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Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between Victor Sharp (ranked 664 p4p, 100 weight class) and John Brophy (ranked 6724 p4p, 685 weight class). Sharp's entrance music is Immortal Technique-Cause Of Death. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Brophy's choice of entrance music: Last Caress - Metallica. Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?
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World class boxer
Insanely flexible
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Tokyo, Victor Sharp!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
15 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Shimada, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Shirou Masuda.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sharp fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Sharp misses with a looping right.
Brophy appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Brophy takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
A combination from Sharp does no damage.
Brophy rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Sharp counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Sharp scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Sharp works Brophy's body with a nice hook.
Brophy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Brophy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
Brophy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brophy digs a good body shot into Sharp's ribs.
Sharp throws a lazy body kick
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
It looks like Victor Sharp has been cut.
Sharp moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brophy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
Brophy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sharp throws a leg kick but Brophy moved away.
Sharp finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A jab from Sharp misses.
Good leg kick by Sharp there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Sharp lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sharp takes one on the button.
Sharp misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a low kick, right behind Sharp 's knee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brophy misses with a hook. Sharp ducked under it nicely.
Sharp lands a nice looking body shot.
Sharp seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Brophy throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Brophy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Brophy misses with a straight left.
Brophy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
A solid body kick from Sharp.
Sharp lands with a nice body punch.
Sharp misses with a series of wild punches.
Brophy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Sharp misses with a low kick.
Brophy fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Sharp dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Sharp's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Sharp misses with an uppercut.
Brophy tries a quick counter leg kick but Sharp is wise to it.
Sharp fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Sharp moved away.
Brophy blocks a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brophy checks a leg kick.
Sharp really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Sharp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy misses with a right hand
and Sharp counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Sharp lands a leg kick that knocks Brophy off balance momentarily.
Sharp blocks a jab.
A little feinted left hand from Sharp on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nice straight punches there by Sharp. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Sharp.
Brophy takes one to the side of the head.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brophy.
A low kick from Brophy misses
and Sharp counters with a right hand to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Sharp lands the left hand.
Brophy throws a big shot that misses.
Brophy just misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy slips a straight right by Sharp.
Sharp lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
A jab from Brophy misses.
Sharp is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Sharp connects with a crisp jab.
Brophy defending well as Sharp loads up on a big left hand.
Sharp connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Sharp finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Sharp ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sharp throws a body kick despite being completely out of range
letting Brophy counter with a right hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brophy swings widly with a right hand
and Sharp counters with a nice uppercut.
Sharp scores with a shot to the body.
Sharp slips a jab from Brophy.
Victor Sharp is winning the standup battle so far.
Sharp misses with a jab to the body
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sharp digs a good hook to Brophy's body.
Sharp swings widly with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sharp throws an overhand right that lands on Brophy's shoulder, as Brophy tries to avoid the shot.
Brophy follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
Brophy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Sharp uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy.
Sharp fakes the leg kick and cracks Brophy in the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Sharp dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Victor Sharp's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Sharp misses with a jab to the body
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Victor Sharp seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Sharp.
Brophy slips under a jab from Sharp.
Brophy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sharp slips a jab from Brophy.
It looked like Sharp was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Brophy.
Brophy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Sharp.
Brophy moves out of range as Sharp throws a body kick.
Brophy tries to score with a low kick but Sharp moves his leg out of the way.
Brophy thows a left - swing and a miss!
Sharp bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp lands a leg kick that knocks Brophy off balance momentarily.
Sharp scores with a jab. Brophy acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Sharp dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brophy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Sharp checks it well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Sharp. Sharp obviously looking to wear him down.
Sharp throws a wild body kick that Brophy sees coming a mile off.
A nice side step and Brophy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A swing and a miss from Brophy.
Brophy 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.
Sharp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brophy can do to turn this around?
A lazy left from Sharp finds it's target.
Sharp connects with a jab.
