PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Philips (ranked 4846 p4p, 193 weight class) and Bored Cheat (ranked 24862 p4p, 232 weight class). Cheat has a niggling injury. He would have liked to come in 100% fit but that's not always possible. Bored Cheat has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Joe Philips's chin.

Philips
vs
Cheat

190 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

205 cm
24
300 lbs
1 - 4 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cuts easily

Decent wrestler
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Bored Cheat!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cheat.
Philips throws a series of punches but Cheat avoids them all with ease.
Philips misses with a series of wild punches.
Philips slaps away a takedown attempt from Cheat, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cheat looks winded!
Philips throws a right hand that Cheat ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheat also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Cheat shoots in for a takedown but Philips shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Joe Philips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bored Cheat.
Philips tries to bum rush Cheat with a series of wild strikes but Cheat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
Cheat changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Philips misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Philips. Those never looked like landing.
Cheat fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Joe Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheat shoots in for a takedown but Philips shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Cheat changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Cheat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philips.
Cheat tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Philips throws a right and a left that both miss.
And Cheat tries to counter it with a takedown but Philips pushes his down on his head and steps out.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Sloppy strikes from Philips. Those never looked like landing.
Philips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cheat tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Philips defends well and Cheat ends up having to push Philips into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Philips misses with a wild combination.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Cheat tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Philips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Philips misses with a series of wild punches.
Philips throws a series of punches but Cheat moves out of range.
Cheat with the counter takedown but Philips avoids it easily.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cheat avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips misses with the combination.
Joe Philips is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Philips throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cheat.
Philips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Cheat goes for a double leg but Philips avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Philips continues to drive forward.
Cheat tries to score a power double leg takedown but Philips sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Cheat somewhat.
Philips misses with a few strikes there.
Cheat is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Philips misses with a wild combination.
Philips throws a right and a left that both miss.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cheat changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Philips misses with the combination.
Cheat drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Philips defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips throws a nice looking combination but Cheat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Philips looks to land a combination but Cheat avoids it well.
Philips throws a nice looking combination but Cheat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Philips misses with a series of wild punches.
Cheat tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Philips throws a series of punches but Cheat avoids them all with ease.
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
And Cheat tries to counter it with a takedown but Philips pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Philips throws a nice looking combination but Cheat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cheat will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Cheat fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Philips looks to land a combination but Cheat avoids it well.
Cheat avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to bum rush Cheat with a series of wild strikes but Cheat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Cheat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philips.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cheat fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Philips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cheat is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Philips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Cheat.
Philips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Philips misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Philips fails to land with a series of punches.
And Cheat tries to counter it with a takedown but Philips pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Cheat closes this distance looking for a takedown but Philips circles away.
Philips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Philips dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Philips misses with a wild combination.
Philips throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cheat.
A combination from Philips does no damage.
Cheat shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Philips as he jumps to the side.
Philips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Philips misses with a wild combination.
Philips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheat circles away quickly and effectively.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips throws a right and a left that Cheat avoids nicely.
Philips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Joe Philips is winning the standup battle so far.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Cheat is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cheat shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Cheat fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Philips avoids it really well and circles away.
Joe Philips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bored Cheat.
Philips swinging wildly here.
Philips throws a right hand that Cheat ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheat also avoids with ease.
Philips leaves Cheat with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cheat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philips.
Philips misses with the combination.
Philips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Philips.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Cheat with the counter takedown but Philips avoids it easily.
Cheat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philips.
Philips looks to land a combination but Cheat avoids it well.
Philips throws a series of punches but Cheat moves out of range.
Philips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Cheat slips a jab and a cross from Philips.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips looks to land a combination but Cheat avoids it well.
Nice sprawl there from Philips as Cheat shoots in.
Cheat is trying desperately to land a takedown but Philips is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Cheat.
Philips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Philips throws a series of punches but Cheat moves out of range.
Cheat with the counter takedown but Philips avoids it easily.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cheat shoots in but no luck this time.
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Philips misses with a few strikes there.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Cheat can do to turn this around?

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cheat avoids a punch combination nicely.
Philips tries to bum rush Cheat with a series of wild strikes but Cheat uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Philips misses with a double jab.
Cheat looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Philips is fending him off so far but Cheat persists. Nope, Philips circles away and we're back to standing.
Philips throws a right hand that Cheat ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheat also avoids with ease.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
Philips throws a nice looking combination but Cheat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Cheat changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Philips tries to avoid it but Cheat manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Philips to the ground. Philips escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Philips throws a nice looking combination but Cheat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Philips throws a right hand that Cheat ducks under and follows up with a left that Cheat also avoids with ease.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Cheat changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Philips tries to avoid it but Cheat manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Philips to the ground. Philips escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Philips appears to be looking for a big counter.
Philips throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Cheat.
Joe Philips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheat looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Philips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sloppy strikes from Philips. Those never looked like landing.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Philips keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Philips looks to land a combination but Cheat avoids it well.
Philips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Philips throws a nice looking combination but Cheat bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Philips throws a series of punches but Cheat moves out of range.
Sloppy strikes from Philips. Those never looked like landing.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Joe Philips dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Cheat fails with the takedown.
Philips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Philips misses with a jab, cross combination.
Philips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Cheat moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Philips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Philips misses with a combination

and Cheat counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Philips controlling Cheat's posture.

Cheat drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Philips manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Cheat has Philips in his guard.

Cheat throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Cheat's head.
Cheat takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Philips trying to control the position from guard on top but Cheat is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Philips makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.

Cheat working for a triangle but Philips defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Cheat can't keep his opponent in guard - Philips advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.

Cheat looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Philips trying to control from half guard but Cheat is working away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.

Philips is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cheat sees it coming and defends easily.
Philips slows the pace down in half guard.
Philips lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Philips lands a nice short elbow.

Philips is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Cheat defends it well.
Philips wants to control but Cheat is keeping him busy.

Cheat is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Philips pulls his head out easily.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Philips is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Cheat doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Philips.
Philips working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Philips scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Philips content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.

Cheat looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Philips pushes past his half guard into mount!
Philips controlling from the full mount.
Philips manages to capitalize on a mistake by Cheat to take his back!
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.
Philips biding his time, looking for the opening.
Joe Philips overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
I really don't envy Cheat right now.
Cheat staying busy and making it hard for Philips to control.
Philips scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Cheat is trying to break free.
Philips is throwing strikes from the back here. Oh that last one was to the back of the head. Philips gets a warning from the referee. He throws another strike to the back of the head straight away though and the referee has seen enough. He breaks up the two fighters and stands them back up. Philips gets a real talking to here and is lucky not to get a point deducted. Philips apologises and we restart here on the feet.
Philips looks to land a combination but Cheat avoids it well.
Some wild striking there from Philips.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Cheat fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Philips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheat circles away quickly and effectively.
Bored Cheat has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Joe Philips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Philips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Cheat circles away quickly and effectively.

And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Philips showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Philips has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Edson Gomes scores the fight 30:25
Judge Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 30:25
Judge Mauricio Rocha scores the fight 30:25

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Philips!