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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Milo Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Einar Lee (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I'm sure you'll be fascinated to know that I was talking to some pointless Z list celebrity before the fight and he thought that Einar Lee was going to win. Let's see if he was right.
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173 lbs
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182 lbs
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BJJ Brown Belt
Counter striker
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
13 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Milo Phillips!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
11 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Einar Lee!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Lee.
Lee dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Lee scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Lee throws a body punch but Phillips moves out of range.
A combination from Lee does no damage.
Phillips takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee punishes Phillips's body with a nice straight punch.
Phillips with a nice cross.
Lee misses the shot to the body.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Lee tests Phillips's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Lee throws a lazy right hand but Phillips sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Phillips tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Lee connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Lee changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips moves out of range of the strikes.
Lee looks to land a right hand but Phillips moved out of range.
Lee throws a low kick but it's checked well by Phillips.
Phillips on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Lee. Lee obviously looking to wear him down.
Phillips is looking to clinch but Lee is avoiding it.
Phillips is looking to clinch.
Lee swings for the body but Phillips moves out of range.
Lee swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
A big left from Lee misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Phillips is just out of range.
Jab, jab by Lee - just one landing.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A big left from Lee misses.
Phillips wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.
A lazy left from Phillips finds it's target.
Phillips tries to clinch there but Lee circles away.
Lee looks to land a body kick but Phillips moved away.
Phillips tries for a takedown but Lee sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Phillips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Lee.
Phillips changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Lee looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Lee can't do much from the bottom here.
Phillips throws an elbow but Lee slips to the side and avoids it well.
Phillips is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips taking a breather here.
Lee wants to control but Phillips postures up.
Phillips trying to control the action but Lee is working from the bottom.
Phillips is trying to get an arm triangle but Lee is defending well.
Phillips trying to control the position but Lee is working away.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lee throws a head kick that misses.
Lee throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Lee slips a jab from Phillips.
Lee drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Phillips looking for a sweep. Not yet Phillips, not yet.
Lee is fighting to break Phillips's control of his arms but Phillips is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Phillips is trying to keep Lee in close.
Lee decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Phillips, up you get!
Lee misses with a low kick.
Phillips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Lee.
Phillips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phillips tries to clinch up but Lee circles away and keeps his distance.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phillips takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Lee throws out a loose jab but Phillips uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phillips wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.
Phillips gets the takedown into side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Einar Lee 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.
Phillips takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Phillips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Lee throws a low kick but Phillips avoids it.
Phillips takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Lee connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
Phillips instigates a clinch.
Lee pulls guard.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee seems keen to control Phillips's posture.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee looking for a sweep. Not yet Lee, not yet.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Phillips from controlling successfully.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Phillips trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Phillips tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Phillips wants to clinch up but Lee keeps it at a distance.
Lee looks to throw the jab but Phillips is out of range.
Lee swinging wilding here.
Phillips tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.
Phillips misses with a hook.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Lee throws a leg kick that misses.
Lee lands a nice looking body shot.
Phillips tries to clinch up.
Phillips thows a body shot but no joy.
Phillips tries to clinch there but Lee circles away.
Lee misses with a hook.
Phillips closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Phillips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Phillips.
Lee manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Phillips wants to free his trapped foot but Lee is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is looking to take a break and control but Lee is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lee has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Phillips is working away from the top position though.
Phillips looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Phillips trying to control from Lee's half guard. Lee has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Phillips with a flurry of punches that miss.
Lee being controlled here, momentarily.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Phillips with a flurry of punches that miss.
Phillips postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Phillips trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Lee misses with the combination.
Phillips uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Lee.
Phillips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Lee scores to the head and body with a nice combination!
Lee is looking to chop away at Phillips's legs.
Lee clinches but Phillips breaks the clinch
and Phillips counters by moving into the clinch.
Phillips fails to pull guard.
Lee swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phillips working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Einar Lee showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Lee will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Lee throws a right and a left that both miss.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Lee throws a nice inside leg kick.
Lee pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Phillips on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Phillips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt
and Lee counters with a nice low kick that buckles Phillips's knee momentarily.
Phillips tries to clinch up.
Lee dodges the punch combination from Phillips.
A jab from Lee misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Phillips.
A jab from Lee misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Phillips shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Phillips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Lee, pushing him back against the cage.
Lee throws an elbow but it misses.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Lee throws a punch but it's blocked by Phillips.
Lee misses with a hook from the clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Lee. Phillips does a little dance to reset his feet.
Lee thows a body shot but no joy.
Lee misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
Lee with a jab.
Phillips blocks a low kick nicely.
A good leg kick by Lee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lee counters with a left and a right that stings Phillips.
Phillips takes one to the side of the head.
No luck for Phillips with that takedown attempt.
Lee throws a big shot that misses.
Lee scores with a spinning back kick!
Lee clobbers Phillips with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
A lazy left from Lee finds it's target.
Phillips takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phillips is looking to clinch.
Lee tries a head kick but it misses.
Phillips tries to clinch but Lee moves out of range.
