PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between King Fuentes (ranked 7443 p4p, 0 weight class) and Luke Phillips (ranked 5032 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for King Fuentes has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Fuentes
vs
Phillips

174 cm
20
278 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

225 cm
18
275 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, King Fuentes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Luke Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and Chris Edwards.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Phillips closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Phillips lands in his opponent's guard.
Fuentes controls Phillips momentarily but Phillips frees himself.
Fuentes keeping moving, preventing Phillips from controlling successfully.
Phillips looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fuentes wants to get back to his feet but Phillips is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Fuentes really is a fat lump.
Fuentes on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.

Phillips is working for a submission of some sort.
Phillips is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.

Phillips is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Fuentes still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Fuentes has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work!
Phillips is trying to control Fuentes's posture but Fuentes avoids it.

Fuentes tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Phillips is trying to control Fuentes's posture but Fuentes avoids it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Fuentes is trying to get an arm triangle but Phillips is defending well.
Phillips manages to work his way to half guard, despite Fuentes's best efforts.
Fuentes is looking to stall here but Phillips recovers full guard.
Fuentes trying to control but Phillips is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Phillips looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Phillips is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fuentes slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Phillips has his hands on Fuentes's head, controlling the position.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Luke Phillips dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Phillips thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Fuentes if he has to take too many more of those.
Luke Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Fuentes looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Fuentes takes one to the chin there.

It looks like King Fuentes has been cut.

Phillips bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Fuentes tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.

Phillips has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Fuentes has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Fuentes fending off the submission attempt from Phillips.

Phillips is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Phillips punishes Fuentes with strikes from the back mount.
Phillips throwing sloppy strikes.

Phillips is looking for the choke from the back position but Fuentes is controlling his hands well.
Phillips struggling to keep hold of the position.

Phillips is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Fuentes defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Luke Phillips has got the better of the ground game so far.
Fuentes trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Phillips working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Fuentes is doing well to defend. Phillips seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Fuentes is forced to tap and this one is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Luke Phillips!