PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Jason Scott (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jona Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Scott might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Alestorm - Shipwrecked. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Scott
vs
Phillips

191 cm
21
204 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

179 cm
25
195 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the light heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jason Scott!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jona Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Donatello Bradman and Skip Squint.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Phillips duly obliges.
Scott takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Scott.
Phillips scores with a hook.
Scott misses with an uppercut.
A punch lands to the side of Scott 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Phillips connects with a body shot.
Scott ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Scott is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Phillips tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Scott was well out of range. Poor timing from Phillips.
Scott displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Phillips.
Scott doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.
Phillips dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Scott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scott.
Phillips fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Phillips.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips scores with the left hand. Scott knows he should have avoided that one.
Phillips lands a nice shot that snaps Scott's head back.
Scott stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Scott wants it to stay on the feet.
Jason Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jona Phillips.
Phillips takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
Phillips scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Scott doesn't seem bothered though.
Scott uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phillips.
Scott defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Phillips.
Phillips's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Phillips duly obliges.
Phillips cracks Scott with a right hand to the side of the head.
Phillips looks gassed!
Scott fails with an attempt to clinch.
Scott wants to clinch.
A combination from Phillips does no damage.
Phillips throws a looping overhand right but Scott ducks down to avoid it.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Jona Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Scott.
Scott moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phillips fails to land the takedown.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Scott is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
A decent looking cross lands there for Phillips.

Phillips shoots in and gets a takedown into Scott's guard.
Phillips postures up and lands a big shot to Scott's brow.
Phillips throws a big right hand that misses.
Scott working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Phillips.
Phillips loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Phillips postures up in Scott's guard and throws a big left but Scott blocks it.
Phillips postures up in Scott's guard and throws a big left but Scott blocks it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips scoring with some ground and pound.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Phillips throwing strikes but missing.
Phillips working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Phillips lands a couple of digs.
Phillips throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Scott works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Phillips throws a big right hand that misses.
Phillips works over Scott with some ground and pound from guard.
Phillips keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Scott's head.
Scott preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is looking to work some ground and pound but Scott has wrist control.
Scott knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Phillips on the ground.
Phillips is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Phillips connects with a couple of short punches.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phillips in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Scott avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Phillips in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Phillips distracts Scott with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Phillips passes Scott's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phillips prevents Scott from standing back up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jona Phillips dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.

Phillips lands a body shot.
Scott takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Scott takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Phillips smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Phillips fails with a takedown attempt.
Phillips shoots in but Scott avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Scott fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips scores with a jab to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A shot to the liver by Phillips. Beautiful body shot.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up against the ropes but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A lazy left from Phillips finds it's target.
Scott tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Phillips misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Phillips jabs at Scott's body.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phillips misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips takes a swing at Scott's ribcage but misses.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Scott takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Scott takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Scott misses with a double jab.
A slapping leg kick lands for Scott.
Jason Scott is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Scott is looking to clinch.
Scott tries to close the distance and clinch but Phillips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Horrible takedown by Phillips or perhaps it was just good defense by Scott which made him look bad.
Jason Scott has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jona Phillips.
Phillips lands a body shot.
Phillips looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Phillips shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Scott sprawls well. Scott wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Phillips gets slowly back to his feet.
Phillips thows a left - swing and a miss!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Jona Phillips seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Scott connects with a crisp jab.
Scott wants to clinch.
Phillips tries to score a power double leg takedown but Scott sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Phillips somewhat.
Phillips takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Scott tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Scott sizes up Phillips with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Phillips looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Scott is fending him off so far but Phillips persists. Nope, Scott circles away and we're back to standing.
Jason Scott is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Phillips takes a kick to the side of the head.
Phillips feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Scotts jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Scott tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Scott tries to clinch up.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Scott tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Scott tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Phillips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Scott lands a jab.
Scott lands with a straight right. Phillips didn't see that one coming.
Scott scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

Phillips looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Phillips missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Scott avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Phillips.
Phillips thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Scott's head.
Phillips thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Scott's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Phillips is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips slips a nice elbow through Scott's hands, connecting with Scott's forehead.
Phillips thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Scott's head.
Phillips landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Phillips thows a huge punch but Scott dodges it nicely.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phillips throwing shots but Scott is blocking nicely.
Scott keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jona Phillips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!

Scott tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in the close the distance. Phillips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips lands a right hook to the body.
Phillips dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Phillips duly obliges.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Scott tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Scott throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Scott drops his hands momentarily and Phillips takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Scott closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.

Phillips shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phillips is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Phillips throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Phillips is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Phillips lands with some strikes.
Phillips scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Scott?
Scott takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Scott takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Phillips scoring with strikes but Scott is staying in there.
Phillips has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Phillips lands a heavy elbow.
Phillips lands a heavy elbow.
Phillips landing strikes from the mount and Scott is in trouble!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Phillips with good strikes from the mount here!
BOOM! Phillips connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Phillips dominating with strikes here.
Phillips working Scott over with strikes here.
A nice elbow there by Phillips.
Scott wants to get back to his feet.

Phillips looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Phillips landing strikes from the mount and Scott is in trouble!
Phillips has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Scott in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Scott taking shots to the head.
Phillips lands with some strikes.
Phillips lands a big elbow.

Scott is rocked!
Phillips landing punches.
Oh Scott is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phillips landing strikes, looking to finish!
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Phillips cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Phillips breaks from Scott's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Scott seems to have got his legs back now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Scott?
Phillips landing strikes from the mount and Scott is in trouble!
Scott takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Phillips working Scott over with strikes here.
Phillips scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Scott is in a horrible position here. Phillips smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Phillips lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Scott hang on?
Jason Scott has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phillips looking to finish Scott with some ground and pound. This is bad for Scott!
Jona Phillips is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Phillips with the ground and pound from mount.

And that's the end of the fight!
Jona Phillips comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Phillips has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Hugh Johnson scores the fight 26:30
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 26:30
Judge Skip Squint scores the fight 26:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jona Phillips!
Jona Phillips is the new light heavyweight champion!