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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Muana Shylo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Brucey Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Muana Shylo has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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182 lbs
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176 lbs
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Muana Shylo!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Brucey Phillips!
The judges for this bout are Winston Howard, John Mangel and Steve Erwin.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shylo misses with a takedown attempt
and Phillips counters with a one-two to the body.
Phillips throws a leg kick but Shylo checks it.
Phillips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shylo changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Phillips tries to avoid it but Shylo manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Phillips to the ground. Phillips escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Phillips rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Shylo moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Shylo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Phillips counters with a nice low kick that buckles Shylo's knee momentarily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muana Shylo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Shylo avoids a punch combination nicely.
Shylo shoots and misses
and Phillips counters with a nice uppercut.
Phillips rushes Shylo and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shylo jumps guard but Phillips stands there with Shylo around his waist. Shylo gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Still in the clinch, Phillips scores with a nice short uppercut.
Phillips working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Phillips scores with a shoulder strike.
Phillips lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Phillips breaks the clinch.
Phillips drives through and clinches with Shylo against the cage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shylo tries to pull guard but Phillips forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Phillips pushes Shylo back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Phillips working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
A nice left hand lands by Phillips.
Phillips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A bone on bone clash there as Shylo blocks the leg kick.
Shylo closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Shylo tries to pass the half guard into mount. Phillips knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shylo is breathing heavily.
Phillips is trying to maintain the position but Shylo is very close to passing his half guard.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet.
Shylo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shylo is trying to work for a kimura but Phillips is defending well.
Shylo is working for a kimura but Phillips is defending it quite comfortably.
Shylo tries to pass to full mount but Phillips defends it.
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!
Shylo is working for a submission of some sort.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips regains full guard. Nicely done.
Phillips looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Phillips trying to keep a closed guard but Shylo is proving a slippery customer.
Shylo postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Phillips is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Shylo, into his guard.
Phillips trying to control the position from guard on top but Shylo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
Phillips decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Shylo is looking for a sweep. Phillips is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Shylo wants to get back to full guard but Phillips has passed into side control.
Phillips happy to just control the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shylo is looking for a sweep.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brucey Phillips dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Phillips closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Shylo shoots and misses
and Phillips counters with a nice single leg takedown and he's in Shylo's guard now.
Phillips controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Shylo wants to sweep here but Phillips controlling him for the moment.
Shylo keeping moving, preventing Phillips from controlling successfully.
Shylo looking for a sweep. Not yet Shylo, not yet.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Phillips trying to control but Shylo is working from the bottom.
Brucey Phillips has forced the referee to step in and restart the fight on the feet.
Shylo fails with the takedown
and Phillips counters with a left and a right that stings Shylo.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shylo shoots and misses
and Phillips counters with a good low kick that Shylo was not able to check.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muana Shylo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Phillips is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Shylo is looking to regain half guard here but Phillips keeps moving and retains side control.
Shylo is working hard here to advance position.
Phillips decides to stand up, so the ref orders Shylo to his feet.
Phillips misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Phillips scores with a leg kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Phillips drives through with a takedown into Shylo's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Shylo looking for a sweep. Not yet Shylo, not yet.
Phillips stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Phillips moves into the clinch successfully.
Phillips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Phillips shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Shylo manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.
Shylo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Phillips puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Shylo wants to get back to his feet.
Phillips moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Shylo.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shylo prevents Phillips from moving into mount.
Shylo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Shylo is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Phillips defends it well.
Shylo is looking for a kimura but Phillips is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Shylo to get the leverage.
Phillips trying to control but Shylo postures up.
Shylo is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shylo is working for a submission of some sort.
Shylo is working for a submission of some sort.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Phillips tries to get to full guard but Shylo has control of the leg.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Brucey Phillips showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's time! Back to the action! This is the final round!
Shylo tries for a takedown but Phillips circles away easily
and Phillips counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shylo gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Phillips counters with a series of strikes. Shylo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Shylo tries for a takedown but Phillips circles away easily
letting Phillips counter with a right hand.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Muana Shylo. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Phillips forces Shylo back against the cage and clinches.
Phillips lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Shylo backwards.
Shylo tries to pull guard but Phillips holds him up against the cage and eventually Shylo drops back down to his feet.
Phillips lands with a right to the head.
Phillips scores with a shoulder strike.
Phillips gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Shylo regains guard.
Phillips is working Shylo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Shylo looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phillips is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Phillips must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shylo is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Phillips defends well.
Shylo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Phillips slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Phillips's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The ref calls for a clean break and stands the fighters back up. Brucey Phillips wasn't active enough on the ground.
Phillips clinches with his opponent.
Phillips's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
That kick from Phillips tenderised Shylo's leg. Shylo is trying to keep his angry face on.
Muana Shylo is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Phillips looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Shylo with a poor takedown
and Phillips counters with a series of strikes. Shylo will be more careful next time no doubt.
Phillips scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Shylo with a lazy takedown attempt
and Phillips counters with a big head kick but Shylo shrugs it off.
Phillips throws a nice looking combination but Shylo bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Shylo doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Phillips moves into the clinch.
Phillips lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Phillips manages to break the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shylo shoots and misses
and Phillips counters with a shoot takedown. Shylo fights it but they end up in guard.
Shylo looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Phillips has picked Shylo up and slammed him! Shylo can't keep hold of the triangle and Phillips manages to pass to side control!
Shylo is trying to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shylo keeps working.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Shylo is looking to reverse the position.
Shylo manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Shylo is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Phillips doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Shylo.
Muana Shylo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Brucey Phillips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Shylo prevents Phillips from standing back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brucey Phillips comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Phillips has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Winston Howard scores the fight for Brucey Phillips!
Judge John Mangel scores the fight for Brucey Phillips!
Judge Steve Erwin scores the fight for Brucey Phillips!
Brucey Phillips wins by unanimous decision!
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energy
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