PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Phil Fleek (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Styles Latrow (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Fleek
vs
Latrow

185 cm
22
195 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

186 cm
18
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Determined

Hell's Balls Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Phil Fleek!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Styles Latrow!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Joseph Jones and Bruno Lombardi.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Latrow fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Fleek pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Fleek displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.

Latrow closes the distance and clinches.
Latrow displaying some good clinch control by pressing Fleek up against the cage.
Latrow tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Fleek smiles and moves away.
Fleek drops Latrow with a right and a left! Fleek comes rushing in but Latrow regains his composure and manages to keep Fleek in guard.
Fleek wants to stand but Latrow has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Latrow looking to control but Fleek passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleek not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Latrow is looking to improve his position.
Fleek seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Latrow does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fleek landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Fleek landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Latrow gets full guard.
Latrow utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fleek is looking to work some ground and pound but Latrow has wrist control.
Fleek looking to sit in guard and control but Latrow gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Latrow trying to control but Fleek is working from the bottom.
Latrow throws a strike but Fleek rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Latrow trying to control the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleek being controlled here momentarily.
Fleek postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Latrow throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Fleek won't allow Latrow to sweep him here.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Latrow tries to clinch but Fleek is having none of it.
Fleek lands with an overhand left.
Fleek lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Fleek darts in trying to clinch

and Latrow counters by moving into the clinch.
Latrow throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Latrow is stalling here.
Fleek is pressed up against the cage. Latrow has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Fleek down to the mat. Fleek avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Fleek dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Fleek!

Fleek looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Latrow working a defensive guard here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Fleek trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.

Latrow is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Latrow tries to pull guard but Fleek won't allow it.
Fleek tries to break the clinch but Latrow is controlling the position.

Latrow pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Fleek throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Fleek doesn't manage to clinch there - Latrow circles away.
Fleek lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Danga de danga de dang - Fleek scores with a four punch combination!
Latrow is breathing heavily.
Fleek throws a leg kick

and Latrow counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Fleek breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fleek tries to grapple but his opponent circles

and Latrow counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Latrow.
Latrow unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fleek lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Fleek stops a takedown attempt from Latrow.

Latrow breaks the clinch.
Latrow wants to clinch.
Latrow attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Latrow takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Fleek throws a right and a left that both miss.

Fleek shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Fleek was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Fleek fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Fleek looking to control and managing it successfully.
Latrow is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fleek lands with some strikes.
Fleek knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Latrow on the ground.
Fleek controlling from mount.
Latrow gets back to half guard.

Fleek stands up out of the half guard.
Latrow tries to clinch up
enabling Fleek to counter with a crisp jab.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Fleek shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Fleek lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Fleek is thwarting Latrow's attempts to control the position.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fleek is looking to take a break and control but Latrow is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Phil Fleek dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!

Fleek throws a series of punches but Latrow moves out of range.
No luck for Latrow with that takedown attempt.
Fleek will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fleek misses with the combination.
Fleek misses with a two punch combination.
Latrow fails with the takedown
and Fleek counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Fleek is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Fleek lands a big right hand and follows it up with an uppercut. Oh and another big punch and a knee - Latrow can't take much more of this! Another big shot to the jaw from Fleek and Latrow drops to the floor. Beaten and bloodied - he had enough there. A vicious beatdown by Fleek.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Phil Fleek!