PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bill Reuger (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Philips comes to the cage accompanied by Dance Hall Days. Reuger is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by The Final Countdown. Bill Reuger has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Ray Philips's chin.

Philips
vs
Reuger

190 cm
25
265 lbs
5 - 3 - 0

182 cm
23
231 lbs
6 - 3 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Determined

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 5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ray Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Bill Reuger!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Chad Campbell and David Schapiro.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Reuger is looking to clinch but Philips is avoiding it.
Philips takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Reuger. Philips does a little dance to reset his feet.
Reuger fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Reuger moves in looking to clinch but Philips pushes him off.
Philips swats away the attempt to clinch by Reuger.

Reuger shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Reuger was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Reuger working for a guillotine from mount but Philips is in no mood to give up.
Reuger misses with a head shot.
Reuger looking to ground and pound but Philips is blocking nicely.
Philips wants to control but Reuger is having none of it.
Philips is in all sorts of trouble here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Reuger looking to ground and pound but Philips is blocking nicely.
Philips is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reuger lands a heavy elbow.
Reuger lands with some strikes.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips is in all sorts of trouble here.
Reuger wants to control the pace but Philips is squirming around nicely.
The referee warns Philips that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Philips tries to lock up and control but Reuger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Reuger with shots to the head and body - Philips looks very uncomfortable down there.
Reuger dominating with strikes here.
Philips knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Reuger on the ground.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Reuger avoids the attempt from Philips to control.
Reuger can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Philips is looking to escape.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Philips wants to hold on but Reuger pushes him away.
Reuger wants to control the pace but Philips is squirming around nicely.
Reuger throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Philips because Reuger loaded up on that one.
Reuger has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reuger working the ground and pound effectively.
Reuger with the ground and pound from mount.
Philips gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Reuger slows the pace down in half guard.
Reuger not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Reuger throwing shots but Philips is blocking nicely.
Reuger throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Reuger moves nicely into side control.
Reuger wants to control but Philips is keeping him busy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Reuger misses with an attempted head punch from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Bill Reuger dominated that round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.

Reuger moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Philips avoids the head kick by Reuger.
Reuger closes the distance and clinches up with Philips, looking for a takedown. Reuger pushes Philips against the cage but Philips circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Philips lands with a right hand.
Philips cracks a nice hook into Reuger's ribs.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Philips.
Reuger doesn't manage to clinch there - Philips circles away.
Philips lands with a cross.
Philips throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Reuger on the side of the head.

Reuger is rocked!
Philips circles and sees the opportunity to plant his feet and throw a really nice straight left hand that drops Reuger to the canvas! Reuger doesn't know where he is but he's trying to survive - Philips keeps piling on the pressure and forces the referee to step in! This one is aaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:38 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ray Philips!