PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. (ranked 338 p4p, 605 weight class) and Peguero Jean Philippe (ranked 51 p4p, 95 weight class). Thibodeaux Jr. comes into the arena with Rags2Riches blaring out of the sound system. Philippe has chosen Chant vaudou haitien as his entrance music. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Thibodeaux Jr.
vs
Philippe

191 cm
24
214
16 - 3 - 0

187 cm
31
193
25 - 19 - 0

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 16 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 25 - 19 - 0, fighting out of London, Peguero Jean Philippe!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Kenichi Hosakawa.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philippe lands a jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a predictable looking body shot
and Philippe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Thibodeaux Jr. bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Philippe's head backwards.
A slow jab from Philippe misses its intended target.
Philippe takes a swing at Thibodeaux Jr.'s ribcage but misses.
Philippe misses with an uppercut
and Thibodeaux Jr. connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.

It looks like Peguero Jean Philippe has been cut.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws an off balance right hand

and Philippe counters with a crisp one two that drops Thibodeaux Jr.! Philippe thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Thibodeaux Jr. to his feet! Thibodeaux Jr. is in big trouble!
Philippe throws a predictable looking body shot
and Philippe takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a body punch but Philippe moves out of range.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a hook to the side of Philippe's head but Philippe sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Philippe unleashes a big counter combination but Thibodeaux Jr. bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
A jab from Philippe misses.
Thibodeaux Jr. just misses with a punch to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux Jr. bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Philippe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Thibodeaux Jr. manages to avoid it.
Thibodeaux Jr. swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Thibodeaux Jr. lands a jab.
Philippe looks to land a left hand but Thibodeaux Jr. moved out of range nicely.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a sloppy body shot
and Thibodeaux Jr. takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Philippe throws a body shot but no joy.
Thibodeaux Jr. staying out of range there.
Thibodeaux Jr. connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Thibodeaux Jr. connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Philippe momentarily.
Philippe steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Thibodeaux Jr..

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Thibodeaux Jr. swings widly with a right hand
and Philippe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Thibodeaux Jr. lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Thibodeaux Jr. lands a nice shot to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. lands a jab to the head.

That has opened up Peguero Jean Philippe's cut even more.
Thibodeaux Jr. feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Philippes jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Thibodeaux Jr. misses with a looping right.
Philippe keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Thibodeaux Jr..
Philippe appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses with a kick to the body.
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jab, jab by Thibodeaux Jr. - just one landing.
Thibodeaux Jr. takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philippe misses with a right hand
and Thibodeaux Jr. counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Thibodeaux Jr. walks into a jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a jab when Philippe was well out of range.
A telegraphed right hand from Thibodeaux Jr. misses the target.
A little jabbing left from Philippe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses with a body punch
and Philippe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Philippe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Philippe now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Philippe scores with a decent looking hook.
Thibodeaux Jr. looks to land a right hand but Philippe moved out of range.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Philippe! But no joy.
Thibodeaux Jr. is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Philippe.
Thibodeaux Jr. bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Philippe's head backwards.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philippe walks into a jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. cracks a nice hook into Philippe's ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thibodeaux Jr. uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Philippe has time to react.

The cut above Peguero Jean Philippe's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Thibodeaux Jr. scores with a spinning back kick!
Thibodeaux Jr. lands with a cross.
Thibodeaux Jr. connects with a crisp jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Thibodeaux Jr. keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Philippe.
Thibodeaux Jr. feinted there with a counter leg kick.
A slow jab from Philippe misses its intended target.
Thibodeaux Jr. is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
A big right from Thibodeaux Jr. misses.
A swing and a miss from Philippe.
Thibodeaux Jr. appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peguero Jean Philippe's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Thibodeaux Jr. on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Philippe bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a right hand that misses
and Philippe counters with a good low kick that Thibodeaux Jr. was not able to check.
Philippe misses with a looping right.
Philippe missing with a left hand there. Thibodeaux Jr. was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
A swing and a miss from Thibodeaux Jr..
Philippe misses with an uppercut.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses the body punch
and Philippe counters with a two punch combo.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Thibodeaux Jr. wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. is winning the standup battle so far.
A big left from Thibodeaux Jr. misses.
Philippe swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses with an uppercut.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a predictable looking body shot
and Philippe counters with a nice uppercut.
Thibodeaux Jr. connects with a looping right hand.
Philippe might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Philippe lands with a nice body punch.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Philippe in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Philippe throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Thibodeaux Jr. was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Thibodeaux Jr. uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Philippe.
Philippe lands a jab.
Philippe moves out of range of the strikes.
Both fighters circling a little - Thibodeaux Jr. finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Philippe gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Philippe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A little feinted left hand from Thibodeaux Jr. on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux Jr. scores with a body shot.
Thibodeaux Jr. misses with an uppercut
and Philippe counters with a stiff right hand.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philippe misses the jab.
Philippe displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Thibodeaux Jr. throws out the jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Philippe.
A little jabbing left from Philippe on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Thibodeaux Jr. comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Philippe is looking to score with low kicks.
Philippe throws a poor cross that misses
and Thibodeaux Jr. connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A big left from Thibodeaux Jr. misses.
Thibodeaux Jr. scores with a nice right hand.

Peguero Jean Philippe's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Thibodeaux Jr. throws a lazy uppercut
and Thibodeaux Jr. takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Thibodeaux Jr. scores with a jab.
Thibodeaux Jr. lands with a hook. Philippe tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Peguero Jean Philippe's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Dakota Thibodeaux Jr.!
In his post fight interview, Dakota Thibodeaux Jr. started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.