PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Banana Fly (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Phil Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phil Phillips has the eye of the tiger tonight.

Fly
vs
Phillips

195 cm
30
204 lbs
12 - 5 - 0

186 cm
31
210 lbs
6 - 9 - 0

Decent wrestler
Great elbows
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 12 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Banana Fly!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Phil Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Ben Zyskovitsi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips avoids a punch combination nicely.
Fly lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

It looks like Phil Phillips has been cut.
Fly moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.

Fly darts in and clinches Phillips up against the cage.
Fly controlling the action here for a moment.
A knee to the head by Fly.
Come on Fly - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fly landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Fly pressing his opponent against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Phillips.
Fly with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Phillips tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Fly's elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phillips looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fly using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Phillips misses with a punch to the body.
Fly gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Phillips.
Fly scores with a knee to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fly obliges.
Phillips looks gassed!
Phillips takes a knee to the side of the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Knees in the clinch landing for Fly.
Fly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fly lands an elbow inside.
Fly landing knees to the head.

That has opened up Phil Phillips's cut even more.
Fly will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Phillips up against the cage.
A knee to the head by Fly.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Fly obliges.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fly unloads a knee to the mid-section. Phillips lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fly lands an elbow inside.
Fly lands an elbow inside that Phillips shrugs off.
Fly scores a nice knee to the body.
Fly stalling.
Fly lands an elbow inside that Phillips shrugs off.

The cut above Phil Phillips's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Fly landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Come on Fly - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Fly is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Fly effectively controlling the action here.
Fly putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Phillips in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Fly lands an elbow just above Phillips 's eye.

Phil Phillips's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Banana Fly!