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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Ghee Buttersnaps (ranked 4718 p4p, 3308 weight class) and Todd Phillips (ranked 511 p4p, 398 weight class). On his way into the cage it seems that Ghee Buttersnaps has been attacked by a crazed fan! It looks like it might have been the just bleed guy! Luckily Ghee Buttersnaps seems to be OK! I thought that lunatic was in prison!?
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BJJ Brown Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Ghee Buttersnaps!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Todd Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Roger Salmon, Paul Gruel and Chris Saunders.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Buttersnaps has taken the fight to the clinch.
Phillips wants to get back to striking at distance but Buttersnaps won't allow it.
Phillips looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Buttersnaps fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Nice body punch from Buttersnaps - that landed with a thud.
Phillips breaks from the clinch.
Buttersnaps keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Sloppy strikes from Phillips. Those never looked like landing.
An attempted straight right counter from Buttersnaps misses the target.
Buttersnaps fails with an attempt to clinch.
Buttersnaps tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Phillips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Phillips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Buttersnaps circles away quickly and effectively.
Good shot there by Buttersnaps.
Phillips fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Buttersnaps manages to avoid it.
Phillips clinches up against the cage.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Buttersnaps jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Buttersnaps gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Phillips looks to land a combination but Buttersnaps avoids it well.
Phillips throws a body kick, spinning off balance
and Buttersnaps counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and Buttersnaps counters with a straight right hand.
Buttersnaps takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A leg kick checked by Buttersnaps.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Buttersnaps!
Phillips takes the fight into the clinch.
Buttersnaps pushes Phillips back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Buttersnaps trying to land knees to the body.
Phillips tries to circle away but Buttersnaps has him pinned against the cage.
Buttersnaps fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ghee Buttersnaps. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Buttersnaps tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phillips's elbow.
Phillips breaks the clinch.
Phillips takes one on the button.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buttersnaps showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Phillips.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches.
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buttersnaps scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Phillips wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Buttersnaps.
Phillips wants to break the clinch but can't.
Phillips wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Buttersnaps is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
Buttersnaps tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phillips on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buttersnaps scores a nice knee to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buttersnaps can't find room to land a body shot as Phillips controls the action.
Phillips working hard to break the clinch.
Phillips's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Phillips tries a low kick but Buttersnaps avoids it.
Phillips has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Buttersnaps tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Phillips is clearly looking to counter with head kicks.
Phillips takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Buttersnaps throws a body shot but no joy.
Phillips slips a jab from Buttersnaps.
Phillips drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Buttersnaps defends it well.
A head kick misses from Phillips.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buttersnaps moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Phillips rushes Buttersnaps and presses him up against the cage.
Buttersnaps lands a body punch in the clinch.
Buttersnaps keeps control of Phillips as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Phillips is looking to break free of the clinch but Buttersnaps has double underhooks.
Buttersnaps misses with a hook from the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buttersnaps throws a big shot that misses.
Phillips clinches up against the cage.
Phillips blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Buttersnaps is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
Buttersnaps fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phillips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phillips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
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!
Phillips shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Buttersnaps eats them both and turns towards Phillips to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Buttersnaps moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Buttersnaps is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Buttersnaps wants to clinch up but Phillips keeps it at a distance.
A countering left hand to the body from Phillips misses.
Buttersnaps tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
It seemed like Phillips was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Buttersnaps tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Phillips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips throws a head kick that misses.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Phillips dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Phillips gets a clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Phillips.
Phillips tries to break free but Buttersnaps pushes him back against the cage.
Phillips wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Buttersnaps has him pressed against the cage.
Buttersnaps tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phillips's elbow.
Phillips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Buttersnaps is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
Phillips has closed the distance and engaged Buttersnaps in a clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Buttersnaps.
Buttersnaps wants to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buttersnaps tries to throw a body punch but Phillips avoids it by throwing Buttersnaps back against the cage.
Phillips on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Buttersnaps doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Phillips is looking to break free of the clinch but Buttersnaps has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buttersnaps throws a head punch that misses.
Buttersnaps tries to work over Phillips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buttersnaps being controlled against the cage.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Phillips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Buttersnaps tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Phillips closes the distance and pushes Buttersnaps back into the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Phillips tries to break the clinch but Buttersnaps is controlling the position.
Phillips misses with a body punch.
Buttersnaps managing to block the knees to the body from Phillips.
Buttersnaps doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Buttersnaps keeps control of Phillips as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Phillips can't break the clinch.
Buttersnaps wants to stall.
