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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Bear Stevenson (ranked 7458 p4p, 699 weight class) and Grant Brophy (ranked 7247 p4p, 690 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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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
2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bear Stevenson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Grant Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, Bruno Lombardi and John Roberts.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Stevenson misses with a looping left.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Stevenson avoids it with no problem.
Stevenson misses with an uppercut.
Brophy wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
The fighters circling - Brophy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brophy connects with a good right hand that stumbles Stevenson. Stevenson circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Brophy has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Stevenson drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Brophy tries to clinch up but Stevenson circles away and keeps his distance.
A jab from Stevenson misses.
A countering left hand to the body from Brophy misses.
Brophy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevenson throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Brophy tries to clinch but Stevenson is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson misses with an uppercut
and Brophy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Stevenson has closed the distance and engaged Brophy in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Stevenson.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Stevenson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Stevenson misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stevenson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A right hook to the body lands for Brophy.
Stevenson tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Stevenson is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy scores with a shot to the side of Stevenson's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy gets through Stevenson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy gets through Stevenson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Stevenson has him pressed against the cage.
Stevenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Brophy.
Stevenson blocks an uppercut.
Brophy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A nice left hand lands by Brophy.
Stevenson fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brophy.
Brophy struggles to land a body shot inside as Stevenson controls his hands.
Stevenson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stevenson has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
The referee calls for Stevenson to work.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevenson.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevenson misses with some punches.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
Stevenson misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
Brophy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson working aggressively here.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Brophy lands a right hand that snaps the head of Stevenson backwards.
Brophy tries to work over Stevenson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Stevenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands with a light punch inside.
A short right from Brophy on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Stevenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Stevenson.
Stevenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stevenson blocks an uppercut.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Stevenson avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A left hand lands to the body for Brophy.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Stevenson.
Brophy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Stevenson working hard to break the clinch.
Brophy lands a body punch in the clinch.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Brophy dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Bear Stevenson's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Donk. Brophy catches Stevenson right on the button with a cross.
Brophy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brophy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Stevenson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Stevenson throws an off balance right hand
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.
Brophy scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Grant Brophy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Brophy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Stevenson doesn't seem bothered though.
A swing and a miss from Stevenson.
Brophy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stevenson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Brophy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stevenson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy.
Brophy looks to score with a jab to the body but Stevenson is just out of range.
Brophy connects with a right hand. Stevenson shakes it off.
Brophy throws a nice looking combination but Stevenson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stevenson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Brophy.
Brophy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Stevenson.
Stevenson swings widly with a right hand
letting Brophy counter with a right hand.
Brophy looks to land a combination but Stevenson avoids it well.
Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Stevenson.
A jab from Brophy misses.
Stevenson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Stevenson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Stevenson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Stevenson walks into a stiff left hand from Brophy.
Bear Stevenson's cut is getting worse.
Stevenson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brophy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a body shot.
Stevenson is looking to counter punch.
Stevenson drops his hands momentarily and Brophy takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy works Stevenson's body with a nice hook.
Stevenson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Stevenson takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brophy works the jab nicely.
Brophy scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Brophy lands a two punch combo.
Brophy closes the distance and pushes Stevenson back into the cage.
Stevenson has Brophy pressed against the cage, preventing Brophy from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brophy working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Stevenson.
Stevenson throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.
Stevenson throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Stevenson avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Stevenson avoiding damage.
Stevenson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Bear Stevenson's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Stevenson can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Brophy lands a shot to the body.
Stevenson tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Stevenson back against the cage.
Stevenson misses with some punches.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy tries a body shot but Stevenson blocks it.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Stevenson looking to stall.
Brophy tries to work over Stevenson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson blocks an uppercut.
Stevenson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brophy is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Brophy is trying to push Stevenson away but Stevenson has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Stevenson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Stevenson 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.
Stevenson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Grant Brophy seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Stevenson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Stevenson lands a nice uppercut.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Stevenson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.
Brophy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Stevenson backwards.
Brophy struggles to land a body shot inside as Stevenson controls his hands.
Brophy cracks Stevenson with a nice body shot.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Grant Brophy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Bear Stevenson's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
Brophy lands a slapping body shot.
Brophy uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Stevenson has time to react.
Brophy is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Stevenson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brophy throws a hook to the side of Stevenson's head but Stevenson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Stevenson.
Brophy is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Stevenson with a body shot.
Stevenson looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters circling - Brophy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Stevenson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Brophy throws an overhand right that lands on Stevenson's shoulder, as Stevenson tries to avoid the shot.
Stevenson throws a jab when Brophy was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brophy rushes Stevenson and presses him up against the cage.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Stevenson blocks a body shot from Brophy.
Stevenson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch on the inside from Stevenson fails to land.
A short uppercut from Brophy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
A short uppercut from Stevenson.
Brophy is looking to break free of the clinch but Stevenson has double underhooks.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Brophy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Stevenson controls the action.
Brophy lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Stevenson lands a right hand.
Bear Stevenson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
It looks like Grant Brophy has been cut.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stevenson prevents Brophy from breaking the clinch.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with some punches.
A short left from Brophy.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Stevenson controls the action.
Brophy tries to work over Stevenson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Stevenson.
Brophy manages to break the clinch.
Brophy moves in looking to clinch but Stevenson pushes him off.
Jab from Brophy.
Brophy is looking to clinch.
Stevenson throws a poor cross that misses
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Stevenson staying out of range there.
Brophy scores with a one two! Stevenson had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Stevenson throws an overhand right that lands on Brophy's shoulder, as Brophy tries to avoid the shot.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Stevenson avoids it with no problem.
Brophy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Stevenson gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Stevenson working aggressively here.
Stevenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Stevenson.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Brophy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Stevenson tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Stevenson back against the cage.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Stevenson controls the action.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Stevenson blocking some punches.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A shot in the inside from Stevenson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Stevenson lands a left hand.
A short right from Stevenson.
Stevenson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Stevenson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Stevenson's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brophy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Donk. Brophy catches Stevenson right on the button with a cross.
Stevenson throws a looping overhand right but Brophy ducks down to avoid it.
Stevenson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
Brophy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Stevenson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
A jab lands there for Stevenson.
Nice defenses there by Stevenson.
A little feinted left hand from Stevenson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Grant Brophy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brophy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Stevensons jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
And that's the end of the fight!
Grant 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 Anthony Taglia scores the fight 27:30
Judge Bruno Lombardi scores the fight 27:30
Judge John Roberts scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Grant Brophy!
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