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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Harold Nicolas (ranked 1716 p4p, 228 weight class) and Mikael Brophy (ranked 1621 p4p, 217 weight class). Brophy has chosen Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls as his entrance music. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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21 - 13 - 0 |
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205 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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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
21 - 13 - 0, fighting out of London, Harold Nicolas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
27 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Mikael Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Sano, Sosuke Kotani and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy scoring well with a low kick there.
Brophy throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Nicolas swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Nicolas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Brophy on the side of the head.
Nicolas throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy feints a counter leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Nicolas.
Brophy displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Nicolas throws out the jab.
Nicolas lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nicolas feints and then cracks Brophy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brophy down.
Nicolas tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Brophy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nicolas misses with a double jab
and Brophy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
It looks like Harold Nicolas has been cut.
Brophy walks into a straight right hand from Nicolas.
An inside leg kick lands from Brophy.
Nicolas has been working on his boxing with his coaches at Master Chai's Dojo in the buildup to the fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicolas misses with a body shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Nicolas.
Brophy throws a jab when Nicolas was well out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a low kick.
A slow jab from Nicolas misses its intended target.
Brophy throws a nice inside leg kick.
Nicolas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brophy.
Brophy blocks a low kick nicely.
Nicolas 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.
Nicolas misses the jab.
Brophy doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Nicolas dips to his left and cracks Brophy with an uppercut!
Nicolas throws a poor cross that misses
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Nicolas.
Brophy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brophy lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Nicolas lands with a shot to the body.
Brophy avoids a punch combination nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicolas connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brophy's hands.
Nicolas misses with a straight right.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Nicolas misses with a hook to the body
and Brophy cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brophy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Nicolas throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Nicolas checks a low kick from Brophy.
A good leg kick by Nicolas.
Nicolas throws a jab when Brophy was well out of range.
Nicolas throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
It seemed like Brophy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Nicolas moves away from the strike by Brophy.
Nicolas looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Nicolas throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
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.
Brophy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brophy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
It looks like Mikael Brophy has been cut.
Brophy goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Nicolas is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Nicolas with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Nicolas lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Brophy attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Nicolas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brophy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Nicolas ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Nicolas buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicolas connects with a body shot that sends Brophy's belly button to the back.
Brophy thumps Nicolas with a low kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas slips a jab from Brophy.
Brophy moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Nicolas misses with a body punch
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Nicolas uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy.
Nicolas throws a big shot that misses.
Nicolas clobbers Brophy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Nicolas keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Nicolas throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nicolas misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nicolas swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nicolas misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Brophy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
An inside leg kick from Brophy misses.
Brophy defending well as Nicolas loads up on a big left hand.
Nicolas avoids the head kick by Brophy.
Nicolas was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Harold Nicolas dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Nicolas throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brophy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brophy, right into the meat.
Nicolas misses with a left hand
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Nicolas takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Brophy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Nicolas has got the better of the exchanges.
Nicolas throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Nicolas swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brophy throws the left hand but Nicolas avoids the punch easily.
Brophy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brophy misses with a double jab.
Brophy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolas looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Nicolas misses with a lunging right hand
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nicolas moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Nicolas misses with a jab, cross combination.
A big left from Nicolas misses.
Brophy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Nicolas throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brophy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Nicolas.
A shot to the body from Nicolas misses
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Nicolas throws a front kick aimed at Brophy's knee but Brophy avoids it well.
Brophy motions for Nicolas to come forward. Brophy throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Nicolas moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Brophy tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Nicolas throwing a counter right hand but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Nicolas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nicolas swings widly with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.
Nicolas just misses with a punch to the body.
Nicolas has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brophy.
Nicolas is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brophy defending well as Nicolas loads up on a big left hand.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands an overhand right.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nicolas throws a jab but it's blocked by Brophy.
Nicolas lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brophy at a distance.
Nicolas misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brophy chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Nicolas can pounce on him.
A punch combination from Nicolas misses.
Brophy is trying to counter with his kicks.
Nicolas misses with a hook
and Brophy counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nicolas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Nicolas lands a right hook to the body.
Nicolas connects with a leg kick. Brophy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Nicolas feints a jab promting Brophy to slip. Nicolas then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Brophy slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Nicolas misses with an attempted mid kick.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Harold Nicolas is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nicolas avoids a kick to the body.
Brophy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brophy connects with a looping right hand.
Nicolas will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Nicolas lands a jab-cross combination.
Brophy takes a head kick and keeps coming.
An inside leg kick lands from Brophy.
Oooooh!!! Nicolas has knocked Brophy down with a huge combo! Nicolas steps away and waves a wobbly Brophy back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!
Brophy is rocked!
Harold Nicolas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nicolas fires a straight punch through the middle that cracks Brophy square on the jaw! Damn, Brophy is out cold on his feet and topples face first to the canvas! Wow, I haven't seen a knockout that brutal in a long time!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Harold Nicolas!
A victorious Harold Nicolas thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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energy
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hype
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