PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Davie Brophy (ranked 366 p4p, 44 weight class) and Charlie Lim (ranked 165 p4p, 24 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Brophy might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Pantera - Walk. Lim is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Kamelot - Abandoned. 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.

Brophy
vs
Lim

176 cm
30
145 lbs
24 - 11 - 0

168 cm
37
148 lbs
30 - 7 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 24 - 11 - 0, fighting out of London, Davie Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 30 - 7 - 1, fighting out of Amsterdam, Charlie Lim!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Lim gets tackled into the cage by Brophy. Brophy maintains the clinch.
Lim lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Lim.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brophy.

Lim manages to break the clinch.
Brophy staying out of range there.
Lim looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Good leg kick by Lim there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Lim misses with a leg kick.
Brophy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lim keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brophy.
Lim works Brophy's body with a nice hook.
Lim keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Brophy lands a nice shot that snaps Lim's head back.
Brophy lands a really nice looking cross but Lim seems unphased.
Lim tried to score with a low kick but Brophy checks it.
Lim throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy avoids a kick to the body.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lim looks to throw the jab but Brophy is out of range.
Lim plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!

It looks like Davie Brophy has been cut.
Brophy misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Brophy throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Brophy lands with a straight right. Lim didn't see that one coming.
Lim throws a poor cross that misses
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Lim checks a leg kick.
Lim throws a body punch but Brophy moves out of range.
Brophy uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Lim.
A big right from Lim misses.
Lim circles away from the clinch attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Lim does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lim on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Charlie Lim seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Lim gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Brophy cracks Lim with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Brophy scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Brophy is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
A jab from Lim misses.
Lim is looking to slow Brophy down with leg kicks.
Lim walks into a left hand.
Lim thuds his shin into the meat of Brophy's side.
Lim uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lim changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Brophy lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Lim looks to land a right hand but Brophy moved out of range.
Brophy slips a jab from Lim.
Brophy swings for the body but Lim moves out of range.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lim throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy is looking to counter punch.
A jab from Brophy finds it's way through Lim's defenses.
A jab from Lim misses.
Lim lands a lovely overhand right.
Lim swings away with a leg kick that misses.
It looked like Brophy wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Lim misses the target.
Brophy connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Brophy is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brophy slips a straight right by Lim.
Lim avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brophy lands a head shot.
Brophy misses with a wild combination.
A big right from Lim misses.
Brophy throws out a leg kick but Lim moves out of range and Brophy only half commits.
Brophy throws a hook but Lim avoids it easily.
Brophy throws a body punch but Lim moves out of range.
Lim checks a low kick from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a hook
and Lim cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Brophy throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Lim on the side of the head.
Lim throws a low kick, looking for Brophy's leg but Brophy calmly moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy tries to clinch but Lim moves out of range.
Brophy lands a really nice looking cross but Lim seems unphased.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Lim is out of range.
Jab by Lim.
Brophy lands with a right hand.
Brophy loads up on a big right hand but Lim slips the punch.
Lim fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Brophy manages to avoid it.
Brophy pivots, looking for a leg kick but Lim is out of range and Brophy settles back down.
Lim flicks out a counter leg kick but Brophy steps away.
Brophy misses the jab.
Lim throws a body shot but no joy.
Brophy throws the left hand but Lim avoids the punch easily.
Lim pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Lim throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Brophy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lim punishes Brophy's body with a nice straight punch.
Lim tests Brophy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lim avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
A jab from Brophy misses.
Lim throws out a counter right but Brophy avoids it with no problem.
Lim slips a straight right by Brophy.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Brophy swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brophy connects with a body shot that sends Lim's belly button to the back.
Lim misses with a straight left.
Lim is really struggling to land any decent head shots against his taller opponent.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Lim sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Brophy avoids the head kick by Lim.
Brophy was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Brophy loads up on a big right hand but Lim slips the punch.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.
Lim throws a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
Brophy ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Brophy tries to clinch but Lim is having none of it.
Lim throws a series of punches but Brophy moves out of range.
Lim has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Brophy throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Lim sees it coming and checks it nicely.
A combination from Lim does no damage.
Lim throws a head kick that Brophy semi-blocks.
Brophy defending well as Lim loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A big right from Lim misses.
Brophy keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
It looked like Brophy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lim.
Brophy displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Brophy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Brophy tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Lim is able to avoid easily.
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 Davie Brophy will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Davie Brophy's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
A telegraphed right hand from Brophy misses the target.
Lim misses with a head kick.
Brophy on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lim. Lim obviously looking to wear him down.
Brophy connects with a looping right hand.
Lim moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
A nice leg kick lands there from Lim.
Brophy scoring well with a low kick there.
Brophy feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Lims jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Nice jab there from Lim.
Lim throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy lands a really nice looking cross but Lim seems unphased.
Brophy wants to clinch.
Lim thows a body kick. Brophy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy misses with a hook
and Lim makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Lim lands with a shot to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim takes one on the button.
Brophy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lim throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Brophy throws a big shot that misses.
Brophy slips a jab from Lim.
Lim throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Brophy lands with a hook. Lim tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Brophy misses with a double jab
and Lim counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Lim on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Lim thows a left - swing and a miss!
Brophy scores with a punch to the head.
Lim throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Brophy on the side of the head.
Lim throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Brophy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Lim.
Lim throws a leg kick which misses Brophy's front leg but catches the back leg as Brophy tries to avoid it.
Lim misses the shot to the body.
Brophy tries to clinch there but Lim circles away.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Lim throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Lim eats them both and turns towards Brophy to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Brophy takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Lim scores with a jab to the jaw.
Brophy swings for the body but Lim moves out of range.
Lim misses with a straight left.
A big left from Lim misses.
Davie Brophy is winning the standup battle so far.
Lim swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Brophy.
Brophy moves out of range as Lim strikes.
A big right from Lim misses.
Brophy is looking to counter with a shot to the body.

