PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ian Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tommy Morrison (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Morrison comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Alive kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.

Phillips
vs
Morrison

180 cm
29
156 lbs
21 - 9 - 0

180 cm
26
157 lbs
12 - 6 - 0

Great wrestler
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class MT
Good gas tank

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the featherweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 21 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ian Phillips!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Tommy Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Chris Downing.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Phillips looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Morrison is fending him off so far but Phillips persists. Nope, Morrison circles away and we're back to standing.
Morrison misses with an attempted mid kick.
Morrison uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phillips.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Morrison.
Morrison shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Phillips looks to land a right hand but Morrison moved out of range.
Ian Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrison misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Morrison takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Morrison throws a sloppy head kick and Phillips moves out of range easily.
Phillips swings widly with a right hand
and Morrison counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Phillips lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Jab by Phillips.
Morrison scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Phillips doesn't seem bothered though.
A head kick misses from Morrison.
Morrison displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phillips throws out the jab.
Phillips loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Phillips fails to land the takedown.
Morrison throws a nice outside leg kick.
Phillips loads up on a big right hand but Morrison slips the punch.
Morrison slips under a jab from Phillips.

Phillips closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Phillips thows a huge punch but Morrison dodges it nicely.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips thows a huge punch but Morrison dodges it nicely.
Morrison is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Phillips is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morrison is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Phillips scores with a couple of nice shots.
Phillips is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Phillips not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Phillips thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Morrison's head.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to escape.
Morrison regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Phillips.
Morrison is trying to keep Phillips in close.
Morrison wants to sweep here but Phillips controlling him for the moment.
Phillips sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Morrison's guard.
Phillips seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Phillips has control of the leg.
Phillips is trying to control. Morrison wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morrison defending well though.
Phillips lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Phillips sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Morrison defending well though.
Morrison on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Phillips not landing any meaningful shots this time.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phillips is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Morrison avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Phillips.
Phillips lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ian Phillips dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Phillips misses with a wild body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Morrison darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Phillips can't get the takedown.
Phillips has a couple of punches blocked by Morrison.
Phillips can't find room to land a body shot as Morrison controls the action.
A right hand to the body from Morrison.
Morrison lands a body punch in the clinch.
Morrison takes a shot to the head.
Good body shot from Morrison.
Phillips misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Morrison lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Phillips.
Phillips lands a shoulder strike.
Morrison lands a good knee to the midsection. Phillips won't want to take too many of those.
Morrison is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the ropes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Phillips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Morrison misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Morrison keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Morrison uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Phillips has time to react.

It looks like Ian Phillips has been cut.
Phillips lands with an uppercut that bounces Morrison off the ropes and back into range.
Phillips just misses with a punch to the body.
Tommy Morrison is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Phillips lands with a nice body punch.
Phillips throws an overhand right that lands on Morrison's shoulder, as Morrison tries to avoid the shot.
Morrison scores with a jab.
Phillips misses with a lunging right hand
and Morrison counters with a huge head kick that drops Phillips! The ref dives in to stop the fight and the crowd goes wild!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy Morrison!
Tommy Morrison is the new featherweight champion!
Tommy Morrison gave a mention to SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales).