PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Vaughn Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and William Fur Era (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). William Fur Era has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Vaughn Phillips's chin.

Phillips
vs
Fur Era

181 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

176 cm
25
152 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Brawler
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Vaughn Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, William Fur Era!
The judges for this bout are Vladimir Khabensky, Aleksandr Martynov and Dmitry Maklakov.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Fur Era is fending him off so far but Phillips persists. Nope, Fur Era circles away and we're back to standing.

Fur Era looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Phillips!
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Fur Era working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Fur Era is putting a hurting on Phillips here, landing some big shots from side control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fur Era wants to control but Phillips is keeping him busy.
Fur Era misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
Phillips can't do much from the bottom here.
Phillips tries to bench press Fur Era off him but Fur Era keeps the position.
Fur Era working the ground and pound from side control.
Fur Era 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 wants to control but Fur Era postures up.
Fur Era tries to stand but Phillips is controlling his head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Fur Era working the ground and pound but Phillips is defending the strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips tries to improve position but can't.
Fur Era connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Phillips some visible discomfort.
Fur Era working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Check out the look on Fur Era's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!

Phillips is rocked!
Fur Era lands a strong strike to the head of Phillips. That's dazed him! Fur Era looking to finish here. Phillips is waving his arms around trying to block but he's hurt badly - Fur Era lands more strikes and the referee steps in to end the fight!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). William Fur Era!
William Fur Era spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.