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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Hawk Williamson (ranked 3878 p4p, 4131 weight class) and Phillip Phillips (ranked 422 p4p, 448 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Hawk Williamson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phillip Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Eliza Hachem, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williamson.
Phillips takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Phillips will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Phillips takes one to the chin there.
Phillips shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Phillips showed some decent athleticism there.
Phillips tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Williamson.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips controlling the action here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williamson is looking to improve his position.
Phillips controlling the pace.
That's two 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.
Let's hope that Phillips has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Phillips trying to pass the guard but Williamson defending well.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Williamson scores with the left hand. Phillips knows he should have avoided that one.
Phillips moves into the clinch.
Williamson prevents the takedown attempt.
Phillips tries to work over Williamson's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Williamson creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Williamson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Phillips stalling.
Williamson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phillips manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Phillips looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Phillips has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Williamson has passed into side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips manages to work his way to half guard, despite Williamson's best efforts.
Williamson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Phillips keeping control of the position.
Phillips is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Williamson's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Williamson's back!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Williamson covering up well and avoiding damage.
Phillips throwing sloppy strikes.
Phillips is landing with strikes from the back.
Phillips is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Phillips lands with a hammerfist to the side of Williamson's head.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Williamson preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Phillips.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phillip Phillips dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Williamson avoids the body shot from Phillips.
Phillips fails with an attempt to clinch.
Phillips darts in trying to clinch
and Williamson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Phillips feints and as Williamson raises his hands in defense, Phillips changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Phillips trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Williamson can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Phillips controls the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips passes Williamson's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Williamson knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Phillips on the ground.
Phillips is controlling the pace.
Phillips is thwarting Williamson's attempts to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Phillips missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Williamson is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Phillips scores with a couple of nice shots.
Phillips is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Williamson is just riding it out for now. Phillips eventually gives up the hold.
Phillips slows the pace down in half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Phillips has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Williamson just misses with a punch to the body.
Phillip Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Williamson looks to land a right hand but Phillips moved out of range.
Williamson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phillips uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Williamson.
Phillips is looking to clinch but Williamson is avoiding it.
Phillips tries to clinch up but Williamson circles away and keeps his distance.
Williamson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Williamson throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Phillips tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Williamson counters with a right hand to the body.
Williamson looks to score with a jab to the body but Phillips is just out of range.
Phillips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A quick step to the side and Williamson tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Nice body punch from Williamson.
Phillips shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Williamson counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Phillips has his takedown stuffed
and Williamson counters with a nice uppercut.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Phillips tries to clinch up
and Williamson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Hawk Williamson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! And we move into the final round!
Williamson lands a jab to Phillips's midsection.
Phillips clinches up with Williamson and pushes him back against the cage.
Phillips prevents a body shot from Williamson.
Phillips has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Williamson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Phillips successfully pulls guard.
Williamson has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Phillips is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Phillips wants to control but Williamson passes easily into half guard.
Williamson trying to mount his opponent but Phillips defends it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Williamson prevents Phillips from standing back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips is looking to improve his position.
Phillips makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Phillips.
Williamson preventing the sweep.
Phillips managing to control the position.
Phillips had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Williamson defends it easily.
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 land a sweep but no joy.
Williamson wants to pass the guard but Phillips is keeping the position.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Williamson bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Phillips gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Williamson counters with a right hand to the body.
Phillips closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Williamson is being controlled here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips wants to stand but Williamson has his arm trapped.
Phillips tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Williamson is not content to let Phillips control the position.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters, thinking about a standup.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Phillips with a lazy takedown attempt
and Williamson counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Hawk Williamson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phillip Phillips.
Williamson misses the jab.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Phillips is defended easily by Williamson.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Phillip Phillips.
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 Eliza Hachem scores the fight 29:29
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 28:29
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Phillip Phillips!
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RATING
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