PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Abel N Willan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

N Willan
vs
Phillips

185 cm
23
190 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

171 cm
30
181 lbs
11 - 6 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Decent elbows
KO power

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Abel N Willan!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeremy Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Frank Antenori and Don Winkell.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Willan closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Abel N Willan seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Willan circles away from the clinch attempt
and Willan makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Willan tries a low kick but Phillips avoids it.
A leg kick checked by Phillips.
Willan throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Willan misses with a hook.
Phillips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Willan connects with a single shot there.
Willan is looking to slow Phillips down with leg kicks.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Willan.
Willan throws out a token jab with nothing on it.

Willan tries to keep at a distance but Phillips has taken the fight into the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Phillips gets control of Willan's arms and successfully pulls guard. Phillips will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Willan seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Phillips keeping moving, preventing Willan from controlling successfully.
Willan wants to stand and escape but instead Phillips has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.
Phillips works a leg free and moves into half guard.

Willan actively working from the bottom here.

Phillips is working for a kimura but Willan is defending it quite comfortably.
Willan is refusing to be controlled, as Phillips sits in half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips stops Willan from getting back to his feet.
Phillips not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Willan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Phillips's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Phillips's back!
Willan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Phillips is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Willan gets his way!
Phillips tries to escape the position.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phillips looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Willan trying to control momentarily.
Willan is punishing Phillips with some ground and pound.

It looks like Jeremy Phillips has been cut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips manages to reverse the position and now he's in Willan's guard. Nice work there by Phillips.
Phillips trying to control but Willan is working from the bottom.
Phillips preventing the sweep.

Willan manages to escape and get back to his feet.
Jab, jab by Phillips - just one landing.
Jeremy Phillips is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Willan is looking to slow Phillips down with leg kicks.
Willan misses with a head kick.
Willan looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Willan misses with an uppercut
and Phillips counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Willan uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Phillips has time to react.
Willan is looking to score with low kicks.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Phillips clinches with his opponent.
Phillips jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Willan walks away with a smile on his face. Phillips gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Willan connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Phillips's hands.
Willan scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Willan misses with a leg kick.

Phillips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Willan, pushing him back against the cage.
Willan leaning his opponent against the cage.

Willan pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Willan throws a wild body kick that Phillips sees coming a mile off.
Willan feints and then cracks Phillips's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Phillips down.
Willan connects with a high kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Abel N Willan dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jeremy Phillips's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Willan tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Willan lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Phillips circles away quickly and effectively.
Willan falls off balance throwing a combination
and Phillips counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.

Phillips has closed the distance and engaged Willan in a clinch.

Willan lands a takedown into guard.
Willan throws a strike but Phillips rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Willan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Phillips doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Phillips manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Willan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Phillips trying to control but Willan is working from the bottom.
Phillips is fighting to break Willan's control of his arms but Willan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Willan keeps moving.

Willan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Willan keeps moving.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Phillips throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Willan works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Phillips tries to free his leg and advance position but Willan is retaining full guard.

Willan has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Phillips can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Willan is trying to control the position but Phillips postures up.
Willan utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Willan lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Phillips!
Phillips is squirming around, avoiding Willan's attempts to control the action.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Willan looking to ground and pound but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Phillips is looking to get to half guard.
Willan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Phillips holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Willan tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Willan tries to control but Phillips wriggling away.
Phillips tries to reverse the position but Willan maintains control.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Willan tries to control but Phillips wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips tries to hold on but Willan postures up.
Willan prevents Phillips from getting the reversal.
Willan throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Willan landing punches.
Willan scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Willan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Willan tries to control but Phillips wriggling away.
Phillips avoids a series of strikes thrown by Willan.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Willan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Phillips is looking to escape.
Willan controlling the pace for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Willan misses with a head shot.
Willan lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Willan working the ground and pound effectively.

That has opened up Jeremy Phillips's cut even more.
Willan lands a big elbow.

Jeremy Phillips's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.

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

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Abel N Willan!
During a confident post fight interview, Abel N Willan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.