PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Li Kong Ho (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ryan Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy has chosen Down With The Sickness - Disturbed as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Kong Ho
vs
Brophy

162 cm
25
146 lbs
18 - 4 - 0

170 cm
24
145 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Hellbent
KAISER

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, Li Kong Ho!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Ryan Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Hirohito Nitta, Taro Takaoka and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brophy cracks Ho with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brophy throws a poor cross that misses
and Ho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Brophy connects with a single shot there.
Brophy fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ho has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ho falls off balance throwing a combination
and Brophy counters with a good low kick that Ho was not able to check.
Ho lands a jab to Brophy's midsection.
Ho needs to keep his hands up - Brophy had a free shot at his head there.
Brophy clobbers Ho with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Ho takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Ho is out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho moves forwards but Brophy connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Brophy lands with a slapping head kick.
Ho takes one on the button.
Good shot there by Brophy.
Ho lands a right hook to the body.
Brophy 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.
Ho swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The crowd cheers as Brophy lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ho doesn't seem phased though.
Brophy lands a nice looking body shot.
Brophy misses with a straight left.
A little feinted left hand from Ho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Good exchange - Brophy coming out on top.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy scores with a push kick.
Brophy is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Ho had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Brophy looks for the body kick but Ho saw that one coming.
Ryan Brophy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brophy paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
A big left from Brophy misses.
It looked like Ho wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Brophy throws a series of punches but Ho moves out of range.
Ho connects with a jab.
Brophy slips a straight right by Ho.
Brophy dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Brophy misses with a right hand
and Brophy takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Ho takes one on the chin but keeps coming.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ho works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Ho on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Brophy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brophy has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Brophy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Ho throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Ho walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Brophy misses with a head kick.
Ho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ho looks to land a right hand but Brophy moved out of range.
Brophy misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Ho.
A little feinted left hand from Ho on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
A jab lands there for Ho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Brophy. Brophy obviously looking to wear him down.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Ho misses with a jab, cross combination.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ho.

Brophy pushes Ho up against the cage in a clinch.
Ho digs a right hand underneath Brophy's ribcage. Brophy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Brophy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ho backwards.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.

Brophy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy.
Brophy has been working his punching technique in the buildup to the fight and it appears to be paying off.
Brophy lands a body shot.
Brophy throws a good cross that connects.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Brophy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Ho misses with a hook
and Brophy counters with a slapping leg kick.
Brophy moves out of range as Ho strikes.
Ho throws an overhand right that lands on Brophy's shoulder, as Brophy tries to avoid the shot.
Brophy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Ho connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brophy scrambles back to his feet.
Ho uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brophy has time to react.
Ho misses the jab.
Ho throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ho.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brophy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ho.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brophy. That's going to slow Ho down.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy stuns Ho with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Ho. Those never looked like landing.
Brophy scores with a push kick.
Brophy fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Ho looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Good leg kick by Brophy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Ho looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Ho lands with a straight right. Brophy didn't see that one coming.

Brophy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ho, pushing him back against the cage.
Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ho's elbow.
Ho working aggressively here.
Brophy has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Ho blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A head punch on the inside from Ho fails to land.
Ho working aggressively here.
Brophy tries to work over Ho's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Ho.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Brophy wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.

Ho breaks from the clinch.
Ho connects with an inside leg kick.
Brophy misses with a hook to the body
and Ho counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Brophy digs a good hook to Ho's body.
Ho takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brophy 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.
Ho is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ho swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.
Ho takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Ho throws a poor cross that misses
enabling Brophy to counter with a crisp jab.
Good exchange - Ho coming out on top.
Ho lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Brophy at a distance.
Ho tests Brophy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Brophy lands a glancing blow to the side of Ho's head.
Ho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ho thuds a left hand into Brophy's body.
Crunch! Brophy slams his shin into Ho's torso.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Brophy darts in and clinches Ho up against the cage.
Brophy looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.

Brophy breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Brophy with a jab.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Ho is out of range.
Brophy misses with a head kick.
Ho swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Ho misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Brophy counters with a nice leg kick.
Brophy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Brophy swings away with a body shot that misses
and Ho counters with a straight right hand.
A shot to the body from Brophy misses
and Ho counters with a thumping low kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Brophy showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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.

