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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phil Evans (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Usain Bolt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Evans might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Sympathy - Janes Addiction. Bolt has chosen Could you be loved as his entrance music. The key to victory for Phil Evans has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.
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185 cm
18
215 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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195 cm
25
210 lbs
1 - 2 - 0 |
BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Very quick |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Brawler
Very confident |
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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
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Phil Evans! And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner. With a record of
1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of The Island, Usain Bolt! The judges for this bout are Santiago Holmes, Sandra Marshall and Peter Branson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway! Bolt clinches with his opponent.
Bolt leaning his opponent against the cage. Bolt is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Evans to keep the fight standing. Evans stalling in the clinch but Bolt improves position. Evans is trying to break free. Bolt tries to land knees in the clinch but Evans avoids the damage to the body. Bolt can't get the takedown.
Bolt escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Bolt shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Evans defends it nicely. Phil Evans has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Usain Bolt. Bolt closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round. Bolt content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. Evans is in trouble now - Bolt has advanced to mount! Bolt lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Evans hang on? Bolt goes for an armbar but Evans turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Evans. Bolt trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
That's two minutes gone in the round. Bolt throwing some rather feeble looking strikes off his back.
Bolt is controlling Evans's posture.
OK we're going to have a standup here. Usain Bolt hasn't been effective enough on the ground and the referee wants a restart. Bolt shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Evans as he jumps to the side.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Bolt's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Evans connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Bolt scrambles back to his feet. Bolt shoots in for a takedown but Evans shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet. Evans stuns Bolt with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range. Nice sprawl there from Evans as Bolt shoots in. Evans bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Bolt's head.
It looks like Usain Bolt has been cut. This has been an exciting period of action! Bolt throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Bolt shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Bolt is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Evans is looking to sweep but instead, Bolt has passed into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Evans wants to control the action here but instead Bolt manages to pass to full mount! Evans is looking to get to half guard. Bolt controlling from the full mount. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Usain Bolt will probably get the nod. The cut man is working on Usain Bolt's cut. That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Bolt throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A right-left combo lands from Evans. Evans cracks a nice hook into Bolt's ribs. Bolt tries to clinch up. Evans attempts a low kick but it misses it's target. No luck for Bolt with that takedown attempt. The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky. Evans lands a jab to Bolt's midsection. Evans wobbles Bolt with a right hand and the left hook that follows puts him on his rear! Evans dives in with a huge flying punch that connects right on the button and puts Bolt to sleep! - What a violent and spectacular finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:54 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Phil Evans! Phil Evans seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. The defeated Usain Bolt had this to say: 'Congratulations to him, but it doesn't motivate me. I don't like losing anyways.'.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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