PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Emerson Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Marcus Wright (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!

Phillips
vs
Wright

173 cm
24
215 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

190 cm
25
215 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Emerson Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Marcus Wright!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Arvi Lind and Tarja Halkonen.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a left and a right that both miss
and Wright counters with a series of strikes. Phillips will be more careful next time no doubt.

Wright closes the distance and clinches.
Phillips pushes off an throws an elbow but Wright leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Wright is trying to break the clinch but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Phillips really is a fat lump.
Phillips struggles to land a body shot inside as Wright controls his hands.
Wright tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Phillips just stands there and leans against the cage.
Phillips tries to pull guard but Wright won't allow it.

Phillips decides to pull guard.
Phillips has Wright pulled in close to control his posture.
Wright looking to sit in guard and control but Phillips gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Phillips lands a couple of digs.
Wright working a defensive guard here.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Phillips's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Phillips might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Phillips drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Phillips jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Phillips drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Phillips jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Phillips distracts Wright with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Wright looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wright 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 has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Wright is wriggling around but Phillips manages to pass to half guard.
Wright tries to roll over but Phillips keeps him under control.
Phillips looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Wright with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Wright's head.

Wright is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Phillips pulls his head out easily.
Phillips thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Phillips looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Phillips is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Phillips in particular looking to stall.
Phillips lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Phillips with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ground and pound from Phillips.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips lands with a punch from half guard.

Phillips is looking for a kimura but Wright is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Phillips to get the leverage.
Phillips is thwarting Wright's attempts to control the position.
Phillips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Wright is looking to improve his position.
Phillips is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.

Phillips is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Wright sees it coming and defends easily.
Wright wants to get back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips winds up and cracks Wright with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Phillips looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

Phillips is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Wright defends it well.
Phillips is controlling the pace.
Phillips landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Phillips lands a nice short elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emerson Phillips dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Wright dives in and grabs Phillips's left leg, looking for a takedown. Phillips pushes down on Wright's head and hops out.

Phillips clinches up with Wright and pushes him back against the cage.

Phillips manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Phillips looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Wright trying to control the position from guard on top but Phillips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Phillips bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Wright's guard.

We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wright has momentary wrist control but Phillips slips an elbow through the middle.
Wright wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Phillips is now in half guard.
Phillips working Wright over with strikes.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Phillips is working for a kimura but Wright is defending it quite comfortably.
Wright taking some punishment here, with Phillips in his half guard.
Ground and pound from Phillips.
Phillips throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

Phillips is looking for a kimura here.

Phillips seems to be working for a kimura but Wright defends the submission attempt.
Phillips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wright can do to turn this around?

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wright makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Wright.
Phillips content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.

Phillips drops back looking for a leg! Wright is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wright manages to kick Phillips off! Phillips jumps back into Wright's guard.
Wright tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Wright looking to control.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Phillips scoring with punches to the head and body.
Phillips working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wright's head.
Emerson Phillips overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Phillips working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.

Phillips drops back looking for a leg! Wright is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Wright manages to kick Phillips off! Phillips jumps back into Wright's guard.
Phillips landing with the ground and pound.

Phillips thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Phillips postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Phillips lands a couple of decent looking shots.

Wright is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Phillips defends well.
Wright wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Phillips is now in half guard.
Wright wants to control but Phillips is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Phillips working the head and body with strikes.
Phillips keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Emerson Phillips dominated that second 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.

Wright fails with the takedown

and Phillips moves into the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Phillips.
Phillips prevents the takedown attempt.

Phillips manages to pull guard.
Wright looking to sit in guard and control but Phillips gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Phillips lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Phillips chips away with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Phillips drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Phillips jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Phillips with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Phillips lands a couple of elbows.
Phillips cracks Wright with a solid left hand.
Phillips lands a couple of elbows.
Phillips stands up over Wright, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Phillips is looking to work some ground and pound but Wright has wrist control.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Phillips's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Phillips postures up and lands a big shot to Wright's brow.

Wright escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Phillips gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Wright takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phillips with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Phillips thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Phillips content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Phillips is in close to Wright's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Phillips's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Phillips landing with the ground and pound.
Phillips lands a couple of digs.
Phillips is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Phillips lands a couple of elbows.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Phillips is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Wright has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Phillips has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Wright jumps guard but Phillips turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Emerson Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Marcus Wright.

Phillips decides to pull guard.
Wright throws a strike but Phillips rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.

Phillips distracts Wright with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Phillips is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.

Phillips drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Phillips jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wright tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Phillips is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Phillips is working Wright over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Phillips with a nice head shot there.
Wright working a defensive guard but Phillips passes into half guard.
Phillips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Phillips connects with a nice short shot to Wright's temple.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wright wants to control but Phillips passes into side.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wright is pushing Phillips's head away, looking to escape. Phillips manages to hold on to the position though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Emerson Phillips showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Phillips, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Roosa Järviläinen scores the fight 30:26
Judge Arvi Lind scores the fight 30:26
Judge Tarja Halkonen scores the fight 30:26

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Emerson Phillips!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
30%

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