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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Heera Ghuruwa (ranked 2527 p4p, 2280 weight class) and Phillip Phillips (ranked 316 p4p, 288 weight class). 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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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 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Heera Ghuruwa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phillip Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, Hugh Johnson and Chris Dean.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ghuruwa throws a looping overhand right but Phillips ducks down to avoid it.
Ghuruwa lands a jab to the nose.
Phillips throws a leg kick which misses Ghuruwa's front leg but catches the back leg as Ghuruwa tries to avoid it.
Ghuruwa throws a jab but it's blocked by Phillips.
Some bone on bone action there as Phillips checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A nice inside leg kick there by Phillips. That's going to slow Ghuruwa down.
Ghuruwa tries a head kick but it misses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Ghuruwa moves out of range of the body kick from Phillips.
A jab from Ghuruwa misses.
Ghuruwa lunges at Phillips with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Phillips's hand.
Ghuruwa scores with a nice strike.
Ghuruwa swings away with a leg kick that misses.
Phillips tries to land a front kick but Ghuruwa steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Phillips wants to slow Ghuruwa down by chopping away at his legs.
Phillips has done a lot of speed work in the buildup to this fight.
Phillips lands with a kick to the ribs.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Phillips walks into a straight right hand from Ghuruwa.
Ghuruwa thows a left - swing and a miss!
Phillips throws a push kick but Ghuruwa slaps the foot to one side.
Phillips throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Phillips lands a nice looking body kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ghuruwa softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Phillips struggles to land a body shot inside as Ghuruwa controls his hands.
Ghuruwa tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.
Phillips has a couple of punches blocked by Ghuruwa.
Phillips is looking to control Ghuruwa's arms but Ghuruwa gets an underhook and turns him. Now Phillips has his back to the ropes.
Phillips has had enough of the clinch but Ghuruwa keeps him there for the moment.
Phillips misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ghuruwa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ghuruwa blocks an uppercut.
Phillips misses with a punch to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Phillips.
Ghuruwa prevents a body shot from Phillips.
Phillips misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ghuruwa breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A thudding body kick lands there by Phillips!
Ghuruwa uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Phillips has time to react.
A nice leg kick lands there from Phillips.
Ghuruwa moves out of range of the body kick from Phillips.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ghuruwa throws a head kick but Phillips moves out of range.
Phillips is looking to chop away at Ghuruwa's legs.
Phillips lands with a thumping leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ghuruwa lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Phillips checks the leg kick nicely there.
A head kick misses from Ghuruwa.
An inside leg kick lands from Phillips.
Ghuruwa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ghuruwa on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Heera Ghuruwa is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ghuruwa throws a big shot that misses.
Phillips throws a wild body kick that Ghuruwa sees coming a mile off.
Phillips misses with an attempted mid kick.
Phillips misses with a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Ghuruwa.
Phillips with a poor takedown
and Ghuruwa counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Phillips takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Ghuruwa blocks the body kick.
Ghuruwa gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
I was talking to Ghuruwa's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Ghuruwa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phillips misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ghuruwa gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Phillips misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips blocking some punches.
Phillips misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ghuruwa lands a body shot.
Phillips misses with the head strike.
A short left from Ghuruwa.
Phillips tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Phillips lands with a right to the head.
Ghuruwa working aggressively here.
Ghuruwa scores with a hook to the body.
Ghuruwa tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phillips's elbow.
Phillips tries a body shot but Ghuruwa blocks it.
Ghuruwa swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phillips misses with a punch on the inside.
Phillips misses with a hook to the ribs.
Ghuruwa lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Phillips.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips can't find room to land a body shot as Ghuruwa controls the action.
Ghuruwa breaks the clinch.
Ghuruwa thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Phillips if he has to take too many more of those.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phillips slips under a jab from Ghuruwa.
Ghuruwa clinches.
Ghuruwa lands a body shot in the clinch.
Ghuruwa blocking some punches.
Ghuruwa misses with a short punch on the inside.
Ghuruwa prevents a body shot from Phillips.
Ghuruwa lands with a left to the head.
Ghuruwa prevents a body shot from Phillips.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Ghuruwa.
Phillips misses with a body punch.
Phillips tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
With the fighters clinched against the ropes, Ghuruwa creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phillips fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Phillips tries to work over Ghuruwa's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Ghuruwa lands a right hand.
Phillips misses with a punch on the inside.
Ghuruwa lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Heera Ghuruwa dominated that round.
That's time! Ghuruwa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Ghuruwa clinches up against the ropes.
Ghuruwa blocking some punches.
Phillips misses with a punch on the inside.
Phillips lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Ghuruwa manages to break the clinch.
Phillips moves away from the strike by Ghuruwa.
Phillips throws a body kick that digs right into the meat.
Phillips moves out of range of the body kick from Ghuruwa.
Phillips takes a shot to the body in his stride.
A low kick from Ghuruwa misses
and Phillips counters with a body kick that stops Ghuruwa in his tracks momentarily.
Phillips misses with an attempted mid kick.
Ghuruwa tests Phillips's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Phillips lands a front kick.
Ghuruwa blocks the body kick.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phillips takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Phillips walks into a jab.
Phillips throws a nice head kick!
Ghuruwa will be looking to protect his midsection after taking some solid kicks to the body.
Phillips avoids the head kick by Ghuruwa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ghuruwa throws a hook but Phillips blocks it.
Ghuruwa is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phillips can do to turn this around?
Phillips throws a head kick but Ghuruwa moves out of range.
Ghuruwa was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Phillips uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Ghuruwa.
Ghuruwa checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Phillips thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ghuruwa if he has to take too many more of those.
Phillips lands with a nice body kick.
Ghuruwa connects with a right hand. Phillips shakes it off.
