PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Overbury (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ray Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Overbury might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Rule Britannia. Philips comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Dance Hall Days kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Overbury
vs
Philips

193 cm
25
263 lbs
8 - 3 - 0

190 cm
26
265 lbs
7 - 3 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

THE STEEL PENN NUTRITION

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Thomas Overbury!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Philips!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Anthony Taglia.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips swings for the body but Overbury moves out of range.
The fighters circling - Overbury throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Philips lands a two punch combo.
Philips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Overbury slips under a jab from Philips.
Philips throws a hook but Overbury avoids it easily.
Philips misses with a hook.
Overbury uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Philips.
Philips jabs at Overbury's body.
Overbury ducks under a wild hook from Philips.
Philips swings for the body but Overbury moves out of range.
Philips looks to land a left hand but Overbury moved out of range nicely.
Overbury takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Philips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A big left from Philips misses.
Overbury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Philips.
Overbury swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice body punch from Philips.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Overbury wants to clinch.
Overbury misses with a double jab
and Philips makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Overbury uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Philips.
Philips throws a series of punches but Overbury moves out of range.
Overbury keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Philips.
Philips wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Overbury throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Philips throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Philips looks to score with a jab to the body but Overbury is just out of range.
Overbury throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Philips.
Overbury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Philips scores with the left hand. Overbury knows he should have avoided that one.
Overbury throws a hook but Philips avoids it easily.
Philips cracks Overbury with an open hand slap.
Overbury takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Overbury swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Overbury takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Overbury shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Philips lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Jab by Philips.
Overbury moves out of range as Philips strikes.
Philips looking to land some kicks to the body here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Overbury avoids the body shot from Philips.
Philips tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Overbury was well out of range. Poor timing from Philips.
Philips is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Overbury had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Overbury uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Philips.
Overbury throws a right and a left that Philips avoids nicely.
The fighters circle momentarily. Philips darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Overbury fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Overbury uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Philips.
Overbury uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Philips.
Overbury tests Philips's chin there with a solid looking shot.
A left lands for Philips.
Philips cracks Overbury with an open hand slap.

It looks like Thomas Overbury has been cut.
Philips misses with a combination
and Overbury connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Overbury bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Philips jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Philips cracks a nice hook into Overbury's ribs.
Philips jabs Overbury right on the nose. Overbury blinks but takes it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Overbury uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Philips.
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Philips tests Overbury's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Overbury misses with a few strikes there.
Philips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Philips swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Overbury jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Overbury throws a hook to the side of Philips's head but Philips sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Philips lands a nice looking body shot.
Overbury misses with a hook. Philips ducked under it nicely.
Philips has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Philips there as he acknowledges the shot.
Philips throws out a loose jab but Overbury uses good head movement to avoid it.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Overbury ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Philips thows a left - swing and a miss!
Overbury misses with a hook. Philips ducked under it nicely.
Philips misses with a double jab
and Overbury counters with a nice uppercut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips throws a shot to the body.
Overbury is breathing heavily.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
Overbury takes one to the side of the head.
Philips connects with a jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philips misses the jab.
Philips scores with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
Overbury throws a combination that misses
and Philips counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Nice defenses there by Overbury.
Philips scores with a nice right hand.
Philips throws a hook but Overbury avoids it easily.
Philips scores with a crisp jab that stopped Overbury in his tracks.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Philips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Overbury moves out of range as Philips strikes.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
Philips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Overbury sees it coming and avoids it easily.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Philips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Thomas Overbury's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Philips uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Overbury has time to react.
Overbury moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Overbury swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Philips counters with a stiff right hand.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Overbury might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Overbury waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
A telegraphed right hand from Overbury misses the target.
Thomas Overbury is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Philips slips a jab and a cross from Overbury.
Overbury throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Philips counters with a series of strikes. Overbury will be more careful next time no doubt.
Philips lands with an uppercut that bounces Overbury off the cage and back into rage.
Overbury is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Overbury doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Philips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Philips checks a leg kick.
Philips jabs at Overbury's body.
A big right from Philips misses.
Overbury takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
A lazy left from Philips finds it's target.
Philips listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.

Overbury is rocked!
Overbury ducks under a wild hook from Philips.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips cracks Overbury with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Oh Overbury is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Philips drops Overbury with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Overbury! Philips dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:09 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (strikes). Ray Philips!
Ray Philips is the new heavyweight champion!