Brophy moves into the clinch successfully.
Lim stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Lim digs a right hand underneath Brophy's ribcage. Brophy let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Brophy.
Brophy lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Brophy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Lim backwards.
Brophy swings wildly with an uppercut but Lim uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Lim.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy lands a hook that snaps the head of Lim backwards.
Lim misses with a hook from the clinch.
Brophy tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Lim lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Lim prevents a body shot from Brophy.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Lim.
A short right from Brophy on the inside.
Lim blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Brophy.
Lim misses with the head strike.
Lim misses with a body punch.
Lim lands a right hand.
A right hand to the body from Brophy.

Lim breaks the clinch.
Lim has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Lim lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Brophy circles away quickly and effectively.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Lim.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy throws the left hand but Lim avoids the punch easily.
Lim closes the distance and lands a one-two.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lim keeps the fight on the outside.
Brophy lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Lim looks to land a combination but Brophy avoids it well.
Lim pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brophy is out of range and Lim settles back down.
Lim moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lim avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brophy, right into the meat.
A nice inside leg kick there by Brophy. That's going to slow Lim down.
Brophy on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Nice body punch from Lim.
Lim misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brophy throws a jab when Lim was well out of range.
Lim connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lim.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Brophy throws a right and a left that both miss.
Brophy with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Lim to score with a decent uppercut.
Lim misses with a straight left.

Brophy moves into the clinch.

Lim escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Charlie Lim will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Davie Brophy's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Brophy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Lim checks it well.
Brophy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brophy throws a chopping leg kick but Lim manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Brophy misses with a leg kick.
Brophy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Brophy is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Lim.
Brophy connects with a single shot there.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch but Lim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brophy blocks a jab.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Lim checks it.
Brophy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lim.
Brophy throws a quick counter head kick but Lim was just out of range.
Lim throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
Brophy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Lim throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Brophy is looking to counter punch.
Brophy keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brophy defending well as Lim loads up on a big left hand.
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Nice defenses there by Lim.
Brophy backing away here, and Lim unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Nice cross by Lim.
Lim fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Brophy is out of range.
Brophy was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Lim moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lim gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Lim goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
It looked like Brophy was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Lim.
Lim looks for the body kick but Brophy saw that one coming.
A jab lands there for Brophy.
Brophy cracks Lim with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Lim takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Brophy turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Lim misses with a straight left.
Lim pivots, looking for a leg kick but Brophy is out of range and Lim settles back down.
Lim lands a jab to the nose.
Lim dips to his left and cracks Brophy with an uppercut!
Lim checks a low kick from Brophy.
Lim uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
Lim lands with a cross.
Brophy thows a leg kick but Lim checks it
and Lim counters with a straight right hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Brophy lands a nice leg kick that just misses Lim's sensitive parts.
Brophy uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Lim.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Lim checks it.
Brophy tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Lim manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Lim misses with an uppercut
and Lim takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Lim sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Lim lands a leg kick that knocks Brophy off balance momentarily.
Brophy looks to land a right hand but Lim moved out of range.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Brophy, right into the meat.
Lim defending well as Brophy loads up on a big left hand.
Lim lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Lim lands with a cross.
Brophy throws a body shot but no joy.
Lim throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean.
Lim avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lim throws a shot from downtown. Brophy moves away and avoids it.
An attempted straight right counter from Brophy misses the target.
Lim takes a kick to the side of the head.
Lim with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Lim lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Lim closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Lim misses with the body kick
and Brophy counters with a lovely straight right hand!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lim with a nice cross.
Lim loads up on a big right hand but Brophy slips the punch.
Brophy moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lim lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Lim displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brophy throws out the jab.
Lim digs a good hook to Brophy's body.
Brophy connects with a crisp jab.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch but Lim swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Lim sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Lim throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy is looking to counter punch.
Brophy throws a looping overhand right but Lim ducks down to avoid it.
Lim scores with a crisp jab that stopped Brophy in his tracks.
Brophy scores with a decent looking hook.
Lim thows a body kick. Brophy tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Nice jab there from Lim.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Lim swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Brophy takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Brophy moves out of range as Lim strikes.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands a jab.
Brophy connects with the punch.
Lim circles away from the clinch attempt.
Lim thumps Brophy with a low kick.

Brophy moves into range and clinches up with Lim.
Brophy tries a body shot but Lim blocks it.
Lim lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Davie Brophy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Lim blocks a body shot from Brophy.
Brophy keeps control of Lim as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.

Lim breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lim has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Brophy.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Lim throws a lazy right hand but Brophy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brophy moves away from the strike by Lim.
Lim uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lim.
Brophy half committed to a counter leg kick.

And that's the end of the fight!
Charlie Lim comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Lim has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by split decision... Charlie Lim!
Charlie Lim decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.