PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Joe Philips (ranked 3699 p4p, 102 weight class) and Jacob De Molay (ranked 6282 p4p, 188 weight class). We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.

Philips
vs
De Molay

190 cm
25
190 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

185 cm
25
197 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

Good wrestling
Great elbows
Cuts easily

Good wrestler
Basic striking
Powerful

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 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Joe Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Jacob De Molay!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Alexandre Firmino.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
De Molay works over Philips's head and body with a nice combination.

It looks like Joe Philips has been cut.
De Molay missing with a left hand there. Philips was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Philips steps to the side to avoid the strikes from De Molay.
De Molay wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
De Molay looks to score with a jab to the body but Philips is just out of range.
Philips tries a head kick but it misses.
Philips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Philips misses with a wild combination.
De Molay missing with a left hand there. Philips was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters circling - Philips throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
De Molay fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Philips tries to clinch there but De Molay circles away.
De Molay checks the leg kick.
Philips tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and De Molay is able to avoid easily.
A head kick misses from Philips.
A little jabbing left from De Molay on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Philips misses with a double jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Philips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from De Molay.
A big right from De Molay misses.
De Molay looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.

De Molay rushes Philips and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
A head punch on the inside from De Molay fails to land.
With the fighters up against the cage, Philips throws an elbow but misses.
De Molay fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
De Molay scores with an uppercut up the middle.
De Molay lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
De Molay is trying to break the clinch but Philips has him pressed against the cage.
Philips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Philips stalling the fight.
De Molay working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A quick uppercut on the inside from De Molay.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
De Molay scores with a shoulder strike.
De Molay struggles to land a body shot inside as Philips controls his hands.
Philips tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
De Molay tries to throw a body punch but Philips avoids it by throwing De Molay back against the cage.
A short right from De Molay.
De Molay digs a right hand into Philips's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Philips's gas tank.
Philips just leaning against De Molay, taking a breather.
Philips is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
De Molay tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
De Molay being controlled against the cage.
De Molay tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to land knees in the clinch but De Molay avoids the damage to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Philips.
De Molay stalling against the cage.
De Molay taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
De Molay lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
De Molay taking a breather.
Philips looking to throw knees to the head but De Molay is blocking nicely.
Philips displaying some good clinch control by pressing De Molay up against the cage.
The referee calls for Philips to work.
Philips lands an elbow inside that De Molay shrugs off.

It looks like Jacob De Molay has been cut.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips pressing his opponent against the cage.
De Molay struggles to land a body shot inside as Philips controls his hands.
De Molay dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Philips avoiding damage.
Philips tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and De Molay avoids it.
Philips lands a nice elbow.
Philips throws an elbow that misses.
De Molay working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Philips is looking to control De Molay's arms but De Molay gets an underhook and turns him. Now Philips has his back to the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob De Molay dominated that round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Philips throws a push kick but De Molay slaps the foot to one side.
No joy there for Philips, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
De Molay throws a right hand that Philips ducks under and follows up with a left that Philips also avoids with ease.
Philips was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
De Molay has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A swing and a miss from Philips.
De Molay lands with a good body shot.
De Molay lands with an uppercut that bounces Philips off the cage and back into range.
De Molay connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
De Molay dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Joe Philips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
De Molay tests Philips's chin there with a solid looking shot.

Philips is rocked!
A punch combination from De Molay misses.
Oh Philips is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
De Molay is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Philips seems to have got his legs back now.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but De Molay paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Jacob De Molay seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
De Molay lands with a nice combination. Philips backs away looking to recover.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
De Molay thuds a left hand into Philips's body.
Philips throws a right hand that De Molay ducks under and follows up with a left that De Molay also avoids with ease.

That's one minute gone in the round.
De Molay lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Philips falls backwards - clearly groggy! De Molay dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jacob De Molay!