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Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Philips (ranked 3385 p4p, 94 weight class) and Freak Wannabe (ranked 8316 p4p, 228 weight class). Ryan Philips had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
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BJJ White Belt
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Ryan Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Freak Wannabe!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Wannabe's jab looks to have found its range, popping Philips under the eye.
Wannabe gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Philips to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Wannabe is looking to stand back up but Philips counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Wannabe.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Philips connects with a nice short shot to Wannabe's temple.
Philips working over Wannabe with some ground and pound. Wannabe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Philips works his way into full mount!
Philips raining down shots from the mount!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philips is landing with some decent strikes but Wannabe is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannabe is not a happy chappy… he wants out of there.
Philips connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Philips looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Philips raining down shots from the mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wannabe taking shots to the head.
Wannabe is bucking up trying to escape but Philips cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Philips controlling the pace for now.
Wannabe wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
Philips putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Philips lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Wannabe hang on?
Philips controlling from the full mount.
BOOM! Philips connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Philips pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Philips lands a couple of good shots and Wannabe has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Wannabe is trying to get back to his feet but Philips has full control of the position and if anything, Wannabe has just worked his way into a worse spot.
Philips is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Philips lands a punch that was close to the back of the head but the ref thinks it's OK.
Philips lands a punch to the side of the head from the back.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips punishes Wannabe with strikes from the back mount.
Philips scores with strikes from the back.
Philips just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Philips connects with a series of strikes and the referee is calling for Wannabe to escape the position.
Philips lands shots from the back.
Philips lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Wannabe.
Philips looking to soften up his opponent with punches.
Philips is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Philips is landing with strikes from the back.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Philips lands a shot to the body.
What can Wannabe do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Wannabe covers up after that shot from Philips.
Philips is punishing Wannabe with some ground and pound.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Philips dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
Wannabe lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Wannabe displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Philips.
Philips gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Wannabe counters with a nice body shot.
Philips on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Wannabe thumps Philips with a low kick.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Philips is defended easily by Wannabe.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ryan Philips. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wannabe tries to clinch but Philips moves out of range.
Wannabe moves into the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Wannabe.
Wannabe slows down the pace here.
Philips has Wannabe pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Wannabe manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wannabe makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Philips changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Wannabe fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Philips with a poor takedown
and Wannabe counters with a straight right hand.
Wannabe moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Wannabe closes the distance and clinches.
Wannabe lands a nice elbow.
Philips is looking for a takedown.
Philips drops down looking for an ankle pick but Wannabe pulls his leg out and moves away.
Wannabe changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Philips shoots in looking for a takedown but Wannabe manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Philips's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Wannabe flicks out a counter leg kick but Philips steps away.
Philips misses with a takedown
and Wannabe counters with a nice body kick.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Wannabe.
Wannabe with a jab.
Philips shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wannabe sprawls well. Wannabe wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Philips gets slowly back to his feet.
Wannabe takes the fight into the clinch.
Wannabe breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Wannabe. Philips shrugs it off though.
Philips misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Freak Wannabe is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wannabe fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Philips has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Wannabe throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Wannabe stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wannabe wants it to stay on the feet.
Philips fails with the takedown
and Wannabe counters with a left to the body.
Philips scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Wannabe is looking to get back to is feet but Philips passes into side control.
Philips working the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Philips controlling the position.
Philips scores with a couple of short elbows.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips is working Wannabe over with some ground and pound from side control.
Philips in side control lands a decent elbow.
Wannabe is being controlled here.
Philips scores with a couple of short elbows.
Philips creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
Philips scores with punches from side control.
You can see the frustration on Wannabe's face as Philips controls the position.
Wannabe tries to get back to his feet but has found himself mounted instead. Damn, that's gotta suck.
Philips lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Philips punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Freak Wannabe showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
Wannabe tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Philips manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Philips shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Wannabe as he jumps to the side.
Ryan Philips is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Wannabe lands with a slapping head kick.
Wannabe connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
A slapping body kick lands there for Wannabe.
Wannabe looks to land a combination but Philips avoids it well.
Philips closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Wannabe's guard.
Philips engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Philips with a nice head shot there.
Philips not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips landing some decent shots from guard.
Philips lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Philips content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Philips not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Philips chips away with some ground and pound.
Philips slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Philips scoring with some ground and pound.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Wannabe can do to turn this around?
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wannabe is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Philips is controlling him.
Philips works over Wannabe with some ground and pound from guard.
Philips is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Philips landing with the ground and pound.
Philips working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wannabe's head.
Wannabe can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Philips controls the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Philips postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Philips with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Philips scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Philips is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Philips scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Philips is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wannabe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Philips. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Philips is working Wannabe over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Philips distracts Wannabe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Philips postures up and lands a big shot to Wannabe's brow.
Philips landing with the ground and pound.
Wannabe takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Philips makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Philips is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Wannabe can do anything to dispel that myth.
Philips distracts Wannabe with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Philips showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Philips has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Alexandre Firmino scores the fight 29:27
Judge Luis Engracia scores the fight 29:27
Judge Matheus Silva scores the fight 29:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Philips!
The defeated Freak Wannabe had this to say: 'fuck you '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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