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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Alex Phillips (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Karager (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). I can't wait for this one - let's get the fighter introductions out of the way and get this one started!
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24
194 lbs
1 - 1 - 0 |
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25
190 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Counter fighter
Cuts easily |
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Decent boxing
Granite chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Alex 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, Alex Karager!
The judges for this bout are Illya Tyunina, Vladimir Khabensky and Viktor Lagutenko.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Karager is looking to clinch.
Phillips wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Phillips stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Phillips wants it to stay on the feet.
Karager misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Karager tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Karager throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Karager darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips circles away from the clinch attempt.
Karager misses with a few strikes there.
Phillips tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Karager swivels and escapes.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karager darts in looking for a takedown but Phillips gets double underhooks and turns Karager into the cage.
Alex Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Karager.
Karager shoots in looking for a takedown. Phillips tries to sprawl out of it but Karager keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Phillips manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Phillips stuffs the takedown.
Karager rushes Phillips and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Karager drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Karager on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Phillips pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Horrible takedown attempt by Karager or perhaps it was just good defense by Phillips, which made it look bad.
Phillips is looking for a counter combo.
Karager closes the distance but Phillips moves to the side
and Phillips counters with a slapping leg kick.
Phillips on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Karager dives in for a single leg takedown but Phillips sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Phillips gets the takedown into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips decides to stand back up.
Phillips keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Phillips wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Phillips attempts a counter takedown but Karager avoids it well and moves away.
Karager shoots for a takedown but Phillips saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Karager looks winded!
Phillips stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Phillips wants it to stay on the feet.
Phillips seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Karager fails with an attempt to clinch.
Karager drives through and clinches with Phillips against the cage.
Phillips avoiding damage.
Karager tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Phillips avoids it.
Phillips escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Karager dives in for a single leg takedown but Phillips sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Phillips appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Karager wants to clinch up but Phillips keeps it at a distance.
Phillips really is a fat lump.
Karager gets caught flat footed, as Phillips shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Karager is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Phillips dives into side control.
Phillips is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Phillips wants to control but Karager is keeping him busy.
Karager is letting Phillips control him for a moment.
Phillips scoring with punches and elbows.
Phillips is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Karager will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Phillips dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
Karager throws a one two combo.
It looks like Alex Phillips has been cut.
Karager tries to clinch there but Phillips circles away.
Phillips wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Karager fails with the takedown.
Karager misses with a takedown attempt - Phillips sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Karager tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Phillips defends well and Karager ends up having to push Phillips into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Alex Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Karager.
Karager forces Phillips back against the cage and clinches.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karager content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Phillips stalls.
Phillips leaning his opponent against the cage.
Phillips breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Alex Karager seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Karager is looking to clinch.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Karager.
Karager misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Karager gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Phillips is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Karager looking for a guillotine here but Phillips defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Phillips stays in close to Karager's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Karager wants to sweep but no luck.
Karager is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Phillips might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Karager escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Phillips gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Karager is breathing heavily.
Phillips distracts Karager with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Phillips is looking to stand up but Karager won't let him.
Phillips is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Karager has taken the fight to the clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Phillips has Karager pressed against the cage.
Phillips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice sprawl there from Phillips as Karager shoots in.
Alex Phillips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Karager shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Phillips but Phillips pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Karager shoots and misses
and Phillips counters with a two punch combo.
Karager moves out of range of the body kick.
And Karager tries to counter it with a takedown but Phillips pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Karager shoots in and drives through. Phillips sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Alex Phillips dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Alex Phillips'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. This is the final round!
Karager avoids the head kick by Phillips.
Karager wants to clinch.
Phillips went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Karager tries to clinch up.
Karager leaves Phillips with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips moves out of range of the body kick from Karager.
Phillips tries a head kick but it misses.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The fight stays on the outside here - Karager looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Phillips throws a big counter combination but Karager scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Karager wants to land a leg kick but Phillips is out of range.
Karager shoots in for a takedown but Phillips shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Phillips throws a big counter combination but Karager scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Karager is trying hard to land a takedown here. Phillips sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
It looked like Phillips was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sloppy strikes from Karager. Those never looked like landing.
Karager takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Phillips throwing shots but Karager is blocking nicely.
Phillips controlling the action here.
Karager looking for submissions off his back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Phillips lands a nice short elbow.
Phillips is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Phillips is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Phillips takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Phillips in particular looking to stall.
Karager is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Phillips scores with a couple of nice shots.
Karager wants to get back to his feet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips lands with a punch from half guard.
Alex Phillips overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Phillips scoring with strikes to the body and head.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Phillips wants to stand up but Karager is controlling the position.
Phillips seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Phillips lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Phillips is looking for a kimura but Karager is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Phillips to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Karager wants to get back to full guard.
Phillips lands with a punch from half guard.
Karager wants to improve his position but Phillips is controlling well.
Phillips is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Karager wants to improve his position but Phillips is controlling well.
Phillips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Karager can do to turn this around?
Phillips seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Karager tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Phillips paws at him with a jab and circles away.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Phillips showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Phillips, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Illya Tyunina scores the fight 30:27
Judge Vladimir Khabensky scores the fight 30:27
Judge Viktor Lagutenko scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Alex Phillips!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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