PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 872 p4p, 1663 weight class) and Mikhail Martynov (ranked 113 p4p, 205 weight class). Mikhail Martynov told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!

Philips
vs
Martynov

202 cm
29
260
14 - 10 - 1

175 cm
31
275
13 - 10 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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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 14 - 10 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 10 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Mikhail Martynov!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Sosuke Kotani and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Philips fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch but Martynov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philips slips under a jab from Martynov.
Martynov throws a jab but it's blocked by Philips.
Good standup being displayed there by Martynov as he connects with a hook.
Philips connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.

Martynov rushes Philips and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Martynov struggles to land a body shot inside as Philips controls his hands.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Martynov.
Philips tries a body shot but Martynov blocks it.
Philips pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Philips connects with a nasty looking knee right to Martynov's face.

It looks like Mikhail Martynov has been cut.
Philips throws a knee to the head but misses.
Martynov misses with an elbow strike.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips scores with a nice hook to the head.
Philips with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Philips tries to land knees in the clinch but Martynov avoids the damage to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martynov taking a breather.
Philips struggles to land a body shot inside as Martynov controls his hands.
Our sources have told us that Philips has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Philips landing knees to the head.
Philips lands an elbow inside that Martynov shrugs off.

Martynov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Martynov misses with a body shot.
Donk. Martynov catches Philips right on the button with a cross.
Mikhail Martynov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Martynov.
Martynov swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Martynov moves into range and connects with a jab.
Martynov throws a looping overhand right but Philips ducks down to avoid it.

Martynov clinches up with Philips and pushes him back against the cage.

Martynov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martynov misses with a body shot
and Philips counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Martynov closes the distance and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philips obliges.
Martynov misses with a hook from the clinch.
Philips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Philips misses with a body punch.
Philips lands a knee to the head.
Knees in the clinch landing for Martynov.
Martynov lands with a light punch inside.
Philips throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Philips lands a knee to the head.

Martynov's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Martynov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Martynov throws a poor cross that misses
letting Philips counter with a right hand.
Philips ducks under a wild hook from Martynov.
As Martynov tries to get set, Philips tries to push him back and clinch up but Martynov manages to avoid the attempt.
Martynov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Philips throws a jab when Martynov was well out of range.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips dodges the punch combination from Martynov.
Philips misses with an attempted mid kick.
Martynov throws the left hand but Philips avoids the punch easily.
Martynov misses with a double jab
and Philips counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
The fight stays on the outside here - Philips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Martynov misses with a body shot.
Martynov fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
A cross from Martynov lands.
Philips takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Martynov scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
The fight stays on the outside here - Philips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips connects with a solid leg kick.
Philips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Martynov sees it coming and avoids it easily.
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!
Martynov looks to score with a jab to the body but Philips is just out of range.
A jab from Martynov misses.
Philips is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Martynov.
Martynov misses with an uppercut.

Philips clinches.
Martynov blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Martynov lands a nice uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Martynov.
Martynov pushes Philips back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Philips is breathing heavily.
Martynov connects with a knee to the head.

It looks like Radio Philips has been cut.
Philips trying to stall but Martynov improves his position.
Martynov tries to work over Philips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Martynov works on Philips's body with a couple of short punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Mikhail Martynov will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
That's time! Back to the action!

Martynov throws an overhand right that lands on Philips's shoulder, as Philips tries to avoid the shot.
Philips throws a series of punches but Martynov avoids them all with ease.
Martynov scores with a decent looking hook.
Martynov dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Martynov takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
A little jabbing left from Martynov on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Martynov moves forwards but Philips connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Philips connects with a looping right hand.
Martynov fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A punch lands to the side of Philips 's head but he takes it in his stride.

Martynov fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Philips, pushing him back against the cage.
Mikhail Martynov seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Philips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Philips dodges an elbow strike from Martynov.
Philips tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips blocks an elbow strike from Martynov.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Philips lands a nice uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Martynov blocking some punches.
Philips tries a body shot but Martynov blocks it.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Martynov creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Martynov trying to control the position but instead, Philips has worked for underhooks and has pushed Martynov into the cage.
A nice left hand lands by Martynov.
A right hook to the body lands for Martynov.
Philips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Philips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Martynov misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Philips.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Philips as Martynov tries to tie him up.
Philips letting Martynov take a breather here.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Philips.
Philips misses with a shot to the kidneys.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips prevents a body shot from Martynov.
Martynov blocks the elbow strike.

Martynov pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Philips throws a head kick that misses.
Martynov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Martynov steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Philips. That one must have hurt.

Martynov has managed to clinch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Philips takes an elbow to the temple.
A right handed body shot lands from Martynov.
Martynov blocks an elbow strike.
Philips throws an elbow that misses.
Philips swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Philips misses with some punches.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips has a couple of punches blocked by Martynov.

Martynov breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Philips slips under a jab.
Martynov lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Martynov.

Martynov gets a clinch.

Martynov drops Philips with a big knee straight up the middle! Philips is covering up against the cage but manages to escape and gets back to his feet!

Philips is rocked!
BAM! Martynov delivers a spinning backfist that drops Philips like a ragdoll! This is all oooooveeeer! He was out before he hit the ground!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Spinning Backfist). Mikhail Martynov!
Our winner, Mikhail Martynov, 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.