PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tom Tucker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Blake Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips has chosen Welcome Home by Coheed & Cambria as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Phillips has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Blake Phillips told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Tucker
vs
Phillips

178 cm
18
161 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

178 cm
22
158 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Inexperienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Determined

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tom Tucker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Blake Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips closes the distance and clinches up with Tucker, looking for a takedown. Phillips pushes Tucker against the cage but Tucker circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Phillips looks gassed!
Tucker swinging wilding here.
A combination from Tucker does no damage.
Phillips fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Tucker throws a low kick but Phillips avoids it.
Phillips dives in and grabs Tucker's left leg, looking for a takedown. Tucker pushes down on Phillips's head and hops out.
Tom Tucker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blake Phillips.
Phillips fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tucker goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Tucker lands a two punch combo.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker throws a right and a left that Phillips avoids nicely.
Tucker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tucker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tom Tucker is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Tucker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phillips moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Phillips.
Tucker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phillips moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tucker looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Tucker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Phillips avoids them all with ease.
Tucker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phillips fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Tucker avoids it really well and circles away.
Tucker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phillips moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tucker throws a right hand that Phillips ducks under and follows up with a left that Phillips also avoids with ease.
Phillips shoots in and drives through. Tucker sprawls well.
Tucker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A punch combination from Tucker misses.
Tucker misses with a two punch combination.
Tucker tries to bum rush Phillips with a series of wild strikes but Phillips uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Tucker lands a jab-cross combination.
Tucker scores with a three punch combo!
Tucker misses with the combination.
Phillips takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tucker tries to bum rush Phillips with a series of wild strikes but Phillips uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Phillips showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Tucker.
Tucker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phillips.
Tucker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phillips.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Phillips moves out of range.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tucker lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Tucker.
Tucker defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Phillips.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Tucker 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.

Tucker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Tucker throws a right hand that Phillips ducks under and follows up with a left that Phillips also avoids with ease.
Tucker lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Phillips has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tucker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Tucker lands a two punch combo.
Tucker fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phillips avoids a punch combination nicely.
Some wild striking there from Tucker.
Phillips is breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Tucker.
Tucker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tucker looks to land a combination. Phillips sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Horrible takedown by Phillips or perhaps it was just good defense by Tucker which made him look bad.
Tucker throws a right hand that Phillips ducks under and follows up with a left that Phillips also avoids with ease.
Tucker throws a series of strikes that have Phillips backpedaling.
Tucker lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Tucker.
Tom Tucker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Tucker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tucker fails to land with a series of punches.
Tucker throws a combination. Phillips tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Tucker fails to land with a series of punches.
Tucker misses with a wild combination.
Some wild striking there from Tucker.
Tucker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Blake Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
No joy there for Tucker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tucker throws a series of strikes that have Phillips backpedaling.
Tucker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Tucker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phillips avoids a punch combination nicely.
No luck for Phillips with that takedown attempt.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Tucker throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Tucker dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

No joy there for Tucker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tucker misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Phillips shoots in but no luck this time.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Tucker.
Tucker lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Phillips circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No joy there for Tucker, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Tucker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Phillips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phillips has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Tucker is working the combinations to good effect here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tucker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Phillips slips a jab and a cross from Tucker.
Tucker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tucker misses with a wild combination.
Tucker rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phillips moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Tucker moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Tucker lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Phillips backs up against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tucker scores with a three punch combo!
Tucker misses with a low kick.
A left and a right from Tucker both land. Nice combination.
Tucker swinging wilding here.
Tucker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Phillips has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Tucker scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Tom Tucker is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice sprawl there from Tucker as Phillips shoots in.
Tucker throws a right and a left that both miss.
Tucker misses with a double jab.
Tucker throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Tucker lands with a nice body punch.
Phillips avoids a punch combination nicely.
Tucker throws a right hand that Phillips ducks under and follows up with a left that Phillips also avoids with ease.
Blake Phillips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Tucker misses with a jab, cross combination.
Tucker throws a series of punches but Phillips moves out of range.
Tucker misses with a double jab.
Tucker throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Tucker scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Phillips looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Tucker is fending him off so far but Phillips persists. Nope, Tucker circles away and we're back to standing.
Tom Tucker has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Blake Phillips.
Tucker tries to bum rush Phillips with a series of wild strikes but Phillips uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Phillips takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.

And that's the end of the fight!
Tom Tucker showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Tucker 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 Jorge Garcia scores the fight 30:27
Judge David Schapiro scores the fight 30:27
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Tom Tucker!