophy looks to land a body kick but Sinistra moved away.
Good standup being displayed there by Sinistra as he connects with a hook.
Brophy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Sinistra has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Sinistra moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
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!
Sinistra looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Sinistra looks to land a combination. Brophy sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sinistra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Brophy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Sinistra scores with a three punch combo!
Brophy pushes Sinistra away with a front kick.
Brophy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brophy moves away from the strike by Sinistra.
Brophy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Sinistra connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brophy momentarily.
Sinistra 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.
Brophy looks to clinch
letting Sinistra counter with a right hand.
Sinistra throws a combination that misses
and Brophy counters with a flying knee. Nice.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinistra throws a series of strikes that have Brophy backpedaling.
Sinistra is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Sinistra swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sinistra with a jab.
Sinistra moves out of range of the body kick.
Brophy throws the kick towards the body but Sinistra avoids it.
A telegraphed right hand from Sinistra misses the target.
Brophy misses with a body kick.
Sinistra misses with a combination
and Brophy counters by moving into the clinch.
Brophy pulls guard successfully.
Sinistra wants to control from the top but Brophy keeps moving.
Brophy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinistra is one step ahead there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy is working hard here to advance position.
Brophy is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Brophy looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Brophy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Brophy has Sinistra up against the cage in a clinch.
A short left from Sinistra.
Brophy breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Brophy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Sinistra counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sinistra scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sinistra scores with a body shot.
A combination from Sinistra does no damage.
Brophy throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Sinistra scores with a sloppy right hand. Brophy should have avoided that one.
Sinistra throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a body kick that stops Sinistra in his tracks momentarily.
Sinistra cracks a nice hook into Brophy's ribs.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy walks into a left hand.
The fight stays on the outside here - Brophy looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sinistra throws a series of strikes that have Brophy backpedaling.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sinistra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
Sinistra fails to land with a series of punches.
A jab from Sinistra finds it's way through Brophy's defenses.
Sinistra scores with a jab.
Sinistra lands with a shot to the body.
Sinistra blocks a head kick by Brophy.
Sinistra throws a right and a left that Brophy avoids nicely.
Brophy throws a head kick but Sinistra moves out of range.
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Sinistra ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Sinistra lands with a good body shot.
A lazy left from Sinistra finds it's target.
Sinistra lands a jab.
Sinistra cracks a nice hook into Brophy's ribs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sinistra scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Sinistra lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brophy circles away quickly and effectively.
Sinistra scores with the left hand. Brophy knows he should have avoided that one.
Brophy needs to keep his hands up - Sinistra had a free shot at his head there.
Sinistra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
Sinistra misses with the combination.
Sinistra rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Brophy moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Sinistra throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brophy takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Brophy is looking to land body kicks.
Sinistra misses with an uppercut. Brophy saw that one coming.
Sinistra thuds a left hand into Brophy's body.
Sinistra swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brophy has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
A jab lands there for Sinistra.
Sinistra paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sinistra throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Sinistra swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy tries to clinch up but Sinistra circles away and keeps his distance.
Sinistra dips to his left and cracks Brophy with an uppercut!
Pterion Sinistra seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sinistra gets tackled into the cage by Brophy. Brophy maintains the clinch.
Brophy stalling in the clinch.
Brophy landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sinistra avoiding damage as Brophy throws knees to the body.
Brophy looking to throw knees to the head but Sinistra is blocking nicely.
Brophy tries a body shot but Sinistra blocks it.
Brophy pulls guard successfully.
Brophy is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Sinistra would like to get this fight back to the feet but can't get free from the closed guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy wants to sweep here but Sinistra controlling him for the moment.
Brophy trying to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sinistra wanted to stand there but Brophy had control of the position.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Sinistra postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pterion Sinistra showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. And we move into the final round!
Brophy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sinistra scores with a three punch combo!
Sinistra scores with the left hand. Brophy knows he should have avoided that one.
Sinistra misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Sinistra looks to land a left hand but Brophy moved out of range nicely.
Sinistra throws an overhand right that lands on Brophy's shoulder, as Brophy tries to avoid the shot.
Brophy wants to clinch up but Sinistra keeps it at a distance.
Sinistra misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a solid body kick.
Sinistra throws a lazy uppercut
and Brophy counters with a body kick that stops Sinistra in his tracks momentarily.
Brophy drives through and clinches with Sinistra against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Brophy manages to pull guard.
Brophy controlling Sinistra's posture.
Sinistra takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Brophy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Sinistra is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy is pulling down on Sinistra's head to control his posture.
Brophy lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Sinistra!
Brophy wants to control the pace but Sinistra is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Brophy tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Brophy looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Brophy looking to control but Sinistra is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sinistra regains half guard.
Sinistra trying to control here.
Sinistra is trying to stand up here but Brophy is controlling him well.
Brophy is trying to control the action in half guard but Sinistra is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Brophy sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Brophy is keen to just control but Sinistra is a slippery customer.
Brophy performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Grant Brophy wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Brophy closes the distance but Sinistra moves to the side
and Sinistra counters with a right hand to the body.
Brophy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Sinistra jabs Brophy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brophy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Brophy throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Sinistra.
Brophy throws a sloppy head kick and Sinistra moves out of range easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Grant Brophy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brophy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Brophy!
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