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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Darren Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hengeyokai Ki Lin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Hengeyokai Ki Lin has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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207 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Good kicks
Solid chin |
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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
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Darren Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Hengeyokai Ki Lin!
The judges for this bout are Ren Mimura, Shigeki Fujiwara and Kenichi Hosakawa.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips tries for a takedown but Ki Lin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Ki Lin.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Ki Lin tries to clinch up.
Phillips blocks a head kick by Ki Lin.
Ki Lin moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt - Ki Lin sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Phillips fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Ki Lin avoids it really well and circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darren Phillips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Ki Lin tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Phillips keeps the fight on the outside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips shoots for a takedown but Ki Lin saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Phillips throws a head kick but Ki Lin moves out of range.
Ki Lin is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
Ki Lin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Phillips.
Phillips takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Ki Lin tries to close the distance and clinch but Phillips swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ki Lin tries to close the distance and clinch up but Phillips swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Ki Lin.
Ki Lin scores with a head kick.
It looks like Darren Phillips has been cut.
Ki Lin tries to clinch up.
Ki Lin is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
Ki Lin is looking to clinch.
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ki Lin wants to clinch.
Ki Lin moves in looking to clinch but Phillips pushes him off.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin tries to clinch up.
Hengeyokai Ki Lin is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ki Lin lands a high kick to the side of Phillips's head that stuns him and send him tumbling down to the canvas! Ki Lin dives into guard, looking to finish.
Phillips is rocked!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Ki Lin throws a big right hand that misses.
Ki Lin postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Phillips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Phillips preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Ki Lin wants to pass the guard but Phillips is keeping the position.
Ki Lin throwing strikes but missing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Phillips utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ki Lin tries to clinch up.
Ki Lin is looking to clinch but Phillips is avoiding it.
Ki Lin forces Phillips back against the cage and clinches.
Ki Lin misses with a knee to the head.
Ki Lin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Phillips has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Phillips avoiding damage as Ki Lin throws knees to the body.
Ki Lin misses with a knee strike.
Ki Lin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Phillips has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ki Lin tries a knee to the head but Phillips blocks it.
Phillips managing to block the knees to the body from Ki Lin.
Ki Lin throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ki Lin trying to land knees to the body.
Phillips has Ki Lin pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Phillips pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Ki Lin tumbling to the mat - Phillips dives into Ki Lin's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Phillips!
Ki Lin thowing shots but they're missing.
Ki Lin thowing shots but they're missing.
Ki Lin throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Hengeyokai Ki Lin dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Darren Phillips's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
Phillips takes a kick to the side of the head.
A swing and a miss from Phillips.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ki Lin wants to clinch up but Phillips keeps it at a distance.
Ki Lin scores with a kick to the body.
No luck for Phillips with that takedown attempt.
Ki Lin is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Ki Lin throws a front kick that sends Phillips stumbling back into the cage.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ki Lin looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but Phillips is having none of it.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ki Lin fails with an attempt to clinch.
Ki Lin is looking to clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but Phillips moves out of range.
Ki Lin tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Ki Lin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ki Lin tries to clinch up.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Ki Lin.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches.
Ki Lin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ki Lin tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Ki Lin tries to land knees in the clinch but Phillips avoids the damage to the body.
Ki Lin misses with a knee to the head.
Ki Lin using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Phillips has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Ki Lin misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Phillips.
Ki Lin looking to throw knees to the head but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Phillips avoiding damage as Ki Lin throws knees to the body.
Ki Lin tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phillips manages to break the clinch.
Phillips throws a sloppy head kick
and Ki Lin counters with a body kick.
Ki Lin wants to clinch but Phillips slips to the side
and Phillips counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Ki Lin's guard now.
Phillips lands a couple of elbows.
Phillips works over Ki Lin with some ground and pound from guard.
Phillips throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Ki Lin works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Phillips wants to control from the top but Ki Lin keeps moving.
Phillips is really struggling to control Ki Lin but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin is trying to control the position but Phillips postures up.
Phillips won't allow Ki Lin to sweep him here.
Ki Lin is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Ki Lin keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Ki Lin tries to clinch but Phillips moves away
and Phillips counters by clinching up.
Ki Lin throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Phillips blocks it with crossed arms.
Ki Lin misses with a knee to the head.
Ki Lin trying to land knees to the body.
Ki Lin looking to throw knees to the head but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Phillips ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Phillips no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Phillips is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Ki Lin throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Phillips works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Ki Lin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Ki Lin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Ki Lin throwing strikes from guard but Phillips blocks nicely.
Ki Lin in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Phillips not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Hengeyokai Ki Lin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Darren Phillips's cut.
That's time! Phillips's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
Ki Lin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ki Lin tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Phillips counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Ki Lin is looking to stand up but Phillips isn't so interested in that idea.
Ki Lin keeping full guard, as Phillips tries to pass.
Ki Lin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Ki Lin pulls Phillips in to control the position.
Phillips throws a big right hand that misses.
Ki Lin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Phillips is one step ahead there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ki Lin is pulling down on Phillips's head to control his posture.
Ki Lin manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Phillips wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ki Lin.
Ki Lin sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Ki Lin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ki Lin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Ki Lin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Phillips wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ki Lin.
Ki Lin throws some wild stikes that Phillips manages to avoid easily.
Ki Lin punching from mount but Phillips doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ki Lin throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Phillips because Ki Lin loaded up on that one.
Ki Lin wants to control the pace but Phillips is squirming around nicely.
Ki Lin misses with a head shot.
Ki Lin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Phillips wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ki Lin.
Phillips blocking the ground and pound.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Phillips is desperately trying to improve his position but Ki Lin has a good base and remains in mount.
Ki Lin punching from mount but Phillips doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ki Lin unloads with some shots from mount but Phillips bucks and avoids them well.
Ki Lin sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Phillips wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Ki Lin.
Phillips is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Darren Phillips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ki Lin looking to ground and pound but Phillips is blocking nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Darren Phillips showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Ki Lin 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 Ren Mimura scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Hengeyokai Ki Lin!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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