PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sandro Da Costa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tyrone Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Da Costa comes to the cage accompanied by Long Way Home. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Da Costa
vs
Phillips

177 cm
22
178 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

177 cm
20
180 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Experienced

Good wrestler
Brawler
Solid chin

MMA's Best Nutrition

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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sandro Da Costa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tyrone Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Da Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Da Costa throws a sloppy head kick and Phillips moves out of range easily.
Phillips closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Phillips takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Phillips throws a head kick that misses
and Da Costa counters with a low kick, right behind Phillips 's knee.
Phillips throws a leg kick that is checked
and Da Costa counters with a stiff right hand.
Da Costa lands a high kick to the side of Phillips's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Da Costa dives into guard, looking to finish.

Phillips is rocked!
Da Costa has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Phillips is proving hard to escape from.
Phillips is still in real trouble! Can Da Costa finish him?

Phillips throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Da Costa escapes and throws Phillips's legs to the side, diving into side control!

Da Costa decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Phillips seems to have recovered his senses.
Da Costa throws a series of punches but Phillips avoids them all with ease.
Da Costa scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Da Costa checks a low kick from Phillips.
Da Costa scores with the left hand. Phillips knows he should have avoided that one.
Da Costa moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Da Costa misses with a wild combination.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Da Costa.
Phillips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Da Costa clinches but Phillips breaks the clinch

and Phillips counters with a takedown into side control.

Phillips decides to stand back up. Phillips steps back and let's Da Costa get back to his feet.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Da Costa will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Da Costa is breathing heavily.
Da Costa circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Da Costa scores with a sloppy right hand. Phillips should have avoided that one.
Da Costa falls off balance throwing a combination
and Phillips counters with an inside leg kick.
Phillips throws a leg kick
and Da Costa counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Da Costa misses with a series of wild punches.
Nice takedown defense from Da Costa. No joy for Phillips on that attempt.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Da Costa swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Phillips misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Da Costa thuds his shin into the meat of Phillips's side.
A right-left combo lands from Da Costa.
Phillips misses with a looping right.
Da Costa lands a big head kick that sends Phillips to the canvas! Da Costa follows up with strikes from the mount that forces the ref to step in and stop the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Sandro Da Costa!