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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Rhian Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Syrian Santos (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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283 lbs
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277 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
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Decent boxing
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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
3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Rhian Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Syrian Santos!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Santos dodges the punch combination from Philips.
Santos takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Santos uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Philips.
Philips misses with a hook. Santos ducked under it nicely.
Santos slips under a jab from Philips.
Rhian Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Santos shoots in and drives through. Philips sprawls well.
Santos moves out of range of the strikes.
Philips is looking to clinch but Santos is avoiding it.
Santos takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Philips tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Santos was well out of range. Poor timing from Philips.
Santos dives in and grabs Philips's left leg, looking for a takedown. Philips pushes down on Santos's head and hops out.
Philips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos ducks under a wild hook from Philips.
Philips rushes Santos and presses him up against the cage.
Santos drops down looking for an ankle pick but Philips pulls his leg out and moves away.
Rhian Philips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Syrian Santos.
Philips throws a lazy right hand but Santos sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos throws a series of punches but Philips avoids them all with ease.
Santos falls off balance throwing a combination
and Philips counters with a nice uppercut.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Philips sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Philips throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santos counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Santos shoots in but no luck this time.
Philips gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Philips gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Santos.
Philips softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Philips cracks Santos with a nice body shot.
Santos looks gassed!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips has clasped his hands together around Santos's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Philips is working Santos over with some ground and pound from side control.
Santos is trying to escape the position but Philips is controlling the position.
Philips works to advance to full mount. Santos defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Philips cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips controlling from the full mount.
Philips with the ground and pound from mount.
Philips working Santos over with strikes here.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Philips takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Philips dominating with strikes here.
Philips controlling the pace for now.
Philips has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Santos's face.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips trying to control but Santos is having none of it.
Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Philips with the ground and pound from mount.
Santos is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
A nice elbow there by Philips.
Santos can't escape the position.
Philips controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos tries to reverse the position but Philips maintains control.
Philips landing strikes, looking to finish!
Philips lands a nice shot to the head.
Philips trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Santos can't escape the position.
Philips cracks Santos with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Santos regains half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rhian Philips dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Philips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Philips lands a jab to the head.
Philips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Santos sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Santos blocks a jab.
Santos doesn't manage to clinch there - Philips circles away.
Santos staying out of range there.
Santos shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Philips pinned against the cage. Philips gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Philips fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Santos swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Santos shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Philips counters with a nice uppercut.
Philips wants to clinch up but Santos keeps it at a distance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos slips under a jab from Philips.
Philips misses with a two punch combination.
Santos tries to keep at a distance but Philips has taken the fight into the clinch.
A body shot lands from Philips.
Santos is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Rhian Philips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Syrian Santos.
Santos has Philips pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Philips manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Santos is trying desperately to land a takedown but Philips is having absolutely none of it. This is turning into a bit of a nightmare for Santos.
Philips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Philips gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Santos regains guard.
Philips postures up in Santos's guard and throws a big left but Santos blocks it.
Santos keeping moving, preventing Philips from controlling successfully.
Rhian Philips overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Philips postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Philips trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Philips scoring with some ground and pound.
Philips is stalling in the full guard.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips trying to control but Santos is working from the bottom.
Philips looking to sit in guard and control but Santos gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Philips is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos wants to control from the top but Philips keeps moving.
Philips is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Philips keeping moving, preventing Santos from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Santos drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Philips manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Santos has Philips in his guard.
Santos wants to hit a switch here but Philips passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Santos there!
Philips working Santos over with strikes here.
Philips pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Philips can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Santos is looking to escape.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips dominating with strikes here.
The referee warns Santos that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Santos keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Philips scoring with strikes but Santos is staying in there.
Philips with the ground and pound from mount.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Philips has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Santos is squirming around, avoiding Philips's attempts to control the action.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Santos is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Rhian Philips dominated that second round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Santos swats away the attempt to clinch by Philips.
Philips lands with a shot to the body.
A punch combination from Philips misses.
Philips gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Philips makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Philips.
Philips is pushing Santos up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Philips throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Santoss head.
Santos's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Philips controlling the action here for a moment.
Santos has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Philips avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Philips breaks from the clinch.
Philips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santos.
Philips dodges the punch combination from Santos.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos walks into a straight right hand from Philips.
Philips dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Santos darts in trying to clinch
and Philips counters with a series of strikes. Santos will be more careful next time no doubt.
Philips moves into range and clinches up with Santos.
Philips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Philips throws a jab when Santos was well out of range.
No joy there for Santos, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Philips looks to land a left hand but Santos moved out of range nicely.
Santos ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Santos closes the distance looking to clinch
and Philips counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips misses with a double jab
and Santos counters with a three punch combo that has Philips backing up. Philips nods at Santos to acknowledge the strikes.
Philips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Philips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Santos misses with a series of wild punches.
Santos throws a body punch but Philips moves out of range.
Philips swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Santos counters with a two punch combo.
The fighters circle momentarily. Philips darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Rhian Philips is winning the standup battle so far.
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
Santos throws a right hand that Philips ducks under and follows up with a left that Philips also avoids with ease.
Philips closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands with a short shot to the head.
Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Philips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos avoids the body shot from Philips.
Philips scores with a jab to the jaw.
Philips displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Santos.
Rhian Philips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Syrian Santos.
A combination from Santos does no damage.
Philips moves in looking to clinch but Santos pushes him off.
Santos tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Philips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Philips is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Philips closes the distance and pushes Santos back into the cage.
Philips's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
A nice left hand lands by Philips.
Santos looking for a takedown.
Syrian Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos being controlled against the cage.
Philips lands a takedown into guard.
Santos is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Philips scoring with punches to the head and body.
Rhian Philips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Philips sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Philips wants to control from the top but Santos keeps moving.
Philips controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Philips lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rhian 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 Thiago Cunha scores the fight 30:25
Judge Daniel Cesar scores the fight 30:25
Judge Paulo Santos scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Rhian Philips!
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