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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ray White (ranked 369 p4p, 1340 weight class) and Daniel Daniel Philips (ranked 26 p4p, 92 weight class). White comes into the arena with HonestKey- Change blaring out of the sound system. These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Abu Dhabi Champ
Solid boxing
Insanely flexible |
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Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 14 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Ray White!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Daniel Daniel Philips!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Ian Loll and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Daniel Philips missing with a left hand there. White was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Daniel Philips misses the jab.
White definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
White misses with an uppercut.
Daniel Daniel Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
White swings widly with a right hand
and Daniel Philips counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White takes a shot to the body in his stride.
White keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Daniel Philips looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Daniel Philips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
White appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Daniel Philips misses the shot to the body.
White feinted with a counter takedown.
White staying out of range there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White jabs Daniel Philips to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Daniel Philips looks to score with a jab to the body but White is just out of range.
Daniel Philips swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and White counters with a nice double leg into side control. Daniel Philips won't be happy with that.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
White tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White working the ground and pound.
Daniel Philips wants to control but White postures up.
Daniel Philips really doesn't want to stay on the ground with White. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
White trying to control the action but Daniel Philips is working from the bottom.
Daniel Philips tries to control but White manages to take his back.
White gets his hands free as Daniel Philips looks to control.
I really don't envy Daniel Philips right now.
White is landing with strikes. Daniel Philips can't take much more of this.
Daniel Philips tries to roll but White sticks to his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
White gets his hands free as Daniel Philips looks to control.
White is persistently looking for the submission but Daniel Philips is defending it well.
Daniel Philips just trying to survive but White is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Daniel Philips's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
White has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Daniel Philips wants to control his opponent's hands but White gets his hands free.
White tries to get the hooks in deep but Daniel Philips pushed the leg off.
White is working the ground and pound. Can Daniel Philips escape?
Daniel Philips trying to control the position but White manages to sink in the hooks.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
White is punishing Daniel Philips with some ground and pound.
Daniel Philips is taking damage to the body and head.
Daniel Philips showing good submission defense here.
Daniel Philips just trying to survive but White is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
White loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Daniel Philips hold on?
White gets his hands free as Daniel Philips looks to control.
White 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Daniel Philips to escape the position.
Daniel Philips wants to escape the position.
Daniel Philips trying to control the position but White manages to sink in the hooks.
Daniel Philips is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but White is staying active.
White working for the choke.
Daniel Philips is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get White off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - White's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Daniel Philips trying to control the action but White just sinks the hooks in.
White looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Daniel Philips is in bad spot here.
White lands shots from the back.
Daniel Philips trying to control the action but White just sinks the hooks in.
Daniel Philips rolls, trying to escape but White keeps control of the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daniel Philips needs to remain patient if he's going to get out of this sticky situation.
White is punishing Daniel Philips with some ground and pound.
White is not going to allow Daniel Philips to sit and survive in this position.
White has Daniel Philips flattened out and is raining down punches.
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!
Daniel Philips trying to control the hands but White breaks the grip.
White looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
White avoiding Daniel Philips 's attempts to control his hands.
Daniel Philips defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of White's arms.
Daniel Philips wants to control his opponent's hands but White gets his hands free.
White connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Daniel Philips to escape the position.
White scores with punches and elbows.
Daniel Philips can't escape the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Daniel Philips showing good submission defense here.
Daniel Philips trying to control the hands but White won't let him.
White is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Daniel Philips is defending well though. White let's go of the attempt for now.
White not allowing Daniel Philips to control his hands.
Daniel Philips is in bad spot here.
White wants to control but Daniel Philips is keeping busy.
White is working the ground and pound here and the referee is taking a close look at Daniel Philips. He must escape soon or this one will be stopped.
White is looking for the choke from the back position but Daniel Philips is controlling his hands well.
White struggling to keep hold of the position.
White is landing with strikes from the back.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
White has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
White scores with some strikes to the side of the head there. Good, points scoring shots.
Daniel Philips trying to control the hands but White won't let him.
Daniel Philips breaks White's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Daniel Philips wants to control from the top but White keeps moving.
White is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
White looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Daniel Philips trying to control but White is working from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Daniel Philips looking to sit in guard and control but White gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
White passes easily into side control. Nice work.
White advances to full mount.
White trying to control but Daniel Philips is having none of it.
White landing strikes from the mount and Daniel Philips is in trouble!
White prevents Daniel Philips from getting the reversal.
Daniel Philips is squirming around, avoiding White's attempts to control the action.
White with the ground and pound from mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
White scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Daniel Philips?
White avoids the attempt from Daniel Philips to control.
White trying to control but Daniel Philips is having none of it.
White avoids the attempt from Daniel Philips to control.
White putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
This has been an exciting period of action!
White avoids the attempt from Daniel Philips to control.
White is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Daniel Philips can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Daniel Philips taking shots to the head.
Daniel Philips tries to lock up and control but White gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
White lands a nice shot to the head.
Daniel Philips is rocked!
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control but Daniel Philips is having none of it.
Daniel Philips is still in real trouble! Can White finish him?
White working the ground and pound effectively.
Daniel Philips wants to control but White is having none of it.
Daniel Philips seems to have recovered his senses.
White with a couple of short strikes.
Daniel Philips tries to reverse the position but White maintains control.
Daniel Philips wants to hold on but White pushes him away.
White takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Daniel Philips wants to hold on but White pushes him away.
White connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ray White dominated that round.
That's time! White's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
A looping hook to the body misses from White. Daniel Philips does a little dance to reset his feet.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daniel Philips.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
White avoids a punch combination nicely.
A swing and a miss from White.
A shot to the liver by White. Beautiful body shot.
Daniel Philips misses with a series of wild punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daniel Philips cracks White with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
That's one minute gone in the round.
White misses the shot to the body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from White is defended easily by Daniel Philips.
Daniel Philips looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Daniel Philips goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
White uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Daniel Philips.
Daniel Daniel Philips seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Daniel Philips slips a jab from White.
White has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Daniel Philips finds it's way round the side to connect with White's head.
Daniel Philips scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Daniel Philips fakes high and swings low for a body shot but White manages to avoid it.
White gets the takedown into side control.
This has been an exciting period of action!
White working away.
Daniel Philips is not content to let White control the position.
Daniel Philips tries to improve position but can't.
Daniel Philips taking punishment in the form of punches.
Check out the look on White's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Daniel Philips tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Daniel Philips struggling a bit here.
White is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Daniel Philips can do to turn this around?
White has control of an arm but Daniel Philips manages to advance to White's back!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
White trying to control the hands but Daniel Philips won't let him.
White is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Daniel Philips is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Daniel Philips doesn't have the hooks in and White manages to turn into his guard.
Daniel Philips has his feet on White's thighs here. He's pushed White off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! White screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Daniel Daniel Philips!
After winning the bout, Daniel Daniel Philips thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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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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