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PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Jayden Phillips (ranked 3823 p4p, 3072 weight class) and Kamal Ghafour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Kamal Ghafour will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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BJJ White Belt
Decent boxing
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jayden Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Kamal Ghafour!
The judges for this bout are Nard Betker, Albert Achterberg and Paul Aken.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Ghafour has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Phillips after a bit of a struggle.
Phillips manages to pull guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips is pulling down on Ghafour's head. It's preventing any offense from Ghafour, at least for the moment.
Phillips uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Ghafour closes the distance and clinches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghafour pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ghafour pulls guard effortlessly.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ghafour keeping moving, preventing Phillips from controlling successfully.
Ghafour working a defensive guard but Phillips manages to pass into side control anyway.
Ghafour really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Phillips. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Phillips wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ghafour keeps working.
Ghafour tries to bench press Phillips off him but Phillips keeps the position.
Ghafour takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ghafour taking punishment in the form of punches.
Phillips gets to mount! Ghafour was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Phillips in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Phillips working Ghafour over with strikes here.
Phillips prevents Ghafour from getting the reversal.
Phillips tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Ghafour reaches up to try and control the position but Phillips seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Ghafour rolls and tries to escape and now Phillips has his back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips trying to control momentarily.
Phillips is really struggling to control Ghafour but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Phillips is persistently looking for the submission but Ghafour is defending it well.
Phillips is working for the choke. It looks like he might have got it... has he...? Yes! Ghafour is tapping out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jayden Phillips!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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