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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bob Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Burns (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy's entrance music is The Grumpy Song. A fine choice. Burns is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: How We Do. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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243 lbs
10 - 5 - 0 |
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278 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class MT
Granite chin |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
10 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Bob Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
33 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, William Burns!
The judges for this bout are Joseph Jones, Eddie Farnsworth and Reed Andrews.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy walks into a straight right hand from Burns.
Brophy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brophy has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Burns lands a nice looking body shot.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brophy gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Brophy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Burns throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Burns fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brophy throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Burns moves out of range as Brophy throws a body kick.
Burns blocks a head kick by Brophy.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Burns lands a lovely overhand right.
A jab from Brophy misses.
Burns looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brophy tries to bum rush Burns with a series of wild strikes but Burns uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burns misses with a hook
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Burns is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brophy rather than just go for the knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy slips a straight right by Burns.
Burns misses with a wild body shot.
Brophy throws the kick towards the body but Burns avoids it.
Brophy lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Burns loads up on a big right hand but Brophy slips the punch.
Brophy swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Burns counters with a straight right hand.
William Burns seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Burns feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Brophys jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Brophy scores with a nice head shot.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Burns throws out the jab.
It appears Brophy was looking to counter with a kick there.
No joy there for Burns, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Brophy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Burns tries to bum rush Brophy with a series of wild strikes but Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Burns takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Burns.
Brophy misses with a head kick.
Brophy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Burns.
Burns misses with a hook.
Nice body punch from Burns.
Burns connects with a body shot that sends Brophy's belly button to the back.
Burns cracks a nice hook into Brophy's ribs.
Burns looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Brophy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Brophy needs to keep his hands up - Burns had a free shot at his head there.
Burns lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brophy blocks a leg kick.
Burns scores with a hook to the body. Brophy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Burns listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burns jabs at Brophy's body.
Burns throws out a powerful jab.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Brophy - that will leave a mark!
Brophy loads up on a big right hand but Burns slips the punch.
Brophy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brophy throws a counter high kick but Burns was just alert enough to avoid it.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Burns with a jab.
Burns gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Burns is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Brophy had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Burns misses with a left hand
and Brophy counters with a left to the body.
Burns turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Brophy has closed the distance and engaged Burns in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Burns's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Brophy swats away the attempt to clinch by Burns.
Burns 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 cracks the inside of Burns's front leg.
Brophy walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Brophy. Burns shrugs it off though.
Brophy looks to land a right hand but Burns moved out of range.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Burns is out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy slips a jab from Burns.
Burns throws a leg kick but Brophy moved away.
Burns has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Burns throws a body shot but no joy.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but William Burns will probably get the nod.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Brophy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brophy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Burns.
Brophy connects with a looping right hand.
Burns takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
It appears Brophy was looking to counter with a kick there.
Brophy clinches.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Burns.
Brophy keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Burns's efforts to push away.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Burns.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Burns working hard to break the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Burns takes a swing at Brophy's ribcage but misses.
Burns moves away from the strike by Brophy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Burns.
Burns misses with a shot to the body
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a head kick.
Burns takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Burns throws a low kick but it's checked well by Brophy.
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.
Burns's corner calls for a 1-2. Burns obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
William Burns seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Burns takes the fight into the clinch.
Brophy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Burns backwards.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
Brophy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Burns breaks the clinch.
Burns fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brophy.
Brophy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Burns under the eye.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Burns fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Brophy misses with an uppercut. Burns saw that one coming.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burns throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy moves away from the strike by Burns.
Burns misses with a hook
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
Brophy tries to score with a low kick but Burns moves his leg out of the way.
Burns blocks a jab.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Burns moves away.
Brophy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Burns looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Burns.
Brophy throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Burns tries to circle away but Brophy has him pinned against the cage.
Burns blocking some punches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands a shot to the body.
Burns blocks a body shot from Brophy.
Burns is trying to break free.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Burns controls the action.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Brophy escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brophy connects with a jab.
Brophy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Burns can't break the clinch.
A body shot lands from Brophy.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Brophy.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
A nice left hand lands by Brophy.
Brophy breaks the clinch.
Burns misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
Brophy cracks Burns with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Brophy has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Burns to stand back up!
Burns is rocked!
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!
Burns walks right into a perfectly timed right hook and goes down hard! He's out cold! The ref cradles Burns limp body while Brophy jumps on to the cage and waves to the roaring crowd. Wow that was just a brutal knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Bob Brophy!
A very excited looking Bob Brophy made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, William Burns stepped up to the mic, saying 'Payback is a bitch'.
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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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