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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Seymour Butts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brandon Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Seymour Butts has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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275 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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197 cm
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285 lbs
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Good wrestling
Counter striker
Intelligent |
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Dangerous GnP
Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Seymour Butts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Brandon Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Steve Montenegro.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a shot to the body.
Phillips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Phillips looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Phillips dives in and grabs Butts's left leg, looking for a takedown. Butts pushes down on Phillips's head and hops out.
Butts takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Butts keeps the fight on the outside.
Phillips tries a head kick but it misses.
Phillips wants to clinch up but Butts keeps it at a distance.
Phillips shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Butts pinned against the cage. Butts gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Phillips misses with an uppercut.
Phillips shoots in but Butts avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Seymour Butts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Phillips.
Butts decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips wants to get back to full guard.
Butts takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Butts 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 tries to roll over but Butts keeps him under control.
Butts looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Phillips with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Butts lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Phillips looks like he's trying to stand up.
Butts lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Phillips trying to control here.
Butts controlling the pace.
Phillips really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Butts. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ground and pound from Butts.
Phillips tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Butts drops an elbow to the side of Phillips's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet.
Butts winds up and cracks Phillips with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Butts takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Butts lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Phillips has hold of Butts's hands but Butts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Phillips wants to control but Butts is keeping busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butts is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Butts winds up and cracks Phillips with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Butts scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Butts looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Phillips with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Butts is keen to just control but Phillips is a slippery customer.
Nice strikes from Butts there.
Butts slips a nice elbow through Phillips's hands, connecting with Phillips's forehead.
Phillips taking some punishment here, with Butts in his half guard.
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!
Butts working Phillips over with strikes.
Butts lands with a punch from half guard.
Butts is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butts seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Phillips does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Phillips actively working from the bottom here.
Butts winds up and cracks Phillips with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Butts lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Phillips pushes Butts off looking to stand but Butts dives back in and keeps control.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Butts working the head and body with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seymour Butts dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
A telegraphed right hand from Butts misses the target.
Phillips fails with the takedown
so Butts counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Butts pushes down on Phillips's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Butts is nestled in close to Phillips, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Butts landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Butts lands strikes from half guard.
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. Butts connects with a nice short shot to Phillips's temple.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet.
Phillips is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Butts working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips has hold of Butts's hands but Butts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Butts working Phillips over with strikes.
Butts working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Phillips misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Butts working the head and body with strikes.
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. Butts connects with a nice short shot to Phillips's temple.
Butts wants to take a breather but Phillips is having none of it.
Butts looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Phillips with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Butts working the head and body with strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Butts working Phillips over with strikes.
Butts slows the pace down in half guard.
Butts working the head and body with strikes.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phillips on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
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. Butts connects with a nice short shot to Phillips's temple.
Butts is nestled in close to Phillips, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
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. Butts connects with a nice short shot to Phillips's temple.
Butts drops an elbow to the side of Phillips's head.
Butts looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Butts looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Butts prevents Phillips from improving his position.
Butts is nestled in close to Phillips, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Butts scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Butts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Phillips can do to turn this around?
Phillips has hold of Butts's hands but Butts slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Phillips wants to control but Butts is keeping busy.
Butts working Phillips over with strikes.
Ground and pound from Butts.
Nice strikes from Butts there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Butts seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Butts has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Butts lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Butts punishing his opponent with strikes.
Phillips is trying to get to the cage to help him get back to his feet.
Phillips tries to hold on but Butts postures up.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Butts cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Phillips can't escape the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Seymour Butts dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Butts shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Phillips manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Seymour Butts overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Butts is working Phillips over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Butts lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Butts postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Phillips is rocked!
Phillips wants to stand but Butts is controlling the position.
Butts connects with a couple of short punches.
Butts passes easily into side control. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Butts lands a few punches from side control.
Phillips is still in real trouble! Can Butts finish him?
Phillips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Butts lands a nice forearm strike.
Butts just content to control the position.
Phillips seems to have recovered his senses.
Butts scores with punches from side control.
Phillips is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Butts grinds an elbow into Phillips's temple.
Butts lands a nice forearm strike.
A big shot lands for Butts! That's hurt Phillips! Will he recover? Butts fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:01 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Seymour Butts!
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energy
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hype
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