PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Pluto Palhares (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Palhares comes to the cage accompanied by TOQUINHO. Pluto Palhares had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Palhares
vs
Phillips

181 cm
24
182 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

171 cm
28
181 lbs
10 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent MT
Granite chin

ADCC Champion
Excellent MT
Powerful

Conviction
Convicted Trap House

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, for the middleweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Pluto Palhares!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeremy Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Palhares misses.
Palhares throws a chopping leg kick but Phillips manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Phillips takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Palhares misses the shot to the body.
Palhares lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Phillips circles away quickly and effectively.
Phillips takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.

It looks like Jeremy Phillips has been cut.
Palhares ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Phillips tries to clinch but Palhares moves away
and Palhares makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Phillips tries to clinch up.
Palhares swings for the body but Phillips moves out of range.
Palhares throws a leg kick but Phillips sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Phillips moves out of range as Palhares strikes.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palhares throws a hook but Phillips avoids it easily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Palhares manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Palhares throws a push kick but Phillips slaps the foot to one side.

Palhares closes the distance and clinches.
Phillips looking for a takedown.
A right hand to the body from Palhares.
Palhares is leaning against Phillips and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Palhares is pushing Phillips up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
A right hand to the body from Palhares.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Palhares lands with a light punch inside.
Palhares struggles to land a body shot inside as Phillips controls his hands.

Palhares pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Palhares. Palhares obviously looking to wear him down.
Palhares lands with a straight right. Phillips didn't see that one coming.
Palhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big left from Palhares misses.
Palhares pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Palhares digs a good hook to Phillips's body.
Palhares rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phillips moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Pluto Palhares seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Palhares misses with a lunging right hand

and Phillips counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Palhares is defending well against a takedown attempt.

Palhares pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Nice jab there from Palhares.
Phillips on the wrong end of a nice hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips moves to clinch but Palhares breaks away
and Palhares counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Palhares swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.

Palhares drops Phillips with a beautiful combination! Phillips stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Palhares is looking for the KO!

That has opened up Jeremy Phillips's cut even more.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palhares throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Palhares circles away from the clinch attempt
and Palhares counters with a leg kick.
Phillips tries to clinch but Palhares moves out of range.
Phillips walks forward, straight into a front kick from Palhares.

Palhares rushes Phillips and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Palhares fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Pluto Palhares has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Phillips.
Palhares tries to land a front kick but Phillips steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Palhares misses with a looping left.
Palhares lands with a slapping head kick.
Palhares misses with an attempted mid kick.
Phillips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Palhares.
Palhares misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Palhares looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Palhares misses with an uppercut.
Palhares getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Pluto Palhares dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Phillips's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Palhares misses with a head kick.
Palhares connects with a leg kick. Phillips looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Jab, jab by Palhares - just one landing.

The cut above Jeremy Phillips's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Palhares scores with a punch to the head.
Pluto Palhares is winning the standup battle so far.
Phillips blocks a leg kick.
Palhares misses with a looping right.
Palhares lands a nice leg kick that just misses Phillips's sensitive parts.
Phillips displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Palhares throws out the jab.
Palhares lands a nice shot that snaps Phillips's head back.

Jeremy Phillips's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Palhares swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Palhares ducks down and throws a hook to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Palhares clinches.
Palhares tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.
Palhares lands a body punch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Palhares.
Nice body punch from Palhares - that landed with a thud.

Palhares breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Palhares throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Palhares misses with a hook to the body
and Phillips counters with a series of strikes. Palhares will be more careful next time no doubt.
Palhares darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Palhares throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Palhares pushes Phillips up against the cage in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Palhares tries to throw a body punch but Phillips avoids it by throwing Palhares back against the cage.
Palhares goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Palhares's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Palhares lands a nice shot that snaps Phillips's head back.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Jeremy Phillips's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:19 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Pluto Palhares!
Pluto Palhares is the new middleweight champion!