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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Davie Brophy (ranked 675 p4p, 84 weight class) and Blair Darrow (ranked 1438 p4p, 160 weight class). Brophy comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Walk. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
36 - 16 - 2, fighting out of London, Davie Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
22 - 7 - 1, fighting out of London, Blair Darrow!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Nice shot by Brophy.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Darrow.
Brophy fails to land with a series of punches.
Brophy throws a wild body kick that Darrow sees coming a mile off.
Darrow jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Darrow, as that shot connected.
Darrow moves out of range of the body kick from Brophy.
Darrow now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Nice shot lands for Darrow.
Darrow slips a jab and a cross from Brophy.
Brophy throws a looping overhand right but Darrow ducks down to avoid it.
Brophy throws a lazy uppercut
and Darrow counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Darrow throws a leg kick but Brophy moved away.
Darrow is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy misses with a low kick.
A jab from Brophy misses.
Brophy tries a head kick but it misses.
Darrow moves out of range of the strikes.
Brophy throws a right and a left that Darrow avoids nicely.
Darrow is looking for the big counter here.
Darrow lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Brophy pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A countering left hand to the body from Darrow misses.
Darrow tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Brophy manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Darrow has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a right hand
enabling Darrow to counter with a crisp jab.
Brophy throws a right hand that Darrow ducks under and follows up with a left that Darrow also avoids with ease.
Brophy lands a nice looking body shot.
Brophy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Darrow throws a leg kick
and Brophy counters with an outside leg kick.
Brophy scoring well with a low kick there.
Darrow tried to score with a low kick but Brophy checks it.
Brophy misses with a looping left.
Brophy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darrow counters with a good low kick that Brophy was not able to check.
Darrow walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Darrow closes the distance and clinches.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
A right hand to the body from Darrow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Darrow misses with some punches.
Darrow can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Darrow.
Brophy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Darrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darrow lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Darrow misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow scores with a nice hook to the head.
Darrow blocking some punches.
Brophy misses with some punches.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Darrow scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
A short right from Darrow.
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow blocking some punches.
Brophy takes a shot to the head.
Darrow creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A head punch on the inside from Darrow fails to land.
Brophy pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A nice inside leg kick there by Darrow. That's going to slow Brophy down.
Brophy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brophy lands a lovely overhand right.
Darrow moves into the clinch.
Brophy lands a body punch.
Darrow blocks an uppercut.
Darrow lands a nice uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brophy manages to break the clinch.
Brophy throws a hook but Darrow blocks it.
Darrow slips a straight right by Brophy.
A little jabbing left from Darrow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Brophy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Darrow is out of range and Brophy settles back down.
Brophy misses with a straight left.
Brophy throws a hook but Darrow blocks it.
Brophy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Darrow has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Davie Brophy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A slapping leg kick lands for Brophy.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darrow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Darrow takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Brophy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darrow swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Darrow scoring well with a low kick there.
A telegraphed right hand from Brophy misses the target.
Brophy throws a jab when Darrow was well out of range.
Brophy looks to land a body kick but Darrow moved away.
Darrow throws a big counter head kick but Brophy avoids it with no problem.
Darrow misses with a body punch
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Darrow attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Darrow takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brophy misses with a low kick as Darrow jumps back.
Darrow tries a quick counter leg kick but Brophy is wise to it.
Brophy is looking to slow Darrow down with leg kicks.
Brophy blocks a low kick nicely.
Darrow on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Darrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Darrow.
Brophy pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Darrow jabs at Brophy's body.
Darrow throws a sloppy head kick and Brophy moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brophy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Darrow counters with a nice uppercut.
Darrow lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Darrow connects with a body shot that sends Brophy's belly button to the back.
Brophy is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Davie Brophy 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 misses with a wild body shot.
Brophy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Brophy slips a jab from Darrow.
Brophy is looking to clinch but Darrow is avoiding it.
Darrow has taken the fight to the clinch.
Darrow tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Darrow back against the cage.
Darrow working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brophy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Darrow misses with a punch on the inside.
Darrow misses with a short punch on the inside.
Darrow tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Blair Darrow seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Brophy lands with a left to the head.
Darrow lands with a light punch inside.
Darrow swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
Darrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Brophy controls his hands.
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!
Darrow softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
Darrow throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy working aggressively here.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Darrow.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Darrow.
Darrow struggles to land a body shot inside as Brophy controls his hands.
Darrow pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Darrow digs a right hand underneath Brophy's ribcage. Brophy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Darrow lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Brophy breaks the clinch.
Brophy throws a jab but it's blocked by Darrow.
Darrow displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brophy throws out the jab.
Darrow feints a counter leg kick.
Brophy throws out a powerful jab.
Brophy tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Darrow avoids the head kick by Brophy.
Brophy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A nice inside leg kick there by Darrow. That's going to slow Brophy down.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. Darrow looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Brophy throws a predictable looking body shot
and Darrow makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow looks to land a left hand but Brophy moved out of range nicely.
Darrow throws a chopping leg kick but Brophy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Darrow keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brophy.
Davie Brophy is winning the standup battle so far.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Darrow.
