PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Philips (ranked 3051 p4p, 99 weight class) and Higor Pereira (ranked 7778 p4p, 231 weight class). Fingers crossed for an exciting fight - I'm sure both fighters are looking for a nice under the table bonus!

Philips
vs
Pereira

170 cm
25
140 lbs
3 - 0 - 0

168 cm
25
150 lbs
5 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
Big heart

Good wrestler
Counter fighter
Very confident

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Higor Pereira!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Seu Braga.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pereira defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Philips.
Philips slaps away a takedown attempt from Pereira, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Philips closes this distance looking for a takedown but Pereira circles away.

Philips feints and as Pereira raises his hands in defense, Philips changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Pereira is looking to stand up but Philips isn't so interested in that idea.
Philips lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Pereira throws some sloppy strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips with a flurry of punches that miss.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Philips 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.
Philips working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Philips accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Philips in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Pereira avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Philips with a nice head shot there.
Philips won't allow Pereira to get back to his feet.
Philips trying to control but Pereira is working from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Pereira scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Philips tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pereira wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Philips is working hard here to advance position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Philips is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
Pereira trying to control the action but Philips is working from the bottom.
Pereira controlling the position.
Philips is not content to let Pereira control the position.
Philips tries to bench press Pereira off him but Pereira keeps the position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
Pereira is landing with some decent strikes but Philips is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Philips can't escape the position.
Philips wants to hold on but Pereira pushes him away.
Pereira takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Philips can't escape the position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pereira with a couple of short strikes.
Pereira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Philips?
Pereira prevents Philips from getting the reversal.
Pereira scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Philips?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pereira putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!

Philips is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Pereira tries to control but Philips wriggling away.
Oh Philips is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Pereira shoots in for a takedown but Philips shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Philips seems to have got his legs back now.

Philips feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Philips stops Pereira from standing up.
Philips slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Philips postures up and lands a big shot to Pereira's brow.
Philips won't allow Pereira to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pereira has momentary wrist control but Philips slips an elbow through the middle.
Pereira keeping moving, preventing Philips from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pereira is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pereira is looking to stand up but Philips isn't so interested in that idea.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Philips closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

Pereira has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Philips is on him like a limpet, forcing Pereira back against the cage.
Pereira jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Philips walks away with a smile on his face. Pereira gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Pereira has a takedown stuffed.
Ryan Philips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Higor Pereira.
Pereira stuffs the takedown attempt from Philips. Philips gets slowly back to his feet.
Ryan Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips fails with a takedown attempt.
Pereira shoots in for a double leg but Philips sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Philips shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Pereira as he avoids it easily.
Pereira misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.

Philips shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Philips showed some decent athleticism there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Philips trying to control the action but Pereira is working from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Higor Pereira has got the better of the ground game so far.

Pereira looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pereira is doing well to control the position and prevent Philips from advancing to side control.
Philips prevents Pereira from standing back up.
Pereira keeping hold of Philips's head, controlling as best he can.
Ground and pound from Philips.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Philips is trying to control. Pereira wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Pereira tries to get to full guard but Philips has control of the leg.
Philips trying to control from half guard but Pereira is working away.
Pereira wants to get back to his feet.
Philips thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Pereira's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pereira is trying to maintain the position but Philips is very close to passing his half guard.

The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Philips fails with the takedown.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ryan Philips dominated that second 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. This is the final round!

Philips dives in and grabs Pereira's left leg, looking for a takedown. Pereira pushes down on Philips's head and hops out.

Philips shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.

Pereira has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Philips is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.

Philips has picked Pereira up - he's going for a ride! Philips dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Pereira wants to stand back up but Philips manages to pass into side control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips works to advance to full mount. Pereira defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
Philips landing punches.
Pereira really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pereira is still trying to improve position.
Pereira tries to buck Philips off but he can't manage it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pereira slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pereira wants to improve his position but Philips is controlling well.
Pereira is staying active underneath Philips, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Pereira pushes Philips off looking to stand but Philips dives back in and keeps control.
Philips drops an elbow to the side of Pereira's head.
Pereira is looking to escape.
Pereira is not content to let Philips control the position.
Philips 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.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pereira tries to kick Philips off but Philips keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Philips looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Ground and pound from Philips.
Philips 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.
Philips sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Pereira defending well though.
Philips blocks the strikes from Pereira.
Pereira is refusing to be controlled, as Philips sits in half guard.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.

Pereira closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Pereira lands in his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pereira is looking to work some ground and pound but Philips has wrist control.

Philips has an active guard here but Pereira has managed to pass into half guard.
Pereira trying to control the pace.

Philips looking for subs from the bottom but Pereira mounts him!

That's four minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Pereira sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Philips is looking to get to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pereira lands a heavy elbow.
Pereira with shots to the head and body - Philips looks very uncomfortable down there.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Higor Pereira.
I think Pereira 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 Leandro Rodrigues scores the fight 28:29
Judge Thiago Cunha scores the fight 28:29
Judge Seu Braga scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Higor Pereira!