PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jetrone Lagoc (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Trevor Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Lagoc comes to the cage accompanied by Before I Forget. Jetrone Lagoc has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Lagoc
vs
Philips

169 cm
25
156 lbs
11 - 3 - 0

186 cm
27
163 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Granite chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Heavy handed

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 11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jetrone Lagoc!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trevor Philips!
The judges for this bout are Chris Saunders, Ryoma Takatsuka and Roger Salmon.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Lagoc misses with a shot to the body
and Philips counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lagoc. Philips does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lagoc scores with a shot to the body.
Lagoc ducks under a wild hook from Philips.
Philips throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Philips takes a swing at Lagoc's ribcage but misses.
Philips blocks a jab.
Philips throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Nice body punch from Philips.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
Philips looks to land a combination but Lagoc avoids it well.
Lagoc misses with a jab, cross combination.
Lagoc misses with a series of wild punches.
Lagoc sizes up Philips with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Lagoc rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Philips moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips misses with a series of wild punches.
Lagoc swinging wildly here.
Lagoc defending well as Philips loads up on a big left hand.
Philips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Lagoc circles away quickly and effectively.
Lagoc swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Lagoc stuns Philips with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Philips swings widly with a right hand
and Lagoc connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Philips misses with a double jab.
Philips throws out a powerful jab.
Lagoc looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Philips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lagoc dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
No joy there for Lagoc, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lagoc throws a series of punches but Philips moves out of range.
Lagoc lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Philips circles away quickly and effectively.
Lagoc looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Philips looks to land a combination but Lagoc avoids it well.
Philips jabs at Lagoc's body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lagoc throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
No joy there for Lagoc, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lagoc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Philips scores with a body shot.
Lagoc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philips manages to avoid it.
Philips staying out of range there.
Lagoc tries to bum rush Philips with a series of wild strikes but Philips uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Philips throws a body punch but Lagoc moves out of range.
Lagoc takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Sloppy strikes from Lagoc. Those never looked like landing.
Philips slips a jab and a cross from Lagoc.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lagoc throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Lagoc swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Nice defenses there by Philips.
Lagoc tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Philips was well out of range. Poor timing from Lagoc.
Lagoc misses with the combination.
Some wild striking there from Lagoc.
Lagoc walks into a left hand.
Philips lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Lagoc at a distance.
Lagoc is looking to wear down Philips with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Lagoc lands with an uppercut that bounces Philips off the cage and back into range.
Lagoc throws an overhand right that lands on Philips's shoulder, as Philips tries to avoid the shot.
Lagoc throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Philips throws out a powerful jab.
A swing and a miss from Philips.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lagoc misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Philips.
Lagoc fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philips manages to avoid it.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Philips goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Lagoc moves out of range of the strikes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lagoc showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philips.
Philips lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Nice uppercut lands for Lagoc. That snapped Philips's head back.
Philips cracks Lagoc with a right hand to the side of the head.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Lagoc throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Philips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Lagoc digs a good hook to Philips's body.

Lagoc lands a left and a right that send Philips crashing to the mat, dazed. Lagoc thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Philips is rocked!

It looks like Trevor Philips has been cut.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jetrone Lagoc dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Philips's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Lagoc misses with a looping left.

Lagoc lands a left and a right that send Philips crashing to the mat, dazed. Lagoc thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Philips is still on wobbly legs! Can Lagoc finish him?
Lagoc throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lagoc lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Philips falls backwards - clearly groggy! Lagoc dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jetrone Lagoc!
A victorious Jetrone Lagoc thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.