PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Jake Dawn (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Paul Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dawn
vs
Philips

180 cm
20
154 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

167 cm
22
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Jake Dawn!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Philips!
The judges for this bout are Donatello Bradman, Steve Erwin and John Mangel.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Dawn shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Philips but Philips pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Dawn looks exhausted already! Oh dear, he should have come in in better shape than this!
Dawn is looking to clinch.
Jake Dawn seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dawn tries to clinch there but Philips circles away.
Dawn shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Philips pinned against the cage. Philips gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.

Philips lands a left and a right that send Dawn crashing to the mat, dazed. Philips thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

It looks like Jake Dawn has been cut.
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!
Philips tries to clinch but Dawn is having none of it.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dawn paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Sloppy strikes from Philips. Those never looked like landing.
Philips wants to clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dawn has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Philips.
Philips wants to clinch up but Dawn keeps it at a distance.

Philips instigates a clinch.
Philips is struggling to control the position.

Philips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Philips misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Philips pushes Dawn up against the cage in a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips stalling.
Philips landing knees to the body.

Philips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Philips wants to clinch.

Philips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Dawn, pushing him back against the cage.
A body shot lands from Philips.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philips lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Philips.
A short uppercut from Philips.
Philips lands a nice elbow from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Philips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Philips wants to clinch up but Dawn keeps it at a distance.
Philips lands with a kick to the temple. Dawn shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Philips tries to clinch there but Dawn circles away.
Dawn swats away the attempt to clinch by Philips.

Philips clinches up with Dawn and pushes him back against the cage.
Philips stalling against the cage.
Philips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philips obliges.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee is keeping an eye on Philips - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Philips 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.
Philips tries to stall but Dawn uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Paul Philips.
Philips wants to clinch up but Dawn keeps it at a distance.
Philips throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Dawn.
Philips is looking to clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Philips rushes Dawn and presses him up against the cage.
Philips lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Philips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jake Dawn's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Dawn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Philips tries to clinch up but Dawn circles away and keeps his distance.
Paul Philips seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Philips throws a body kick that misses.
Philips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philips. Philips obviously looking to wear him down.
Dawn on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Philips. Philips obviously looking to wear him down.

Philips has taken the fight to the clinch.

Philips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Philips throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Philips keeps Dawn at a distance using the push kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips throws a nice outside leg kick.

Philips moves into the clinch.
Philips digs a right hand into Dawn's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Dawn's gas tank.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Philips takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

Philips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.

Philips gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Nice elbow from Philips.
Philips lands an elbow inside that Dawn shrugs off.

Philips manages to break the clinch.
Dawn avoids a punch combination nicely.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to clinch but Dawn moves out of range.
Philips has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Philips closes the distance and pushes Dawn back into the cage.
Philips unloads a knee to the mid-section. Dawn lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips connects with a nasty looking knee right to Dawn's face.
Philips landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Philips.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philips obliges.
Philips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Philips is pushing Dawn up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Philips avoiding damage.

Philips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Philips feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Dawn's calf.
Philips tries to clinch there but Dawn circles away.
Philips doesn't manage to clinch there - Dawn circles away.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawn misses with the body kick
and Philips counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
Jake Dawn is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Philips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Philips lands an elbow inside that Dawn shrugs off.

Jake Dawn's cut is getting worse.
Philips stalling in the clinch.

Philips breaks from the clinch.
Philips throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Dawn takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Philips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Jake Dawn's cut.
That's time! Dawn's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Dawn on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Dawn avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Dawn takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Philips thumps Dawn with a low kick.
Philips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
A head kick by Dawn misses

and Philips counters into the clinch. Nicely done.

Philips breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dawn keeps the fight on the outside.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Philips gets a clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Philips.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.

Philips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Philips tries to clinch but Dawn is having none of it.
Philips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dawn is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Philips is looking to clinch but Dawn is avoiding it.
Philips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Philips is looking to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Philips misses with a wild combination.

Philips darts in and clinches Dawn up against the cage.
Philips is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Philips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Philips lands an elbow just above Dawn 's eye.
Philips lands a knee to the head.

Philips breaks from the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.

Philips clinches with his opponent.
Dawn being controlled against the cage.
Philips lands a damaging elbow.
Philips scores with a knee to the head.

Philips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Philips is looking to clinch but Dawn is avoiding it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dawn tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Dawn swats away the attempt to clinch by Philips.
Dawn keeps the fight on the outside.
Philips slaps away a takedown attempt from Dawn, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Philips lands a nice looking body shot.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Philips wants to clinch up but Dawn keeps it at a distance.
Jake Dawn has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Paul Philips is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Dawn paws at him with a jab and circles away.

And that's the end of the fight!
Paul Philips comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Philips has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Donatello Bradman scores the fight 25:30
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight 25:30
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 25:30

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Philips!
An out of breath Paul Philips thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.