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Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Phillip Phillips (ranked 2175 p4p, 1981 weight class) and Jetstream Sam (ranked 243 p4p, 216 weight class). These two fighters really are very evenly matched on the feet - it will be fascinating to see who can assert themselves in that aspect of the fight.
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Excellent MT
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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 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Phillip Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 7 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Jetstream Sam!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips misses with a hook. Sam ducked under it nicely.
Sam avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Phillips fails in his attempt to clinch.
Sam lands a body shot.
Phillips throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Phillips blocks the body kick.
Phillips tries to counter with a takedown but Sam is quick to defend against it.
Phillip Phillips seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Phillips smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Phillips lands with a thumping leg kick.
Phillips lands with a straight right. Sam didn't see that one coming.
Phillips avoids a kick to the body.
Phillips quickly followed up with a counter body kick but doesn't connect.
Phillips lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Sam has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Phillips lands a nice shot to the body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Sam.
Phillips shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sam pinned against the cage. Sam gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sam shoots for a takedown but Phillips saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Phillips takes a swing at Sam's ribcage but misses.
Phillips drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Phillips lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Sam tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Phillips keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sam.
Phillips appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Phillips just misses with a punch to the body.
Sam scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips misses with a right hand
and Sam counters with a right hand to the body.
Sam has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Phillips.
Sam swats away the attempt to clinch by Phillips.
Sam displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Phillips throws out the jab.
Sam throws a lazy body kick
and Phillips counters with a good low kick that Sam was not able to check.
Phillips misses with an uppercut. Sam saw that one coming.
Phillips throws a jab when Sam was well out of range.
Sam now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Phillips throws a shot to the body.
Phillips shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sam but Sam pushes him off and we're back to square one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Phillips misses with a right hand
and Sam counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Phillips lands with a right hand.
Sam bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Phillips cracks Sam with an open hand slap.
Phillips paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Phillips thuds his shin into the meat of Sam's side.
Sam blocks a jab.
Sam throws a lazy uppercut
enabling Phillips to counter with a crisp jab.
Sam moves out of range of the leg kick from Phillips.
Sam swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sam checks a leg kick.
Phillips throws a front kick aimed at Sam's knee but Sam avoids it well.
Phillips throws a head kick that misses.
Phillips throws a low kick but Sam moves out of range easily.
Phillips looks to throw the jab but Sam is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips misses with a kick to the body
and Sam counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Phillips regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Sam.
Phillips working a defensive guard but Sam passes into half guard.
Phillips blocking the ground and pound attempt from Sam.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sam prevents Phillips from improving his position.
Sam throwing shots but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Sam looks to land a strike but Phillips avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Phillips is trying to keep Sam in close.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sam trying to control but Phillips is working from the bottom.
Sam throws a strike but Phillips rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top.
Sam trying to control the position.
Sam keeping moving, preventing Phillips from controlling successfully.
Phillips landing some decent shots from guard.
Phillips keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Sam's head.
Phillips postures up in Sam's guard and throws a big left but Sam blocks it.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Phillip Phillips dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
The fighters circling - Phillips throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Sam is looking to land body kicks.
Sam fails to land with a series of punches.
Phillips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips wants to land a leg kick but Sam is out of range.
Phillips checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Phillips checks a leg kick.
Phillips takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Phillips lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sam takes a step back to recover.
Sam keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Sam is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Phillips with a body shot.
Phillips misses the shot to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips throws out a loose jab but Sam uses good head movement to avoid it.
Phillips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Sam can do to turn this around?
Sam defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Phillips.
Sam ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
It seemed like Sam was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Sam checks the leg kick nicely there.
Phillips throws a body punch but Sam moves out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sam bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Sam swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Sam avoids the head kick by Phillips.
Phillips is looking to slow Sam down with leg kicks.
A head kick by Phillips misses
and Sam makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
Phillips lands a front kick.
Sam feints and as Phillips raises his hands in defense, Sam changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Sam won't allow Phillips to sweep him here.
Sam throws an elbow that misses. Phillips uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Sam's guard. Nice move by Phillips!
Phillips avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Sam keeping full guard, as Phillips tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips trying to control but Sam is working from the bottom.
Phillips working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Phillips will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sam keeping moving, preventing Phillips from controlling successfully.
Phillips with a nice head shot there.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Phillips throwing strikes but missing.
Sam thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Phillips throws an elbow that misses. Sam uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Phillips's guard. Nice move by Sam!
Sam postures up in Phillips's guard and throws a big left but Phillips blocks it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sam loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sam in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Phillips working a defensive guard but Sam manages to pass into side control anyway.
You can see the frustration on Phillips's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Phillips trying his best to control but Sam has mounted him.
Phillips avoids a series of strikes thrown by Sam.
Sam postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Phillips looks a forlorn figure.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sam thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Phillips holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Sam tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Sam dominating with strikes here.
Sam thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Phillips is working to get back to half guard.
Sam unloads with some shots from mount but Phillips bucks and avoids them well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jetstream Sam showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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!
Phillips lands with a shot to the body.
Phillips misses with a leg kick
and Sam counters with a nice double leg into half guard.
Phillips trying to control but Sam postures up.
Phillips keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sam throwing shots but Phillips is blocking nicely.
Sam with the ground and pound but Phillips uses the opportunity to regain guard.
Phillips controls Sam momentarily but Sam frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sam trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Sam missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Sam accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Phillips avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sam loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Phillips utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Phillips ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Sam moves away.
Phillips tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Sam paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Phillips throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Phillips changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Phillips looks to throw the jab but Sam is out of range.
Sam throws a low kick but Phillips avoids it.
Phillips lands a nice shot that snaps Sam's head back.
Sam dives in and grabs Phillips's left leg, looking for a takedown. Phillips pushes down on Sam's head and hops out.
Phillips throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Phillips misses with an uppercut
and Sam counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Phillips takes a swing at Sam's ribcage but misses.
Phillips throws a leg kick but Sam checks it.
Sam uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Phillips.
Jab from Phillips.
Phillips is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Sam.
Phillips slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Sam fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips works the jab nicely.
Phillips fails with the takedown
and Sam counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Phillips loads up on a big right hand but Sam slips the punch.
Phillips tries to land a front kick but Sam steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Sam checks a leg kick.
Sam scores with a body shot.
Phillips takes a swing at Sam's ribcage but misses.
Sam swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Phillips tries to keep at a distance but Sam has taken the fight into the clinch.
Phillips misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phillips fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Sam misses with an elbow strike.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Sam.
Phillips struggles to land a body shot inside as Sam controls his hands.
Sam blocks an uppercut.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Phillips.
Phillips swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sam has Phillips pressed against the cage, preventing Phillips from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Phillips lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Phillips struggles to land a body shot inside as Sam controls his hands.
Phillips misses with the head strike.
A head punch on the inside from Sam fails to land.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Phillips fails to land.
Phillips misses with a short punch on the inside.
Sam is working for takedown but Phillips is calmly controlling the position for now.
Phillip Phillips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jetstream Sam.
Sam lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Phillips is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Sam misses with a shot to the kidneys.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Phillip Phillips.
I think Phillips 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 James Glass scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:28
Judge Phil Schofield scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Phillip Phillips!
Our winner, Phillip Phillips, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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