PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Victor Wors (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Simon Phoenix (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Wors
vs
Phoenix

195 cm
25
260 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

200 cm
18
288 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Tends to cut

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 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Victor Wors!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Simon Phoenix !
The judges for this bout are Aafke Stam, Nard Betker and Patrick Alders.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wors keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phoenix .
Phoenix looks to score with a jab to the body but Wors is just out of range.
Wors tries to clinch up.
Phoenix swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Wors is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Phoenix throws a series of punches but Wors moves out of range.
Phoenix thows a body shot but no joy.
Wors slips a jab and a cross from Phoenix .
Phoenix swings widly with a right hand
and Wors counters with a nice body kick.
Phoenix circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wors fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wors tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phoenix paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wors misses with a two punch combination.
Phoenix throws a hook but Wors avoids it easily.
Phoenix misses with a hook
and Wors counters with a nice leg kick.
Wors fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Phoenix missing with a left hand there. Wors was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Wors buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wors lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Phoenix circles away quickly and effectively.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wors moves in looking to clinch but Phoenix pushes him off.
A slow jab from Phoenix misses its intended target.
Phoenix swats away the attempt to clinch by Wors.
Phoenix throws the left hand but Wors avoids the punch easily.
Simon Phoenix seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Wors tries to clinch but Phoenix moves out of range.
Phoenix missing with a left hand there. Wors was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Phoenix lands with a right hand.
The fighters circling - Phoenix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wors lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Phoenix misses with a lunging right hand

and Wors holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Phoenix just leaning against Wors, taking a breather.

Wors breaks the clinch.
Phoenix swinging wildly here.

Wors clinches up with Phoenix and pushes him back against the cage.
Phoenix goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix takes a knee right on the jaw!

It looks like Simon Phoenix has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wors wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phoenix has him pressed against the cage.
Wors has Phoenix pressed against the cage, preventing Phoenix from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wors working Phoenix over with knees to the body.
Phoenix wants to break the clinch but can't.
Phoenix has had enough of the clinch but Wors keeps him there for the moment.
Phoenix keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Wors's efforts to push away.
Phoenix is looking to break free of the clinch but Wors has double underhooks.

Wors breaks from the clinch.

Wors closes the distance and clinches.
Wors tries to break the clinch but Phoenix is controlling the position.

Phoenix breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wors throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Phoenix avoids the head kick by Wors.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wors tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phoenix paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phoenix slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Phoenix misses with a combination
and Wors counters with a head kick. That will keep Phoenix thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
Wors keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phoenix lands with an uppercut that bounces Wors off the cage and back into range.

It looks like Victor Wors has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Wors takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Phoenix misses with a wild combination.
Phoenix lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Wors circles away quickly and effectively.
Left hook, right uppercut from Wors.
Phoenix might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Phoenix misses with a two punch combination.
Phoenix misses with a hook. Wors ducked under it nicely.
Wors on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Wors is breathing heavily.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phoenix . Wors does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wors doesn't manage to clinch there - Phoenix circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Phoenix lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Phoenix misses with a series of wild punches.
Phoenix misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wors swinging wildly here.
Phoenix looks to score with a jab to the body but Wors is just out of range.
Phoenix throws a one two combo.
Wors tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phoenix throws out a loose jab but Wors uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phoenix connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Wors's hands.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phoenix cracks a nice hook into Wors's ribs.
Phoenix smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.

Victor Wors's cut is getting worse.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phoenix . Wors does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wors misses with a head kick.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close round but Simon Phoenix will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
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.

Phoenix misses with a looping left.
Wors slips a jab and a cross from Phoenix .
Wors uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phoenix .
Phoenix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phoenix misses with a series of wild punches.
A telegraphed right hand from Phoenix misses the target.
Wors tries to bum rush Phoenix with a series of wild strikes but Phoenix uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Phoenix misses with a left hand
and Wors counters with a one-two to the body.
Wors ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Phoenix tries to bum rush Wors with a series of wild strikes but Wors uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Phoenix ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Wors moves away.
Some wild striking there from Phoenix .
Wors is looking to clinch.
Wors ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Phoenix swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phoenix rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Wors counters with an outside leg kick.
Wors tries to clinch up but Phoenix circles away and keeps his distance.
Wors scores with a kick to the midsection.
Phoenix looks to score with a jab to the body but Wors is just out of range.
Wors moves out of range of the strikes.
Wors tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Phoenix was well out of range. Poor timing from Wors.
Phoenix throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Wors stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Phoenix throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phoenix just misses with a punch to the body.
Phoenix throws a right and a left that Wors avoids nicely.
Phoenix is breathing heavily.
Phoenix lands a glancing blow to the side of Wors's head.
Wors has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Phoenix scores with a one two! Wors had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Victor Wors is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wors fails in his attempt to clinch.
Wors tries to close the distance and clinch but Phoenix swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Phoenix throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Wors is looking to clinch but Phoenix is avoiding it.
Wors throws a nice head kick!
Phoenix misses with a wild body shot.
Wors throws a combination. Phoenix tries to block but a couple of punches get through.
Phoenix throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
enabling Wors to counter with a crisp jab.
Wors tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in the close the distance. Phoenix manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phoenix shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Wors eats them both and turns towards Phoenix to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Phoenix tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wors was well out of range. Poor timing from Phoenix .
Wors moves out of range as Phoenix strikes.
Phoenix misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Wors tries to clinch but Phoenix is having none of it.
Wors takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Wors fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phoenix 's jab looks to have found its range, popping Wors under the eye.

