PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Witold Kotlecinski (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips comes to the cage accompanied by The chain gang of 1974 - Sleepwalking. Witold Kotlecinski has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Phillips
vs
Kotlecinski

186 cm
22
165 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

178 cm
23
165 lbs
2 - 5 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Powerful

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 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Trevor Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Witold Kotlecinski!
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Wagner Zegers and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Kotlecinski swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt
and Kotlecinski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Good exchange - Phillips coming out on top.
Kotlecinski lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Kotlecinski.

It looks like Trevor Phillips has been cut.
Sloppy strikes from Phillips. Those never looked like landing.
Kotlecinski misses with a few strikes there.
Kotlecinski has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Kotlecinski fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phillips manages to avoid it.
Trevor Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Kotlecinski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phillips.
Phillips looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phillips tries to clinch
and Kotlecinski counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

Phillips is rocked!
Kotlecinski looks to land a combination but Phillips avoids it well.
Oh Phillips is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Kotlecinski lunges at Phillips with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Phillips's hand.

Phillips clinches with his opponent.

Kotlecinski has clasped his hands together around Phillips's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Phillips seems to have got his legs back now.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Phillips tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kotlecinski wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kotlecinski scores with a couple of short elbows.
Phillips tries to buck Kotlecinski off but Kotlecinski is having none of it.
Phillips is working hard here to advance position.
Kotlecinski is chipping away with strikes.
Kotlecinski throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
Kotlecinski working away.
Kotlecinski working the ground and pound but Phillips is defending the strikes.
Kotlecinski misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Phillips tries to bench press Kotlecinski off him but Kotlecinski keeps the position.
Kotlecinski throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Kotlecinski tries to advance to mount but can't.
Phillips tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kotlecinski working away.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet but Kotlecinski drags him back down.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kotlecinski lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Kotlecinski is looking to take a break and control but Phillips is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Phillips tries to improve position but can't.
You can see the frustration on Phillips's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Phillips gets back to half guard.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet.
Kotlecinski scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Kotlecinski winds up and cracks Phillips with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Phillips is looking to control Kotlecinski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Phillips avoid being mounted?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips tries to get to full guard but Kotlecinski has control of the leg.
Phillips is looking to control Kotlecinski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Phillips avoid being mounted?
Phillips blocking the ground and pound attempt from Kotlecinski.
Phillips has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kotlecinski is working away from the top position though.
Phillips is trying to stand.
Kotlecinski thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Phillips's head.
Phillips is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kotlecinski looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Phillips with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Well, if Kotlecinski is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Kotlecinski missing with the ground and pound from half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kotlecinski controlling the pace.
Kotlecinski throwing shots but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Phillips moves into full guard.
Kotlecinski chips away with some ground and pound.
Phillips is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kotlecinski is one step ahead there.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phillips is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Phillips has momentary wrist control but Kotlecinski slips an elbow through the middle.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Witold Kotlecinski dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Phillips's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Phillips doesn't manage to clinch there - Kotlecinski circles away.
Kotlecinski digs a good hook to Phillips's body.
Phillips shoots for a takedown but Kotlecinski saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Kotlecinski throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phillips.
Phillips takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Phillips shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kotlecinski defends it nicely.
Kotlecinski swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Kotlecinski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Kotlecinski dips to his left and cracks Phillips with an uppercut!
Phillips tries to clinch up.
Kotlecinski misses with a few strikes there.
Phillips looks to land a right hand but Kotlecinski moved out of range.
Phillips throws a right and a left that Kotlecinski avoids nicely.

Kotlecinski scores with a takedown into Phillips's guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kotlecinski trying to control the position from guard on top but Phillips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kotlecinski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Kotlecinski throwing strikes from guard but Phillips blocks nicely.
Kotlecinski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet but Kotlecinski is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Kotlecinski controls the pace of the fight for a moment.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is trying to control the position but Kotlecinski postures up.

The ref stands the fighters back up, due to lack of action by Witold Kotlecinski.
Phillips tries to clinch but Kotlecinski is having none of it.
Phillips throws a lazy uppercut
and Kotlecinski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Kotlecinski.
Phillips looks to score with a jab to the body but Kotlecinski is just out of range.
Kotlecinski avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Kotlecinski avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Kotlecinski lands with a nice combination. Phillips backs away looking to recover.

