PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Eugenio Antonio (ranked 662 p4p, 105 weight class) and Mikael Brophy (ranked 686 p4p, 108 weight class). Brophy has chosen Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls as his entrance music. Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Antonio
vs
Brophy

195 cm
28
215 lbs
14 - 5 - 0

185 cm
29
205 lbs
21 - 6 - 1

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eugenio Antonio!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 21 - 6 - 1, fighting out of London, Mikael Brophy!
The judges for this bout are John Roberts, Dean Styles and Chad Campbell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Antonio lands a head kick!
Antonio scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Brophy.
Antonio uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Brophy has time to react.
Antonio misses with a body kick.
Antonio throws out a loose jab but Brophy uses good head movement to avoid it.
Brophy misses with a double jab.
An attempted straight right counter from Antonio misses the target.
Antonio dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Brophy. That did some damage!
Eugenio Antonio seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Antonio displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Brophy throws out the jab.
Brophy takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
A big right from Antonio misses.
Brophy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Antonio connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Brophy's hands.
Antonio looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Nice straight punches there by Antonio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Antonio.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy throws a right and a left that Antonio avoids nicely.
Antonio keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Brophy.
Antonio connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Antonio misses with a hook.
Brophy buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Antonio just misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Antonio lands a nice leg kick that just misses Brophy's sensitive parts.
Antonio throws a lazy right hand but Brophy sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Antonio tests Brophy's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Antonio misses with an uppercut.
Brophy flicks out a counter leg kick but Antonio steps away.
Brophy misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circling - Antonio throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brophy throws out a counter right but Antonio avoids it with no problem.
Brophy dips to his left and cracks Antonio with an uppercut!
Antonio lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Antonio missing with a left hand there. Brophy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Antonio.
Antonio misses with a left hand
and Brophy counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Antonio misses with an uppercut. Brophy saw that one coming.
Brophy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Antonio counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Brophy works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Antonio throws a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brophy! But no joy.
Brophy misses the jab.
Good standup being displayed there by Antonio as he connects with a hook.
Antonio throws a good cross that connects.
Antonio throws a hook to the side of Brophy's head but Brophy sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Brophy connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Brophy throws a jab but it's blocked by Antonio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Antonio. Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Brophy throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Brophy throws a hook but Antonio blocks it.
Antonio is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Brophy pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Antonio misses with an uppercut.
Antonio uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brophy.
Brophy blocks a jab.
Antonio getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Brophy slips under a jab.
A lazy left from Antonio finds it's target.
Antonio throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Brophy counters with a nice body shot.
Antonio misses the jab.
Antonio is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Brophy.
Nice defenses there by Brophy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonio throws a poor cross that misses
and Brophy counters with a nice uppercut.
A looping hook to the body misses from Brophy. Antonio does a little dance to reset his feet.
Antonio tries a head kick but it misses.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters circling - Brophy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Brophy misses with an uppercut.
Antonio misses with an uppercut.
Brophy connects with a right hand. Antonio shakes it off.
Antonio lands a front kick.
Brophy cracks Antonio with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Antonio lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Antonio lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Good exchange - Antonio coming out on top.
Brophy misses with a straight right.
Antonio ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Brophy moves away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Brophy gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Antonio tries to land a front kick but Brophy steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Brophy feints and then cracks Antonio's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Antonio down.
Antonio bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Antonio's corner calls for a 1-2. Antonio obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Antonio connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Brophy momentarily.
Antonio tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Brophy was well out of range. Poor timing from Antonio.
Antonio tries to land a leg kick but Brophy saw it coming and moves away.
Antonio looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Brophy takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antonio moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Jab by Antonio.
Antonio is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Brophy can do to turn this around?
Antonio misses with a head kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Antonio gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Brophy.
Antonio misses with a straight left.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy ducks under a wild hook from Antonio.
Brophy is looking to score with low kicks.
Brophy misses with a body shot.
Antonio scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Antonio throws a leg kick but Brophy sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Antonio throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Brophy blocks a head kick by Antonio.
Brophy jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Antonio fires out a quick counter leg kick but Brophy just manages to avoid it.
Antonio throws a good cross that connects.
Brophy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
The fight stays on the outside here - Antonio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brophy throws a counter combo.
Brophy takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Brophy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
As Brophy tries to get set, Antonio tries to push him back and clinch up but Brophy manages to avoid the attempt.
Brophy tests Antonio's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A solid body kick from Antonio.
Antonio connects with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Antonio's jab looks to have found its range, popping Brophy under the eye.
Antonio ducks under a wild hook from Brophy.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Antonio.
Antonio misses with a straight right.
Antonio throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Brophy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Brophy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Brophy throws a low kick but Antonio avoids it.
Brophy cracks the inside of Antonio's front leg.
A solid leg kick lands there for Antonio.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Antonio sizes up Brophy with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Brophy avoids a kick to the body.
Antonio feints and then cracks Brophy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Brophy down.
Antonio misses with a lunging right hand
letting Brophy counter with a right hand.
Antonio misses with an uppercut.
Antonio misses with a straight right.
Brophy flicks out a counter leg kick but Antonio steps away.
Antonio's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Antonio duly obliges.
Antonio cracks Brophy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Antonio tries to land a body kick
and Brophy counters with an inside leg kick.
Antonio cracks Brophy with a right hand to the side of the head.
Brophy stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Antonio.
Eugenio Antonio is winning the standup battle so far.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Antonio tries a low kick but Brophy avoids it.
Brophy explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Antonio throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brophy looks for the body kick but Antonio saw that one coming.
Antonio doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Antonio misses with an uppercut.
Brophy unleashes a big counter combination but Antonio bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Good leg kick by Brophy there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Antonio avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Brophy throws a body kick that misses.
Brophy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Antonio.
Antonio ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Antonio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Brophy might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Antonio has got the better of the exchanges.
Antonio misses with a straight right.
Antonio throws a head kick but Brophy moves out of range.
Antonio misses with a leg kick.
Brophy misses with an attempted mid kick.
Antonio wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Eugenio Antonio dominated that second round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!

