PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kurt Sloan (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.

Phillips
vs
Sloan

200 cm
18
177 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
18
170 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Dangerous knees
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Roberto Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kurt Sloan!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Radbod Blank and Paulsen Ambrosius.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sloan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Sloan.
An attempted straight right counter from Phillips misses the target.
Sloan tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Sloan tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Phillips misses its target.
Sloan tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloan is looking to clinch.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Sloan is looking to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Sloan is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
Sloan wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Phillips gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Sloan lands a good knee to the midsection. Phillips won't want to take too many of those.
Phillips managing to block the knees to the body from Sloan.
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.
Phillips managing to block the knees to the body from Sloan.
Phillips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phillips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sloan working Phillips over with knees to the body.
Sloan crunches a lovely knee into Phillips's ribcage.

Phillips drags the fight down to the ground.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips is breathing heavily.

Phillips wriggles free and stands up.
Sloan wants to clinch up but Phillips keeps it at a distance.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Phillips seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Phillips appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloan moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
A counter left hand to the body from Phillips misses its target.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.

Sloan rushes Phillips and presses him up against the cage.
Phillips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Sloan tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.
Sloan putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Phillips in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Sloan scores a nice knee to the body.
Sloan missing with knees to the body.
Sloan landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Sloan tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phillips avoids it.
Sloan tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Phillips has hold of one of Sloan's legs. Sloan is fighting the takedown attempt but Phillips gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Sloan keeps moving.
Phillips throws a big right hand that misses.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Phillips accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.

Phillips stands and steps away. Sloan gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Sloan doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.
Sloan wants to clinch.
Sloan wants to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
As Sloan looks to move away, Phillips throws a big counter combo but Sloan just gets out of the way.
Sloan fails with an attempt to clinch.
Sloan tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
As Sloan looks to move away, Phillips throws a big counter combo but Sloan just gets out of the way.
Kurt Sloan is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Sloan is looking to clinch.
Phillips lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Sloan avoids the head kick by Phillips.
Sloan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Kurt Sloan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Sloan darts in trying to clinch
and Phillips counters with a straight right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Phillips dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Sloan tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Sloan moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips throws a quick counter head kick but Sloan was just out of range.
Sloan doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.

Phillips has taken the fight to the clinch.
Phillips is trying to drag Sloan to the mat but Sloan just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Sloan tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.

Phillips manages to break the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Sloan looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sloan is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
An attempted straight right counter from Phillips misses the target.
Sloan closes the distance but Phillips moves to the side

and Phillips counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Phillips.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Phillips decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sloan wants to clinch
and Phillips counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips is looking to counter the offense by Sloan and move into the clinch.
Sloan doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.
Sloan tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Sloan tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Phillips counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Sloan tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Sloan wants to clinch up but Phillips keeps it at a distance.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
Sloan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Phillips counters with a shoot takedown. Sloan fights it but they end up in guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips lands a couple of elbows.
Sloan is breathing heavily.

Phillips decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Sloan, up you get!
Roberto Phillips is winning the standup battle so far.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Phillips throws a big counter combination but Sloan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Phillips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sloan can do to turn this around?
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Sloan doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.
Sloan wants to clinch.
It looked like Phillips was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sloan tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phillips is looking for a counter combo.
Sloan tries to clinch up
and Phillips counters with a left to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sloan tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Sloan tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Phillips throws a big counter combination but Sloan scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Sloan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Phillips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt

and Phillips counters with a takedown into side control.
Phillips cracks Sloan with a big elbow.
Phillips will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Phillips scores with punches from side control.
Phillips creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Roberto Phillips overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Phillips landing strikes.
Phillips working the head with strikes.

Phillips decides to stand up, so the ref orders Sloan to his feet.

Phillips forces Sloan back against the cage and clinches.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Sloan blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
This has been an exciting period of action!

Phillips gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Phillips looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Phillips winds up and cracks Sloan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Phillips is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Phillips winds up and cracks Sloan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Phillips connects with a nice short shot to Sloan's temple.

Phillips stands up and beckons Sloan to join him on the feet.

Phillips looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Sloan!
Phillips lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roberto Phillips dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Sloan takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Sloan tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Phillips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips is looking for a counter combo.
Sloan tries to clinch up.
Sloan tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Phillips counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Sloan tries to clinch but fails miserably

and Phillips counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Phillips is nestled in close to Sloan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Phillips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Phillips connects with a nice short shot to Sloan's temple.
Phillips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Sloan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Phillips lands a nice short elbow.
Ground and pound from Phillips.
Phillips has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Phillips seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Phillips.
Phillips seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Phillips stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Sloan to get to his feet.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Sloan enables Phillips to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Sloan manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Phillips distracts Sloan with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Phillips keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sloan's head.

Phillips decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.

Phillips gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Phillips tightens his grip and picks Sloan up, before dumping him to the ground. Sloan manages to land in guard.

Sloan is working an open guard so Phillips takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.

Sloan tries to sprawl but Phillips drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Phillips drops an elbow to the side of Sloan's head.
Phillips scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Phillips looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sloan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Phillips lands a nice short elbow.
Phillips slips a nice elbow through Sloan's hands, connecting with Sloan's forehead.
Sloan taking some punishment here, with Phillips in his half guard.
Phillips scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Phillips drops an elbow to the side of Sloan's head.
Phillips scoring with strikes to the body and head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is nestled in close to Sloan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Phillips lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Phillips lands with a punch from half guard.
Phillips scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Kurt Sloan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phillips is controlling the pace.
Sloan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Phillips. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Phillips slips a nice elbow through Sloan's hands, connecting with Sloan's forehead.
Phillips is nestled in close to Sloan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sloan has hold of Phillips's hands but Phillips slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Nice strikes from Phillips there.
Phillips winds up and cracks Sloan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Phillips looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Sloan with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Phillips seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Phillips scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Phillips working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Phillips is nestled in close to Sloan, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Roberto Phillips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Phillips showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Phillips, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Daniel Blasius scores the fight 30:27
Judge Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Paulsen Ambrosius scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Phillips!