PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Philovic (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Johnny Wilson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marco Philovic looks tired to me. Hopefully he has got enough gas left in the tank to put in a good performance.

Philovic
vs
Wilson

190 cm
19
212 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

184 cm
18
210 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Good chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Marco Philovic!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Johnny Wilson!
The judges for this bout are Igor Prikhodko, Dmitry Maklakov and Fedor Mirinova.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philovic tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wilson swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Wilson fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Nice body kick from Wilson.
Wilson connects with a leg kick. Philovic looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Philovic is breathing heavily.
Wilson looks to land a body kick but Philovic moved away.

Wilson clinches up with Philovic and pushes him back against the cage.
Nice body punch from Wilson.

Wilson breaks the clinch.
Wilson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Wilson takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Wilson tries to score with a low kick but Philovic moves his leg out of the way.
Philovic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Wilson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.

Philovic tries to keep at a distance but Wilson has taken the fight into the clinch.

Wilson breaks the clinch.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Wilson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Philovic circles away.
Wilson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Wilson stuns Philovic with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A jab from Wilson does it's job there.
Wilson swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Wilson slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Nice shot by Wilson.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wilson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Philovic sprawls well. Philovic wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Wilson gets slowly back to his feet.
Marco Philovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Wilson.
Philovic gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson lands with a good body shot.

Wilson moves into range and clinches up with Philovic.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Wilson.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Wilson.
Wilson is working for takedown but Philovic is calmly controlling the position for now.
Wilson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Philovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wilson stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Wilson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Wilson is stalling here.

Wilson breaks the clinch.

Philovic gets tackled into the cage by Wilson. Wilson maintains the clinch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philovic misses with a body punch.
Wilson scores with an uppercut up the middle.

Wilson breaks the clinch.
Wilson throws a shot from downtown. Philovic moves away and avoids it.
Wilson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Philovic checks it well.

Wilson clinches with his opponent.
A nice left hand lands by Wilson.
Wilson lands a nice uppercut.
Wilson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Wilson working Philovic over with knees to the body.
Good body shot from Wilson.
Wilson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Wilson lands a nice knee to the body.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Wilson is working Philovic over against the cage.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wilson using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Wilson working Philovic over with knees to the body.

Wilson manages to break the clinch.
Wilson lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Wilson lands a nice looking body shot.
Wilson scores with a jab.

Philovic is rocked!
Philovic checks a low kick from Wilson.

Wilson has closed the distance and engaged Philovic in a clinch.
Wilson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Wilson lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!

Wilson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Philovic had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Wilson shoots for a takedown but Philovic saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Wilson looks to throw the jab but Philovic is out of range.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Johnny Wilson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.

Wilson closes this distance looking for a takedown but Philovic circles away.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Wilson.
Wilson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Philovic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wilson - the referee stops the clock and Philovic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wilson. Philovic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Philovic chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Wilson can pounce on him.
Wilson connects with a body shot that sends Philovic's belly button to the back.
Nice shot by Wilson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wilson moves into the clinch.
Wilson landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

Wilson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Wilson lands a nice looking body kick.
Wilson scores with a slapping inside leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Wilson tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Wilson, right into the meat.
Philovic tries to move into range but Wilson moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Wilson throws a good cross that connects.

Wilson closes the distance and clinches.
Wilson unloads a knee to the mid-section. Philovic lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Wilson has been the more effective fighter overall so far.

Wilson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Wilson lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Philovic crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Wilson - the referee stops the clock and Philovic gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Wilson. Philovic manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!

Wilson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Wilson scores a nice knee to the body.
Wilson landing knees to the body.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wilson digs a right hand underneath Philovic's ribcage. Philovic let out a lung full of air as it connected.

Wilson breaks the clinch.
Wilson fails with a takedown attempt.
Marco Philovic has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Johnny Wilson.

Wilson closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Johnny Wilson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Wilson lands an uppercut.
Wilson scores with a shot to the side of Philovic's head.
Wilson scores with a shoulder strike.
Wilson presses Philovic against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wilson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Oh Philovic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Wilson throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Philovic seems to have got his legs back now.

Wilson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Wilson has Philovic up against the cage in a clinch.
Wilson scores a nice knee to the body.
Wilson has Philovic pushed against the cage.
Wilson lands with a short punch from the clinch.

Wilson breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Wilson dodges the punch combination from Philovic.
Wilson scoring well with a low kick there.

Wilson rushes Philovic and presses him up against the cage.
Wilson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Philovic backwards.

Wilson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philovic takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Wilson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Philovic is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A good leg kick by Wilson.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wilson loads up on a big right hand but Philovic slips the punch.
Nice shot by Wilson.
Wilson scores with a hook to the body. Philovic takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Wilson thows a body kick. Philovic tries to catch it but that hurt him.

A momentary lapse in concentration from Philovic enables Wilson to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Philovic manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Wilson pushing down on Philovic's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.

Wilson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Philovic is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Johnny Wilson!
Johnny Wilson thanked the fans post fight for their support.