PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 818 p4p, 899 weight class) and Jan Moder (ranked 92 p4p, 99 weight class). Radio Philips has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Philips
vs
Moder

202 cm
40
260
32 - 29 - 1

194 cm
29
251
13 - 9 - 0

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World class MT
Granite chin

BJJ Brown Belt
World class MT
Powerful

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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 32 - 29 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 13 - 9 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jan Moder!
The judges for this bout are Radbod Blank, Albert Achterberg and Saam Ante.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Moder throws the left hand but Philips avoids the punch easily.
A good leg kick by Moder.
Moder pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moder has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Moder checks a low kick from Philips.
Moder tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Moder throws the kick towards the body but Philips avoids it.
Philips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Philips misses with a low kick as Moder jumps back.
Moder takes a swing at Philips's ribcage but misses.
Jan Moder seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Moder scores with a head kick. Philips tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.

It looks like Radio Philips has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Moder looks to land a left hand but Philips moved out of range nicely.
Moder throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A counter left hand to the body from Philips misses its target.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
A jab from Moder finds it's way through Philips's defenses.
Philips drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moder fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philips manages to avoid it.

Philips forces Moder back against the cage and clinches.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philips obliges.
Philips throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Moder blocks it with crossed arms.
Moder throws an elbow but it misses.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Philips throws a knee to the head but misses.
A shot in the inside from Moder.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Philips obliges.
Moder tries to work over Philips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Philips digs a right hand into Moder's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moder's gas tank.
Moder looks winded!
Still in the clinch, Philips scores with a nice short uppercut.
Moder takes an elbow to the temple.
Philips lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Philips digs a right hand into Moder's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Moder's gas tank.
Philips lands a hook to the side of the head.
Philips lands a shot to the body.
Philips lands an elbow inside.
Philips is working Moder over against the cage.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands a damaging elbow.
Philips lands with a short shot to the head.
Philips lands a good knee to the midsection. Moder won't want to take too many of those.
Moder takes an elbow to the temple.
Philips lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Philips lands a hook that snaps the head of Moder backwards.
Philips lands a left hand that snaps the head of Moder backwards.
Moder prevents a body shot from Philips.
Moder misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Knees in the clinch landing for Philips.
Philips lands an elbow that stopped Moder in his tracks for a moment.
Philips lands a nice knee to the body.
Philips throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Philips looking to throw knees to the head but Moder is blocking nicely.
Philips landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Moder blocks the elbow strike.
Philips with a knee to the head.
Nice body punch from Philips.
A short right from Philips on the inside.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Moder has a couple of punches blocked by Philips.
Philips landing knees to the head.
Philips lands an elbow inside.
Moder throws a punch but it's blocked by Philips.
Moder managing to block the knees to the body from Philips.
Philips crunches a lovely knee into Moder's ribcage.
Moder blocks an elbow strike.
Philips throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Philips lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Philips works on Moder's body with a couple of short punches.
Philips is leaning against Moder and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Philips creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Philips lands an elbow that stopped Moder in his tracks for a moment.
Philips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moder being controlled against the cage.
Philips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips controlling the action here for a moment.
Philips taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Moder struggles to land a body shot inside as Philips controls his hands.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Philips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Philips lands a hook that snaps the head of Moder backwards.
Moder misses with a body punch.
Philips lands a hook that snaps the head of Moder backwards.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moder throws an elbow but misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Moder on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
With the fighters up against the cage, Moder throws an elbow but misses.
Moder looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Philips digs a right hand underneath Moder's ribcage. Moder let out a lung full of air as it connected.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Philips.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Radio Philips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Radio Philips's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!

Philips catches Moder napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Moder to the canvas!

Moder is still looking wobbly from the end of the last round!
Moder pulls Philips in close to his closed guard and prevents Philips from doing any damage or advancing position.
Philips wants to stand but Moder has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Moder looking for a sweep. Not yet Moder, not yet.

