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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Tyrone Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Clint Price (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Clint Price has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Tyrone Phillips's chin.
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162 lbs
2 - 1 - 0 |
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160 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Tyrone Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Clint Price!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Illya Tyunina.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Price drives through and clinches with Phillips against the cage.
Price has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Phillips regains guard immediately.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Price passes Phillips's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Phillips tries to get to full guard but Price has control of the leg.
Price not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Price passes to side control.
Price in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
It looks like Tyrone Phillips has been cut.
Phillips is not content to let Price control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Price wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Price really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Phillips. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Phillips manages to work his way to half guard, despite Price's best efforts.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Phillips manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Price accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Phillips lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Phillips will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Phillips throwing strikes but missing.
Phillips scoring with punches to the head and body.
Phillips lands a couple of digs.
Phillips avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Phillips missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips stands up over Price, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Phillips throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Price works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Price working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Phillips.
Phillips missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Phillips has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Phillips throwing strikes from guard but Price blocks nicely.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Phillips is looking to work some ground and pound but Price has wrist control.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Phillips really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Price moves into range and clinches up with Phillips.
Price lands with a right to the head.
Tyrone Phillips's cut is getting worse.
Phillips tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Price smiles and moves away.
Price fails with a takedown attempt.
Price lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Price instigates a clinch.
Price taking a breather.
Price manages to pull guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Price is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Phillips, into his guard.
Price stops Phillips from standing up.
Phillips lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Phillips working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Phillips with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Price preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Price dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Phillips's cut.
That's time! Phillips's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Phillips stuffs the takedown attempt from Price. Price gets slowly back to his feet.
Phillips tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Price manages to circle out of the way.
Price moves into range and clinches up with Phillips.
Price looking to stall.
Phillips fails to pull guard.
Phillips jumps guard but Price stands there with Phillips around his waist. Phillips gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Price trying to stall but Phillips improves his position.
Price is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Phillips is defending well for now.
Price looking to stall.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price trying to land knees to the body.
Price tries to score a body lock takedown but Phillips shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Price is looking to take this one to the mat.
Tyrone Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Clint Price.
Price drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Phillips gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Price has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Phillips managing to block the knees to the body from Price.
Phillips tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Price just stands there and leans against the cage.
Price is trying to break free.
Phillips tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Price stalling in the clinch but Phillips improves position.
Price tries to score a body lock takedown but Phillips shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Price gets control of Phillips's arms and successfully pulls guard. Price will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Phillips postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Phillips throws a big right hand that misses.
Phillips gets to his feet. Price looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Phillips tries to pull guard but Price forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Price missing with knees to the body.
Phillips blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips manages to pull guard.
Phillips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Price won't allow Phillips to sweep him here.
Phillips bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Price's guard.
Price is trying to control the position but Phillips postures up.
Phillips throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Price working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Phillips doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Phillips manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Price is breathing heavily.
Phillips in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips postures up and lands a big shot to Price's brow.
Phillips decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Price, up you get!
Price closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Price putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Phillips in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Price working aggressively here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Price breaks from the clinch.
Price closes the distance and pushes Phillips back into the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Clint Price showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Tyrone Phillips's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Price clinches up with Phillips and pushes him back against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Price has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Phillips after a bit of a struggle.
Phillips is trying to pull guard but Price has him pressed against the cage.
Price is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
Phillips blocks an elbow strike.
Price trying to control the position but instead, Phillips has worked for underhooks and has pushed Price into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Price.
Price manages to pull guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Price looking to control.
Phillips is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Phillips throwing strikes from guard but Price blocks nicely.
Phillips scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Phillips drops back, looking for a kneebar! Price looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Price looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Price!
Price throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Phillips works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Price thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Phillips's head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Price missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Phillips manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Phillips is on top in guard.
Phillips throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Price works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Phillips content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Phillips working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Price's head.
Phillips content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is standing up over Price. Price looks to escape but Phillips dives into side control.
Phillips is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Price knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Phillips works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Phillips tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Phillips is working Price over with some ground and pound from side control.
Phillips tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Phillips has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Phillips lands a nice forearm strike.
And that's the end of the fight!
Tyrone Phillips showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Price 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 28:29
Judge Ivan Kurochkin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Illya Tyunina scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Clint Price!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
28% |
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