Sharp is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Brophy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Sharp was well out of range. Poor timing from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a hook
and Brophy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Sharp scores with a body shot.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Sharp lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brophy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brophy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
An inside leg kick from Sharp misses.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Sharp avoids it with no problem.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sharp swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Sharp scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brophy in his tracks.
An inside leg kick lands from Sharp.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sharp keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brophy.
Brophy throws a right and a left that Sharp avoids nicely.
Sharp looks to throw the jab but Brophy is out of range.
Sharp attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Sharp throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy moves out of range easily.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Sharp lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brophy tries to land a leg kick but Sharp saw it coming and moves away.
Brophy slips under a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Sharp clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Sharp's cut.
That's time! Sharp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Sharp.
And Brophy responds with a good body kick, but Sharp manages to step out the way in time.
Sharp misses with a low kick.
Sharp tries a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
Brophy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Sharp manages to avoid it.
Brophy misses with a straight right.
Brophy misses with a straight right.
Sharp is looking to slow Brophy down with leg kicks.
Sharp takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Sharp throws a right and a left that Brophy avoids nicely.
It seemed like Brophy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sharp misses with a wild body shot.
A bone on bone clash there as Brophy blocks the leg kick.
A nice side step and Brophy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Brophy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice defenses there by Sharp.
Sharp throwing a counter right hand but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Brophy slips a jab from Sharp.
Brophy throws the left hand but Sharp avoids the punch easily.
Brophy moves out of range as Sharp throws a body kick.
Sharp's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brophy under the eye.
Sharp fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brophy.
A bone on bone clash there as Brophy blocks the leg kick.
Sharp throws the left hand but Brophy avoids the punch easily.
Sharp on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Brophy throws a front kick aimed at Sharp's knee but Sharp avoids it well.
Brophy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Sharp.
Brophy takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy walks forward, straight into a front kick from Sharp.
Brophy scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Brophy forces Sharp back against the ropes and clinches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sharp tries to circle away but Brophy has him pinned against the ropes.
Sharp scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sharp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sharp moves out of range as Brophy strikes.
Brophy thumps Sharp with a low kick.
Sharp takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Sharp lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Sharp scores with a nice head shot.
Brophy misses with a lunging right hand
enabling Sharp to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Victor Sharp had his way with John Brophy in that round.
The cut man is working on Victor Sharp's cut.
That's time! Sharp's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Sharp lands a really nice looking cross but Brophy seems unphased.
John Brophy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brophy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Sharp misses the shot to the body.
Brophy swings for the body but Sharp moves out of range.
Brophy misses with a head kick.
Brophy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Sharp ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brophy lets loose with a powerful body kick. Sharp will feel that in the morning.
Sharp throws a nice outside leg kick.
You can see that Brophy has visibly slowed down as a result of the leg kicks
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloppy strikes from Sharp. Those never looked like landing.
Sharp is looking to slow Brophy down with leg kicks.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Sharp was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sharp tries a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
Brophy looks like he wants to counter punch here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sharp throws a good cross that connects.
Sharp lands with a right hand.
Sharp misses with a jab to the body
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
Sharp looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Brophy has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Brophy there as he acknowledges the shot.
Sharp throws a jab when Brophy was well out of range.
Brophy needs to keep his hands up - Sharp had a free shot at his head there.
Sharp fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brophy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Sharp tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Sharp.
Sharp blocks a low kick nicely.
Brophy throws a jab but it's blocked by Sharp.
A low kick from Brophy is predictable there
and Sharp counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy slips under a jab from Sharp.
The crowd cheers as Sharp lands an impressive looking overhand right. Brophy doesn't seem phased though.
Sharp bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Sharp scores with a hook to the body. Brophy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Sharp buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Sharp throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Brophy crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Sharp - the referee stops the clock and Brophy gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Sharp. Brophy manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Sharp scores with a sloppy right hand. Brophy should have avoided that one.
Brophy looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Victor Sharp is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Sharp gets cracked there but stands up to it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Victor Sharp showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Sharp 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 50:45
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 50:45
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 50:45
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Victor Sharp!
Victor Sharp is the new light heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Victor Sharp thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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RATING
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