PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jakub Prihoda (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Maxwell Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jakub Prihoda had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Prihoda
vs
Phillips

162 cm
18
163 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

175 cm
26
163 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Knockout power

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Jakub Prihoda!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of New York, Maxwell Phillips!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and John Roberts.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Prihoda.

Prihoda tries to sprawl but Phillips drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Phillips missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Prihoda pushes Phillips off looking to stand but Phillips dives back in and keeps control.
Ground and pound from Phillips.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Phillips wants to control but Prihoda is keeping him busy.
Prihoda is looking for a sweep. Phillips is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Prihoda trying to hold on to Phillips's head to control him but Phillips postures up.
Phillips scores with a couple of good hammerfists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Prihoda trying to control but Phillips postures up.
Phillips landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Prihoda wants to get back to his feet.
Phillips is pressing down on Prihoda's thigh, looking to free his foot. Prihoda is holding on for now.
Phillips scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Prihoda trying to control here.
Phillips prevents Prihoda from improving his position.
Prihoda might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Phillips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Prihoda on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Prihoda taking some punishment here, with Phillips in his half guard.
Prihoda tries to get to full guard but Phillips has control of the leg.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is thwarting Prihoda's attempts to control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Phillips is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Phillips scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Prihoda taking some punishment here, with Phillips in his half guard.
Prihoda on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Prihoda is looking for a sweep. Phillips is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Prihoda wants to get back to full guard but Phillips has mounted him!
Phillips is landing with some decent strikes but Prihoda is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Prihoda really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Phillips raining down hammerfists from mount.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Phillips connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Phillips lands a big shot there that rocks Prihoda but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Phillips lands a big shot there that rocks Prihoda but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Phillips connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Phillips with a couple of short strikes.
Phillips landing punches.
Phillips is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Prihoda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Phillips has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Prihoda's face.
Prihoda is breathing heavily.
Phillips landing strikes from the mount and Prihoda is in trouble!
Phillips landing strikes, looking to finish!
Phillips fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Prihoda is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Phillips cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prihoda tries to lock up and control but Phillips gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Phillips lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Prihoda taking shots to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Phillips cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Phillips looking to control but Prihoda is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Phillips is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Prihoda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Prihoda is squirming around, avoiding Phillips's attempts to control the action.
Phillips lands with some strikes.
Phillips scoring with strikes but Prihoda is staying in there.
Phillips putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Phillips with good strikes from the mount here!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxwell Phillips dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Phillips closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Prihoda quickly recovers to half guard.
Prihoda trying to hold on to Phillips's head to control him but Phillips postures up.
Phillips has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Prihoda wants to improve his position but Phillips is controlling well.
Phillips drops an elbow to the side of Prihoda's head.
Prihoda tries to roll over but Phillips keeps him under control.
Phillips is trying to control. Prihoda wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Phillips lands a nice short elbow.
Phillips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Phillips landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Prihoda taking some punishment here, with Phillips in his half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips drops an elbow to the side of Prihoda's head.
Prihoda works his way to full guard. Good work.
Phillips postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Phillips trying to control the position from guard on top but Prihoda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Prihoda trying to control the position.
Phillips scoring with some ground and pound.
Phillips makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Prihoda tries to land a sweep but no joy.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.

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.
A right-left combo lands from Phillips.
Phillips moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Phillips shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
Phillips is looking to advance position but Prihoda won't allow it.
Phillips winds up and cracks Prihoda with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Phillips scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Prihoda is trying to control but Phillips manages to pass to mount!
Maxwell Phillips has got the better of the ground game so far.
Phillips is in the full mount, landing strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Phillips connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Phillips in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Prihoda wants to hold on but Phillips pushes him away.
Prihoda is desperately trying to improve his position but Phillips has a good base and remains in mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Prihoda is bucking up trying to escape but Phillips cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Prihoda taking shots to the head.
Prihoda tries to lock up and control but Phillips gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Phillips lands with some strikes.
Prihoda is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Phillips lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Prihoda hang on?
Phillips in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Prihoda is looking to escape.
Phillips working the ground and pound effectively.
Phillips lands a heavy elbow.
Phillips with a couple of short strikes.
Prihoda in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
Phillips lands a big shot there that rocks Prihoda but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Phillips connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phillips lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Prihoda hang on?

Prihoda is rocked!
Prihoda is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Oh Prihoda is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Phillips working Prihoda over with strikes here.
Phillips looking to finish Prihoda with some ground and pound. This is bad for Prihoda!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maxwell Phillips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!

Phillips closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Prihoda seems to have got his legs back now.
Prihoda is trying to maintain the position but Phillips is very close to passing his half guard.
Phillips wants to control but Prihoda is keeping him busy.
Phillips is nestled in close to Prihoda, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Prihoda looks like he's trying to stand up.
Phillips is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Phillips is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips is keen to just control but Prihoda is a slippery customer.
Prihoda trying to control here.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips prevents Prihoda from improving his position.
Phillips looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Prihoda with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Prihoda moves into full guard.
Phillips is in close to Prihoda's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Phillips lands a couple of elbows.
Prihoda looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Phillips scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Phillips chips away with some ground and pound.
Phillips forces his way into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips working Prihoda over with strikes.
Prihoda wants to control the action here but instead Phillips manages to pass to full mount!
Phillips lands a nice shot to the head.
Phillips looking to finish Prihoda with some ground and pound. This is bad for Prihoda!
A nice elbow there by Phillips.
A nice elbow there by Phillips.
Phillips lands a big shot there that rocks Prihoda but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Phillips landing shots from mount.
Phillips is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Phillips is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Prihoda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Prihoda really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Phillips landing strikes, looking to finish!

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Phillips landing shots from mount.
Phillips landing strikes from the mount and Prihoda is in trouble!
Phillips lands a big shot there that rocks Prihoda but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
BOOM! Phillips connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Phillips working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Phillips scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Prihoda?
Phillips content just to control the position here.
Phillips is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Prihoda can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Phillips scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Phillips landing punches.
Phillips scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Prihoda?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips unloads with some vicious shots from mount and Prihoda wants out - he looks towards the referee who steps in to save him! Phillips celebrates on the cage and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maxwell Phillips!