Darrow tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Darrow.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darrow lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Brophy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Jab from Brophy.
Darrow showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Brophy.
Darrow misses with a body shot.
Brophy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Darrow. That did some damage!
Brophy looks to land a combination but Darrow avoids it well.
Darrow throws a head kick but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Darrow gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brophy.
Darrow's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brophy.
Darrow keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy lands the left hand.
Brophy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Darrow darts in and clinches Brophy up against the cage.
Darrow looking to throw knees to the head but Brophy is blocking nicely.
Darrow lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Brophy or not.
Brophy pushes Darrow back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Darrow throws an elbow that misses.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Darrow.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Darrow.
Brophy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Darrow throws a chopping leg kick but Brophy manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.
A counter left hand to the body from Brophy misses its target.
A jab from Brophy does it's job there.
Brophy throws a push kick but Darrow slaps the foot to one side.
A little jabbing left from Darrow on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Darrow misses with an uppercut.
Darrow misses with a body kick.
Darrow 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.
Darrow throws a front kick aimed at Brophy's knee but Brophy avoids it well.
Darrow swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Darrow moves away from the strike by Brophy.
Darrow throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brophy misses with an uppercut. Darrow saw that one coming.
Darrow flicks out a counter leg kick but Brophy steps away.
Darrow ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
Darrow misses with an uppercut. Brophy saw that one coming.
Darrow with a hook.
Brophy throws a looping overhand right but Darrow ducks down to avoid it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Darrow! But no joy.
Darrow tries to work over Brophy's front leg with a kick but Brophy checks it.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Darrow shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
A little feinted left hand from Brophy on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Darrow is looking to clinch but Brophy is avoiding it.
Darrow moves in looking to clinch but Brophy pushes him off.
Darrow 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Blair Darrow showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Brophy's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Darrow.
Darrow fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
It looked like Brophy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brophy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Darrow takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Darrow throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Darrow was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Darrow walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Brophy checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Darrow throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brophy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
It looked like Brophy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brophy throws a right and a left that Darrow avoids nicely.
Darrow avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Darrow lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brophy's sensitive parts.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy looks to land a left hand but Darrow moved out of range nicely.
Brophy bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Darrow's head.
Brophy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Darrow can pounce on him.
Darrow jabs Brophy right on the nose. Brophy blinks but takes it well.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Darrow cracks Brophy with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Darrow uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brophy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Darrow throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brophy is looking to counter punch.
Brophy connects with a jab.
Brophy throws a lazy uppercut
and Darrow counters with a low kick, right behind Brophy 's knee.
Darrow misses the jab.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darrow avoids a kick to the body.
Darrow chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Brophy can pounce on him.
Brophy bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Darrow swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Darrow wants to land a leg kick but Brophy is out of range.
Brophy looked to counter that last move with a leg kick but didn't pull the trigger.
Darrow ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
A lazy left from Darrow finds it's target.
Darrow rushes Brophy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Brophy avoiding damage as Darrow throws knees to the body.
Brophy's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Some bone on bone action there as Darrow checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brophy.
Darrow changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brophy misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Darrow rushes Brophy and presses him up against the cage.
Brophy manages to break the clinch.
Brophy connects with a body shot that sends Darrow's belly button to the back.
A solid body kick from Brophy.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Darrow checks it.
Brophy rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Darrow moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Darrow moves out of range as Brophy strikes.
Brophy throws a poor cross that misses
and Darrow counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Darrow connects with a leg kick. Brophy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Darrow throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Darrow throws a body kick that misses.
Darrow throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Brophy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Darrow on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brophy. Brophy obviously looking to wear him down.
Brophy scores with a jab to the body.
Darrow throws a head kick but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy tries to work over Darrow's front leg with a kick but Darrow checks it.
Darrow throws a body shot but no joy.
A low kick from Brophy is predictable there
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Darrow misses with a looping right.
Brophy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Darrow sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Darrow's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Brophy connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Darrow scrambles back to his feet.
Brophy misses with a looping right.
Darrow moves out of range of the strikes.
Brophy throws a hook but Darrow avoids it easily.
Brophy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Darrow.
Darrow lands a body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Darrow does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy looks to score with a jab to the body but Darrow is just out of range.
Darrow closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Darrow will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Darrow takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Darrow fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Brophy.
Darrow throws a solid leg kick but Brophy takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Darrow.
Brophy misses with an uppercut
and Darrow counters with an inside leg kick.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Darrow uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brophy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Darrow checks it well.
Darrow thuds his right hand into Brophy's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
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 throws a head kick but Darrow moves out of range.
Brophy moves away from the strike by Darrow.
A nice leg kick lands there from Brophy.
Brophy looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brophy avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Darrow lands a high kick!
Brophy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
A clash of legs there as Brophy blocks the low kick.
Darrow throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Darrow lands with a slapping head kick.
Darrow 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.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy avoids the head kick by Darrow.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Darrow moved away.
A head kick misses from Darrow.
A leg kick checked by Darrow.
Darrow tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Brophy is able to avoid easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Blair Darrow.
I think Darrow has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 James Glass scores the fight 28:29
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 28:29
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Blair Darrow!
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