PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brad Marchand (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). This should be a great matchup!

Philips
vs
Marchand

186 cm
28
163 lbs
5 - 5 - 0

175 cm
24
166 lbs
10 - 7 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
KO power

Good wrestler
Decent boxing
Heavy handed

GREEN!160

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 5 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Trevor Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 10 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Brad Marchand!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Micheangelo Fripello and Chris Saunders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Excellent takedown into side control there by Marchand.
Marchand has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Facebreaker Academy. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Marchand lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Philips down.
Marchand tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Philips is looking to reverse the position.
Philips struggling a bit here.

Marchand thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Marchand wants to lay and pray for a moment but Philips keeps working.

Marchand tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Marchand has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Philips tries to get back to half guard but can't.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Marchand is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Philips is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Philips is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Marchand off and has taken his back!
I would not like to be Marchand right now.
Philips wants to control but Marchand is keeping busy.
Philips looking to hold on to the position here but Marchand rolls and ends up regaining guard.
Philips won't allow Marchand to sweep him here.
Marchand pulls Philips in close to prevent any damage.
Marchand tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Marchand looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Marchand pulls Philips in close to prevent any damage.

Trevor Philips has forced the referee to step in and bring the fight back to the feet.
Marchand ducks under a wild hook from Philips.
Marchand swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

Marchand gets a double leg takedown into Philips's guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Marchand stands up from Philips's guard - Marchand perhaps looking for a knockout.
Philips throws a lazy uppercut
and Marchand counters with a left to the body.
Nice sprawl there from Philips as Marchand shoots in.
Philips moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
The fighters circling - Philips throws out the jab but it was never going to land.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips scores with a nice head shot.
Marchand lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Philips circles away quickly and effectively.
Philips fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.

Marchand shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Philips manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Marchand throwing strikes but missing.
Philips wants to sweep but no luck.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Philips is trying to control the position from the bottom.

Marchand drops back, looking for a kneebar! Philips looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Philips looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Philips!
Philips working away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Marchand is trying to improve his position.
Philips will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Philips wants to control but Marchand is keeping him busy.
Marchand is looking to regain half guard here but Philips keeps moving and retains side control.
Marchand sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Marchand wants to control but Philips is keeping busy.
Philips prevents Marchand from improving his position.
Philips is looking to advance position but Marchand won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Brad Marchand dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Marchand slips a straight right by Philips.
Philips connects with a looping right hand.
Nice shot by Philips.
Marchand walks into a left hand.
Philips is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Philips lands a jab to the nose.
Philips is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Philips bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Marchand's head.

Marchand is rocked!
Philips drops Marchand with a straight left! Oh this is bad for Marchand! Philips dives in and starts dropping bombs - the referee has no choice but to step in and save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Trevor Philips!