Philips decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Moder thumps Philips with a low kick.
Philips throws a body kick that misses.
A clash of legs there as Moder blocks the low kick.
It seemed like Moder was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Philips blocks a jab.
Both fighters circling a little - Moder finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philips lands with a nice body punch.
Moder is breathing heavily.
Philips turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Moder throws a shot from downtown. Philips moves away and avoids it.
Philips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Philips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Moder.
Moder takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Philips scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Moder doesn't seem bothered though.
Philips thumps Moder with a low kick.
A head kick misses from Moder.
Philips lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Moder checks a low kick from Philips.
Philips checks a leg kick nicely.
Philips looks to score with a jab to the body but Moder is just out of range.
Jan Moder seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Moder throws a hook but Philips avoids it easily.
Philips tries to clinch but Moder moves out of range.
Moder feints a counter leg kick.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moder swats him away and circles back towards the center.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moder looks to throw the jab but Philips is out of range.
Moder throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Philips.
Moder throws the left hand but Philips avoids the punch easily.
Philips scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
A leg kick checked by Philips.
Philips looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
This has been an exciting period of action!
The fighters circling - Philips throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Philips buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Philips moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Philips ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Philips lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Philips throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Philips misses with an attempted mid kick.
Moder blocks a head kick by Philips.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A jab from Philips does it's job there.
Moder is still on wobbly legs! Can Philips finish him?

Philips closes the distance and clinches.
Moder seems to have recovered his senses.
Moder misses with the head strike.
Philips landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Philips digs a right hand underneath Moder's ribcage. Moder let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A right handed body shot lands from Philips.
A body shot lands from Philips.
Philips works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Philips lands a shoulder strike.
Philips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Philips lands an elbow just above Moder 's eye.
Philips throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Moder blocks it with crossed arms.
Philips misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Moder.
Moder creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Philips pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Philips lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Moder or not.
Philips lands an elbow just above Moder 's eye.

It looks like Jan Moder has been cut.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Moder can do to turn this around?

That's four minutes gone in the round.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips stalling against the cage.
Philips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Philips missing with knees to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Philips.
Philips gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Moder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A knee to the head by Philips.
Moder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Moder misses with a body punch.
Moder misses with the head strike.
Moder creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Philips lands a nice uppercut.
Philips trying to land knees to the body.
Philips takes an elbow to the temple.
Philips is working Moder over against the cage.
Philips lands a hook to the side of the head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Radio Philips dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!

Philips staying out of range there.
Philips uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Moder.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Moder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Philips throws a half hearted mid kick.
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Moder throws a big counter head kick but Philips avoids it with no problem.
A looping hook to the body misses from Moder. Philips does a little dance to reset his feet.
Moder keeps the fight on the outside.
Philips tests Moder's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Philips is looking to wear down Moder with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Moder scores with a jab to the jaw.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Moder connects with a solid leg kick.
Philips looks to land a body kick but Moder moved away.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Philips.
Moder walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Moder digs a good body shot into Philips's ribs.
Moder misses with an uppercut.
Philips lands a front kick.
Moder takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Moder with a nice calf kick.
Moder misses with an uppercut.
Philips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Moder circles away quickly and effectively.
Good work by Moder as he checks the leg kick.
Philips defending well as Moder loads up on a big left hand.
Good exchange - Philips coming out on top.
Moder stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Philips.
Jan Moder has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Moder throws a jab but it's blocked by Philips.
Moder jabs Philips to the body, keeping him at a distance.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips tries to land a leg kick but Moder saw it coming and moves away.
Philips throws a leg kick but Moder sees it coming and moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Moder.
Philips misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Moder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Philips moves away.
Moder thuds a left hand into Philips's body.
Moder misses with a hook
and Philips counters with a low kick, right behind Moder 's knee.
Philips throws a series of punches but Moder avoids them all with ease.
A jab from Moder misses.
Nice uppercut there from Moder.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands a slapping body shot.
Moder throws a lazy head kick
and Philips counters with an outside leg kick.

Philips instigates a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Philips.
Philips lands an uppercut.
Philips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Moder misses with a hook to the ribs.
Philips crunches a lovely knee into Moder's ribcage.
Philips landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Radio Philips has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Philips misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Moder.
Philips scores with a shoulder strike.
Philips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Moder can't find room to land a body shot as Philips controls the action.
Moder lands a body shot in the clinch.
Moder misses with a body punch.
Philips blocks a body shot from Moder.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Moder lands a nice uppercut.
Philips is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Moder pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Philips.
Moder tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Philips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Philips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Moder throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Philipss head.
Moder's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Moder struggles to land a body shot inside as Philips controls his hands.
Moder throws a head punch that misses.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Moder.
Moder swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Philips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Moder is defending well for now.
Philips is stalling here.
Philips stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Philips misses with a knee strike.
Philips tries a body shot but Moder blocks it.
Radio Philips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

Philips has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head and Moder goes down! Philips dives on top of him - Moder manages to get guard.
Philips has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.

Philips decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Moder, up you get!

And that's the end of the fight!
Radio Philips showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Philips has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Radbod Blank scores the fight 30:27
Judge Albert Achterberg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Saam Ante scores the fight 30:27

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