PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight kickboxing rules bout between John Brophy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Asmar Dagher (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Brophy comes to the ring accompanied by Last Caress - Metallica. John Brophy has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Brophy
vs
Dagher

193 cm
28
213 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

186 cm
27
226 lbs
8 - 2 - 0

World class MT
Insanely flexible

World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of London, John Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 8 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Asmar Dagher!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dagher avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Dagher misses with a hook to the body
and Brophy counters with a straight right hand.

It looks like Asmar Dagher has been cut.
Brophy on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Dagher connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Dagher connects with a body shot.
Dagher tries to work over Brophy's front leg with a kick but Brophy checks it.
A slapping body kick lands there for Brophy.
Asmar Dagher seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dagher lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A leg kick checked by Brophy.
Brophy feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dagher's calf.
Dagher throws a body shot but no joy.
Dagher throws a shot to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dagher throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Dagher connects with a solid leg kick.
Dagher turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy cracks the inside of Dagher's front leg.
A bone on bone clash there as Brophy blocks the leg kick.
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dagher moves out of range of the strikes.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dagher.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Dagher.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dagher.
Brophy takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Dagher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Dagher fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Brophy looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Dagher misses with a low kick.
Dagher blocks a leg kick.
Brophy digs a good body shot into Dagher's ribs.
Dagher is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Brophy rather than just go for the knockout.
Dagher throws a nice inside leg kick.
A decent looking cross lands there for Brophy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A clash of legs there as Brophy blocks the low kick.
Dagher slips a jab from Brophy.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Dagher lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Brophy has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Brophy and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Dagher uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Brophy.
Dagher tries to bum rush Brophy with a series of wild strikes but Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Brophy misses the jab.
Dagher takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Brophy takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Dagher swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Dagher ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Dagher.
That kick from Dagher tenderised Brophy's leg. Brophy is trying to keep his angry face on.
Brophy is looking to score with low kicks.
Brophy avoids the body shot from Dagher.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Asmar Dagher dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Asmar Dagher's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Brophy doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.

Brophy clinches.
Dagher is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Brophy is defending well for now.
Brophy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the ropes.
Dagher trying to land knees to the body.
Brophy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brophy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Brophy putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dagher in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Dagher has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brophy struggles to land a body shot inside as Dagher controls his hands.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
With the fighters up against the ropes, Dagher throws an elbow but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Dagher trying to land knees to the body.
Brophy managing to block the knees to the body from Dagher.
Brophy blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dagher takes a knee to the side of the body.
Dagher is breathing heavily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dagher misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Brophy.
Brophy managing to block the knees to the body from Dagher.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dagher takes a shot to the head.
Dagher looking to throw knees to the head but Brophy is blocking nicely.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Dagher controls the action.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
Dagher avoiding damage as Brophy throws knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Brophy.
Brophy works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Brophy lands a hook that snaps the head of Dagher backwards.

Dagher is rocked!
Brophy definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Brophy creates a bit of space for himself and unleashed what can only be described as a tiger uppercut, straight out of Street Fighter! Dagher crashes to the mat! Can he make it back to his feet in time? 3,4,5,6... it doesn't look like he's going to make it! Dagher face plants back to the mat and the referee calls off the fight! Brophy takes it with a brutal technical knockout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). John Brophy!
During a confident post fight interview, John Brophy thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Asmar Dagher was interviewed post fight and said 'quick, powerful'.