PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Scott Roper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jeremy Phillips has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Scott Roper's chin.

Roper
vs
Phillips

182 cm
26
170 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

171 cm
31
181 lbs
11 - 9 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Big heart

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent MT
Solid 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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Scott Roper!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jeremy Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Roper lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Roper misses with a combination

and Phillips moves into the clinch.
Roper wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.

Phillips has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Roper uses from the top position.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Phillips is pulling down on Roper's head. It's preventing any offense from Roper, at least for the moment.

Phillips throws his legs up looking for a submission but Roper uses it to pass to side control.
Roper tries to get to his feet but Phillips is in the middle of advancing position himself and ends up with Roper in his guard.
Roper has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips controls Roper momentarily but Roper frees himself.
Phillips wants to sweep here but Roper controlling him for the moment.

Roper decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Phillips, up you get!
Roper misses with a few strikes there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is looking to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phillips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Roper swinging wildly here.
Roper swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Phillips tries to clinch but Roper moves out of range.
Phillips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips blocks a head kick by Roper.
Roper throws a right and a left that both miss.
A combination from Roper does no damage.
Phillips wants to clinch.
Phillips wants to clinch up but Roper keeps it at a distance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Roper tries a head kick but it misses.
Roper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roper misses with a head kick.
A left and a right from Phillips both land. Nice combination.
Roper fails to land with a series of punches.
Phillips tries to clinch but Roper moves out of range.
Roper swinging wildly here.
Roper is breathing heavily.
Phillips is looking to clinch but Roper is avoiding it.
Roper keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phillips.
Roper tries to land a body kick
and Phillips counters with a nice body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips wants to clinch up but Roper keeps it at a distance.
Roper lands with a straight right. Phillips didn't see that one coming.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Roper swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Phillips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips tries to clinch but Roper moves out of range.
Roper wants to land a leg kick but Phillips is out of range.
Roper throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Phillips counters with a left to the body.
Roper looks to land a left hand but Phillips moved out of range nicely.
Phillips moves out of range as Roper throws a body kick.
Roper throws a sloppy head kick and Phillips moves out of range easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Roper misses with a double jab

and Phillips holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips has Roper pressed against the cage, preventing Roper from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Jeremy Phillips will probably get the nod.
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.

Roper keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from Roper misses the target.
Phillips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Roper will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Roper misses with a double jab.
Scott Roper seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roper tried to score with a low kick but Phillips checks it.
Roper throws a left and a right that both miss
and Phillips counters with a nice uppercut.
Phillips wants to clinch.
Roper looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A punch combination from Roper misses.
Roper circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Roper misses with a wild combination.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phillips looks to land a combination but Roper avoids it well.

Phillips clinches up against the cage.
Roper tries to break the clinch but Phillips is controlling the position.
Phillips tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Roper smiles and moves away.
Roper misses with a head kick.
Roper misses with a series of wild punches.
Phillips moves in looking to clinch but Roper pushes him off.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Roper rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Phillips moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Roper fails to land with a series of punches.
Scott Roper is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Roper darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Some wild striking there from Roper.
Roper throws a combination that misses
and Phillips connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roper paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phillips wants to clinch up but Roper keeps it at a distance.
A head kick by Roper misses
and Phillips counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Scott Roper is winning the standup battle so far.
Phillips tries to clinch up.

Phillips rushes Roper and presses him up against the cage.
Roper has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Phillips tries to pull guard but Roper holds him up against the cage and eventually Phillips drops back down to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Scott Roper has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jeremy Phillips.

Phillips decides to pull guard.
Phillips manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Phillips throws some wild stikes that Roper manages to avoid easily.

Phillips working for a guillotine from mount but Roper is in no mood to give up.
Phillips thuds his fist into the canvas! Oooouch!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Phillips working for a guillotine from mount but Roper is in no mood to give up.

Phillips with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
You get the feeling that Roper really doesn't like being in this position too much.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phillips moves to back control.

Roper is trying to defend against the choke here but Phillips has an arm under his chin. This one might not last much longer. Phillips Tightens the hold and Roper taps out furiously! Phillips displays superior BJJ to win the fight.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:58 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jeremy Phillips!