Antonio lands with a nice body kick.
Antonio connects with a nice looking jab.
Brophy dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Antonio. That did some damage!
Brophy bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Antonio pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
As Antonio backs off Brophy throws a huge counter combo but Antonio manages to avoid it all.
Antonio lunges at Brophy with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Brophy's hand.
Brophy throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Antonio attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Brophy is looking for the big counter here.
Brophy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Antonio.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Brophy! But no joy.
A bone on bone clash there as Brophy blocks the leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Antonio works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Antonio steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Antonio lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Antonio.
Brophy lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Brophy tries a head kick but it misses.
Brophy avoids the head kick by Antonio.
Brophy drops his hands momentarily and Antonio takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Antonio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Antonio slips a straight right by Brophy.
Brophy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Brophy fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Antonio is out of range.
A jab from Antonio misses.
Brophy throws a leg kick but Antonio checks it.
Antonio misses with a hook.
Brophy appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Antonio throws a looping overhand right but Brophy ducks down to avoid it.
Antonio misses with a looping left.
Brophy let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Mikael Brophy has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brophy's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Antonio rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Brophy counters with an inside leg kick.
Antonio looks to land a right hand but Brophy moved out of range.
Antonio lands with an uppercut that bounces Brophy off the cage and back into range.
Antonio walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A nice inside leg kick there by Antonio. That's going to slow Brophy down.
Antonio connects with a crisp jab.
Good work by Brophy as he checks the leg kick.
Nice straight punches there by Antonio. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Antonio.
Brophy takes a jab right on the kisser.
Brophy missing with a left hand there. Antonio was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Brophy throws a quick inside leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Antonio looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Brophy keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Antonio.
Brophy appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Antonio pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Antonio moves out of range of the body kick from Brophy.
Antonio throws a head kick that misses.
Antonio throws a looping overhand right but Brophy ducks down to avoid it.
Brophy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Brophy's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Antonio connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Brophy scrambles back to his feet.
Antonio throws a hook but Brophy avoids it easily.
Brophy swings widly with a right hand
and Antonio counters with a one-two to the body.
Brophy staying out of range there.
Brophy ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Brophy looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Antonio throws a wild hook but Brophy just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Antonio gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Brophy raises his hands in celebration and walks away!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mikael Brophy!
Mikael Brophy 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.