PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Darren Austin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gavin Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Austin comes to the cage accompanied by Linkin Park - Bleed It Out. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Austin
vs
Phillips

180 cm
19
179 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

180 cm
20
170 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Big heart

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Darren Austin!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Gavin Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Alyssa Summers, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Phillips looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Austin is fending him off so far but Phillips persists. Nope, Austin circles away and we're back to standing.
Phillips fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Austin swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Phillips is looking to clinch but Austin is avoiding it.

Phillips gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Austin to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Austin trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Austin controlling from the top position.
Austin has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Phillips is proving hard to escape from.
Austin seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin wants to pass the guard but Phillips is keeping the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Austin drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Austin jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

Phillips escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Austin gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Austin trying to control the position from guard on top but Phillips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Phillips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Austin misses with a straight left.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Austin swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt

and Austin counters with a shoot takedown. Phillips fights it but they end up in guard.
Darren Austin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Gavin Phillips.
Austin slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Austin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Austin pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Phillips is keeping the position for now.
Austin cracks Phillips with a solid left hand.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Austin trying to control but Phillips is working from the bottom.
Phillips trying to control the position.
Phillips wants to sweep here but Austin controlling him for the moment.
Austin wants to control from the top but Phillips keeps moving.
Austin is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Phillips is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Phillips gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Austin.
Phillips looks gassed!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Phillips's corner calls for a 1-2. Phillips obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Phillips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.

Austin shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Phillips napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Austin just content to control the position.
Phillips is looking for a sweep.

Austin is trying to get an arm triangle but Phillips is defending well.
Phillips struggling a bit here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Darren Austin dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Austin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Darren Austin is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Austin closes this distance looking for a takedown but Phillips circles away.
Austin fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Austin. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Austin misses with a takedown

so Phillips counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Phillips trying to control the position from guard on top but Austin is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Austin wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Phillips is now in half guard.

Phillips is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Austin defends it well.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Austin wants to control but Phillips is keeping busy and won't allow it.

Phillips is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Austin defends it well.
Austin slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Austin looking to control.

Austin is looking to sinch up a triangle. Phillips throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Austin's body to avoid the submission. Austin has instead reached around Phillips's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Austin arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:34 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Darren Austin!