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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ray Philips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and He Man (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Philips's entrance music is Dance Hall Days. A fine choice. Man has chosen He-Man theme song as his entrance music. 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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265 lbs
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270 lbs
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World class boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
19 - 6 - 2, fighting out of Montreal, Ray Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
19 - 7 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, He Man!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Man's corner calls for a 1-2. Man obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Man closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Man lands a nice forearm strike.
Man in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Philips struggling a bit here.
Philips might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Philips gets back to half guard.
Man has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Philips taking some punishment here, with Man in his half guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Man is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Philips wants to sweep here but Man controlling him for the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Philips managing to control the position.
Man throwing strikes from guard but Philips blocks nicely.
Philips is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Philips is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man controlling Philips's posture.
Man looking to hit a scissor sweep but Philips is one step ahead there.
Philips trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Philips tries to free his leg and advance position but Man is retaining full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man keeping moving, preventing Philips from controlling successfully.
Philips trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Man manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Philips manages to get himself to full guard.
Philips looking to hit a scissor sweep but Man is one step ahead there.
Philips working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Man.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Philips keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Philips wants to sweep but no luck.
Philips is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Philips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man throws an elbow that misses. Philips uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Man's guard. Nice move by Philips!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Man has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
He Man dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Philips jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Philips tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That kick from Philips tenderised Man's leg. Man is trying to keep his angry face on.
Philips throws a low kick, looking for Man's leg but Man calmly moves out of range.
Man on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
It looks like He Man has been cut.
Philips scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Philips stuffs the takedown.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Man takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Philips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Man moves away.
Man jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Man moves forwards but Philips connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Man looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Man is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Philips's half guard.
Man is breathing heavily.
Philips tries to get to full guard but Man has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man working over Philips with some ground and pound. Philips looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Philips knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Man on the ground.
Philips wants to sweep but Man has passed to side control!
Man has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Philips really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Man controlling from mount.
Philips is desperately trying to improve his position but Man has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Man can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Philips is looking to escape.
Philips working to try and regain half guard.
Philips is working hard here to advance position.
Man with shots to the head and body - Philips looks very uncomfortable down there.
Philips is looking to get to 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!
Philips sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Man slips a nice elbow through Philips's hands, connecting with Philips's forehead.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips gets back to full guard.
Man looking to pass the guard.
He Man has got the better of the ground game so far.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Philips is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Man trying to control but Philips is working from the bottom.
Man is looking to work some ground and pound but Philips has wrist control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips controls Man momentarily but Man frees himself.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Ray Philips wasn't doing enough on the ground.
Man takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Philips misses with a looping left.
Philips avoids the body shot from Man.
Man scores with a takedown into Philips's guard.
Man postures up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Philips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Man stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Philips swivels though and keeps the full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ray Philips dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on He Man's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Philips just misses with a punch to the body.
Philips moves out of range as Man throws a body kick.
Philips tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Man was well out of range. Poor timing from Philips.
Philips throws a series of punches but Man moves out of range.
Philips is looking to wear down Man with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Man misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Philips.
Philips misses with an uppercut. Man saw that one coming.
Ray Philips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Philips throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Man swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Man shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Philips pinned against the cage. Philips gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Philips takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Philips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Philips misses with a leg kick
and Man counters with a takedown into side control.
Man trying to control the position but Philips is working away.
Philips is working to avoid the ground and pound but Man connects with a decent elbow.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Man scoring with punches and elbows.
Philips is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Man's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Philips tries to get to full guard but Man has control of the leg.
Philips has hold of Man's hands but Man slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Philips is trying to maintain the position but Man is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips wants to get back to full guard.
Man missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Man lands with a punch from half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Man seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Man missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Philips is trying to escape back to his feet but Man uses the scramble to pass into side control.
Philips tries to bench press Man off him but Man keeps the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man lands some shots froms side control.
Man in side control, throwing shots but Philips defends.
Man trying to control the position but Philips is working away.
Man tries to advance to mount but Philips denies him.
Philips is looking to reverse the position.
Man trying to control the action but Philips is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Man trying to control the action but Philips is working from the bottom.
Philips struggling a bit here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Philips to see if he's OK.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
He Man really dominated that round.
The cut man is working on He Man's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Man uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Philips.
Philips throws a front kick aimed at Man's knee but Man avoids it well.
Philips gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Man is looking to work some ground and pound but Philips has wrist control.
Man missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Philips utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Man wants to control from the top but Philips keeps moving.
Philips not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Man trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Man preventing the sweep.
Man pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Philips is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Man is working Philips over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Philips has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Man can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Man postures up and lands a big shot to Philips's brow.
Philips keeping full guard, as Man tries to pass.
Man stopping the sweep attempt from Philips.
Man throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Philips works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Man with a nice head shot there.
Man scoring with punches to the head and body.
Man missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Philips keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
Man postures up and lands a big shot to Philips's brow.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
Man trying to control but Philips is working from the bottom.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Man trying to control but Philips is working from the bottom.
Man is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Philips keeping moving, preventing Man from controlling successfully.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
Man is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Man throws a big elbow that misses.
Man trying to control but Philips is working from the bottom.
Man preventing the sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man controlling from the top position.
Man postures up in Philips's guard and throws a big left but Philips blocks it.
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
Philips pulls Man in close to prevent any damage.
Man is in close to Philips's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Philips preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Man trying to control the position from guard on top but Philips is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
He Man dominated that fourth round.
The cut man is working on He Man's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
Man forces Philips back against the cage and clinches.
A frustrated look appears on Philips's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Philips tries to circle away but Man has him pinned against the cage.
Man breaks from the clinch.
Man just misses with a punch to the body.
Philips bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
Man dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Philips. That did some damage!
Philips lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Man circles away quickly and effectively.
A big left from Philips misses.
Man avoids the body shot from Philips.
Man moves out of range of the strikes.
Philips misses with a jab to the body
and Man counters with a nice double leg into guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Man postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Man looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Both of our modern day gladiators look out of it here - an gruelling 5 rounds of action taking it's toll on them, no doubt.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Let's hope that Man has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Man trying to control but Philips is working from the bottom.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Man missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Man loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Philips looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Man puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips is looking to control Man's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Philips avoid being mounted?
Philips keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Man looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Man seems to be looking for submissions.
Philips has hold of Man's hands but Man slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Man throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Man prevents Philips from improving his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Man lands with a punch from half guard.
Philips regains full guard. Nicely done.
Philips not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Man postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Man trying to control but Philips is working from the bottom.
Philips looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Man throws a big right hand that misses.
He Man is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Man trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Man trying to control but Philips is working from the bottom.
Man won't allow Philips to sweep him here.
Ray Philips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Man wants to control from the top but Philips keeps moving.
He Man has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Philips connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Man checks a low kick from Philips.
Man connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Philips leaves Man with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Philips throws the left hand but Man avoids the punch easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
He Man comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Man 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 5 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Andi Peters scores the fight 46:49
Judge Gordon Ramsey scores the fight 46:49
Judge Frank Skinner scores the fight 46:49
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... He Man!
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energy
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hype
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