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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Richard Silva (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and John Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy has chosen Last Caress/Green Hell - Metallica as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Richard Silva!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Silva throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy lands a jab.
Silva throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva throws a hook to the side of Brophy's head but Brophy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brophy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Richard Silva seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brophy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Silva lands with a good body shot.
Brophy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Silva lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Silva throws out the jab.
Donk. Silva catches Brophy right on the button with a cross.
Brophy is looking to slow Silva down with leg kicks.
Silva takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy swings widly with a right hand
and Silva counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Silva throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brophy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Silva misses with a shot to the body
and Silva takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
It looks like Richard Silva has been cut.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Silva takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Silva has closed the distance and engaged Brophy in a clinch.
Brophy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brophy trying to land knees to the body.
Brophy letting Silva take a breather here.
Brophy lands a good knee to the midsection. Silva won't want to take too many of those.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Brophy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Silva throws a right hand that misses
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Silva.
Silva on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brophy. Brophy obviously looking to wear him down.
Silva gets off balance looking for a body kick
letting Brophy counter with a right hand.
Silva tries to clinch but Brophy is having none of it.
Silva tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Silva throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands an overhand right.
Silva turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brophy scores with a nice right hand.
Nice uppercut lands for Brophy. That snapped Silva's head back.
An inside leg kick lands from Brophy.
Brophy blocks a leg kick.
Brophy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Silva thuds a left hand into Brophy's body.
Silva looks to land a combination but Brophy avoids it well.
Silva misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Silva blocks the body kick.
Brophy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Silva throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Brophy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Silva is able to avoid easily.
Silva was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Brophy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Silva sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brophy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Silva had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Silva's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brophy under the eye.
Silva swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brophy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Silva is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Silva throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Silva cracks the inside of Brophy's front leg.
Silva scores with a jab to the body.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Brophy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Richard Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Brophy connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
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.
Brophy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Nice jab there from Brophy.
Brophy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Silva.
Brophy dodges the punch combination from Silva.
Silva misses with a wild combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy cracks Silva with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brophy connects with a solid leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice shot lands for Silva.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Silva moves away.
Brophy scores with a leg kick.
Silva swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Silva is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Silva appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Silva tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brophy throws a one two combo.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Silva closes the distance and pushes Brophy back into the cage.
Brophy comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A right hook to the body lands for Brophy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Silva working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy missing with knees to the body.
Silva throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brophys head.
Come on Silva - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Silva uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy scores with a shoulder strike.
Brophy scores with a hook to the body.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Silva swings wildly with an uppercut but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Silva fails to land.
Brophy blocks a body shot from Silva.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
A short left from Silva.
Brophy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva managing to block the knees to the body from Brophy.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brophy working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Silva lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brophy tries a body shot but Silva blocks it.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Silva blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Silva misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brophy scores with a nice hook to the head.
John Brophy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brophy using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Silva misses with a short punch on the inside.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Brophy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Silva misses with a hook to the ribs.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brophy.
Brophy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
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!
Brophy misses with some punches.
A nice right hand lands inside from Brophy.
Brophy lands with a right to the head.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy manages to break the clinch.
Brophy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brophy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Silva rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brophy counters with a leg kick.
Silva on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Silva slips a jab from Brophy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
John Brophy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Richard Silva's cut.
That's time! Silva's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Silva misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.
Silva takes one to the chin there.
Brophy throws a jab but it's blocked by Silva.
John Brophy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brophy darts in and clinches Silva up against the cage.
Brophy misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Silva.
Brophy lands an elbow that stopped Silva in his tracks for a moment.
Silva stalling.
Silva is trying to stall.
Silva trying to stall but Brophy improves his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Silva controls the action.
Silva avoids the elbow strike from Brophy, against the cage.
Brophy utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Brophy lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Silva.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Silva takes an elbow to the forehead.
Silva misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy lands with a left to the head.
Brophy breaks from the clinch.
Brophy swats away the attempt to clinch by Silva.
Silva tries to keep at a distance but Brophy has taken the fight into the clinch.
Brophy trying to land knees to the body.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brophy missing with knees to the body.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
Silva is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Brophy is keeping busy.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
Still in the clinch, Silva scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Silva blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Silva on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Silva blocks an uppercut.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Silva's elbow.
Brophy scores with a shoulder strike.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Silva.
Silva makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brophy with an attempt at a knee that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Silva.
Silva tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Silva back against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Brophy throws an elbow but misses.
Silva has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
Brophy scores with a shot to the side of Silva's head.
Silva looking to stall.
Silva avoiding damage as Brophy throws knees to the body.
Richard Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brophy lands a nice elbow.
Brophy scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Brophy blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy missing with knees to the body.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Silva fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brophy tries to clinch there but Silva circles away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a right hand that misses
and Silva makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Silva tries to clinch up but Brophy circles away and keeps his distance.
Silva doesn't manage to clinch there - Brophy circles away.
Brophy throws a low kick but it's checked well by Silva.
A head kick by Silva misses
and Brophy counters with a thumping low kick.
Brophy drops Silva with a beautiful combination! Silva stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Brophy is looking for the KO!
Silva is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Oh Silva is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Brophy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brophy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Silva tries to clinch but Brophy moves out of range.
John Brophy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Silva seems to have got his legs back now.
Silva works the jab nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
John 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 Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Chris Edwards scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... John Brophy!
Our winner, John Brophy, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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