PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Sugar Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Heng Keo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips's entrance music is Buffalo Soldier . A fine choice. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.

Phillips
vs
Keo

175 cm
24
145 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

173 cm
20
144 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong

BJJ Brown Belt
Dangerous knees
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Sugar Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Heng Keo!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Paul Aken and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Keo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Keo moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Keo tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Keo moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Phillips lands a right hook to the body.
Phillips cracks Keo with a right hand to the side of the head.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch but Phillips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

Keo gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Keo is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
Keo misses with an elbow over the top.
Keo looking to slow down the pace here.
Phillips blocks the elbow strike.
Keo pushes off an throws an elbow but Phillips leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Keo just misses with a elbow thrown towards Phillips's brow.
A short uppercut from Phillips.
Keo has Phillips pressed against the cage, preventing Phillips from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keo tries to land a knee to the head but Phillips blocks with his arms.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips blocks an elbow strike from Keo.
Keo pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.

Keo manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Phillips trying to control but Keo is working from the bottom.
Phillips slips nicely into half guard.

Keo looking for submissions off his back.
Phillips content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Keo is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Phillips in particular looking to stall.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.

Keo looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Keo tries to roll over but Phillips keeps him under control.
Phillips stalling.
Phillips is looking to take a break and control but Keo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is stalling here. Keo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Phillips seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Keo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Phillips can't do much from the bottom here.
Keo just content to control the position.

Keo stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Phillips lands with a good body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a two punch combination.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
A punch combination from Phillips misses.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keo tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Keo tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Keo.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Keo moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Keo.
Keo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Phillips with a nice cross.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch but Phillips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

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

Phillips scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Keo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Phillips tries to keep at a distance but Keo has taken the fight into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Phillips pushes Keo back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Keo keeps control of Phillips as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Keo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Keo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Keo wants to clinch.
Keo fails in his attempt to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Keo tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Keo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keo wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keo tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Sugar Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Keo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips swinging wildly here.
Keo tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Keo working Phillips over with knees to the body.

Phillips breaks the clinch.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Keo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.

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.
Keo wants to clinch.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Keo.
Phillips lands a glancing blow to the side of Keo's head.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Keo moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Keo tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Keo tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Keo wants to clinch.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Keo fails with an attempt to clinch.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch but Phillips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Keo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phillips misses with a wild body shot.
Phillips is looking to wear down Keo with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Keo doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.
Phillips misses with a body shot.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Keo tries to clinch up.
Keo doesn't manage to clinch there - Phillips circles away.

Keo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Keo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Keo leaning his opponent against the cage.
Keo scores a nice knee to the body.

That's four 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.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Phillips working hard to break the clinch.
Keo tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Phillips tries to stall but Keo uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phillips takes a knee to the side of the body.
Keo lands a nice elbow.
Phillips avoiding damage as Keo throws knees to the body.
Phillips on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Keo unloads a knee to the mid-section. Phillips lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Keo lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Keo is looking to control Phillips's arms but Phillips gets an underhook and turns him. Now Keo has his back to the cage.
Keo jumps guard but Phillips stands there with Keo around his waist. Keo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Sugar Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Heng Keo.
Phillips swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phillips taking a breather.
Keo blocks a body shot from Phillips.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Keo working Phillips over with knees to the body.
Nice elbow from Keo.
Stalling in the clinch from Keo.
Keo lands a nice elbow.
Keo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Heng Keo showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!

Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Keo is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Keo tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Keo wants to clinch.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phillips misses with a wild body shot.
Phillips takes a swing at Keo's ribcage but misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Keo tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Keo gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Phillips.
Phillips scores with a shot to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Keo tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Keo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Keo looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Keo.
Phillips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Phillips lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Keo at a distance.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Keo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Keo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Keo is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Phillips lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Keo moves out of range of the strikes.

Keo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
The referee calls for Keo to work.
Keo has Phillips pressed against the cage, preventing Phillips from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Keo gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Keo keeps control of Phillips as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Phillips takes an elbow to the temple.
Phillips cracks Keo with a nice body shot.
A left hand lands to the body for Phillips.
Keo landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Keo wants to stall.
Nice elbow from Keo.
Keo has Phillips pressed against the cage.
Keo lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Phillips working aggressively here.
Keo tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Keo tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Keo wants to clinch.

Keo pushes Phillips up against the cage in a clinch.
Keo is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Keo lands an elbow inside that Phillips shrugs off.
Phillips takes a knee to the side of the body.
Phillips tries to break the clinch but Keo is controlling the position.
Keo lands a good knee to the midsection. Phillips won't want to take too many of those.
Keo lands an elbow inside that Phillips shrugs off.
Keo lands an elbow inside that Phillips shrugs off.
Keo is trying to stall.

Keo pulls Phillips into guard.

Keo 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.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Keo has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Phillips doesn't defend quickly enough and Keo has managed to lock this one up! Can Phillips escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Keo on a fantastic submission victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Heng Keo!