PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Jackson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Philips comes into the arena with Dance Hall Days blaring out of the sound system. Clint Jackson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Philips
vs
Jackson

190 cm
27
265 lbs
11 - 4 - 0

190 cm
26
245 lbs
11 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Very strong

BJJ Blue Belt
World class boxer
Powerful

Broken Halo Pride Nutrition
Firebird Designs

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 11 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Clint Jackson!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Frank Dennis and Cecil Peabody.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Jackson works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Philips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Philips uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Jackson throws the left hand but Philips avoids the punch easily.
Jackson throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
A jab from Jackson does it's job there.
A left lands for Jackson.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch but Jackson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philips chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Jab from Philips.
Philips with a body punch. A glancing blow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Jackson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Philips.
A shot to the body from Jackson misses
and Philips counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for Jackson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Jackson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Philips works the jab nicely.
Philips scores with a shot to the body.
Jackson looks to throw the jab but Philips is out of range.
Jackson throws an overhand right that lands on Philips's shoulder, as Philips tries to avoid the shot.
Philips throws a combination. Jackson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Philips swings for the body but Jackson moves out of range.
Philips uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Jackson.
Philips throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Philips tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Jackson was well out of range. Poor timing from Philips.
Jackson catches Philips with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jackson looks to land a right hand but Philips moved out of range.
Philips digs a good hook to Jackson's body.
Philips scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
A looping hook to the body misses from Jackson. Philips does a little dance to reset his feet.
Philips steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Jackson.
Philips just misses with a punch to the body.
Philips tries a low kick but Jackson avoids it.
Jackson looks to land a left hand but Philips moved out of range nicely.
Philips throws a predictable looking body shot
and Jackson counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Philips in his tracks.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips loads up on a big right hand but Jackson slips the punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands with a thumping leg kick.
Philips looks for the body kick but Jackson saw that one coming.

Philips forces Jackson back against the cage and clinches.
Philips lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Philips lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Philips.
Jackson looks gassed!
Philips is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Philips scores with a hook to the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Philips digs a right hand underneath Jackson's ribcage. Jackson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Philips stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Philips working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Philips manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
A hook to the body from Philips.
A right handed body shot lands from Philips.
Philips lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Jackson or not.
Nice body punch from Philips.
A right hook to the body lands for Philips.
Philips lands a shoulder strike.
Good body shot from Philips.
Philips has Jackson pushed against the cage.
Jackson misses with a hook from the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
Nice body punch from Philips - that landed with a thud.
Philips taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Philips.
Philips misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
A right hook to the body lands for Philips.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Philips.
Philips lands a nice shot to the body.
Philips digs a right hand underneath Jackson's ribcage. Jackson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Philips lands a shot to the body.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philips.
Philips digs a right hand into Jackson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jackson's gas tank.
Philips slowing the pace effectively.
Jackson misses with a punch on the inside.
Philips works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
Philips lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Philips has him pressed against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
A right handed body shot lands from Philips.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Philips lands a body punch.
Philips lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
Philips trying to land knees to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Philips dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Philips's corner calls for a 1,2 combination and Philips duly obliges.
Philips throws a leg kick which misses Jackson's front leg but catches the back leg as Jackson tries to avoid it.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
The crowd cheers as Philips lands an impressive looking overhand right. Jackson doesn't seem phased though.
Philips cracks Jackson with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Jackson misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Philips counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Philips jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Philips lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Jackson backs up against the cage.
Jackson is breathing heavily.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.
Philips tries to clinch up.
Philips connects with a crisp jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a shot from downtown. Philips moves away and avoids it.
A nice leg kick lands there from Philips.
Philips is looking to wear down Jackson with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
A jab lands there for Philips.
Jackson dodges the punch combination from Philips.
Jackson missing with a left hand there. Philips was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Philips connects with a solid leg kick.
Jackson digs a good body shot into Philips's ribs.
Jackson moves out of range as Philips strikes.
Jackson looks to score with a jab to the body but Philips is just out of range.
Philips connects with a single shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jackson falls off balance throwing a combination
and Philips counters with a good low kick that Jackson was not able to check.
Philips fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jackson manages to avoid it.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Jackson, as that shot connected.
Jab from Jackson.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jackson can do to turn this around?
Nice uppercut there from Jackson.
Philips thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jackson throws a hook but Philips blocks it.
Jackson misses the body punch
and Jackson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips jabs at Jackson's body.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Philips, as that shot connected.
Ray Philips is winning the standup battle so far.
Philips scores with a leg kick.
Jackson on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Jackson blocks a head kick by Philips.
Jackson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Philips to score with a decent uppercut.
Philips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
The fighters circle momentarily. Philips darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Jackson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Jackson misses with a hook.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson walks into a jab.
Jackson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Philips is looking to clinch but Jackson is avoiding it.
Philips dips to his left and cracks Jackson with an uppercut!
Philips staying out of range there.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Jackson moves away.
Jackson throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Philips stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Jackson misses with a hook to the body
and Philips counters with a stiff right hand.
Jackson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Philips misses with an uppercut.

