PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Super Man (ranked 1463 p4p, 179 weight class) and Simon Phoenix (ranked 3994 p4p, 461 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!

Man
vs
Phoenix

198 cm
35
245 lbs
26 - 10 - 0

195 cm
28
275 lbs
7 - 14 - 0

Great wrestler
Lethal high kicks
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Sully's Bar & Grill

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Super Man!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 14 - 0, fighting out of New York, Simon Phoenix!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Yasuomi Hirokawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man keeps the fight on the outside.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Man stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Phoenix lands a nice uppercut.
Man's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!

Man has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Phoenix clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
Phoenix manages to reverse the position and now he's in Man's guard. Nice work there by Phoenix.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Phoenix.
Man working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Phoenix.
Man wants to sweep but no luck.
Phoenix lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Man is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.

Man content to control rather than advance.
Man working over Phoenix with some ground and pound. Phoenix looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Phoenix is looking for a sweep. Man is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's one minute gone in the round.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
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. Man connects with a nice short shot to Phoenix's temple.
Phoenix misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Man is pressing down on Phoenix's thigh, looking to free his foot. Phoenix is holding on for now.
Man prevents Phoenix from improving his position.
Man lands with a punch from half guard.
Man content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Phoenix missing with punches from the bottom.
Man wants to control but Phoenix is keeping him busy.
Man is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Phoenix is looking for a sweep. Man is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix manages to get to full guard.
Man working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Phoenix's head.
Phoenix doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Phoenix throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Phoenix looking for a sweep. Not yet Phoenix, not yet.
Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Phoenix is keeping the position for now.
Man works over Phoenix with some ground and pound from guard.
Man lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Man engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Phoenix throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man works over Phoenix with some ground and pound from guard.
Man postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Phoenix keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Phoenix scores with a couple of body punches from the bottom.
Man slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Phoenix doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Man looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Phoenix throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
Phoenix keeping full guard, as Man tries to pass.
Phoenix trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Man trying to control but Phoenix is working from the bottom.
Man sitting in guard, not really doing much.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Man postures up and lands a big shot to Phoenix's brow.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Phoenix is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Man not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Phoenix thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Man wants to control from the top but Phoenix keeps moving.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Simon Phoenix is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Man connects with a solid leg kick.
Man throws a head kick that misses.
It seemed like Phoenix was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.

Phoenix instigates a clinch.
Phoenix lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Phoenix prevents a body shot from Man.
Man blocking some punches.
Man misses with a body punch.
Man lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Phoenix throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Man.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Super Man dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Phoenix tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Phoenix tries to clinch but Man is having none of it.
Phoenix tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Man manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Man lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Phoenix chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Man can pounce on him.

Phoenix has Man up against the cage in a clinch.
Man is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phoenix can do to turn this around?
A right hook to the body lands for Man.

Man turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Man manages to end up in side control.
Man in side control lands a decent elbow.
Man wants to control but Phoenix is keeping him busy.
Man landing strikes.
Man advances to mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix throwing hammer fists to the chest of Man. What's that going to do exactly?
Man working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Man controlling the pace for now.
Man unloading with bombs!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man raining down shots from the mount!
Man fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Man postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Phoenix looks a forlorn figure.
Man with good strikes from the mount here!
Man controlling the position easily from mount.
Man is landing with some decent strikes but Phoenix is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Man tries to control but Phoenix wriggling away.
Man content just to control the position here.
Man postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Phoenix looks a forlorn figure.
Phoenix swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Phoenix really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Phoenix throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Phoenix is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Man controlling from the full mount.
Man is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Phoenix can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Phoenix swinging wildly from the bottom but he's not landing.
Man connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Man tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Phoenix is desperately trying to improve his position but Man has a good base and remains in mount.
Man controlling from mount.
Man's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Man 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.
Phoenix throwing punches from his back but nothing is landing.
Man trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Man lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man blocks Phoenix's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Phoenix sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Man is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Phoenix wants to improve his position but Man is controlling well.
Phoenix is refusing to be controlled, as Man sits in half guard.
Phoenix misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Phoenix lands one or two decent shots to the body here. Although from his own half guard, he's not going to be causing too much damage.
Man performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Man has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Man blocks the strikes from Phoenix.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Phoenix missing with punches from the bottom.
Man slows the pace down in half guard.
Man wants to pass to mount but Phoenix is defending the position.
Phoenix is staying active underneath Man, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Phoenix tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Man here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Phoenix throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Man takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Phoenix manages to get to full guard.
Man forces his way into half guard.
Man is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Nice strikes from Man there.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Super Man dominated that second round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Phoenix tries to clinch up.
Man attempts a counter takedown but Phoenix avoids it well and moves away.
Man cracks the inside of Phoenix's front leg.

Phoenix drives through and clinches with Man against the cage.
Man blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Man tries to work over Phoenix's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Man misses with a hook to the ribs.
A right handed body shot lands from Man.
Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Phoenix controls his hands.
Man tries a body shot but Phoenix blocks it.
Man tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phoenix's elbow.
Phoenix misses with a punch on the inside.
Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Phoenixs head.
Man misses with a punch to the body.
Man has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Phoenix after a bit of a struggle.
Man pushes Phoenix back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Man goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Man tries a body shot but Phoenix blocks it.
A short body shot lands from Man as the two fighters clinch.
A right hand to the body from Man.
Man digs a right hand into Phoenix's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Phoenix's gas tank.
Phoenix takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Man lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Phoenix or not.
A hook to the body from Man.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Phoenixs head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Man.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Man creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Man scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Man doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Man can't find room to land a body shot as Phoenix controls the action.
Phoenix fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
A right hand to the body from Man.
Man struggles to land a body shot inside as Phoenix controls his hands.
Man lands a body shot.

Man turns his back and goes for a hip toss. It's a bit messy but it gets the job done and Man manages to end up in side control.
Man landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Man controlling from side mount.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man landing a few strikes.
Super Man overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Man is looking to take a break and control but Phoenix is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Phoenix is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Simon Phoenix has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Super Man is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man just content to control the position.
Phoenix taking punishment in the form of punches.
Phoenix is not in a great position here, taking some shots.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:48 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Super Man!
An out of breath Super Man thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.