PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stefan Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maciej Jewtuszko (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Phillips
vs
Jewtuszko

193 cm
18
161 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

183 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

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 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Stefan Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Maciej Jewtuszko!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a head kick that misses.
Jewtuszko misses with a takedown attempt - Phillips sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Phillips really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Jewtuszko checks a low kick from Phillips.
Phillips misses with a low kick.

Jewtuszko moves into the clinch successfully.

Jewtuszko breaks the clinch.

Jewtuszko clinches up against the cage.
Phillips jumps guard but Jewtuszko stands there with Phillips around his waist. Phillips gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Phillips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jewtuszko lands a nice elbow.
Jewtuszko trying to land knees to the body.

Jewtuszko breaks the clinch.
Jewtuszko displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Phillips.

Jewtuszko has Phillips up against the cage in a clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Jewtuszko has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Phillips uses from the top position.
Phillips engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Phillips prevents Jewtuszko from getting back to his feet.
Phillips looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Jewtuszko keeping moving, preventing Phillips from controlling successfully.
Phillips stays in close to Jewtuszko's body and controls the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Phillips fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Phillips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Jewtuszko drives through and clinches with Phillips against the cage.

Jewtuszko breaks from the clinch.
Jewtuszko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jewtuszko circles away from the clinch attempt.
Jewtuszko tries to clinch up.
Maciej Jewtuszko seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips shoots in looking for a takedown. Jewtuszko tries to sprawl out of it but Phillips keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Jewtuszko manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Phillips stuffs the takedown.
Phillips tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jewtuszko manages to circle out of the way.
Jewtuszko misses with a head kick.
Phillips plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Jewtuszko fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Jewtuszko has taken the fight to the clinch.
Jewtuszko jumps guard but Phillips turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Phillips pulls guard effortlessly.
Jewtuszko is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.

Phillips scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Jewtuszko throws a head kick that misses.
Phillips tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Jewtuszko tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Phillips throws a right and a left that both miss.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Phillips fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.

Jewtuszko clinches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Jewtuszko avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Jewtuszko avoids the head kick by Phillips.

Phillips tries to keep at a distance but Jewtuszko has taken the fight into the clinch.
Phillips tries to pull guard but Jewtuszko forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jewtuszko being controlled against the cage.

Jewtuszko pulls Phillips into guard.
Phillips won't allow Jewtuszko to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Jewtuszko wants to get back to his feet but Phillips is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Phillips seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jewtuszko for as long as he can get away with.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Phillips continues to stall.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.

Jewtuszko moves into the clinch.
Jewtuszko lands a right hand.
Phillips jumps guard but Jewtuszko stands there with Phillips around his waist. Phillips gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Phillips is trying to pull guard but Jewtuszko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stefan Phillips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jewtuszko working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Jewtuszko has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Phillips wants to take the fight to the mat but Jewtuszko manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jewtuszko putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Phillips in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Jewtuszko avoiding damage as Phillips throws knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Jewtuszko.
Jewtuszko has Phillips pressed against the cage.
Jewtuszko unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Jewtuszko lands a body punch in the clinch.

Jewtuszko breaks from the clinch.
Jewtuszko doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.
Phillips appears to be looking for a big counter.

Jewtuszko closes the distance and pushes Phillips back into the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Jewtuszko.
Maciej Jewtuszko seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Jewtuszko is leaning against Phillips and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Phillips is trying to pull guard but Jewtuszko turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Jewtuszko landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Jewtuszko with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Jewtuszko crunches a lovely knee into Phillips's ribcage.
Jewtuszko lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.

Jewtuszko jumps guard and drags Phillips to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Phillips looking to sit in guard and control but Jewtuszko gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Jewtuszko sitting in guard here, content to control.

Phillips is working an open guard so Jewtuszko takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jewtuszko lands a head kick. Phillips smiles back at him and beckons him forward.

Phillips gets tackled into the cage by Jewtuszko. Jewtuszko maintains the clinch.

Jewtuszko pulls guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maciej Jewtuszko showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Jewtuszko shoots in for a takedown but Phillips shows good takedown defense.

Jewtuszko takes the fight into the clinch.

Jewtuszko successfully pulls guard.
Phillips controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Jewtuszko works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Maciej Jewtuszko has got the better of the ground game so far.
Phillips prevents Jewtuszko from getting back to his feet.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Jewtuszko takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Jewtuszko is trying hard to land a takedown here. Phillips sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
An inside leg kick lands from Phillips.
Phillips lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Jewtuszko tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Jewtuszko has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.

Jewtuszko clinches up against the cage.

Phillips jumps into guard, dragging Jewtuszko to the mat.
Jewtuszko seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.

Phillips wriggles free and stands up.
Phillips connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Phillips closes this distance looking for a takedown but Jewtuszko circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice takedown defense from Phillips. No joy for Jewtuszko on that attempt.
Stefan Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Maciej Jewtuszko.
Jewtuszko is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Phillips tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Jewtuszko manages to circle out of the way.
Jewtuszko is looking to clinch.
Jewtuszko tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Jewtuszko darts in trying to clinch

and Phillips counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.

The fighters are working up against the cage. Jewtuszko manages to wriggle his way back to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched against the cage.
Phillips jumps guard but Jewtuszko turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.

Jewtuszko decides to pull guard.
Phillips throwing strikes from guard but Jewtuszko blocks nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Phillips trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jewtuszko's guard.
Phillips prevents Jewtuszko from getting back to his feet.
Phillips is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Maciej Jewtuszko is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

And that's the end of the fight!
Stefan Phillips showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Jewtuszko 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 Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 27:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Maciej Jewtuszko!