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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Diamond Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mark Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Phillips comes to the cage accompanied by Motorhead-King of Kings. There are an array of beautiful celebrities at ringside tonight! I wonder if any of them paid for their tickets.
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215 lbs
11 - 5 - 0 |
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191 cm
28
220 lbs
7 - 5 - 1 |
Decent wrestler
Excellent boxer
Very strong |
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Good wrestler
World class boxer
Powerful |
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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
11 - 5 - 0, fighting out of New York, Diamond Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
7 - 5 - 1, fighting out of New York, Mark Evans!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, John Kavanagh and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Evans keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Phillips tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Evans counters with a straight right hand.
Evans lands with a straight right. Phillips didn't see that one coming.
Evans swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips slips a straight right by Evans.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and Evans counters with a nice body shot.
Diamond Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
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!
Evans moves into the clinch successfully.
Evans lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Phillips backwards.
Phillips lands a body shot in the clinch.
Evans is trying to drag Phillips to the mat but Phillips just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short right from Evans.
Evans breaks the clinch.
Evans ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evans fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Evans misses with a wild body shot.
Phillips misses with an uppercut
and Phillips takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Phillips waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Evans.
Phillips throws a poor cross that misses
and Evans counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Phillips tries to keep at a distance but Evans has taken the fight into the clinch.
Evans is working for takedown but Phillips is calmly controlling the position for now.
Diamond Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mark Evans.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Evans.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Evans misses with a short punch on the inside.
Evans tries for a takedown. No joy.
Phillips is trying to break the clinch but Evans has him pressed against the cage.
Evans working aggressively here.
Phillips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Phillips tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Evans's elbow.
Phillips gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Evans.
Evans swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phillips blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Phillips cracks Evans with a nice body shot.
Evans looks gassed!
Evans's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Phillips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Phillips cracks Evans with a nice body shot.
Phillips breaks from the clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Phillips misses the target.
Evans on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Phillips throws a low kick, looking for Evans's leg but Evans calmly moves out of range.
Phillips throws a poor cross that misses
and Evans counters with a left to the body.
Phillips misses with a looping right.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and Evans holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phillips lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Phillips gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Evans.
Phillips breaks the clinch.
Phillips fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Evans, pushing him back against the cage.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Phillips creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Phillips pushes Evans back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Evans has clasped his hands together around Phillips's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Evans prevents Phillips from escaping the position.
Phillips knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Evans on the ground.
Evans looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Phillips is avoiding damage well.
Phillips struggling a bit here.
Phillips is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Evans's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Ground and pound from Evans.
Phillips trying to control but Evans postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Evans throws a strike but Phillips avoids it easily and moves to full guard.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Phillips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Phillips on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Phillips tries to get out of the position.
Phillips working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Evans.
Evans thows a big elbow that misses.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Phillips wants to hit a switch here but Evans passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Phillips there!
Phillips is looking to improve his position but Evans isn't that keen on the idea.
Evans working away from the top, dropping strikes.
Phillips is squirming around, avoiding Evans's attempts to control the action.
Phillips taking shots to the head.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Evans cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Evans lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Phillips is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Evans lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Evans scoring with strikes but Phillips is staying in there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Evans landing strikes from the mount and Phillips is in trouble!
The referee warns Phillips that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Evans lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Evans lands a heavy elbow.
Phillips really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Evans lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Evans pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Evans postures up and throws a couple of big shots that have Phillips in real trouble here! The ref calls for Phillips to improve his position which he doesn't do, so the referee has no choice but to end the fight due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Mark Evans!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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