PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Stephane Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Herbert Taylor (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Bing Bong by Korki Buchek. This should be fireworks!

Phillips
vs
Taylor

191 cm
27
158 lbs
4 - 2 - 0

170 cm
21
161 lbs
5 - 1 - 0

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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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 4 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Stephane Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 5 - 1 - 0, fighting out of London, Herbert Taylor!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Atkins and Donald Grub.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Taylor takes a kick to the side of the head.
Taylor fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Taylor moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Taylor throws a shot from downtown. Phillips moves away and avoids it.
Taylor scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Taylor looks to score with a jab to the body but Phillips is just out of range.
Phillips has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Phillips really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.

Phillips drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Taylor is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Phillips trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Taylor manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Phillips manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips avoids the attempt from Taylor to control.
Phillips thowing shots but they're missing.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Phillips connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Taylor wants to control but Phillips is having none of it.
Taylor is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Phillips cracks Taylor with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Phillips cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips unloads with some shots from mount but Taylor bucks and avoids them well.

Phillips is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Taylor to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Taylor shrugs it off.
Phillips unloads with some shots from mount but Taylor bucks and avoids them well.
Phillips unloads with some shots from mount but Taylor bucks and avoids them well.
Phillips is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Taylor can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Phillips thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.

Phillips swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Taylor is now in Phillips's guard. A big mistake from Phillips there, giving up the dominant position!

Phillips escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Taylor gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Phillips throws his legs up looking for a submission but Taylor uses it to pass to side control.
Phillips is trying to improve his position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Phillips tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Taylor presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount!
Phillips tries to reverse the position but Taylor maintains control.
Phillips has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is working hard here to advance position.
Taylor content just to control the position here.
Phillips sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phillips tries to get to full guard but Taylor has control of the leg.
Phillips manages to get to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Stephane Phillips dominated that round.
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.

Phillips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A big left from Taylor misses.
Taylor misses with a wild body shot.
Phillips slips a jab from Taylor.
A big right from Taylor misses.
A big right from Phillips misses.
Taylor will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Taylor misses the shot to the body.
Taylor throws the left hand but Phillips avoids the punch easily.

Phillips shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Phillips showed some decent athleticism there.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips is taking a breather. Taylor says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Taylor controlling the position for now.
Phillips will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.

Taylor is trying to control Phillips's posture. Phillips takes advantage of the lull and advances to side control. He also appears to have an arm triangle here! Uh oh, big trouble for Taylor! Phillips is rotating here... this could be the end... Taylor is out! Phillips has ended this one emphatically! Great submission!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Stephane Phillips!
Stephane Phillips decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.