PBP Commentary

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

Knight
vs
Philips

160 cm
19
180 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

167 cm
23
169 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Knockout power

Damnfield clothing

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Aaron Knight!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Paul Philips!
The judges for this bout are Steve Erwin, Bruno Hogan and Hugh Johnson.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips tries to land a leg kick but Knight saw it coming and moves away.
Knight throws a right and a left that Philips avoids nicely.
Knight fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Philips is looking to clinch.

Philips gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Knight tries to break free but Philips pushes him back against the cage.

Philips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Knight blocks the leg kick.
Knight takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Philips, right into the meat.
Knight tries to clinch up but Philips circles away and keeps his distance.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Knight swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Knight takes a shot right to the bread basket.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Knight closes this distance looking for a takedown but Philips circles away.
Knight throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Knight shoots for a double leg takedown but Philips sprawls well. He's pushed Knight's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knight tries to clinch but Philips moves out of range.
Philips throws a head kick but Knight moves out of range.
Philips leaves Knight with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.

Philips has Knight up against the cage in a clinch.

Philips breaks from the clinch.
Knight tries for a takedown but Philips sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Philips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Knight takes a kick to the side of the head.
Philips avoids a punch combination nicely.
Philips fails with an attempt to clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Knight throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Knight tries to close the distance and clinch but Philips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Knight tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
A head kick misses from Knight.
Philips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Knight tries to clinch up but Philips circles away and keeps his distance.
Knight will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips fails in his attempt to clinch.

Philips closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Knight is working for takedown but Philips is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knees in the clinch landing for Philips.
Knight is breathing heavily.
Philips works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands a left hand that snaps the head of Knight backwards.

Philips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Philips tries to clinch up but Knight circles away and keeps his distance.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Philips dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Knight. That did some damage!
Aaron Knight seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knight shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Philips sprawls well. Philips wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Knight gets slowly back to his feet.
Knight misses with a wild body shot.
Knight throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Philips counters with a thumping low kick.

Knight decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.

Knight looking for a submission but Philips manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.

Philips pushes Knight off and gets back to his feet.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Philips smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Philips blocks a head kick by Knight.

Philips closes the distance and pushes Knight back into the cage.

Philips's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Philips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Knight misses with an uppercut
and Philips counters with a body kick that stops Knight in his tracks momentarily.
Philips tries to clinch up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Paul Philips dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Philips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knight avoids a punch combination nicely.
Knight tries to clinch but Philips is having none of it.
Philips dodges the punch combination from Knight.
Knight tries a head kick but it misses.
Philips throws a leg kick which misses Knight's front leg but catches the back leg as Knight tries to avoid it.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch but Knight swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philips turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Philips circles away from the clinch attempt.
A head kick misses from Philips.
Philips circles away from the clinch attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight fails to land with a series of punches.
Paul Philips seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The fight stays on the outside here - Philips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Philips tries to clinch but Knight is having none of it.
Knight tries to move into range but Philips moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Knight misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.

Knight looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Philips!

Knight goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Philips is on top in guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Knight manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Philips manages to get himself to full guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knight drops back, looking for a kneebar! Philips looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Philips looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Philips!
Knight manages to work his way to half guard, despite Philips's best efforts.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Knight is trying to get back to full guard.

Knight looking for submissions off his back.
Philips wants to get back to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Knight wants to get back to full guard but Philips has mounted him!

Philips stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Paul Philips is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Knight fails with an attempt to clinch.
Knight shoots for a takedown but Philips saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Knight swinging wildly here.
Knight misses with a double jab

and Philips counters by moving into the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Knight takes a shot to the head.
Knight tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Philips avoids it.
Philips works on Knight's body with a couple of short punches.
Philips tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Philips is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Philips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Philips.
Knight tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Philips gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Knight.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Aaron Knight. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Knight tries to pull guard but Philips holds him up against the cage and eventually Knight drops back down to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Paul Philips will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!

Knight goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.

Philips has Knight up against the cage in a clinch.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Philips creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Knight is trying to break free.

Philips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Knight tries to clinch but Philips is having none of it.

Knight shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.

Knight is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Philips doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Knight.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Knight prevents Philips from standing back up.

Knight is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Knight is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Knight throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.

Knight is looking for a kimura but Philips is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Knight to get the leverage.

Knight seems to be looking for submissions.

Knight is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.

Knight is working for a submission of some sort.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Knight seems to be looking for submissions.

Knight is trying to work for a kimura but Philips is defending well.

Knight is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Philips has managed to free his arm - good work.

That's four 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.

Knight seems to be looking for submissions.
Knight thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Philips's head.

Knight is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.

Knight is looking for a kimura but Philips is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Knight to get the leverage.

And that's the end of the fight!
Aaron Knight showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Philips has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bruno Hogan scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Paul Philips!
Paul Philips thanked the fans post fight for their support.