Philips has managed to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ray Philips dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!

Jackson misses with a body shot
and Philips counters with a series of strikes. Jackson will be more careful next time no doubt.
Philips connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Philips scores with the left hand. Jackson knows he should have avoided that one.
Jackson throws a jab when Philips was well out of range.
Philips lands a slapping body shot.
Jackson on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jackson misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Philips.
Jab from Philips.
Jackson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Philips misses with a straight right.
Jackson just misses with a punch to the body.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jackson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.

Philips pushes Jackson up against the cage in a clinch.
Jackson is trying to break the clinch but Philips has him pressed against the cage.
Philips blocking some punches.
Philips lands a body shot.
Philips stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Jackson has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Philips missing with knees to the body.
Philips lands a shot to the body.
Philips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
Philips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Jackson is defending well for now.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Jackson.
Philips lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Philips works on Jackson's body with a couple of short punches.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Philips is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Philips.
Philips lands a nice shot to the body.
Philips lands a body shot.
A bit of stalling here from Philips.
Philips missing with knees to the body.
Philips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Philips.
A right handed body shot lands from Philips.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Good body shot from Philips.
Philips lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
Philips stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Philips.
Jackson managing to block the knees to the body from Philips.
Knees in the clinch landing for Philips.
Philips misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
Philips lands a body punch.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Philips misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Jackson.
A body shot lands from Philips.
A hook to the body from Philips.
Philips lands with a left to the head.
Philips trying to land knees to the body.
Philips lands a nice shot to the body.
Philips blocks a body shot from Jackson.
Philips lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Philips lands a shoulder strike.
Nice body punch from Philips - that landed with a thud.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Philips lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Jackson backwards.
Nice body punch from Philips - that landed with a thud.
Nice body punch from Philips - that landed with a thud.
Philips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Jackson takes a shot to the head.
Philips lands with a right to the head.
Philips lands a body shot in the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Philips.
Jackson avoiding damage as Philips throws knees to the body.
Jackson taking a breather.
Philips is working Jackson over against the cage.
Philips presses Jackson against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Jackson is looking to break free of the clinch but Philips has double underhooks.
Clint Jackson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jackson is trying to force a seperation but Philips has the dominant position.
A hook to the body from Philips.
Philips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Philips lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Jackson.
Philips is struggling to control the position.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
Ray Philips has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jackson blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Jackson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Philips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Philips digs a right hand into Jackson's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Jackson's gas tank.
Philips is working Jackson over against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Nice body punch from Philips - that landed with a thud.
Philips works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A right hook to the body lands for Philips.
Philips works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Philips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ray Philips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Philips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Philips stalls.
Philips lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Philips is leaning against Jackson and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Philips.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
A short right from Philips.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ray 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 Alan Glass scores the fight 30:26
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:26
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:26

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