PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Solomon Nao (ranked 231 p4p, 37 weight class) and Red Brophy (ranked 244 p4p, 41 weight class). Nao's entrance music is The End. A fine choice. The crowd seem to be enjoying Brophy's choice of entrance music: JME - The Very Best. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Nao
vs
Brophy

190 cm
28
258 lbs
18 - 3 - 0

195 cm
31
240 lbs
23 - 5 - 0

Great wrestler
World class boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Groove Gear
Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 18 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Solomon Nao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 23 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Red Brophy!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A left lands for Nao.
Brophy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Nao with a nice cross.
Nao lands with an overhand left.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brophy checks a leg kick.
Nao steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Brophy. That one must have hurt.
Nice body punch from Nao.
Brophy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Brophy cracks the inside of Nao's front leg.
Nao misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nao looks to throw a body kick
and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Nao throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nao paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy scores with a sloppy right hand. Nao should have avoided that one.
Nao throws a lazy uppercut
and Brophy counters with a nice body shot.
Nao misses with a straight right.
Nao uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Brophy's corner calls for a 1-2. Brophy obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.

It looks like Solomon Nao has been cut.
Brophy walks into a straight right hand from Nao.
Solomon Nao seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brophy lands with a cross.
Nao fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Brophy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Nao.
Nao loads up on a big right hand but Brophy slips the punch.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Brophy 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 Nao has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Nao and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Brophy thumps Nao with a low kick.
Brophy throws a body kick that misses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a hook to the side of Nao's head but Nao sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A nice leg kick lands there from Nao.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy thows a leg kick but Nao checks it
and Nao counters with a nice uppercut.
Nao throws an overhand right that lands on Brophy's shoulder, as Brophy tries to avoid the shot.
Brophy checks the leg kick nicely there.
Brophy throws a hook but Nao blocks it.
Nao throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.
A nice side step and Brophy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Brophy throws a wild body kick that Nao sees coming a mile off.
Nao was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Nao misses with a leg kick
and Brophy counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Nao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Nao throws a looping overhand right but Brophy ducks down to avoid it.
Brophy tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Nao was well out of range. Poor timing from Brophy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A left lands for Brophy.
Nao comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Nao throws a body kick that misses
and Brophy counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nao scores with a jab to the head.
Brophy takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Nao throws a lazy uppercut
and Brophy counters with a stiff right hand.
Nao ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
Nao uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brophy.
Brophy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Nao manages to avoid it.
Nao feints and then cracks Brophy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brophy down.
Nao is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brophy throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brophy checks a leg kick.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nao throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Brophy scores with a body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Brophy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Nao to score with a decent uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Nao does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like Nao wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Nao avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Brophy lands a really nice looking cross but Nao seems unphased.
Nao blocks the body kick.
Nao scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nao's corner calls for a 1-2. Nao obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Nao looks for the body kick but Brophy saw that one coming.
A nice side step and Brophy releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy lands a jab to the head.
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 Solomon Nao will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Solomon Nao's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Brophy lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Brophy lunges at Nao with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Nao's hand.
A swing and a miss from Brophy.
Nao looks to land a right hand but Brophy moved out of range.

Nao clinches.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Nao blocks an uppercut.
Nao lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy scores with a shoulder strike.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Nao lands a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Nao.
A right hook to the body lands for Nao.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Brophy is breathing heavily.
Nao lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
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!
Nao lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nao lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Nao throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Brophys head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Nao tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nao lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Brophy.
Nao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Nao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
I was talking to Nao's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nao can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Nao digs a right hand into Brophy's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Brophy's gas tank.
Brophy prevents a body shot from Nao.
Nao lands with a left to the head.
Brophy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Nao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Solomon Nao has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Nao pushes Brophy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Nao lands a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Nao lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Still in the clinch, Nao scores with a nice short uppercut.
Brophy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Brophy is rocked!
Nao softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Brophy is still on wobbly legs! Can Nao finish him?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nao struggles to land a body shot inside as Brophy controls his hands.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Nao avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Nao doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy seems to have recovered his senses.
Nao lands a nice shot to the body.
Nao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brophy can do to turn this around?
Nao works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nao.
Nao lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Nao scores with a shot to the side of Brophy's head.
Nao lands a body shot.
Nao tries to work over Brophy's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice left hand lands by Nao.
Brophy tries a body shot but Nao blocks it.
A right hook to the body lands for Nao.
Nao misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nao lands an uppercut.
Nao lands a body shot in the clinch.
Nao scores with a hook to the body.
Nao throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A right hook to the body lands for Nao.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nao lands with a short shot to the head.
Nao works on Brophy's body with a couple of short punches.
Nao is working Brophy over against the cage.
Nao lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nao works on Brophy's body with a couple of short punches.
Nao pushes Brophy back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
A right hook to the body lands for Nao.
Nao works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
A short right from Nao.
Nao working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Nice body punch from Nao - that landed with a thud.
Nao working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A hook to the body from Nao.
Nao cracks Brophy with a nice body shot.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Nao lands with a left to the head.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Nao creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Nao tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A nice right hand lands inside from Nao.
Nao lands a big right hand! Brophy is out cold! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Solomon Nao!
Solomon Nao decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.