PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Sal Paradise (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Constantinos Philippou (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Constantinos Philippou acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.

Paradise
vs
Philippou

188 cm
19
188 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

182 cm
24
190 lbs
2 - 3 - 0

Good takedowns
Solid boxing
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Heavy handed

Torment Fightwear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Sal Paradise !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, Constantinos Philippou!
The judges for this bout are Chad Campbell, Jorge Garcia and Jonathan Paton.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paradise misses the body punch
and Philippou counters with a two punch combo.
Paradise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philippou.
Paradise moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Paradise takes a swing at Philippou's ribcage but misses.
A jab from Paradise does it's job there.

Paradise looking to score a takedown here. Philippou is defending well but Paradise drives through and ends up in Philippou's guard.
Philippou wants to get back to his feet but Paradise is in a dominant position and won't allow it.

Philippou is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Paradise is aware though and is defending well.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Paradise is looking to stand up but Philippou won't let him.
Philippou working a defensive guard here.
Paradise passes into half guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philippou is looking to escape.
Paradise controlling the action here.
Paradise wants to pass to mount but Philippou is defending the position.
Paradise missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Philippou is looking to improve his position.
Paradise is pressing down on Philippou's thigh, looking to free his foot. Philippou is holding on for now.
Paradise looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Philippou is trying to get back to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Philippou is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Paradise pulls his head out easily.
Paradise sitting and controlling from the half guard.

Philippou is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Paradise pulls his head out easily.
Paradise perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Philippou is looking to control Paradise 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Philippou avoid being mounted?
Paradise wants to pass the guard but Philippou is defending well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Philippou looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Paradise content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Philippou blocking the ground and pound attempt from Paradise .
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Philippou regains full guard. Nicely done.
Paradise trying to stand up but can't free himself from Philippou's guard.

Philippou has his foot on Paradise 's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Paradise works his way back into a safe position though.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Paradise sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Philippou's guard.
Paradise is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Philippou!
Paradise controlling the pace for now.
Paradise tries to control but Philippou wriggling away.
Philippou can't escape the position.
Philippou is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Paradise in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.

It looks like Constantinos Philippou has been cut.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Paradise controlling the position easily from mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Paradise dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Constantinos Philippou's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!

Paradise throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Philippou stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Some wild striking there from Philippou.
Paradise connects with the punch.
Paradise misses with a wild body shot.
Constantinos Philippou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Philippou thows a body shot but no joy.
Philippou needs to keep his hands up - Paradise had a free shot at his head there.
Paradise fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philippou manages to avoid it.
Paradise works Philippou's body with a nice hook.
Paradise swings away with a body shot that misses
and Philippou counters with a two punch combo.
Paradise tries to land a front kick but Philippou steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Philippou misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philippou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paradise .
Paradise avoids a punch combination nicely.
Philippou misses with a double jab.
Paradise scores with a hook to the body. Philippou takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Paradise tries a low kick but Philippou avoids it.
Philippou falls off balance throwing a combination
and Paradise counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Philippou is breathing heavily.
Paradise lands with a nice body punch.
Paradise feints a jab promting Philippou to slip. Paradise then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Philippou slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Paradise moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A cross from Paradise lands.
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!
Nice body punch from Paradise .
Paradise looks to land a combination but Philippou avoids it well.
Paradise 's corner calls for a 1-2. Paradise obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Paradise bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Philippou's head.
Paradise showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Philippou.
Paradise looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Sal Paradise is winning the standup battle so far.
Paradise connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Paradise throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Paradise swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Paradise wants to land a leg kick but Philippou is out of range.
Paradise misses the shot to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Paradise shoots in for a takedown but Philippou shows good takedown defense.
Paradise lands a nice hook to Philippou's body. Philippou takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Paradise cracks Philippou with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Paradise tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Philippou was well out of range. Poor timing from Paradise .
Philippou misses with a wild combination.
Philippou misses with a few strikes there.
Paradise throws out a powerful jab.

That has opened up Constantinos Philippou's cut even more.
Philippou takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Paradise throws a front kick aimed at Philippou's knee but Philippou avoids it well.
Philippou takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Paradise cracks a nice hook into Philippou's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Paradise scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Paradise shoots in looking for a takedown. Philippou tries to sprawl out of it but Paradise keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Philippou manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Philippou drops his hands momentarily and Paradise takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Paradise scores with a jab to the body.
Paradise lands a glancing blow to the side of Philippou's head.
Donk. Paradise catches Philippou right on the button with a cross.
Paradise cracks a nice hook into Philippou's ribs.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Paradise will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sal Paradise . That's going to take a lot out of him.
A punch combination from Paradise misses.
Paradise fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Sal Paradise dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Constantinos Philippou's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

Paradise lands a head shot.
A right-left combo lands from Paradise .
Philippou misses with a two punch combination.
Philippou misses with a series of wild punches.
Paradise is looking to wear down Philippou with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Paradise thows a body shot but no joy.
Paradise connects with a right hand. Philippou shakes it off.

The cut above Constantinos Philippou's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Philippou moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Paradise misses with a body kick.
Paradise lands the left hand.
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!
Philippou displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Philippou takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Paradise looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
A punch combination from Philippou misses.
Paradise is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Philippou can do to turn this around?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Paradise throws a head kick but Philippou moves out of range.
Philippou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Paradise .
Philippou misses with a double jab
and Paradise counters with a nice body shot.
Paradise ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Philippou moves away.
Philippou takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Paradise connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Philippou momentarily.
Philippou closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Philippou takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Paradise lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.

Constantinos Philippou's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philippou slips a jab and a cross from Paradise .
Paradise tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Paradise lands with a shot to the body.

Philippou gets caught napping as Paradise dives in and scores a takedown. Philippou manages to retain guard.
Paradise pushes down on Philippou's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

Philippou looking for submissions off his back.
Philippou is not content to let Paradise control the position.
Paradise controlling the pace.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sal Paradise overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.

We're going to have a standup here because Sal Paradise wasn't active enough for the referee's liking.
Paradise catches Philippou with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Paradise swings for the body but Philippou moves out of range.
Philippou misses with a combination
and Paradise counters with a right hand to the body.
Paradise works the jab nicely.

The referee calls the doctor in to look at Constantinos Philippou's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Sal Paradise !