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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Ron Phelps (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ahmed Babilon Mamed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters really staring each other down here, as Ahmed Babilon Mamed enters the cage!
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147 lbs
1 - 2 - 1 |
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140 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 2 - 1, fighting out of London, Ron Phelps!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Ahmed Babilon Mamed!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Colin Fotheringham and Daniel Bishop.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Mamed shoots in and drives through. Phelps sprawls well.
Phelps rushes Mamed and presses him up against the cage.
Phelps jumps guard.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Phelps has a closed guard, preventing Mamed from standing up.
Phelps controlling Mamed's posture.
Mamed has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Phelps is proving hard to escape from.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mamed throwing strikes from guard but Phelps blocks nicely.
Phelps manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Phelps is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Phelps with good strikes from the mount here!
Mamed is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Phelps looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Phelps avoids the attempt from Mamed to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phelps scores with a couple of good head shots there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phelps with the ground and pound from mount.
Mamed is bucking up trying to escape but Phelps cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Phelps landing strikes from the mount.
Phelps with the ground and pound from mount.
Mamed keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Phelps with a couple of short strikes.
Mamed is rocked!
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Phelps content just to control the position here.
Phelps wants to control the pace but Mamed is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamed takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Phelps cracks Mamed with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Phelps sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Phelps has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Mamed's face.
Phelps unloading with bombs!
Mamed is still in real trouble! Can Phelps finish him?
Mamed tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Mamed seems to have recovered his senses.
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!
Phelps is landing with some decent strikes but Mamed is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Phelps lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Mamed tries to hold on but Phelps postures up.
Phelps in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phelps with the ground and pound from mount.
Phelps raining down shots from the mount!
Phelps controlling his opponent.
Phelps looking to control but Mamed is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Mamed tries to hold on but Phelps postures up.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phelps lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Phelps fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Phelps dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Mamed moves out of range of the body kick from Phelps.
Phelps is looking to chop away at Mamed's legs.
Phelps checks a leg kick.
Mamed tries to clinch
and Phelps counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Mamed trying to control from the bottom.
Phelps controlling the action here.
Phelps working Mamed over with strikes.
Mamed wants to control but Phelps is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Phelps sitting and controlling from the half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Mamed fails with a takedown attempt.
Phelps drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Mamed being controlled here, momentarily.
Ron Phelps overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Mamed looking to control.
Phelps is stalling in the full guard.
Phelps chips away with some ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phelps stops Mamed from standing up.
Phelps is in close to Mamed's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Phelps content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Phelps distracts Mamed with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Phelps really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Phelps is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phelps scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phelps controls from within his opponent's guard.
Phelps is working Mamed over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Phelps lands a couple of digs.
Phelps is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phelps working some strikes from top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Phelps postures up.
Phelps is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Phelps lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Phelps is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Phelps has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Phelps tries to free his leg and advance position but Mamed is retaining full guard.
Phelps won't allow Mamed to get back to his feet.
Mamed is breathing heavily.
Mamed is trying to control the position but Phelps postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phelps lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Mamed can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Phelps controls the pace.
Mamed working a defensive guard here.
Phelps trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Mamed looks to clinch
and Phelps counters with a takedown into side control.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phelps landing strikes.
Mamed takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Phelps in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Phelps is chipping away with strikes.
Phelps is putting a hurting on Mamed here, landing some big shots from side control.
Mamed on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ron Phelps dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Phelps moves into the clinch.
Phelps lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Mamed moves into full guard.
Phelps is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Mamed can do to turn this around?
Phelps won't allow Mamed to get back to his feet.
Phelps seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Phelps throwing strikes from guard but Mamed blocks nicely.
Mamed is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Phelps holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Mamed seems content to control.
Phelps tries to get to full guard but Mamed has control of the leg.
Phelps is doing well to control the position and prevent Mamed from advancing to side control.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ron Phelps wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Phelps throws a leg kick but Mamed sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Ron Phelps is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Ahmed Babilon Mamed is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phelps feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Phelps controlling from the top position.
Mamed wants to sweep here but Phelps controlling him for the moment.
Phelps makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Phelps is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Phelps pushes down on Mamed's leg and manages to get into half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phelps working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Phelps lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mamed has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Phelps is working away from the top position though.
Phelps with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Mamed is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Phelps scores with a couple of nice shots.
Mamed trying to control from the bottom.
Phelps is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Mamed is trying to escape back to his feet but Phelps uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Mamed takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phelps grinds an elbow into Mamed's temple.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phelps scoring with punches and elbows.
Mamed is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Phelps looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Phelps is looking to advance position but Mamed won't allow it.
Phelps controlling the action here.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Mamed on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ron Phelps showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Phelps 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 Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ron Phelps!
An out of breath Ron Phelps thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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