PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Davie Brophy (ranked 588 p4p, 62 weight class) and Seve Ballesteros (ranked 1031 p4p, 114 weight class). Brophy comes to the cage accompanied by Pantera - Walk. Ballesteros has chosen Chamillionaire f. Scarface & Killer Mike - Reignfall as his entrance music. Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Brophy
vs
Ballesteros

176 cm
32
145 lbs
27 - 13 - 1

175 cm
38
154 lbs
24 - 9 - 3

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Arcticus University: London

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 27 - 13 - 1, fighting out of London, Davie Brophy!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 24 - 9 - 3, fighting out of Los Angeles, Seve Ballesteros!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A nice inside leg kick there by Brophy. That's going to slow Ballesteros down.
Brophy misses with a hook.
Brophy misses with a looping left.
A big right from Ballesteros misses.
Ballesteros swings for the body but Brophy moves out of range.

Ballesteros drives through and clinches with Brophy against the cage.
Brophy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Ballesteros.
A short uppercut from Brophy.
Ballesteros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Ballesteros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballesteros scores with a shoulder strike.
Ballesteros lands a nice uppercut.
Brophy scores with a hook to the body.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Brophy lands a shoulder strike.
Ballesteros makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Ballesteros misses with a punch to the body.
Ballesteros blocking some punches.
Brophy pushes Ballesteros back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Ballesteros.
Ballesteros misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy lands with a right to the head.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy blocks an uppercut.
Still in the clinch, Brophy scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short right from Ballesteros.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Ballesteros blocking some punches.
Brophy lands a left hand.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Ballesteros.
Nice body punch from Ballesteros - that landed with a thud.
Brophy pushes Ballesteros back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Ballesteros misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
A body shot lands from Brophy.
Brophy lands a left hand that snaps the head of Ballesteros backwards.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ballesteros misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballesteros blocking some punches.
Ballesteros misses with an elbow strike.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Ballesteros blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballesteros working aggressively here.
A hook to the body from Ballesteros.
Ballesteros fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Brophy.
Brophy misses with some punches.
Ballesteros misses with some punches.
Ballesteros lands with a short shot to the head.
Ballesteros blocking some punches.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A short right from Brophy on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Brophy.
Ballesteros goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ballesteros tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Brophy avoids it.
Ballesteros lands a right hand that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballesteros misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballesteros tries to throw a body punch but Brophy avoids it by throwing Ballesteros back against the cage.
Ballesteros misses with a punch on the inside.
Ballesteros looking to throw knees to the head but Brophy is blocking nicely.
Ballesteros throws a head punch that misses.
Brophy tries to throw a body punch but Ballesteros avoids it by throwing Brophy back against the cage.
Ballesteros blocking some punches.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ballesteros lands a left hand.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ballesteros.
Ballesteros lands a nice shot to the body.
Ballesteros is looking to control Brophy's arms but Brophy gets an underhook and turns him. Now Ballesteros has his back to the cage.
Brophy lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Brophy tries a body shot but Ballesteros blocks it.
Brophy gets through Ballesteros's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Brophy misses with the head strike.
Ballesteros throws a punch but it's blocked by Brophy.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Ballesteros.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy blocking some punches.
Ballesteros trying to land knees to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Brophy avoiding damage as Ballesteros throws knees to the body.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Ballesteros.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy tries to work over Ballesteros's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Brophy lands a hook to the side of the head.
Brophy tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Ballesteros's elbow.
Brophy lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ballesteros backwards.
Brophy lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Ballesteros's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Ballesteros goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ballesteros misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Brophy misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ballesteros lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Brophy misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Davie Brophy dominated that round.
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 hook but Ballesteros avoids it easily.
Brophy lands a jab to the head.
Ballesteros uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Brophy.
Davie Brophy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brophy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ballesteros.
The fighters circling - Brophy throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ballesteros looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Brophy tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Ballesteros moves out of range of the leg kick from Brophy.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Ballesteros is out of range.
Brophy feints and then cracks Ballesteros's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Ballesteros down.
Brophy avoids the head kick by Ballesteros.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ballesteros. Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ballesteros steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballesteros 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.
Brophy cracks Ballesteros with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ballesteros missing with a left hand there. Brophy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ballesteros walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Ballesteros. Brophy does a little dance to reset his feet.
Ballesteros throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ballesteros lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Brophy is looking to clinch.
Brophy bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Nice jab there from Ballesteros.
Ballesteros missing with a left hand there. Brophy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Brophy swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Brophy misses with a right hand
and Ballesteros connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Brophy slips a jab from Ballesteros.
Ballesteros avoids the body shot from Brophy.
Brophy misses with an uppercut
and Ballesteros counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Brophy lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Ballesteros misses with a looping left.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Ballesteros sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Brophy fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Ballesteros.
Ballesteros throws a hook but Brophy blocks it.
Brophy swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Brophy scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ballesteros fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Brophy has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Ballesteros throws a leg kick but Brophy sees it coming and moves out of range.
Ballesteros ducks right into an uppercut from Brophy.
Brophy cracks the inside of Ballesteros's front leg.
A bone on bone clash there as Ballesteros blocks the leg kick.
Brophy is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Ballesteros can do to turn this around?
Ballesteros misses with a straight right.
Brophy connects with a leg kick. Ballesteros looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Ballesteros checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Ballesteros lands a nice shot that snaps Brophy's head back.
Ballesteros looks to score with a jab to the body but Brophy is just out of range.
Ballesteros getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
A big left from Brophy misses.
Ballesteros thumps Brophy with a low kick.
Brophy misses with a low kick as Ballesteros jumps back.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Ballesteros, as that shot connected.
Brophy will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ballesteros takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.

