PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 475 p4p, 1384 weight class) and Zahbit Lovanov (ranked 70 p4p, 190 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Philips
vs
Lovanov

202 cm
32
260
17 - 13 - 1

199 cm
23
265
8 - 6 - 1

BJJ Purple Belt
World class boxer
Insanely flexible

Olympic wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

Urban Fighter

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 17 - 13 - 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 8 - 6 - 1, fighting out of Las Vegas, Zahbit Lovanov!
The judges for this bout are Darius Henderson, Damien Edna and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A bone on bone clash there as Lovanov blocks the leg kick.
Philips throws a series of punches but Lovanov avoids them all with ease.
A lazy left from Philips finds it's target.
Philips throws a body punch but Lovanov moves out of range.
As Philips backs off Lovanov throws a huge counter combo but Philips manages to avoid it all.
Philips ducks under a wild hook from Lovanov.
Philips seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Lovanov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Philips was well out of range. Poor timing from Lovanov.
Philips pushes Lovanov away with a front kick.
Philips pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Lovanov misses with a hook to the body
and Philips counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lovanov swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Philips.
Lovanov misses with an uppercut. Philips saw that one coming.
Philips throws a body punch but Lovanov moves out of range.
Lovanov misses with a hook
and Philips counters with a series of strikes. Lovanov will be more careful next time no doubt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Lovanov misses with a body shot.
Lovanov wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Philips misses with a low kick.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Lovanov has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Lovanov avoids the head kick by Philips.
Lovanov looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Lovanov catches Philips with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Lovanov throws an off balance right hand
and Philips counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Lovanov looks to land a left hand but Philips moved out of range nicely.
Philips lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Lovanov misses with a wild body shot.
Lovanov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Philips stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
A slow jab from Lovanov misses its intended target.
Lovanov tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Lovanov scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lovanov uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Philips.
Philips darts in trying to clinch
enabling Lovanov to counter with a crisp jab.
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 dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Lovanov. That did some damage!
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Philips moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Lovanov looks to score with a jab to the body but Philips is just out of range.
Lovanov throws a hook but Philips avoids it easily.
Philips is looking to counter with head kicks.
Lovanov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Philips moves away.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.

Philips has managed to clinch.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Lovanov.
Lovanov is working Philips over against the cage.
Our sources have told us that Philips has been working on his knees in the buildup to the fight.
Lovanov lands a shoulder strike.
Lovanov using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Philips is breathing heavily.
Lovanov blocks a body shot from Philips.
Philips tries to throw a body punch but Lovanov avoids it by throwing Philips back against the cage.
Philips swings wildly with an uppercut but Lovanov uses good head movement to avoid it.
Lovanov lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Good body shot from Lovanov.
Philips trying to control the position but instead, Lovanov has worked for underhooks and has pushed Philips into the cage.
Lovanov lands a hook to the side of the head.
A short left from Lovanov.
Philips misses with some punches.
A short uppercut from Lovanov.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
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!
Good body shot from Lovanov.
Lovanov lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A short left from Lovanov.
Lovanov lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Philips to his knees! Lovanov keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Zahbit Lovanov!
A very excited looking Zahbit Lovanov made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.