PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eugene Ford (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier Phillips looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Phillips
vs
Ford

190 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 3 - 0

225 cm
22
300 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xavier Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Eugene Ford !
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips tries for a takedown but Ford sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Ford moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Ford as he jumps to the side.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Xavier Phillips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips is breathing heavily.

Ford gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Phillips lands a body shot.
Phillips takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Xavier Phillips has been cut.
Ford with a knee to the head.

Ford has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Phillips clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Ford doesn't have the hooks in and Phillips manages to turn into his guard.

Ford has his feet on Phillips's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.

Ford looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Phillips!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips is desperately trying to improve his position but Ford has a good base and remains in mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ford is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Phillips might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
A nice elbow there by Ford .

Phillips is rocked!

That's one minute gone in the round.

Ford has control of Phillips's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Phillips regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Oh Phillips is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Phillips throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Phillips seems to have got his legs back now.
Ford landing strikes from the mount and Phillips is in trouble!
Ford in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Phillips really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Ford fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Ford with the ground and pound from mount.

Ford looking for a guillotine from mount but Phillips is having none of it.
Phillips is trying desperately to improve position.
Ford connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ford landing punches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips wants to try and get back to his feet.
Ford breaks from Phillips's wrist control and lands an elbow.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ford connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Ford has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Ford drops a big elbow. That's hurt Phillips! More shots from Ford and the ref steps in! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eugene Ford !