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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Ryan Philips (ranked 3680 p4p, 0 weight class) and Bj Santos Jr (ranked 5788 p4p, 0 weight class). Bj Santos Jr will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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140 lbs
5 - 1 - 0 |
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172 cm
30
135 lbs
6 - 8 - 0 |
Good wrestling
Basic striking
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Decent boxing
Solid chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 1 - 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
6 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Bj Santos Jr!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Leandro Rodrigues and Seu Braga.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Philips scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Philips is controlling the pace.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Santos Jr actively working from the bottom here.
Philips is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos Jr wants to control but Philips is keeping busy.
Santos Jr tries to get to full guard but Philips has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Santos Jr tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Philips has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Santos Jr tries to hold on but Philips postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Philips is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Philips controlling the position easily from mount.
Philips fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Santos Jr wants to hold on but Philips pushes him away.
Santos Jr is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Philips is staying active.
Philips takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Philips in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Santos Jr gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Philips stalling.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Santos Jr is looking to improve his position.
Philips lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Santos Jr is trying to stand.
Philips sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Santos Jr tries to roll over but Philips keeps him under control.
Santos Jr trying to hold on to Philips's head to control him but Philips postures up.
Santos Jr trying to get back to full guard but Philips takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Philips lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Philips looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Philips dominated that round.
That's time! Philips's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Philips fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santos Jr avoids it really well and circles away.
Santos Jr shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Santos Jr shoots for a double leg takedown but Philips sprawls well. He's pushed Santos Jr's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Santos Jr has a takedown stuffed.
Philips appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Ryan Philips has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bj Santos Jr.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Santos Jr.
Philips feinted with a counter takedown.
Philips fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Santos Jr sprawls well initially but Philips persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Philips controlling the action here.
Philips looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Philips lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Philips working Santos Jr over with strikes.
Nice strikes from Philips there.
Santos Jr is looking to control Philips's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Santos Jr avoid being mounted?
Philips prevents Santos Jr from standing back up.
Philips moves into side control, avoiding a weak kimura attempt from Santos Jr.
Philips landing a few strikes.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Santos Jr struggling a bit here.
Philips cracks Santos Jr with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Philips immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Santos Jr is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Philips!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ryan Philips!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
32% |
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