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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Luke Pratchett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy has chosen Pretty Fly - The Offspring as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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140 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
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170 cm
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145 lbs
6 - 1 - 0 |
Abu Dhabi Champ
Excellent boxer
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Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank |
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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
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Luke Pratchett!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pratchett misses with a takedown attempt - Brophy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Pratchett closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Pratchett seems to be working for a kimura but Brophy defends the submission attempt.
Brophy avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Pratchett.
Brophy is trying to control but can't.
Pratchett wants to control but Brophy is keeping him busy.
Brophy is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pratchett wants to free his trapped foot but Brophy is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Brophy has hold of Pratchett's hands but Pratchett slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratchett missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Brophy is staying active underneath Pratchett, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pratchett not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Pratchett working Brophy over with strikes.
Pratchett wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brophy keeps working.
Pratchett has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Pratchett thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Pratchett misses with a head shot. Brophy uses the momentum to regain guard.
Pratchett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Pratchett wants to control from the top but Brophy keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Pratchett looking to sit in guard and control but Brophy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Pratchett pulls Brophy in close to his closed guard and prevents Brophy from doing any damage or advancing position.
Pratchett trying to control the position.
Pratchett looking for a guillotine here but Brophy defends easily.
Brophy wants to pass the guard but Pratchett is keeping the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Brophy gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Pratchett is trying to hold Brophy in close to prevent damage but Brophy has managed to pass into half guard.
Pratchett is trying to maintain the position but Brophy is very close to passing his half guard.
Pratchett wants to get back to full guard but Brophy has mounted him!
Pratchett wants to control but Brophy is having none of it.
Brophy controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy trying to control but Pratchett is having none of it.
Pratchett is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Brophy controlling the pace for now.
Pratchett reaches up to try and control the position but Brophy seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Pratchett rolls and tries to escape and now Brophy has his back!
Pratchett wants to control his opponent's hands but Brophy gets his hands free.
Pratchett is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brophy is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
You can see the frustration on Pratchett's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Brophy dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Pratchett will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Luke Pratchett seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pratchett shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Brophy.
Brophy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Brophy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Pratchett misses with a takedown attempt
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Pratchett shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Pratchett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brophy lands with a straight right. Pratchett didn't see that one coming.
Pratchett has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Pratchett there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice jab there from Brophy.
Pratchett is rocked!
No luck for Pratchett with that takedown attempt.
Pratchett fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Brophy sprawls well initially but Pratchett persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Pratchett throws a strike but Brophy avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Brophy keeping moving, preventing Pratchett from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Pratchett throwing strikes but missing.
Pratchett works over Brophy with some ground and pound from guard.
Brophy keeping moving, preventing Pratchett from controlling successfully.
Pratchett has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Pratchett landing with the ground and pound.
Pratchett postures up in Brophy's guard and throws a big left but Brophy blocks it.
Pratchett pushing down on Brophy's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Pratchett is nestled in close to Brophy, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Brophy has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pratchett missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pratchett is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Pratchett winds up and cracks Brophy with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Luke Pratchett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
The fighters are battling for position here. Brophy manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Pratchett postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Pratchett wants to pass the guard but Brophy is keeping the position.
Pratchett trying to control but Brophy is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pratchett working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Pratchett missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Brophy wants to stand and escape but Pratchett is having none of it.
Pratchett wants to control from the top but Brophy keeps moving.
Pratchett loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Pratchett looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Pratchett drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pratchett throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Pratchett misses with the ground and pound.
Pratchett tries to score with some ground and pound. Brophy controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Pratchett tries for a kimura but Brophy is defending well.
Pratchett creates some space and throws a big elbow, but Brophy sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
Pratchett fails to land a wild elbow strike.
Brophy taking a bit of punishment here - Pratchett scoring with strikes.
Pratchett postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Brophy has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Brophy regains half guard, as Pratchett was trying to land strikes.
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 Luke Pratchett will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Pratchett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pratchett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brophy swivels and escapes.
Pratchett tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Brophy swivels and escapes.
Nice takedown defense from Brophy. No joy for Pratchett on that attempt.
Brophy raises up his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luke Pratchett. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Brophy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Ryan Brophy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Pratchett gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brophy.
Pratchett tries for a takedown but Brophy circles away easily
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
Pratchett shoots in for a double leg but Brophy sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brophy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy is looking to clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Pratchett is defended easily by Brophy.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up but Pratchett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pratchett drops down looking for a counter takedown but Brophy sprawls and moves away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pratchett takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Oh Pratchett is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Pratchett goes for a double leg but Brophy avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the ropes as Brophy continues to drive forward.
Pratchett misses with a takedown
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brophy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Pratchett seems to have got his legs back now.
A good leg kick by Brophy.
Brophy lands a jab.
Brophy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Brophy closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Pratchett! Brophy dives in looking to finish! Pratchett is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Brophy!
An out of breath Ryan Brophy thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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