PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Conor Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Soto Rojas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, The Unicorns - I was Born (a Unicorn). Soto Rojas has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brophy
vs
Rojas

170 cm
21
145 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

181 cm
28
161 lbs
9 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
Good kicks
Cardio machine

Good takedowns
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

GREEN!160
On Tap (160Q)

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Soto Rojas!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Sam Margolis and James Ackerman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Rojas slips a straight right by Brophy.
Rojas throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy feinted with a counter takedown.
Rojas swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Rojas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brophy.
Rojas catches Brophy with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Brophy throws a body punch but Rojas moves out of range.
Rojas misses with a takedown attempt - Brophy sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.

Brophy clinches up against the cage.
Rojas misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Rojas avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Brophy takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Rojas controls the action.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Rojas drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Brophy gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Rojas tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Rojas back against the cage.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Rojas.
Rojas wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Brophy has him pressed against the cage.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Rojas.
Rojas tries for a takedown but Brophy manages to get underhooks.
Conor Brophy has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Soto Rojas.
A right handed body shot lands from Brophy.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Brophy scores with a shoulder strike.
Brophy misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Brophy - that landed with a thud.
Rojas has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Brophy seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Rojas can turn it around.

Rojas breaks the clinch.
Brophy seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Rojas lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Rojas looks to throw the jab but Brophy is out of range.
Brophy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Brophy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Rojas.
As Brophy backs off Rojas throws a huge counter combo but Brophy manages to avoid it all.
Rojas avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Brophy fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rojas misses with a straight left.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rojas with a nice cross.
Rojas digs a good hook to Brophy's body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy connects with an inside leg kick.
Rojas ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.

Brophy has Rojas up against the cage in a clinch.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Rojas jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Brophy walks away with a smile on his face. Rojas gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Brophy throws the left hand but Rojas avoids the punch easily.
A slow jab from Brophy misses its intended target.
Rojas shoots in but Brophy avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Brophy doesn't manage to clinch there - Rojas circles away.
Rojas jabs Brophy to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Brophy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Rojas sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Brophy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Rojas.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Rojas.
Rojas looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Soto Rojas seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rojas misses with a body shot

and Brophy counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rojas working for a triangle but Brophy defends it easily.
Brophy might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Rojas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

Rojas working for a triangle but Brophy defends it easily.
Brophy is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Brophy trying to control the position from guard on top but Rojas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Rojas throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Rojas keeping full guard, as Brophy tries to pass.
Brophy stopping the sweep attempt from Rojas.

Brophy got a little sloppy there for a moment and Rojas has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Brophy has managed to get both his arms back between Rojas's legs - danger averted.
Brophy passes easily into side control. Nice work.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Conor Brophy dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brophy scores with a nice strike.
Rojas throws a body shot but no joy.
Rojas is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brophy rather than just go for the knockout.
Rojas scores with a hook to the body. Brophy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.

Brophy closes the distance and pushes Rojas back into the cage.
Brophy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Rojas can do to turn this around?
Rojas tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Brophy's elbow.

Rojas breaks from the clinch.
Rojas with a jab.
Rojas throws a body shot but no joy.
Rojas changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Rojas.

Rojas gets a takedown into half guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.

Rojas is working for a submission of some sort.

Rojas is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy trying to control but Rojas postures up.
Brophy desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Rojas wants to control but Brophy is keeping him busy.
Brophy makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Brophy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Rojas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Brophy trying to keep a closed guard but Rojas is proving a slippery customer.
Rojas looking to sit in guard and control but Brophy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Brophy is stalling in the full guard.
Brophy seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Rojas for as long as he can get away with.

Rojas working for a triangle but Brophy defends it easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Rojas working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Brophy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Brophy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Brophy passes Rojas's right leg, so he's now in half guard.

Rojas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Brophy pulls his head out easily.
Brophy wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rojas keeps working.
Brophy not doing much here.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.

Rojas actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Rojas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Brophy slips nicely into half guard.

Rojas looking for submissions off his back.
Brophy controlling the pace.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Rojas moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Soto Rojas showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Rojas wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
Brophy keeps Rojas at a distance using the push kick.
Brophy tries to move into range but Rojas moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Rojas scores with the left hand. Brophy knows he should have avoided that one.
Rojas lands with a hook. Brophy tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A left lands for Brophy.
A slow jab from Brophy misses its intended target.
Brophy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Good shot there by Brophy.
Rojas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice sprawl there from Brophy as Rojas shoots in.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Rojas moves out of range as Brophy strikes.
Rojas dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Rojas throws an off balance right hand

and Brophy counters with a takedown into side control.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rojas is trying to improve his position.
Rojas takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Rojas manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Brophy is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Rojas tries to hold on but Brophy postures up.
Rojas is desperately trying to get back to half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy controlling from mount.

Brophy has hold of Rojas's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rojas manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rojas is looking to improve his position but Brophy isn't that keen on the idea.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Brophy is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Rojas has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Conor Brophy overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rojas prevents Brophy from taking his back.
Rojas is wriggling around trying to escape.
Rojas wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Brophy gets his hands free as Rojas looks to control.

Brophy has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Rojas has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Brophy is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Rojas defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.

Brophy has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Brophy is hanging on to Rojas's back as he tries to escape.
Rojas turns into Brophy and is now in his guard.
Rojas trying to control the position from guard on top but Brophy is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Brophy here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Brophy is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

And that's the end of the fight!
Conor Brophy showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Brophy has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Atkins scores the fight 29:28
Judge Sam Margolis scores the fight 29:28
Judge James Ackerman scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Conor Brophy!
A relieved looking Conor Brophy thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.