PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 324 p4p, 53 weight class) and Conor The Barbarian (ranked 48 p4p, 7 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Philips
vs
The Barbarian

202 cm
25
260
9 - 4 - 1

202 cm
25
278
17 - 2 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the heavyweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 17 - 2 - 0, fighting out of London, Conor The Barbarian!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The Barbarian keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The Barbarian lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
The Barbarian misses the body punch
letting Philips counter with a right hand.

It looks like Conor The Barbarian has been cut.
Philips throws a push kick but The Barbarian slaps the foot to one side.
The Barbarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Philips was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The Barbarian cracks Philips with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab from Philips does it's job there.
The Barbarian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
Philips appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but The Barbarian moves away.
The Barbarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
The Barbarian looks to score with a jab to the body but Philips is just out of range.
Philips tries to counter by clinching up but The Barbarian breaks away and moves out of range.
The Barbarian swings and misses with a hook to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips lands with a thumping leg kick.
The Barbarian misses with an uppercut
and Philips counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.

Philips has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The Barbarian lands with a left to the head.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philips obliges.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and The Barbarian avoids it.
Philips misses with a punch to the body.
Our sources have told us that Philips has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Philips on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.

The Barbarian breaks the clinch.
Philips waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract The Barbarian.
The Barbarian appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Philips moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Philips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Radio Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philips tries to clinch but The Barbarian is having none of it.
Philips scores with the left hand. The Barbarian knows he should have avoided that one.
Philips goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Philips cracks The Barbarian with a right hand to the side of the head.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Philips. The Barbarian shrugs it off though.
The Barbarian throws a lazy uppercut
and Philips counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The Barbarian avoids a kick to the body.
Philips needs to keep his hands up - The Barbarian had a free shot at his head there.

It looks like Radio Philips has been cut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
Philips pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
The Barbarian has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The Barbarian misses with a body shot.
The Barbarian takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
The Barbarian defending well as Philips loads up on a big left hand.
A low kick from The Barbarian misses
and Philips counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

That has opened up Conor The Barbarian's cut even more.
The Barbarian misses with a body shot.
Philips misses with a low kick.
The Barbarian loads up on a big right hand but Philips slips the punch.
The Barbarian takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Philips fails with an attempt to clinch.
The Barbarian scores with a jab to the body.
Philips looks to land a left hand but The Barbarian moved out of range nicely.
The Barbarian let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
The Barbarian scores with a jab to the head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
The Barbarian misses the shot to the body.
The Barbarian throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The Barbarian throws a right and a left that Philips avoids nicely.
The Barbarian dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
The Barbarian misses with a hook
and Philips counters with a stiff right hand.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
Philips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from The Barbarian.
Philips was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
The Barbarian takes a swing at Philips's ribcage but misses.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
Philips swings away with a body shot that misses
and The Barbarian counters with a nice uppercut.
The Barbarian tries a head kick but it misses.
The Barbarian waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philips.
A counter left hand to the body from Philips misses its target.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The Barbarian throws a body shot but no joy.
It looked like Philips was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Philips throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and The Barbarian counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Philips thinking.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A slow jab from Philips misses its intended target.
Philips goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Philips misses with the combination.
Philips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Nice shot by The Barbarian.
The Barbarian tests Philips's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Philips is rocked!
The Barbarian connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Philips out cold! This one is over in a flash!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Conor The Barbarian!
Conor The Barbarian is the new heavyweight champion!
Our winner, Conor The Barbarian, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.