Phillip Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips thuds a mid kick into his opponent's body. That will wear on Ghuruwa if he has to take too many more of those.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ghuruwa throws a right hand that misses
and Phillips counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Ghuruwa regains full guard. Nicely done.
Phillips won't allow Ghuruwa to sweep him here.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips connects with a couple of short punches.
Ghuruwa lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Ghuruwa missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Ghuruwa throws a big elbow that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips working a defensive guard here.
Both fighters have adopted an aggressive gameplan on the ground!
Phillips thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Phillips wants to sweep here but Ghuruwa controlling him for the moment.
Phillips keeping moving, preventing Ghuruwa from controlling successfully.
Ghuruwa scoring with some ground and pound.
Ghuruwa stands up over Phillips, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Phillips throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Ghuruwa preventing the sweep.
Ghuruwa lands a couple of decent looking shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ghuruwa trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Ghuruwa trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Phillips utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Ghuruwa 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.
Phillips will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Ghuruwa with a flurry of punches that miss.
Phillips trying to control the position.
Ghuruwa trying to control but Phillips is working from the bottom.
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Phillips takes a jab right on the kisser.
A swing and a miss from Ghuruwa.
Phillips scores with a kick to the body.
Ghuruwa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ghuruwa takes a swing at Phillips's ribcage but misses.
And Phillips responds with a good body kick, but Ghuruwa manages to step out the way in time.
Phillips goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Ghuruwa tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A solid body kick from Phillips.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ghuruwa is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Phillips.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Phillips - that will leave a mark!
Ghuruwa scores with a nice right hand.
Ghuruwa throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phillips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Ghuruwa.
Phillips closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Phillips lands in his opponent's guard.
Phillips postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Phillips landing with the ground and pound.
Ghuruwa working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Phillips has passed into half guard!
Phillips lands with a punch from half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phillip Phillips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Ghuruwa's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!
Ghuruwa throws a hook to the side of Phillips's head but Phillips sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Phillips chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Ghuruwa can pounce on him.
Ghuruwa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ghuruwa is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Phillips takes a shot to the head.
A head punch on the inside from Phillips fails to land.
Phillips tries a body shot but Ghuruwa blocks it.
Phillips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ghuruwa misses with a hook from the clinch.
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Ghuruwa can't find room to land a body shot as Phillips controls the action.
A short right from Phillips on the inside.
A right hook to the body lands for Ghuruwa.
Ghuruwa is pressed up against the ropes. Phillips has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Ghuruwa down to the mat. Ghuruwa avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ghuruwa pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ghuruwa chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Phillips can pounce on him.
Phillips misses with a body kick.
A solid body kick from Phillips.
Phillips with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Ghuruwa throws an off balance right hand
and Phillips counters with a slapping leg kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Phillips thuds his shin into the meat of Ghuruwa's side.
A big right from Ghuruwa misses.
Phillips plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Phillips misses with a body kick.
Phillips turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Nice body kick there by Ghuruwa.
Phillips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Ghuruwa misses the jab.
Phillips only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Phillips buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Phillips shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
The fighters circle momentarily. Ghuruwa darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Phillips fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ghuruwa checks it well.
Phillips walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ghuruwa fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Phillips misses with a body kick.
Phillips on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Ghuruwa throws a looping overhand right but Phillips ducks down to avoid it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips slips under a jab from Ghuruwa.
Ghuruwa scores with a one two! Phillips had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Ghuruwa on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Phillips throws a wild body kick that Ghuruwa sees coming a mile off.
A little feinted left hand from Ghuruwa on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Ghuruwa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Phillips. Phillips obviously looking to wear him down.
Phillips misses with a kick to the body.
Phillips tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Ghuruwa closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Ghuruwa content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Phillips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Ghuruwa lands with a short shot to the head.
Ghuruwa misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Ghuruwa blocking some punches.
Ghuruwa tries to work over Phillips's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Phillips lands a nice uppercut.
Phillips misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phillips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a hook from the clinch.
Ghuruwa blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phillips goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Ghuruwa breaks from the clinch.
Phillips throws a front kick aimed at Ghuruwa's knee but Ghuruwa avoids it well.
Heera Ghuruwa is winning the standup battle so far.
Ghuruwa takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Phillips takes a body punch but keeps moving.
An inside leg kick lands from Ghuruwa.
Ghuruwa throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Ghuruwa checks a leg kick.
Phillips checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Phillips darts in looking for a takedown but Ghuruwa gets double underhooks and turns Phillips into the ropes.
Ghuruwa swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Heera Ghuruwa has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Phillip Phillips.
Phillips fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Ghuruwa has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Phillips looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Ghuruwa lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Ghuruwa takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Ghuruwa moves out of range of the body kick.
It looked like Ghuruwa wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Good work by Ghuruwa as he checks the leg kick.
Phillips connects with a solid leg kick.
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!
Ghuruwa on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Phillips. Phillips obviously looking to wear him down.
Ghuruwa misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
Ghuruwa digs a good hook to Phillips's body.
Phillips ducks under a wild hook from Ghuruwa.
A swing and a miss from Ghuruwa.
Phillips throws an overhand right that lands on Ghuruwa's shoulder, as Ghuruwa tries to avoid the shot.
Phillips throws a quick inside leg kick.
Jab, jab by Ghuruwa - just one landing.
Phillips pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ghuruwa checks a low kick from Phillips.
Ghuruwa moves out of range of the body kick.
Ghuruwa tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Ghuruwa misses with a looping right.
Ghuruwa takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Phillips throws a front kick that sends Ghuruwa stumbling back into the ropes.
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 Heera Ghuruwa.
I think Ghuruwa has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 29:29
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Heera Ghuruwa!
Heera Ghuruwa seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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