PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Kegan Williamson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kaleb Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips has chosen Enter Sandman as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!

Williamson
vs
Phillips

180 cm
24
190 lbs
4 - 1 - 0

186 cm
23
191 lbs
9 - 4 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Powerful

Sharon Needles Nutrition

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 4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kegan Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Kaleb Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Robert Twigg and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williamson moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Williamson cracks a nice hook into Phillips's ribs.
Williamson throws the left hand but Phillips avoids the punch easily.
Williamson tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Phillips misses with a body kick.
Williamson tries to close the distance and clinch but Phillips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williamson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phillips throws a low kick but Williamson avoids it.
Phillips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A combination from Williamson does no damage.
Williamson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williamson scores with a nice strike.

It looks like Kaleb Phillips has been cut.
Williamson swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Phillips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phillips lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Phillips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Williamson.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips swings for the body but Williamson moves out of range.
Williamson needs to keep his hands up - Phillips had a free shot at his head there.
Phillips tries to bum rush Williamson with a series of wild strikes but Williamson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williamson misses with a body shot.
Williamson misses with a combination
and Phillips makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
Williamson misses with a body shot
and Phillips cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Williamson bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Phillips's head backwards.
Williamson throws a combination that misses
letting Phillips counter with a right hand.
Phillips scores with a sloppy right hand. Williamson should have avoided that one.
Williamson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williamson.
Williamson misses with a hook.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson misses with a body punch
and Phillips counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
A left and a right from Phillips both land. Nice combination.

It looks like Kegan Williamson has been cut.
Phillips goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Phillips uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Williamson.
Williamson scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williamson wants to clinch.
A cross from Phillips lands.
Williamson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williamson misses with a double jab
and Phillips counters with a right hand to the body.
Williamson tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phillips was well out of range. Poor timing from Williamson.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips lands a nice hook to Williamson's body. Williamson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Williamson dodges the punch combination from Phillips.
Williamson misses with a jab to the body
and Phillips counters with a right hand to the body.
Williamson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phillips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Williamson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Williamson slips a jab from Phillips.
Kegan Williamson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Williamson moves forwards but Phillips connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Williamson connects with a nice looking jab.
Phillips throws out a loose jab but Williamson uses good head movement to avoid it.
Williamson falls off balance throwing a combination
letting Phillips counter with a right hand.
Williamson ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Williamson misses with a jab to the body
and Phillips counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Phillips dodges the punch combination from Williamson.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson throws an overhand right that lands on Phillips's shoulder, as Phillips tries to avoid the shot.
Phillips with a jab.
Phillips throws a hook but Williamson blocks it.
Williamson swinging wildly here.
Phillips throws a jab when Williamson was well out of range.
Williamson takes a swing at Phillips's ribcage but misses.
A combination from Williamson does no damage.
Williamson is looking to wear down Phillips with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phillips with a body punch. A glancing blow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A big left from Williamson misses.
Williamson misses with a combination
and Phillips finishes the little exchange by landing a big kick to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaleb Phillips dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Phillips scores with a decent looking hook.
Williamson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Phillips moves out of range as Williamson strikes.
A telegraphed right hand from Phillips misses the target.
Phillips throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Williamson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Williamson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Phillips cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.

Williamson darts in and clinches Phillips up against the cage.
Phillips lands a shot to the body.
Phillips stalling in the clinch but Williamson improves position.
Phillips blocks a couple of punches on the inside.

Phillips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

Williamson rushes Phillips and presses him up against the cage.
Good body shot from Phillips.
Williamson lands an uppercut.
Phillips pressing his opponent against the cage.
Phillips struggles to land a body shot inside as Williamson controls his hands.

That's one minute gone in the round.

Phillips breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Phillips.
Williamson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips throws a jab when Williamson was well out of range.
Williamson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phillips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Kaleb Phillips seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Williamson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phillips.
Williamson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Williamson looks to land a right hand but Phillips moved out of range.
Williamson misses with a double jab
and Phillips counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Williamson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
letting Phillips counter with a right hand.
Phillips lands a high kick!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Williamson avoids them all with ease.
Williamson misses with a body punch
and Phillips counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Phillips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Williamson missing with a left hand there. Phillips was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Williamson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Phillips.
Phillips lands with a nice body punch.
Williamson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Phillips makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Williamson darts in trying to clinch
and Phillips counters with a stiff right hand.
Williamson looks to throw the jab but Phillips is out of range.
Phillips moves out of range of the strikes.
Williamson tries to clinch up
and Phillips counters with a two punch combo.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips moves away from the strike by Williamson.
Williamson throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Kegan Williamson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Phillips feints and then cracks Williamson's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Williamson down.
Phillips is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Williamson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Phillips circles away quickly and effectively.
Williamson misses with a shot to the body
and Phillips counters with a straight right hand.
Phillips lands a jab.
Williamson misses with a body shot.
Phillips throws a hook but Williamson avoids it easily.
Phillips missing with a left hand there. Williamson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Phillips counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Williamson just misses with a punch to the body.
Williamson throws a head kick but Phillips moves out of range.
Williamson staying out of range there.
Phillips lands a high kick!
Phillips blocks the body kick.
Williamson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phillips throws out the jab.
Williamson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phillips.
Williamson thows a body shot but no joy.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Williamson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phillips.
Williamson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phillips fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Williamson manages to avoid it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Kaleb Phillips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Phillips swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williamson.
Williamson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Phillips.
Williamson misses with a straight right.
Williamson throws a sloppy body shot
and Phillips counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Williamson thinking.
Phillips closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Williamson looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A combination from Phillips does no damage.
A swing and a miss from Williamson.
Phillips scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Williamson connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Williamson swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Phillips counters with a nice body shot.
Williamson looks to land a combination but Phillips avoids it well.
Phillips misses with the combination.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Williamson scores with a three punch combo!
Phillips pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williamson.
Phillips tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williamson dodges the punch combination from Phillips.
Williamson lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Phillips at a distance.

Williamson takes the fight into the clinch.
Phillips taking a breather.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Williamson.
Phillips wants to stall.
Williamson misses with a punch to the body.
Nice body punch from Williamson.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williamson lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Phillips or not.
Williamson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

Phillips manages to break the clinch.
Williamson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Nice body punch from Williamson.
Williamson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Phillips counters with a straight right hand.
Williamson tests Phillips's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A big left from Williamson misses.
Williamson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Phillips circles away quickly and effectively.
Williamson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phillips.
Williamson cracks Phillips with a good jab.
Williamson throws an overhand right that drops Phillips like a sack of potatoes! Williamson dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:03 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Kegan Williamson!