Victor Wors's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix sizes up Wors with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Phoenix fails to land with a series of punches.
Wors slips a straight right by Phoenix .
Phoenix throws a lazy right hand but Wors sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phoenix throws a poor cross that misses
and Wors counters with a big head kick but Phoenix shrugs it off.
Phoenix misses with a looping left.
Phoenix misses with a wild body shot.
Simon Phoenix seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wors is looking to clinch.
Wors slips a straight right by Phoenix .
Wors slips under a jab.
Wors fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phoenix throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Phoenix looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Wors tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wors throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wors tries to clinch there but Phoenix circles away.
Phoenix loads up on a big right hand but Wors slips the punch.
Wors throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Phoenix misses with an uppercut
and Wors cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Wors slips a straight right by Phoenix .
Phoenix throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Phoenix cracks Wors with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Phoenix misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Wors counters with a one-two to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix just misses with a punch to the body.
A telegraphed right hand from Phoenix misses the target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Phoenix . Wors does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wors slips a jab from Phoenix .
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phoenix misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Some wild striking there from Phoenix .
Phoenix fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Simon Phoenix 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.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!

Wors tries to clinch but Phoenix moves out of range.
Wors moves in looking to clinch but Phoenix pushes him off.
Phoenix clobbers Wors with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Wors slips a jab and a cross from Phoenix .
Phoenix falls off balance throwing a combination
and Phoenix takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Phoenix throws a nice looking combination but Wors bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Phoenix misses with a lunging right hand
and Wors counters with a head kick.
Wors lands a high kick!
Phoenix swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phoenix misses with a two punch combination.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wors slips under a jab.
Wors connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Phoenix throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Wors counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Phoenix takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phoenix takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Phoenix throws a nice looking combination but Wors bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wors tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phoenix swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Sloppy strikes from Wors. Those never looked like landing.
Wors tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wors misses with a two punch combination.
Wors ducks under a wild hook from Phoenix .
Phoenix waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Wors.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wors looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Phoenix avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Wors wants to clinch.
Wors tries to close the distance and clinch but Phoenix swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Wors tries to clinch there but Phoenix circles away.
Phoenix throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wors on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Wors on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Wors tries to clinch but Phoenix is having none of it.
Wors throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Phoenix .
Phoenix throws a series of punches but Wors avoids them all with ease.
Wors tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A punch combination from Phoenix misses.

Phoenix gets tackled into the cage by Wors. Wors maintains the clinch.
Phoenix blocks an uppercut.
Phoenix is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Phoenix continues to stall. The referee tells him to work or he's going to break them up.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phoenix blocks an uppercut.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Phoenix manages to break the clinch.
Phoenix takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Wors keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Phoenix .
Phoenix throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Wors.
Phoenix thows a left - swing and a miss!
Phoenix swinging wildly here.
Phoenix misses the jab.
Phoenix tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Phoenix scores with a shot to the body.
Wors avoids the body shot from Phoenix .
Wors slips a jab from Phoenix .
Phoenix avoids the clinch attempt nicely.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phoenix avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Phoenix scores with a nice strike.
Phoenix misses with a hook.
Phoenix lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Wors looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Phoenix misses with a wild body shot.
Phoenix scores with a one two! Wors had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Phoenix misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Phoenix looks to land a right hand but Wors moved out of range.
Phoenix throws an overhand right that lands on Wors's shoulder, as Wors tries to avoid the shot.
Wors fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phoenix looks to score with a jab to the body but Wors is just out of range.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phoenix misses with a hook
and Wors counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Wors uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Phoenix .
A lazy left from Phoenix finds it's target.
Victor Wors has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phoenix swings widly with a right hand
and Wors counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.

And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Simon Phoenix .
I've got Phoenix winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 27:30
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 27:30
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 27:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Simon Phoenix !