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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Joe Calzaghe (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Benny Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Calzaghe comes to the cage accompanied by The Pride of Wales. Benny Phillips has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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174 lbs
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Good wrestling
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
14 - 9 - 1, fighting out of London, Joe Calzaghe!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
16 - 18 - 0, fighting out of London, Benny Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Steven Brown.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips throws a left and a right that both miss
and Calzaghe counters with a nice body shot.
Calzaghe fails to land with a series of punches.
Calzaghe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Calzaghe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Calzaghe lands a two punch combo.
Calzaghe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
Nice straight punches there by Phillips. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Phillips.
Phillips throws a combination that misses
and Calzaghe counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Phillips swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Calzaghe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Calzaghe fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Phillips manages to avoid it.
Calzaghe has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Calzaghe swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Phillips.
Calzaghe misses with an uppercut.
Phillips misses with a wild body shot.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Calzaghe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calzaghe throws a right and a left that both miss.
Good shot there by Phillips.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Calzaghe moves out of range.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Phillips throws a leg kick but Calzaghe sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Phillips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Calzaghe moves away.
Phillips throws a head kick that misses.
Phillips misses with an uppercut.
Nice defenses there by Calzaghe.
Phillips walks into a straight right hand from Calzaghe.
Calzaghe is looking to wear down Phillips with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Donk. Phillips catches Calzaghe right on the button with a cross.
Phillips on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Calzaghe connects with a nice looking jab.
Phillips falls off balance throwing a combination
and Calzaghe connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Calzaghe moves out of range.
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!
Phillips swinging wildly here.
Benny Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips looks gassed!
Calzaghe clinches up against the cage.
Calzaghe softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Calzaghe stalling the fight.
Calzaghe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Phillips throws a combination that misses
and Calzaghe counters with a nice uppercut.
Calzaghe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Calzaghe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phillips avoids the body shot from Calzaghe.
Calzaghe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Phillips swings for the body but Calzaghe moves out of range.
Calzaghe bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Phillips's head.
Phillips lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice jab there from Calzaghe.
Calzaghe connects with the punch.
Phillips thows a body shot but no joy.
Phillips throws a right and a left that Calzaghe avoids nicely.
Phillips needs to keep his hands up - Calzaghe had a free shot at his head there.
Calzaghe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Calzaghe lands with an overhand left.
Phillips takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Phillips throws a combination that misses
and Calzaghe counters with a nice uppercut.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and Calzaghe counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Phillips is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips defending well as Calzaghe loads up on a big left hand.
Calzaghe throws a body punch but Phillips moves out of range.
Calzaghe is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Calzaghe just misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips throws a poor cross that misses
and Calzaghe counters with a right hand to the body.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Calzaghe will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Phillips throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Calzaghe sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Calzaghe with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Phillips to score with a decent uppercut.
Calzaghe slips a jab from Phillips.
Calzaghe keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Phillips throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Calzaghe throws a hook but Phillips blocks it.
Calzaghe throws out a loose jab but Phillips uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phillips misses with an uppercut.
Calzaghe fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Phillips misses with a looping right.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calzaghe scores with a punch to the head.
Phillips misses with a double jab
and Calzaghe counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Calzaghe connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Calzaghe dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
Phillips swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Calzaghe moves out of range as Phillips strikes.
Phillips cracks Calzaghe with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Calzaghe swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A combination from Phillips does no damage.
Calzaghe misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Phillips.
Phillips throws a series of punches but Calzaghe moves out of range.
Calzaghe lands with a nice combination. Phillips backs away looking to recover.
Phillips misses with a wild combination.
Phillips is looking to score with low kicks.
Phillips takes one on the button.
Phillips lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Calzaghe connects with a body shot.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Phillips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phillips has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Calzaghe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calzaghe fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Phillips throws a poor cross that misses
and Calzaghe counters with a nice uppercut.
Phillips is still on wobbly legs! Can Calzaghe finish him?
Calzaghe keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Phillips misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Phillips takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Phillips seems to have recovered his senses.
Phillips throws a left and a right that both miss
and Calzaghe makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Joe Calzaghe is winning the standup battle so far.
Calzaghe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phillips fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Calzaghe manages to avoid it.
