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Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Radio Philips (ranked 597 p4p, 1542 weight class) and Norman Pearson (ranked 74 p4p, 182 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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BJJ Purple Belt
Great elbows
Insanely flexible |
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Olympic wrestler
World class boxer
Heavy handed |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 10 - 6 - 1, fighting out of St Petersburg, Radio Philips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 18 - 14 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Norman Pearson!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pearson keeps the fight on the outside.
Pearson throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Philips counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Pearson walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Pearson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Philips manages to avoid it.
Philips looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Philips scores with a spinning back kick!
Pearson misses with a body shot.
Pearson looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Philips throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Pearson tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Pearson keeps the fight on the outside.
Pearson unleashes a big counter combination but Philips bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Pearson takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Pearson slips under a jab.
Philips tests Pearson's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Philips tries to close the distance and clinch but Pearson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Philips connects with a nice looking jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Philips closes the distance and clinches.
Philips misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Pearson.
Philips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips struggles to land a body shot inside as Pearson controls his hands.
Pearson wants to get back to striking at distance but Philips won't allow it.
Philips misses with a hook to the ribs.
A head punch on the inside from Philips fails to land.
Pearson breaks the clinch.
A swing and a miss from Pearson.
It looked like Philips was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
A jab lands there for Philips.
Philips throws a series of punches but Pearson avoids them all with ease.
Philips lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Pearson misses with a double jab.
Philips tries to clinch up but Pearson circles away and keeps his distance.
Pearson misses with a series of wild punches.
Philips avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pearson misses with a two punch combination.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Philips closes the distance and clinches.
I was talking to Philips's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Pearson takes an elbow to the temple.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pearson lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Pearson wants to break free but Philips has control.
A short right from Philips.
Pearson blocks an uppercut.
Philips has Pearson pressed against the cage.
Pearson manages to break the clinch.
Philips misses with a body kick.
Pearson throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.
Pearson takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Pearson throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
Philips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pearson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
It looks like Norman Pearson has been cut.
Philips darts in and clinches Pearson up against the cage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pearson throws a punch but it's blocked by Philips.
Philips comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Philips.
Philips keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Pearson's efforts to push away.
Philips works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Pearson looks winded!
Pearson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A hook to the body from Philips.
Philips connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pearson's face.
Philips misses with a body punch.
Philips lands an elbow that stopped Pearson in his tracks for a moment.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Philips.
Pearson blocking some punches.
A right handed body shot lands from Philips.
Philips throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Pearson blocks it with crossed arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Philips tries to land a knee to the head but Pearson blocks with his arms.
Pearson on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Philips throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Philips scores with a shoulder strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Philips lands an elbow inside that Pearson shrugs off.
Philips misses with a short punch on the inside.
Pearson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pearson tries to keep at a distance but Philips has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pearson tries to break free but Philips pushes him back against the cage.
Philips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pearson is defending well for now.
Philips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Philips has Pearson pressed against the cage, preventing Pearson from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Philips crunches a lovely knee into Pearson's ribcage.
Philips stalling in the clinch but Pearson improves position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Radio Philips dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Norman Pearson'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.
Philips throws a mid kick that lands with a slap.
Philips misses with a body kick.
A big head kick from Philips and Pearson is sent sprawling to the canvas!
Pearson is working an open guard so Philips takes the opportunity to get back to his feet.
Philips misses the shot to the body.
Pearson pushes Philips up against the cage in a clinch.
Philips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Pearson can do to turn this around?
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Philips with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Pearson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pearson has Philips up against the cage in a clinch.
Pearson wants to get back to striking at distance but Philips won't allow it.
Philips can't find room to land a body shot as Pearson controls the action.
Philips misses with a knee strike.
Pearson takes an elbow to the forehead.
Pearson wants to break the clinch but can't.
Radio Philips has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Philips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Pearson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pearson takes a knee to the side of the body.
Philips is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Philips scores with a knee to the head.
Philips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Pearson tries to land a knee to the head but Philips blocks with his arms.
A hook to the body from Philips.
Philips crunches a lovely knee into Pearson's ribcage.
Pearson avoiding damage as Philips throws knees to the body.
Pearson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Pearson wants to break free but Philips has control.
Pearson avoiding damage as Philips throws knees to the body.
Pearson is trying to break free.
Philips doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Philips prevents Pearson from breaking the clinch.
Pearson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Pearson pushes Philips up against the cage in a clinch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Philips creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Philips with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Philips connects with a nasty looking knee right to Pearson's face.
Philips using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Philips tries to land a knee to the head but Pearson blocks with his arms.
Philips with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Philips tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Pearson avoids it.
A short body shot lands from Philips as the two fighters clinch.
Philips lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
That has opened up Norman Pearson's cut even more.
Knees to the body from Philips.
Philips misses with a punch to the body.
Philips scores with a shoulder strike.
Philips throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Philips is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Pearson is defending well for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Philips can't find room to land a body shot as Pearson controls the action.
A nice right hand lands inside from Philips.
Pearson's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pearson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Pearson misses with a leg kick.
Philips just misses with a punch to the body.
Philips lands a nice leg kick that just misses Pearson's sensitive parts.
Philips lands with a straight right. Pearson didn't see that one coming.
Philips catches Pearson napping and connects with a big right hand that sends Pearson to the canvas!
Pearson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Philips decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Pearson is still on wobbly legs! Can Philips finish him?
Philips is stalking Pearson. Pearson circles to his left. Keeps circling left. Bam! Straight right from Philips, and it's lights out! Pearson really payed the price for that rookie mistake.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Radio Philips!
A very excited looking Radio Philips made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
In defeat, Norman Pearson stepped up to the mic, saying 'I knew I was better in the clinch so I did my best to get in that area and smash him. Obviously that gameplan didn't work. I will get back to camp and re-evaluate where we went wrong. Thank you all for coming out! '.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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