PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Juan Pablo Estrella (ranked 3550 p4p, 2785 weight class) and Frankmaster Phlex (ranked 410 p4p, 335 weight class). Juan Pablo Estrella looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Estrella
vs
Phlex

175 cm
25
170
1 - 4 - 0

182 cm
25
170
3 - 3 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Very quick

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of New York, Juan Pablo Estrella!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Frankmaster Phlex!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Donald Grub and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phlex connects with the punch.
Estrella takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Phlex throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phlex moves out of range as Estrella strikes.
Phlex connects with a good right hand that stumbles Estrella. Estrella circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Estrella connects with a single shot there.
Phlex jabs Estrella right on the nose. Estrella blinks but takes it well.
Phlex connects with a body shot.
Phlex slips a jab and a cross from Estrella.
Phlex connects with a jab.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phlex lands with a good body shot.
Phlex fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Estrella looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Estrella takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phlex. Estrella does a little dance to reset his feet.
Phlex lands with a shot to the body.
Estrella takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Phlex slips under a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phlex with a nice cross.
Estrella takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Estrella misses with a jab to the body
and Phlex counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Estrella is breathing heavily.
Phlex dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phlex wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Estrella definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Estrella takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Estrella walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Estrella takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
A decent looking cross lands there for Phlex.
Estrella shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Estrella's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Phlex connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Estrella scrambles back to his feet.
Phlex scores with a nice head shot.
Estrella tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Phlex scores with a jab to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Estrella walks into a stiff left hand from Phlex.
A swing and a miss from Estrella.
Estrella takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Phlex darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Phlex cracks a nice hook into Estrella's ribs.
Estrella takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Phlex closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Phlex jabs Estrella to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Phlex works the jab nicely.
Phlex pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Estrella back to the cage. Phlex follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

Estrella is rocked!
Estrella ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Phlex moves away.
Oh Estrella is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Phlex shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Estrella eats them both and turns towards Phlex to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Phlex lands with a nice body punch.
Phlex connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Estrella cracks Phlex with a right hand to the side of the head.
A jab lands there for Phlex.
Estrella thows a left - swing and a miss!
Estrella seems to have got his legs back now.
Estrella throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Estrella keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Good shot there by Phlex.
Nice shot lands for Phlex.
Phlex throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Estrella on the side of the head.
Phlex fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Estrella looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Phlex digs a good hook to Estrella's body.
Estrella takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Phlex throws out a loose jab but Estrella uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phlex scores with a jab to the body.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phlex moves away from the strike by Estrella.
Phlex lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Phlex misses the shot to the body.
Phlex is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Estrella had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Phlex comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Phlex connects with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Estrella.
Phlex throws out a counter right but Estrella avoids it with no problem.
A head kick misses from Estrella.
Phlex now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Phlex lands a jab to the head.
Estrella will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Estrella has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Estrella gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Phlex.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Frankmaster Phlex dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.

Phlex scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've been informed that Phlex has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Phlex looks to score with a jab to the body but Estrella is just out of range.
Estrella throwing a counter right hand but Phlex manages to avoid it.
Phlex ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Estrella moves away.
Phlex lands a jab to the nose.
Frankmaster Phlex seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Estrella tries to move into range but Phlex moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Phlex scores with a nice head shot.
Estrella misses with a body shot
and Phlex counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Phlex moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Phlex throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phlex scores with a body shot.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Estrella might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Phlex ducks under a wild hook from Estrella.
Phlex is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Estrella with a body shot.
Phlex lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phlex lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Estrella throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Phlex.
Good exchange - Phlex coming out on top.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Estrella takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Phlex has used his reach advantage pretty well so far tonight.
Phlex digs a good body shot into Estrella's ribs.
Estrella swings widly with a right hand
and Phlex counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Phlex fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Estrella to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Estrella looks to clinch but Phlex throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Estrella taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:23 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Frankmaster Phlex!