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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Mercer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jeremy Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Mercer comes to the cage accompanied by Remember the name. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Kevin Mercer!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jeremy Phillips!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips tries to clinch there but Mercer circles away.
Phillips moves to clinch but Mercer breaks away
letting Mercer counter with a right hand.
Phillips throws a body punch but Mercer moves out of range.
Mercer closes the distance but Phillips moves to the side
and Phillips counters by moving into the clinch.
Phillips tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Phillips tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phillips lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Knees in the clinch landing for Phillips.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mercer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
Phillips has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips tries to land knees in the clinch but Mercer avoids the damage to the body.
Phillips looking to throw knees to the head but Mercer is blocking nicely.
Phillips tries to land a knee to the head but Mercer blocks with his arms.
Mercer takes a knee to the side of the body.
Phillips stalling.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Phillips.
Phillips missing with knees to the body.
Mercer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Mercer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mercer misses with a knee to the head.
Phillips tries a knee to the head but Mercer blocks it.
Phillips connects with a nasty looking knee right to Mercer's face.
It looks like Kevin Mercer has been cut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Phillips obliges.
Mercer is breathing heavily.
Phillips stalling the fight.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Mercer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Knees to the body from Phillips.
Phillips using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mercer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Phillips lands an elbow just above Mercer 's eye.
Mercer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
Phillips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mercer, pushing him back against the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer avoiding damage as Phillips throws knees to the body.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
Mercer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mercer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mercer takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phillips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Phillips crunches a lovely knee into Mercer's ribcage.
A knee to the head by Phillips.
Phillips landing knees to the head.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Phillips takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Phillips lands a knee to the head.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Phillips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Phillips slowing the pace effectively.
Phillips connects with a knee to the head.
Phillips scores a nice knee to the body.
Mercer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer tries to clinch but Phillips moves away
and Phillips holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Phillips lands a right hand.
Phillips landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
Mercer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Phillips lands an elbow inside that Mercer shrugs off.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
Mercer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Phillips putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mercer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Phillips misses with a knee to the head.
Phillips lands a knee to the head.
Phillips lands an elbow inside that Mercer shrugs off.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Mercer takes an elbow to the forehead.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mercer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mercer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Knees in the clinch landing for Phillips.
A knee to the head by Phillips.
Phillips with a knee to the head.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
Phillips connects with a knee to the head.
Mercer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
Phillips clinches up with Mercer and pushes him back against the cage.
Phillips tries to land a knee to the head but Mercer blocks with his arms.
Phillips lands an elbow that stopped Mercer in his tracks for a moment.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Phillips.
Phillips tries to land knees in the clinch but Mercer avoids the damage to the body.
Mercer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Mercer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Phillips tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Mercer holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Phillips using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mercer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Phillips tries to land knees in the clinch but Mercer avoids the damage to the body.
Mercer scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Phillips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Mercer's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Phillips thows a body shot but no joy.
Phillips closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mercer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Phillips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mercer is defending well for now.
Phillips lands an elbow that stopped Mercer in his tracks for a moment.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Mercer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Mercer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Mercer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
Phillips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
A knee to the head by Phillips.
Phillips lands an elbow inside.
Mercer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Phillips just stands there and leans against the cage.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
Mercer managing to block the knees to the body from Phillips.
Mercer managing to block the knees to the body from Phillips.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips lands a good knee to the midsection. Mercer won't want to take too many of those.
Phillips lands an elbow that stopped Mercer in his tracks for a moment.
Phillips tries to land a knee to the head but Mercer blocks with his arms.
Phillips holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
Mercer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Phillips has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercer misses with a knee to the head.
Phillips tries a knee to the head but Mercer blocks it.
Mercer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Phillips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Phillips leaning his opponent against the cage.
Phillips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Phillips misses with a knee strike.
Mercer jumps guard but Phillips stands there with Mercer around his waist. Mercer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A knee to the head by Phillips.
Mercer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mercer managing to block the knees to the body from Phillips.
Mercer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Mercer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mercer looks to clinch
and Phillips counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Phillips.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer jumps guard but Phillips stands there with Mercer around his waist. Mercer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Phillips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Phillips is stalling here.
Phillips tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Mercer avoids it.
Mercer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Phillips using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mercer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the head but Phillips blocks with his arms.
Mercer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
Phillips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Mercer misses with a knee strike.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Phillips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mercer is defending well for now.
Mercer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Mercer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Phillips rushes Mercer and presses him up against the cage.
Phillips lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Phillips lands a damaging elbow.
Phillips slows down the pace here.
Phillips lands an elbow that stopped Mercer in his tracks for a moment.
Phillips gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Phillips lands a knee to the head.
Phillips taking a breather.
