PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Trevor Philips (ranked 5695 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andrew Conford (ranked 6724 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Trevor Philips has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Philips
vs
Conford

183 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
200 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Good chin

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Powerful

JD's Island Shack

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Trevor Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Andrew Conford!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Sandra Marshall and Bart Greer.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Conford jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Philips takes a swing at Conford's ribcage but misses.
Conford lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

It looks like Trevor Philips has been cut.
Conford connects with a good right hand that stumbles Philips. Philips circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Conford scores with a jab. Philips acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Conford just misses with a punch to the body.
Philips tries a head kick but it misses.
Nice uppercut there from Philips.
Conford misses with a two punch combination.
Conford connects with a body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Conford slips under a jab.
Conford tries to counter by closing the distance.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Conford moves away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big right from Philips misses.
Conford tries to counter with a clinch but Philips shakes him off and moves away.
Conford swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A quick step to the side and Philips tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Philips takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.

Conford moves into the clinch successfully.
Conford blocks a punch to the side of the head.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Philips.
A short uppercut from Conford.
Conford prevents a body shot from Philips.
Philips fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Philips swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Conford tries a body shot but Philips blocks it.
Conford misses with a body punch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands a body shot.
Conford tries to throw a body punch but Philips avoids it by throwing Conford back against the cage.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Philips.
Conford is working Philips over against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Conford.
Conford blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Conford prevents a body shot from Philips.
Conford blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Conford pressing his opponent against the cage.
Conford doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Conford goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips is stalling here.
Conford prevents a body shot from Philips.
Conford blocks a body shot from Philips.
Conford tries to work over Philips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Conford tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Philips landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Philips misses with the head strike.
Philips lands a good knee to the midsection. Conford won't want to take too many of those.
Conford tries to throw a body punch but Philips avoids it by throwing Conford back against the cage.
Conford prevents Philips from breaking the clinch.
Conford misses with a hook to the ribs.
Philips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips misses with a hook from the clinch.
Philips throws a head punch that misses.
Philips prevents a body shot from Conford.
A nice left hand lands by Conford.
Conford managing to block the knees to the body from Philips.
Conford on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
Philips swings wildly with an uppercut but Conford uses good head movement to avoid it.
Conford pushes Philips back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Philips lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Conford or not.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Conford.
Philips wants to get back to striking at distance but Conford won't allow it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Andrew Conford dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Trevor Philips's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Conford uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Philips.
Philips throws a hook but Conford avoids it easily.
Conford swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Conford! Philips is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:17 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Andrew Conford!
A relieved looking Andrew Conford thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.