Phillips managing to block the knees to the body from Buttersnaps.
Phillips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Phillips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Phillips lands a two punch combo.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches.
Phillips's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Phillips throws a one two combo.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phillips lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Buttersnaps backs up against the cage.
Phillips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Phillips misses with a double jab.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Phillips scores with a sloppy right hand. Buttersnaps should have avoided that one.
Phillips misses with a two punch combination.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a few strikes there.
Buttersnaps wants to clinch.
Buttersnaps tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phillips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Phillips lands a nice hook to Buttersnaps's body. Buttersnaps takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Buttersnaps gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Phillips wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Buttersnaps has him pressed against the cage.
Buttersnaps is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Buttersnaps creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Phillips dodges an elbow strike from Buttersnaps.
Buttersnaps working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Phillips is trying to push Buttersnaps away but Buttersnaps has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Buttersnaps tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phillips's elbow.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips tries to break free but Buttersnaps pushes him back against the cage.
Phillips has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Buttersnaps prevents Phillips from breaking the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Phillips is trying to break free.
Buttersnaps is working Phillips over against the cage.
Buttersnaps tries a body shot but Phillips blocks it.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Buttersnaps has a couple of punches blocked by Phillips.
Phillips is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Todd Phillips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Buttersnaps tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Nice body punch from Buttersnaps.
Phillips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Buttersnaps, pushing him back against the cage.
Buttersnaps is trying to stall.
Ghee Buttersnaps has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Buttersnaps tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phillips avoids it.
Buttersnaps is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
Phillips looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Phillips breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Todd Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Buttersnaps closes the distance but Phillips moves to the side
and Phillips counters with a one-two to the body.
Phillips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Phillips throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Todd Phillips seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Buttersnaps tries to clinch up but Phillips circles away and keeps his distance.
Buttersnaps misses with a low kick as Phillips jumps back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Buttersnaps blocks a low kick nicely.
Phillips throws a solid leg kick but Buttersnaps takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Phillips.
Buttersnaps is looking to counter punch.
Buttersnaps tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Phillips on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Buttersnaps slips a jab and a cross from Phillips.
Buttersnaps is looking to counter the offense by Phillips and move into the clinch.
Phillips lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Phillips misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Phillips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phillips misses with a series of wild punches.
Buttersnaps tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Buttersnaps counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Phillips misses with a looping right.
An attempted straight right counter from Buttersnaps misses the target.
Buttersnaps lands a jab to the nose.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Buttersnaps.
Buttersnaps swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Buttersnaps.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Buttersnaps lands a slapping body shot.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Buttersnaps fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips swings for the body but Buttersnaps moves out of range.
Buttersnaps jabs at Phillips's body.
Phillips misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Buttersnaps.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Buttersnaps avoids them all with ease.
Buttersnaps lands a right hook to the body.
Buttersnaps stuns Phillips with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
A combination from Phillips does no damage.
Buttersnaps bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Buttersnaps swings for the body but Phillips moves out of range.
Buttersnaps pushes Phillips up against the cage in a clinch.
Buttersnaps lands with a light punch inside.
Buttersnaps missing with knees to the body.
Buttersnaps has Phillips pressed against the cage, preventing Phillips from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Phillips blocks a body shot from Buttersnaps.
Phillips working hard to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Buttersnaps working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Phillips has had enough of the clinch but Buttersnaps keeps him there for the moment.
Phillips tries to break the clinch but Buttersnaps is controlling the position.
Phillips has had enough of the clinch but Buttersnaps keeps him there for the moment.
Buttersnaps is trying to maintain a safe position but Phillips gets an underhook and turns Buttersnaps into the cage.
Buttersnaps doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buttersnaps tries to work over Phillips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Buttersnaps doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Buttersnaps looking to stall.
Buttersnaps is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
Buttersnaps can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Phillips blocks a body shot from Buttersnaps.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Phillips blocks a body shot from Buttersnaps.
Phillips blocks a body shot from Buttersnaps.
Buttersnaps stalls.
Phillips is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Buttersnaps prevents Phillips from breaking the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Buttersnaps fails to land.
Phillips is trying to break the clinch but Buttersnaps is controlling him.
Phillips can't break the clinch.
Buttersnaps misses with a punch on the inside.
Buttersnaps looking to throw knees to the head but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Ghee Buttersnaps has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phillips working hard to break the clinch.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Ghee Buttersnaps.
I think Phillips has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Roger Salmon scores the fight 28:29
Judge Paul Gruel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Chris Saunders scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Todd Phillips!
An out of breath Todd Phillips 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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