Mercer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
Mercer tries to keep at a distance but Phillips has taken the fight into the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Mercer throws a knee to the head but misses.
Phillips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Phillips landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Phillips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Phillips scores with a knee to the head.
Phillips with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mercer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Mercer takes a knee right on the jaw!
Phillips throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mercer blocks it with crossed arms.
Mercer tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Phillips landing knees to the head.
Phillips with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Phillips wants to stall.
Mercer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Phillips lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Phillips tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Phillips tries to land a knee to the head but Mercer blocks with his arms.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Phillips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Kevin Mercer's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
Phillips swats away the attempt to clinch by Mercer.
Phillips moves into the clinch.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
A knee to the head by Phillips.
Mercer tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Phillips trying to land knees to the body.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Phillips tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Mercer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Phillips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mercer is defending well for now.
Mercer tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Phillips smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Mercer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips doesn't manage to clinch there - Mercer circles away.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Mercer paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phillips tries to clinch but Mercer is having none of it.
Phillips has closed the distance and engaged Mercer in a clinch.
Mercer blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Phillips scores with a knee to the head.
Phillips has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Mercer throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Phillips blocks it with crossed arms.
Phillips tries a knee to the head but Mercer blocks it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Mercer fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Phillips lands an elbow that stopped Mercer in his tracks for a moment.
Mercer on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Mercer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Mercer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches.
Phillips missing with knees to the body.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Phillips.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mercer with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
Jeremy Phillips seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Phillips lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Phillips using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mercer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Phillips misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Mercer.
Phillips trying to land knees to the body.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mercer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Mercer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mercer tries to clinch but Phillips moves away
and Phillips counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Phillips tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Phillips is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Mercer has denied him.
Phillips trying to land knees to the body.
Mercer jumps guard but Phillips stands there with Mercer around his waist. Mercer gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Phillips.
Mercer managing to block the knees to the body from Phillips.
Mercer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Phillips has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercer avoiding damage as Phillips throws knees to the body.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
Mercer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Phillips has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Phillips using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mercer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercer looking to throw knees to the head but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Phillips creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Mercer's defenses.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Mercer avoiding damage as Phillips throws knees to the body.
Phillips is looking to control Mercer's arms but Mercer gets an underhook and turns him. Now Phillips has his back to the cage.
Mercer jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Phillips walks away with a smile on his face. Mercer gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Mercer keeps the fight on the outside.
Mercer tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Phillips counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Phillips.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
Phillips connects with a knee to the head.
Mercer looking to throw knees to the head but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Mercer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Mercer takes an elbow to the temple.
Phillips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Phillips using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Mercer has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Mercer looking to throw knees to the head but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Phillips scores a nice knee to the body.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mercer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
A knee to the head by Phillips.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
Mercer tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Phillips just stands there and leans against the cage.
Phillips looking to throw knees to the head but Mercer is blocking nicely.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Phillips throws a knee to the head but misses.
Mercer letting Phillips take a breather here.
Mercer looking to throw knees to the head but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Phillips landing knees to the head.
Phillips throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Mercer blocks it with crossed arms.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Phillips really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Kevin Mercer's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Phillips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Mercer, pushing him back against the cage.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mercer tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips won't allow it.
Mercer takes an elbow to the temple.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Phillips putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Mercer in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Phillips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Mercer is defending well for now.
Mercer tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Mercer drops back down to his feet.
Phillips tries to land knees in the clinch but Mercer avoids the damage to the body.
A knee to the head by Mercer.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Phillips lands a nice elbow.
Phillips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
It's got to the stage where if one of these guys blows hard enough, the other might fall over.
Mercer fails to pull guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Kevin Mercer. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips unloads a knee to the mid-section. Mercer lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Phillips lands a knee to the head.
Phillips scores a nice knee to the body.
Phillips tries to land knees in the clinch but Mercer avoids the damage to the body.
Phillips misses with a knee strike.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mercer pulls guard successfully.
Phillips is pushing down on Mercer's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mercer is fighting to maintain full guard but Phillips has managed to sneak the leg through.
Phillips is looking for a kimura here.
Phillips frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Mercer wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Phillips.
Phillips working for a guillotine from mount but Mercer is in no mood to give up.
Phillips punching from mount but Mercer doing a good job of avoiding damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Mercer can't escape the position.
Phillips working for a submission but Mercer is keeping him at bay.
Phillips is working for a guillotine from mount but Mercer frees his head quite easily.
Phillips throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Mercer because Phillips loaded up on that one.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Phillips working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phillips is working to isolate an arm here. It's a telegraphed submission attempt but he's gone for it anyway - and he's got it! Phillips extends the arm and Mercer is forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:01 of round 4, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jeremy Phillips!
Jeremy Phillips is the new bantamweight champion!
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