PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Xavier Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Richard Okusaka (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Xavier Phillips has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Phillips
vs
Okusaka

190 cm
18
300 lbs
0 - 2 - 0

193 cm
18
289 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Counter striker
Tends to cut

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Xavier Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Richard Okusaka!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Matheus Silva and Emerson Jorge.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Okusaka closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips is trying to stand.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Okusaka lands a nice short elbow.
Okusaka is taking a breather. Phillips 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.
Phillips punching from the bottom.
Phillips is trying to stand up here but Okusaka is controlling him well.
Okusaka is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Phillips makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Phillips.
Okusaka controls from within his opponent's guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Okusaka passes Phillips's left leg - he's now in half guard.

Okusaka decides to stand up.

Okusaka gets a takedown into half guard.
Okusaka passes to full mount!
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Okusaka controlling the position easily from mount.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Okusaka with a couple of short strikes.
Okusaka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.

Phillips has left one of his arms exposed and Okusaka doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Phillips screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Richard Okusaka!