Brophy throws a front kick aimed at Ho's knee but Ho avoids it well.
Ho misses with a looping right.
Ho slips a jab from Brophy.
A big right from Ho misses.
Ho missing with a left hand there. Brophy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ho counters with a lovely straight right hand!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho misses with an uppercut
letting Brophy counter with a right hand.
Ho throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Brophy smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ho throws a big shot that misses.
It seemed like Brophy was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Brophy lands a jab.
Nice jab there from Ho.
Ho throws a hook to the side of Brophy's head but Brophy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brophy fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
A head kick misses from Brophy.
Ho looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Ho ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
Ryan Brophy seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Ho connects with a body shot.
Ho connects with a nice looking jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a quick inside leg kick.
Brophy throws a poor cross that misses
letting Ho counter with a right hand.
Ho throws a right hand that misses
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Brophy's head.
Brophy fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Ho on the side of the head.
Ho misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
Ho looks to land a left hand but Brophy moved out of range nicely.
Ho uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy.
Brophy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Ho sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Ho punishes Brophy's body with a nice straight punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ho throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Ho misses with a right hand
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Ho takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Good shot there by Brophy.
Brophy misses with an uppercut
and Ho makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Ho checks a leg kick.
Ho is looking to counter punch.
Ho throws a nice looking combination but Brophy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Brophy misses with a low kick.
Ho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Brophy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Ho.
Ho is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ho tries to move into range but Brophy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
A shot to the liver by Ho. Beautiful body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brophy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Ho's calf.
Ho scores with the left hand. Brophy knows he should have avoided that one.
Ho lands a slapping body shot.

Brophy fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Ho, pushing him back against the cage.
A short uppercut from Brophy.
Ho tries to break the clinch but Brophy is controlling the position.
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.

A close third round but Ryan Brophy just about did enough to take it.
That's time! Ho's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brophy wants to land a leg kick but Ho is out of range.
Brophy misses with a low kick.
Ho misses with a jab to the body
and Brophy counters with a thumping low kick.
Ho scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Brophy doesn't seem bothered though.
Brophy scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Ho doesn't seem bothered though.
Ho throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy throws a hook to the side of Ho's head but Ho sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Ho was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Brophy dodges the punch combination from Ho.
Brophy looks like he wants to counter punch here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy connects with a nice looking jab.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ho scores with a decent looking hook.
Ho is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Brophy looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Ho connects with a solid leg kick.
Ho looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A nice side step and Brophy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Ho tries a head kick but it misses.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Brophy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Brophy thows a leg kick but Ho checks it
enabling Ho to counter with a crisp jab.
Ho swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Ho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Ho misses with an uppercut. Brophy saw that one coming.
Brophy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ho swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Ho lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brophy circles away quickly and effectively.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
Brophy slips under a jab.
Brophy moves out of range of the strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Brophy lands a glancing blow to the side of Ho's head.
Ho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brophy.
Ho blocks a leg kick.
Ho is looking for a counter combo.
Brophy connects with the punch.
Brophy throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Ho counters with a stiff right hand.
Brophy misses with an uppercut
and Ho makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy misses with a leg kick.
Ho misses with a combination
and Brophy counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Ho's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brophy under the eye.
Brophy stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A head kick misses from Brophy.
Jab by Ho.
Ho has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Brophy finds it's way round the side to connect with Ho's head.
Brophy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close fourth round but Ryan Brophy will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Brophy throws a sloppy head kick and Ho moves out of range easily.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Ho.
Brophy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ho throws a left and a right that both miss
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ho misses with a body shot.
Brophy counters with a body kick.
Brophy throws a jab when Ho was well out of range.
Ho tries to move into range but Brophy moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ho avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Ho.
Brophy throws a leg kick which misses Ho's front leg but catches the back leg as Ho tries to avoid it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Ho checks it.
Ho misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brophy's jab looks to have found its range, popping Ho under the eye.
Ho throws a low kick, looking for Brophy's leg but Brophy calmly moves out of range.
Nice uppercut lands for Brophy. That snapped Ho's head back.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ho checks a leg kick.
Brophy looks to land a right hand but Ho moved out of range.
The fighters circling - Brophy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
An attempted straight right counter from Ho misses the target.
Ho uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Ho waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Brophy.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Ho avoids it with no problem.
Li Kong Ho has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Ho was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ho tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Ho.
Brophy misses with a hook.
Brophy goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Brophy lands with an uppercut that bounces Ho off the cage and back into range.
Ho gets cracked there but stands up to it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ho takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Brophy lands the left hand.
Ho misses the body punch
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a low kick but Ho moves out of range easily.
Ho throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Ho misses with a lunging right hand
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.
Ho throws a sloppy body shot
letting Brophy counter with a right hand.
Ho staying out of range there.
Ho takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Brophy keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Brophy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Ho.
Brophy now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Ho thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brophy swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Ho tries to land a leg kick but Brophy saw it coming and moves away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brophy! But no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ho misses with a right hand
and Ho takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
An attempted straight right counter from Ho misses the target.
Nice body punch from Brophy.
Ho on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Ho throws a big shot that misses.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brophy is looking to land body kicks.
Brophy misses with a lunging right hand
and Ho makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
A shot to the body from Ho misses
and Brophy connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Ryan Brophy is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. Ho looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 45:50
Judge Taro Takaoka scores the fight 45:50
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 46:50

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Brophy! Ryan Brophy retains his bantamweight title!
A relieved looking Ryan 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.