Ballesteros rushes Brophy and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Ballesteros blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy has a couple of punches blocked by Ballesteros.
Brophy working aggressively here.
Ballesteros lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Ballesteros working some nice short punches in the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Ballesteros throws an elbow but misses.
Ballesteros swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ballesteros misses with a hook to the ribs.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Ballesteros just misses with a elbow thrown towards Brophy's brow.
Ballesteros trying to stall but Brophy improves his position.
Brophy lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Ballesteros blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ballesteros effectively controlling the action here.
Brophy lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Ballesteros on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ballesteros misses with some punches.
Brophy is leaning against Ballesteros and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Ballesteros throws an elbow but it misses.
A head punch on the inside from Brophy fails to land.
Brophy misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Ballesteros controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ballesteros is trying to break free.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.

Ballesteros escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Brophy connects with a single shot there.
Ballesteros just misses with a punch to the body.
Brophy tries to score with a low kick but Ballesteros moves his leg out of the way.
Ballesteros was about to counter that last move with a leg kick but changes his mind.
Brophy wants to slow Ballesteros down by chopping away at his legs.
Ballesteros misses with a body shot.
Ballesteros throws a nice inside leg kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Davie Brophy will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Brophy defending well as Ballesteros loads up on a big left hand.
Brophy tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Ballesteros paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ballesteros! But no joy.
Ballesteros lands with a shot to the body.
Ballesteros looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Brophy lands with a nice combination. Ballesteros backs away looking to recover.
The fighters circling - Ballesteros throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Ballesteros steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Brophy.
Ballesteros needs to keep his hands up - Brophy had a free shot at his head there.
Ballesteros bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Ballesteros tries a head kick but it misses.
Brophy misses with a straight left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ballesteros blocks a low kick nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ballesteros! But no joy.
Brophy looks to throw the jab but Ballesteros is out of range.
Nice defenses there by Ballesteros.
Ballesteros misses the shot to the body.
Ballesteros uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Brophy.
Brophy misses with a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Brophy wants to slow Ballesteros down by chopping away at his legs.
Ballesteros throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Brophy throws a right hand that misses
and Ballesteros counters with an outside leg kick.
Davie Brophy is winning the standup battle so far.
Brophy throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Ballesteros moves out of range of the leg kick from Brophy.
Ballesteros tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Brophy misses with an uppercut.
Brophy waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Ballesteros.
Ballesteros blocks a head kick by Brophy.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Ballesteros.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Ballesteros checks a leg kick.
Ballesteros throws a leg kick which misses Brophy's front leg but catches the back leg as Brophy tries to avoid it.
Brophy throws a lazy right hand but Ballesteros sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Some bone on bone action there as Brophy checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
Brophy fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ballesteros checks it well.

Brophy closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Seve Ballesteros has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brophy can't find room to land a body shot as Ballesteros controls the action.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Ballesteros can't find room to land a body shot as Brophy controls the action.
Ballesteros misses with the head strike.
Ballesteros blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballesteros.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Brophy.
Brophy throws a punch but it's blocked by Ballesteros.
Nice body punch from Brophy - that landed with a thud.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Ballesteros.
A short right from Brophy on the inside.
Brophy doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Brophy blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Brophy swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Brophy working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ballesteros obliges.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brophy lands a hook that snaps the head of Ballesteros backwards.
Ballesteros misses with a punch on the inside.
Brophy misses with a hook from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Brophy.
Brophy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Ballesteros lands with a right to the head.
Ballesteros misses with some punches.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballesteros misses with the head strike.
Brophy misses with a body punch.
Brophy is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Ballesteros blocks a body shot from Brophy.
Ballesteros tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Davie Brophy has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ballesteros has a couple of punches blocked by Brophy.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Ballesteros blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A body shot lands from Ballesteros.
Ballesteros is trying to push Brophy away but Brophy has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ballesteros lands a left hand that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
Ballesteros pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Brophy misses with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Brophy throws a head punch that misses.
Brophy tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Ballesteros lands a hook that snaps the head of Brophy backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!

Ballesteros breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ballesteros stuns Brophy with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Brophy thuds his right hand into Ballesteros's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Brophy will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Brophy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Ballesteros.
Brophy fires out a quick counter leg kick but Ballesteros just manages to avoid it.
Ballesteros throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Brophy with a nice cross.
Brophy misses with a jab, cross combination.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Brophy checks a leg kick.
Jab from Brophy.

And that's the end of the fight!
Davie Brophy showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Brophy has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Frank Antenori scores the fight 29:28
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Davie Brophy!
Davie Brophy bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.