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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Sigandi Legend Jr (ranked 5282 p4p, 4501 weight class) and Nate Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nate Phillips has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Sigandi Legend Jr's chin.
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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
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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 3 - 4 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Sigandi Legend Jr!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Nate Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Igor Prikhodko and Sergei Dronov.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Legend Jr looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Phillips!
Legend Jr cracks Phillips with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Legend Jr working away.
Phillips sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Legend Jr.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Legend Jr is thwarting Phillips's attempts to control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Legend Jr connects with a nice short shot to Phillips's temple.
Phillips has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Legend Jr is working away from the top position though.
Legend Jr knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Phillips on the ground.
Legend Jr sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Phillips defending well though.
Phillips is trying to control but can't.
Phillips looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Phillips wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend Jr working over Phillips with some ground and pound. Phillips looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Phillips is trying to control but can't.
Legend Jr lands strikes from half guard.
Legend Jr scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Phillips has hold of Legend Jr's hands but Legend Jr slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Phillips makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Phillips.
Legend Jr wants to control from the top but Phillips keeps moving.
Legend Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Phillips's head.
Legend Jr is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Legend Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Legend Jr with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Phillips controls Legend Jr momentarily but Legend Jr frees himself.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legend Jr makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Legend Jr controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Phillips trying to keep a closed guard but Legend Jr is proving a slippery customer.
Legend Jr scoring with some ground and pound.
Legend Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Legend Jr keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Phillips's head.
Phillips is trying to control the position but Legend Jr postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legend Jr distracts Phillips with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Legend Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Legend Jr stands up over Phillips, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Phillips trying to keep a closed guard but Legend Jr is proving a slippery customer.
Legend Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Phillips wants to sweep but no luck.
Legend Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Legend Jr distracts Phillips with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Phillips looking for a sweep. Not yet Phillips, not yet.
Phillips manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Legend Jr manages to get himself to full guard.
Legend Jr is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips trying to control but Legend Jr is working from the bottom.
Phillips trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Legend Jr looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Phillips trying to control but Legend Jr is working from the bottom.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Legend Jr throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sigandi Legend Jr dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Phillips tries a head kick but it misses.
Phillips dives in and grabs Legend Jr's left leg, looking for a takedown. Legend Jr pushes down on Phillips's head and hops out.
Legend Jr wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Legend Jr.
Legend Jr leaves Phillips with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Phillips gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Legend Jr counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Sigandi Legend Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Phillips.
Phillips wants to sweep here but Legend Jr controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Legend Jr wants to control from the top but Phillips keeps moving.
Phillips is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Sigandi Legend Jr overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend Jr content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Legend Jr lands a couple of digs.
Legend Jr throwing strikes from guard but Phillips blocks nicely.
Legend Jr is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Phillips looking for a sweep. Not yet Phillips, not yet.
Phillips looking for a guillotine here but Legend Jr defends easily.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Legend Jr stands up over Phillips, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Legend Jr slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Legend Jr looking to pass the guard.
Legend Jr throws a big right hand that misses.
Phillips preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Legend Jr stops Phillips from standing up.
Phillips trying to keep a closed guard but Legend Jr is proving a slippery customer.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Phillips is on top in guard.
Phillips wanted to stand there but Legend Jr had control of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Legend Jr working for submissions but it's allowed Phillips to get to half guard.
Legend Jr is not content to let Phillips control the position.
Legend Jr wants to sweep but Phillips has passed to side control!
Phillips trying to control the position but Legend Jr is working away.
Legend Jr tries to buck Phillips off but Phillips is having none of it.
Legend Jr tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Poor strikes thrown by Phillips there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Legend Jr blocking the ground and pound.
Legend Jr is flailing around like a fish out of water, trying to land strikes.
Phillips trying to control but Legend Jr is having none of it.
Legend Jr wants to hold on but Phillips pushes him away.
Phillips has control of Legend Jr's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Legend Jr regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Phillips sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Nate Phillips will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Legend Jr displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Phillips.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and Legend Jr counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Legend Jr has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Phillips keeping moving, preventing Legend Jr from controlling successfully.
Phillips trying to control the position.
Legend Jr missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Phillips trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Legend Jr trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Phillips trying to control the position.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Legend Jr trying to control but Phillips is working from the bottom.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Phillips tests Legend Jr's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Phillips clinches up against the cage.
Phillips is pressed up against the cage. Legend Jr has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Phillips down to the mat. Phillips avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches up with Legend Jr, looking for a takedown. Phillips pushes Legend Jr against the cage but Legend Jr circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Phillips shoots for a double leg takedown but Legend Jr sprawls well. He's pushed Phillips's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Legend Jr is looking light on his feet compared to last time was saw him fight.
Sigandi Legend Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nate Phillips.
Phillips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips has Legend Jr up against the cage in a clinch.
Phillips works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Legend Jr trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Phillips trying to control but Legend Jr is working from the bottom.
Legend Jr looking for a sweep. Not yet Legend Jr, not yet.
Legend Jr pulls Phillips in close to prevent any damage.
Legend Jr throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Phillips trying to control the position from guard on top but Legend Jr is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Legend Jr looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Phillips is defending well. Legend Jr quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Phillips has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Legend Jr celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Sigandi Legend Jr!
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energy
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