PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ronald Philips (ranked 4266 p4p, 172 weight class) and Cicero Dos Santos (ranked 4809 p4p, 181 weight class). Ronald Philips has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Philips
vs
Dos Santos

200 cm
25
300 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

180 cm
30
175 lbs
15 - 13 - 1

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Big right hand

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ronald Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 13 - 1, fighting out of Montreal, Cicero Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Edson Gomes.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A jab from Philips misses.
Philips misses with a few strikes there.
Dos Santos tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Philips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Philips throws a body shot but no joy.
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
As Philips backs off Dos Santos throws a huge counter combo but Philips manages to avoid it all.
Philips misses the jab.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Philips keeps the fight on the outside.
It looked like Philips was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Philips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos moves in looking to clinch but Philips pushes him off.
Philips with a hook.
Nice defenses there by Philips.

Dos Santos drives through and clinches with Philips against the cage.
Philips gets underhooks to prevent Dos Santos's takedown attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips pushes Dos Santos back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Philips scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Philips lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Philips stalling in the clinch.
Philips stalls.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Philips lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Philips lands with a left to the head.
Philips displaying some good clinch control by pressing Dos Santos up against the cage.
Philips stalling.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Ronald Philips.
Dos Santos misses with a head kick.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries a head kick but it misses.
Philips throws a nice looking combination but Dos Santos bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Philips throws the left hand but Dos Santos avoids the punch easily.
Philips avoids a punch combination nicely.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos dodges the punch combination from Philips.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Cicero Dos Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dos Santos misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Philips.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Dos Santos thinks about the counter body kick.
Dos Santos avoids the body shot from Philips.
Dos Santos takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Dos Santos throws a body punch but Philips moves out of range.
Philips scores with a hook.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
Sloppy strikes from Philips. Those never looked like landing.
Philips scores with a punch to the head.
Philips lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Dos Santos tries to clinch but Philips moves out of range.
The fighters circle momentarily. Philips darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Philips is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Dos Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Philips moves out of range easily.
Dos Santos slips under a jab from Philips.
Philips swings for the body but Dos Santos moves out of range.
Philips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Dos Santos throws a head kick but Philips moves out of range.

Philips has managed to clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dos Santos is fighting off a takedown attempt but Philips is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dos Santos to the mat. Dos Santos regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Dos Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Dos Santos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Philips manages to get himself to full guard.

Dos Santos connects with a couple of short punches.
Philips is trying to control the position but Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Philips's head.
Dos Santos passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Philips takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Philips is breathing heavily.
Dos Santos moves into full mount!
Dos Santos fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Dos Santos in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ronald Philips 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.

Dos Santos fails in his attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Philips.
Philips swinging wildly here.
Dos Santos looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Philips blocks the body kick.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Dos Santos can do to turn this around?
Dos Santos misses with a looping right.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
letting Philips counter with a right hand.
Dos Santos misses with a double jab
and Philips cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Philips has closed the distance and engaged Dos Santos in a clinch.

Philips has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed Dos Santos clear over his head and slammed him to the mat!
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!
Philips trying to control momentarily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dos Santos tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Dos Santos has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Dos Santos slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Dos Santos manages to get to full guard.
Dos Santos looking to hit a scissor sweep but Philips is one step ahead there.

Dos Santos has his feet on Philips's thighs here. He's pushed Philips off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Philips screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Cicero Dos Santos!