PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Robert With (ranked 2935 p4p, 5172 weight class) and Mikkel Philips (ranked 142 p4p, 219 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

With
vs
Philips

177 cm
25
144
5 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
140
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Cuts easily

Good takedowns
Brawler
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Robert With!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Mikkel Philips!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Ben Watson and Steve Erwin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips slips under a jab from With.
With throws an off balance right hand
and Philips counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
With misses with a looping left.
With looks to land a left hand but Philips moved out of range nicely.
With punishes Philips's body with a nice straight punch.
With looks to throw the jab but Philips is out of range.
Philips blocks a jab.

Philips gets the takedown into side control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
With is pushing Philips's head away, looking to escape. Philips manages to hold on to the position though.
Philips cracks With with a big right hand but With just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
With is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Philips asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Philips remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Philips is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but With is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips trying to control the position but With is working away.
With wants to get back to his feet but Philips drags him back down.

Philips is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. With is trying to escape and Philips transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and With is forced to tap! Nice work there by Philips! Very nice indeed!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mikkel Philips!
Mikkel Philips is the new bantamweight champion!
A victorious Mikkel Philips thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.