Lee looks to score with a jab to the body but Phillips is just out of range.
Lee takes a swing at Phillips's ribcage but misses.
Lee with a jab.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips waving his hands out infront of him, looking to distract Lee.
Lee lands with a right hand.
Lee tries to close the distance and clinch but Phillips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Lee throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Lee fakes the leg kick and cracks Phillips in the body.
Lee shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Lee showed some decent athleticism there.
Phillips is trying to control but Lee manages to pass to mount!
Lee wants to control the pace but Phillips is squirming around nicely.
Lee landing strikes from the mount and Phillips is in trouble!
Phillips is trying to escape the mount.
Lee looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lee wants to control the pace but Phillips is squirming around nicely.
Phillips is wriggling around trying to escape.
Lee controlling the pace for now.
Phillips tries to lock up and control but Lee gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Phillips wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Lee.
Phillips wants to control but Lee is having none of it.
Lee controlling the pace for now.
Lee avoids the attempt from Phillips to control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Einar Lee really dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Phillips misses with a looping right.
Lee lands a jab to the nose.
Phillips scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lee regains full guard. Nicely done.
Lee being controlled here, momentarily.
Phillips stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Phillips accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Phillips stays in close to Lee's body and controls the position.
Lee tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips controls from within his opponent's guard.
Phillips preventing the sweep.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee keeps the fight on the outside.
A telegraphed right hand from Lee misses the target.
Lee moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Phillips tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Lee cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Phillips looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Einar Lee seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Lee moves away from the strike by Phillips.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Lee paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Lee misses with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Nice uppercut there from Phillips.
Lee moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Lee lands a really nice looking cross but Phillips seems unphased.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up but Lee swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Lee misses with a two punch combination.
Phillips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Lee looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Lee displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Lee swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt
enabling Lee to counter with a crisp jab.
Lee scores with a crisp jab that stopped Phillips in his tracks.
Lee fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee misses with a looping right.
Phillips misses with an uppercut. Lee saw that one coming.
Lee throws a hook but Phillips blocks it.
Phillips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A jab from Lee misses.
Lee is looking to slow Phillips down with leg kicks.
Phillips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Phillips keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phillips slips a straight right by Lee.
Lee slips a straight right by Phillips.
Phillips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Phillips tries to clinch up.
Lee avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Lee fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Phillips.
Lee scores with the left hand. Phillips knows he should have avoided that one.
Einar Lee seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Lee avoids them all with ease.
Phillips looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Lee throws a push kick but Phillips slaps the foot to one side.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt - Lee sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Lee scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Lee with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Lee wants to pass the guard but Phillips is defending well.
Phillips has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lee is working away from the top position though.
Lee prevents Phillips from improving his position.
Lee trying to control the action but Phillips is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Einar Lee dominated that fourth round.
That's time! Back to the action! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Phillips tries to clinch but Lee is having none of it.
Phillips moves out of range as Lee strikes.
Phillips takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch but Lee swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Phillips tries to clinch up
letting Lee counter with a right hand.
Phillips is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Phillips takes a jab right on the kisser.
Lee connects with a nice looking jab.
Phillips walks into a jab.
Lee circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Phillips closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Lee is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lee manages to break the clinch.
Phillips shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Lee as he jumps to the side.
Phillips moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Phillips tries to clinch up.
Phillips looks to clinch
enabling Lee to counter with a crisp jab.
Phillips is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Phillips walks into a left hand.
Lee scores with a sloppy right hand. Phillips should have avoided that one.
Lee shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Lee tries for a takedown but Phillips circles away easily
and Phillips counters with a stiff right hand.
Phillips drives through with a takedown into guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Phillips throws a big right hand that misses.
Phillips slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Lee pulls Phillips in close to prevent any damage.
Lee working a defensive guard here.
Lee controlling the position.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Lee is wobbling all over the place through exhaustion. Will he make it to the final bell?
Lee can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Phillips controls the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lee working a defensive guard here.
Phillips stands up over Lee, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Phillips wants to pass the guard but Lee is keeping the position.
It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
Lee lands with a nice body punch.
Milo Phillips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Lee moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
The fight stays on the outside here - Phillips looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
The fighters circling - Lee throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Phillips doesn't manage to clinch there - Lee circles away.
Lee missing with a left hand there. Phillips was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Lee lands with a shot to the body.
Lee lands a head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a looping left.
Phillips fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Phillips has managed to clinch.
Phillips misses with the head strike.
Phillips fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milo Phillips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips tries to pull guard but Lee won't allow it.
Lee wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Phillips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A short uppercut from Phillips.
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Lee stalling in the clinch but Phillips improves position.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Phillips.
Phillips ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Phillips no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Phillips is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Phillips has his foot on Lee's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Lee works his way back into a safe position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Einar Lee.
I've got Lee winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Einar Lee!
Judge George Francis scores the fight for Einar Lee!
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight for Einar Lee!
Einar Lee wins by unanimous decision!
Einar Lee is the new welterweight champion!
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FIGHT
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