Trevor Phillips's cut is getting worse.
Phillips is looking to clinch but Kotlecinski is avoiding it.
Kotlecinski scores with a jab to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kotlecinski moves out of range of the body kick from Phillips.
Kotlecinski scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Kotlecinski misses with a double jab.
Phillips keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Kotlecinski fails to land the takedown.
Kotlecinski circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kotlecinski lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Kotlecinski swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Some wild striking there from Kotlecinski.
Kotlecinski moves forwards but Phillips connects with a nice, crisp jab.

Phillips drives through and clinches with Kotlecinski against the cage.
Phillips lands with a left to the head.
Kotlecinski is trying to break the clinch but Phillips is controlling him.
Phillips tries to pull guard but Kotlecinski forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Phillips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kotlecinski is trying to break the clinch but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Kotlecinski is pressed up against the cage. Phillips has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Kotlecinski down to the mat. Kotlecinski avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is looking to clinch but Kotlecinski is avoiding it.
Phillips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Phillips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Kotlecinski tries to bum rush Phillips with a series of wild strikes but Phillips uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Phillips tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Kotlecinski counters with a series of strikes. Phillips will be more careful next time no doubt.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Kotlecinski misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Kotlecinski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.

Phillips closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Kotlecinski quickly recovers to half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phillips not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Kotlecinski pushes Phillips off looking to stand but Phillips dives back in and keeps control.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phillips throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Phillips trying to control from half guard but Kotlecinski is working away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Witold Kotlecinski showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Trevor Phillips's cut.
That's time! Phillips's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Phillips moves to clinch but Kotlecinski breaks away
and Kotlecinski counters with a left to the body.
Phillips throws a leg kick which misses Kotlecinski's front leg but catches the back leg as Kotlecinski tries to avoid it.
Kotlecinski swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phillips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Kotlecinski throws a hook but Phillips blocks it.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Phillips is looking to control Kotlecinski's arms but Kotlecinski gets an underhook and turns him. Now Phillips has his back to the cage.
Phillips is working for takedown but Kotlecinski is calmly controlling the position for now.
Kotlecinski blocking some punches.
Phillips misses with the head strike.
Phillips will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Kotlecinski up against the cage.

Kotlecinski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Kotlecinski ducks under a wild hook from Phillips.
Phillips misses with a double jab.
Kotlecinski moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Witold Kotlecinski seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Phillips lands a front kick.
Phillips tries to clinch up.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phillips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Sloppy strikes from Kotlecinski. Those never looked like landing.
Phillips doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Kotlecinski throws a right hand that Phillips ducks under and follows up with a left that Phillips also avoids with ease.
Kotlecinski misses with a wild combination.
Phillips fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kotlecinski throws a right and a left that Phillips avoids nicely.
Kotlecinski looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Kotlecinski misses.
Kotlecinski misses with a two punch combination.

Phillips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Kotlecinski, pushing him back against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips tries to land knees in the clinch but Kotlecinski avoids the damage to the body.
Phillips is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Kotlecinski is keeping busy.
Phillips is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Kotlecinski pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Trevor Phillips. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Phillips breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Phillips with a poor takedown
and Kotlecinski counters with a three punch combo that has Phillips backing up. Phillips nods at Kotlecinski to acknowledge the strikes.
Witold Kotlecinski is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Kotlecinski misses with a wild combination.
Phillips moves to clinch but Kotlecinski breaks away
and Kotlecinski counters with a straight punch to the midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kotlecinski dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Kotlecinski throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Kotlecinski misses with a jab, cross combination.
Phillips tries to score a power double leg takedown but Kotlecinski sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Phillips somewhat.
Kotlecinski just misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips goes for a double leg but Kotlecinski avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Kotlecinski continues to drive forward.
Kotlecinski looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Phillips has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Kotlecinski blocking some punches.
Phillips is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.

Kotlecinski's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Trevor Phillips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips tries to clinch there but Kotlecinski circles away.
Phillips looks to land a right hand but Kotlecinski moved out of range.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phillips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

Phillips drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
Kotlecinski tries to escape but Phillips is in control.
Kotlecinski avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Phillips.
This has been an exciting period of action!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.

Phillips is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kotlecinski is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Trevor Phillips.
I think Kotlecinski has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 27:30
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Witold Kotlecinski!