Phillips doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Calzaghe fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Calzaghe moves into the clinch successfully.
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!
Calzaghe misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Calzaghe struggles to land a body shot inside as Phillips controls his hands.
Calzaghe pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Phillips misses with the combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calzaghe connects with a body shot.
Phillips's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Calzaghe connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Phillips scrambles back to his feet.
Phillips on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Phillips lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Calzaghe scores with a crisp jab that stopped Phillips in his tracks.
A big left from Phillips misses.
Calzaghe takes a swing at Phillips's ribcage but misses.
Calzaghe throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Phillips takes one to the chin there.
A swing and a miss from Phillips.
Calzaghe lands with a cross.
Calzaghe misses with a few strikes there.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Calzaghe, as that shot connected.
Calzaghe looks to score with a jab to the body but Phillips is just out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Calzaghe looks to score with a jab to the body but Phillips is just out of range.
A big right from Phillips misses.
Calzaghe throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Phillips avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Calzaghe swings for the body but Phillips moves out of range.
Calzaghe swings for the body but Phillips moves out of range.
Calzaghe throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phillips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Phillips lands with a cross.
Phillips looks to score with a jab to the body but Calzaghe is just out of range.
Phillips misses with the combination.
Phillips looks to score with a jab to the body but Calzaghe is just out of range.
Calzaghe lands a nice looking body shot.
Benny Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Phillips has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips throws a shot from downtown. Calzaghe moves away and avoids it.
Phillips throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phillips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Calzaghe works Phillips's body with a nice hook.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Phillips closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Calzaghe has Phillips up against the cage in a clinch.
Calzaghe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Calzaghe moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Calzaghe on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Phillips throws a right and a left that both miss.
Calzaghe jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Calzaghe lands with an overhand left.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joe Calzaghe dominated that second round.
That's time! Calzaghe's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!
Phillips slips a jab from Calzaghe.
Calzaghe digs a good hook to Phillips's body.
Phillips dips to his left and cracks Calzaghe with an uppercut!
Phillips misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Calzaghe counters with a right hand to the body.
Phillips misses with a hook
and Calzaghe cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Phillips takes one to the chin there.
A punch combination from Calzaghe misses.
Calzaghe lands an overhand right.
Phillips throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Calzaghe counters with a one-two to the body.
Calzaghe lands a nice looking body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Calzaghe connects with a crisp jab.
Phillips lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Calzaghe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips gets tackled into the cage by Calzaghe. Calzaghe maintains the clinch.
Calzaghe is leaning against Phillips and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Phillips takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Calzaghe lands a big right hand that sends Phillips to the canvas! This could be the beginning of the end for Phillips!
Phillips is staying active underneath Calzaghe, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Calzaghe not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Phillips wants to improve his position but Calzaghe is controlling well.
Calzaghe drops an elbow to the side of Phillips's head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Phillips is defending against the submission attempts here by Calzaghe.
Calzaghe trying to control from half guard but Phillips is working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Calzaghe is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Phillips is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Calzaghe is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Phillips defends it well.
Calzaghe wants to lay and pray for a moment but Phillips keeps working.
Calzaghe perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Calzaghe is trying to work for a kimura but Phillips is defending well.
Calzaghe misses with a head shot. Phillips uses the momentum to regain guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Calzaghe is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Calzaghe throws a big elbow that misses.
Calzaghe throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Phillips works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Calzaghe wants to stand but Phillips is controlling his posture from full guard.
Calzaghe postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Phillips wants to stand and escape but Calzaghe is having none of it.
Phillips keeping moving, preventing Calzaghe from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Benny Phillips has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Phillips wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Calzaghe lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Phillips tries to break free but Calzaghe pushes him back against the cage.
Calzaghe escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Phillips walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Calzaghe checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Calzaghe moves out of range of the body kick from Phillips.
Phillips takes a swing at Calzaghe's ribcage but misses.
Calzaghe fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Phillips, pushing him back against the cage.
Calzaghe's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
And that's the end of the fight!
Joe Calzaghe showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Calzaghe has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Sam Margolis scores the fight 30:27
Judge Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 30:27
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Joe Calzaghe!
Joe Calzaghe took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, [EVO] Koffin Inc. *Laundry Available* for their support in the buildup to the fight.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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