PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bruce Armstrong (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Trevor Philips has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Philips
vs
Armstrong

186 cm
26
163 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

188 cm
20
155 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Excellent grappler
Counter fighter
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trevor Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Bruce Armstrong!
The judges for this bout are Paul Gruel, Josh West and Colin Fray.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Armstrong circles away quickly and effectively.
Philips throws the left hand but Armstrong avoids the punch easily.
Armstrong throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Armstrong throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Philips throws a big shot that misses.
Philips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Armstrong sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Philips misses with a double jab.
Armstrong ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Armstrong looks for the body kick but Philips saw that one coming.
Philips throws a hook to the side of Armstrong's head but Armstrong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
A solid leg kick lands there for Armstrong.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armstrong moves away.
Armstrong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Philips uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Armstrong.
Philips throws a series of punches but Armstrong avoids them all with ease.
Philips clobbers Armstrong with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Philips throws out the jab.
Armstrong throws a head kick but Philips moves out of range.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Philips throws a shot from downtown. Armstrong moves away and avoids it.
Nice uppercut there from Philips.
Philips cracks Armstrong with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
A slow jab from Philips misses its intended target.
Philips misses with a few strikes there.
Armstrong is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Philips tries to bum rush Armstrong with a series of wild strikes but Armstrong uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Philips misses with a wild body shot.
Armstrong throws a push kick but Philips slaps the foot to one side.
Philips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Armstrong sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong throws a head kick that misses.
Trevor Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philips misses with a series of wild punches.
Armstrong will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Philips lands a jab to the nose.
Philips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Armstrong.
Philips throws a hook to the side of Armstrong's head but Armstrong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Philips misses with a wild body shot.
Armstrong dodges the punch combination from Philips.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips takes a swing at Armstrong's ribcage but misses.

Armstrong closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Philips did well to prevent Armstrong getting side control.
Armstrong looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Armstrong has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.

Bruce Armstrong has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Philips scores with a three punch combo!
Philips misses with an uppercut.
Philips scores with a jab to the head.
Armstrong keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Philips is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Armstrong.
A looping hook to the body misses from Philips. Armstrong does a little dance to reset his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Armstrong swings and misses with a hook to the body.

Armstrong gets the takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips can't do much from the bottom here.
Philips seems a little lost for a moment, as Armstrong dominates the positioning.
Philips is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Armstrong controls the position.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Philips is looking to regain half guard here but Armstrong keeps moving and retains side control.
Armstrong controlling the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Philips dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Philips throws a body punch but Armstrong moves out of range.
Armstrong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Philips displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Armstrong throws out the jab.
Armstrong blocks a jab.
Armstrong misses with a hook.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armstrong moves away.
Armstrong avoids a punch combination nicely.
Armstrong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Philips.
Armstrong pivots, looking for a leg kick but Philips is out of range and Armstrong settles back down.
Philips just misses with a punch to the body.
Armstrong throws a wild body kick that Philips sees coming a mile off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Armstrong bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Armstrong uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Philips.
Trevor Philips is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Philips scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.

It looks like Bruce Armstrong has been cut.
Danga de danga de dang - Philips scores with a four punch combination!
Philips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Philips misses with a wild body shot.
Armstrong looks to throw the jab but Philips is out of range.
Trevor Philips is winning the standup battle so far.
A leg kick checked by Philips.
Philips misses with a few strikes there.
Philips takes a swing at Armstrong's ribcage but misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Philips blocks the leg kick.
Philips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Armstrong.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips throws a right hand that Armstrong ducks under and follows up with a left that Armstrong also avoids with ease.
Armstrong misses with a leg kick.
Philips misses with a straight left.
Armstrong misses the jab.
Armstrong misses with a looping left.
Philips misses with a body shot.
Philips throws a hook to the side of Armstrong's head but Armstrong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
Armstrong throws a leg kick but Philips moved away.
Philips blocks the body kick.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
A shot to the liver by Philips. Beautiful body shot.
Philips swinging wildly here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Philips looks to score with a jab to the body but Armstrong is just out of range.
Philips misses with the combination.
Philips scores with a one two! Armstrong had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Armstrong misses with a low kick.
Armstrong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
Armstrong throws a push kick but Philips slaps the foot to one side.
Armstrong waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Armstrong.
Philips feints a jab promting Armstrong to slip. Philips then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Armstrong slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Philips ducks under a wild hook from Armstrong.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips throws a hook to the side of Armstrong's head but Armstrong sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Armstrong uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Philips.
Philips thows a body shot but no joy.
Philips takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Armstrong thows a body shot but no joy.
Philips misses with the combination.
Philips moves out of range as Armstrong strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Armstrong throws out a leg kick but Philips moves out of range and Armstrong only half commits.
Armstrong takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Armstrong throws a body punch but Philips moves out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Trevor Philips dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Bruce Armstrong's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Philips digs a good body shot into Armstrong's ribs.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Armstrong moves away.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Armstrong looks to land a right hand but Philips moved out of range.
Philips fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Armstrong looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Philips lands with a nice body punch.
Philips fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Armstrong manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Armstrong's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Philips connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Armstrong scrambles back to his feet.
Philips misses with a body shot.
Philips lands a jab to the nose.
Armstrong throws a quick inside leg kick.
Philips throws a right and a left that Armstrong avoids nicely.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips misses with an uppercut.
Armstrong avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
Philips is looking to wear down Armstrong with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Armstrong tries to land a leg kick but Philips saw it coming and moves away.
Armstrong swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Armstrong throws a jab but it's blocked by Philips.
Philips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Armstrong moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Philips avoids the head kick by Armstrong.
Philips throws a series of punches but Armstrong avoids them all with ease.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Philips misses the shot to the body.

Armstrong shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Philips can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Armstrong controls the pace.
Trevor Philips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Philips tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Armstrong slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.

OK we're going to have a standup here. Bruce Armstrong hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart.
Philips throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Armstrong stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Armstrong throws a right and a left that Philips avoids nicely.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Armstrong misses with a left hand
and Philips counters with a left and a right that stings Armstrong.
Philips throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Armstrong on the side of the head.
Philips throws a right and a left that both miss.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Armstrong takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Philips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Philips takes a swing at Armstrong's ribcage but misses.
Armstrong looks to throw the jab but Philips is out of range.
A left and a right from Philips both land. Nice combination.
Philips misses with a double jab.
Bruce Armstrong has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Philips slips under a jab from Armstrong.
Philips misses with a looping right.
Armstrong slips a jab and a cross from Philips.

Armstrong shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Armstrong passes into half guard.
Philips knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Armstrong on the ground.

Armstrong is trying for a kimura here. Philips looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Armstrong wins by kimura!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce Armstrong!
A victorious Bruce Armstrong thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.