PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Honovi Blackfoot (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Norman Philanski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying Philanski's choice of entrance music: PISTOLERO: SLEEP WHEN YOUR DEAD. This should be fireworks!

Blackfoot
vs
Philanski

168 cm
21
142 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

169 cm
26
145 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

Powerful takedowns
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Honovi Blackfoot!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Norman Philanski!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Blackfoot throws a lazy uppercut
and Philanski counters with a nice uppercut.
Philanski throws out a loose jab but Blackfoot uses good head movement to avoid it.
Blackfoot shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Philanski as he jumps to the side.
Blackfoot misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Philanski.
Philanski lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Blackfoot scores with a decent looking hook.
Honovi Blackfoot seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Blackfoot misses the jab.
Philanski stuns Blackfoot with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Blackfoot throws a hook to the side of Philanski's head but Philanski sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Blackfoot swings widly with a right hand
and Philanski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Philanski defending well as Blackfoot loads up on a big left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackfoot misses with an uppercut
and Philanski counters with a stiff right hand.
Blackfoot swings away with a body shot that misses
and Philanski connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Blackfoot throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Philanski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Norman Philanski is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Blackfoot shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Philanski counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Blackfoot looks to clinch
and Philanski counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Blackfoot defending well as Philanski loads up on a big left hand.
Blackfoot misses with an uppercut
and Philanski makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Blackfoot misses with a body punch
and Philanski counters with a series of strikes. Blackfoot will be more careful next time no doubt.
Blackfoot throws an off balance right hand
and Philanski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Blackfoot.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Honovi Blackfoot. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Blackfoot shoots in looking for a takedown. Philanski tries to sprawl out of it but Blackfoot keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Philanski manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Blackfoot shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Blackfoot shoots in for a double leg but Philanski sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Philanski misses with a series of wild punches.
Philanski needs to keep his hands up - Blackfoot had a free shot at his head there.
Philanski stuffs the takedown attempt from Blackfoot. Blackfoot gets slowly back to his feet.
Blackfoot throws an off balance right hand
and Philanski counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Philanski swings for the body but Blackfoot moves out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philanski throws a series of punches but Blackfoot moves out of range.
Philanski ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

Blackfoot gets the takedown into side control.
Philanski is looking for a sweep.

Blackfoot is trying to get an arm triangle but Philanski is defending well.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Blackfoot is trying to get an arm triangle but Philanski is defending well.
Blackfoot wants to control but Philanski is keeping him busy.

Blackfoot tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Blackfoot has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Blackfoot in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Norman Philanski dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Blackfoot staying out of range there.
Blackfoot doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Philanski counters with a stiff right hand.
Blackfoot tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Philanski cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Blackfoot closes the distance looking to clinch
and Philanski counters with a straight right hand.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Philanski gets caught flat footed, as Blackfoot shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Blackfoot not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Blackfoot trying to control the position from guard on top but Philanski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Blackfoot tries to free his leg and advance position but Philanski is retaining full guard.
Blackfoot trying to control the position from guard on top but Philanski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Blackfoot pushes down on Philanski's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Blackfoot seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Philanski is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Honovi Blackfoot!
Honovi Blackfoot retains his bantamweight title!