Post by The Sandmen on May 3, 2012 14:17:55 GMT -5
Bas Rutten raises his fists in his corner. He seems confident.
Phil Davis is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
El Guapo is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
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Round 1
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Bas Rutten and Phil Davis touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Mr. Wonderful decides to launch some tentative punches
Phil Davis takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Phil Davis goes with a looping right hand while Bas Rutten jumps back and jabs
Mr. Wonderful seems staggered and Bas Rutten runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Not a desiderable position that Mr. Wonderful is in now. Bas Rutten is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Bas Rutten goes with a looping right hand while Phil Davis jumps back and jabs
Mr. Wonderful seems staggered and Bas Rutten runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
El Guapo is holding Phil Davis's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Phil Davis loses balance and goes to the ground.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Phil Davis
Mr. Wonderful is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch him work on the ground.
Phil Davis attempts to trap Bas Rutten in his guard.
Bas Rutten keeps control and remains in side mount.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Phil Davis
El Guapo shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Mr. Wonderful struggles to free himself
Mr. Wonderful's Left cheek is beginning to swell
You can see the pain reflected in Mr. Wonderful's eyes...
Mr. Wonderful pushes Bas Rutten forward against his back and breaks the lock!
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, NV) is cheering him!
Phil Davis is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Mr. Wonderful is taking this opportunity to rest.
Phil Davis is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Phil Davis looks to mount Bas Rutten...
Phil Davis slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Phil Davis aggressively and repeatedly punches El Guapo.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
El Guapo has a small cut in his Left eye
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Mr. Wonderful tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Phil Davis controls the situation despite Bas Rutten efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten launches a few punches to Mr. Wonderful's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Mr. Wonderful tries to cover his face,
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten tries to roll to his side and trap Phil Davis in his guard...
Bas Rutten gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
El Guapo measures the resilience of Mr. Wonderful's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Mr. Wonderful blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Mr. Wonderful tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bas Rutten tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Phil Davis rolls Bas Rutten to his stomach and takes his back!
Mr. Wonderful is in rear mount over El Guapo
Phil Davis isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
El Guapo locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Phil Davis unil he can pull his arm free! Mr. Wonderful lost his dominant position.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Mr. Wonderful
Mr. Wonderful tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Phil Davis. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Mr. Wonderful tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Mr. Wonderful is clinching with El Guapo.
The fighters are clinching.
Bas Rutten slightly pushes Mr. Wonderful into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The two exchange wildly
El Guapo is connecting with a few punches
Incredible haymaker from Bas Rutten!
You can see Phil Davis's head being snapped backwards!
There is a small laceration on Phil Davis's Mouth
Phil Davis fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Here comes Bas Rutten with a vicious middle kick!
Phil Davis dodges that one moving backwards
El Guapo clumsily fails here and it's time for Phil Davis to fight back!
Mr. Wonderful is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten shows great balance while pushing away Phil Davis
Phil Davis goes with a looping right hand while Bas Rutten jumps back and jabs
Mr. Wonderful seems staggered and Bas Rutten runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
El Guapo looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Phil Davis's punches
El Guapo measures the resilience of Mr. Wonderful's chin with an uppercut while Mr. Wonderful lands some great crosses.
Good front kick from El Guapo!
Mr. Wonderful stumbles backwards after that one!
Phil Davis shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Bas Rutten is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Mr. Wonderful into his guard.
Crushing shot to El Guapo's body! He's holding his side
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful tries to escape from the closed guard
Mr. Wonderful succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
El Guapo attempts a triangle from bottom! Phil Davis slips out. El Guapo quickly turns his hips over and switches to the armbar! He's throwing everything at him.
Phil Davis slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Bas Rutten. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, NV) are cheering for the fighters.
John McCarthy tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for El Guapo.
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Round 2
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0:13 Round 2 and Mr. Wonderful is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Mr. Wonderful looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Bas Rutten's punches
Mr. Wonderful measures the resilience of El Guapo's chin with an uppercut while El Guapo lands some great crosses.
El Guapo moves forward looking for some action
Phil Davis doesn't want to engage and backpedals
Bas Rutten is opening up on Mr. Wonderful and raining down combinations!
Mr. Wonderful doesn't look worried as he defends.
Mr. Wonderful is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten loses balance and goes to the ground.
Phil Davis is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Phil Davis looks to mount Bas Rutten...
Bas Rutten takes advantage of his opponent's over commitment and traps him in full guard.
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten launches a few punches to Mr. Wonderful's cheek from the guard.
Phil Davis uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful tries to open up Bas Rutten's defense faking a few punches.
Bas Rutten wraps his arms around Mr. Wonderful's arms and counters the punches.
Mr. Wonderful misses a step and Bas Rutten sees an opportunity to counter him!
El Guapo reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Mr. Wonderful blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Mr. Wonderful spins out, but Bas Rutten was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Punishing hold!
Phil Davis lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Bas Rutten doesn't break the lock and Phil Davis is running out of time!
El Guapo is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
Phil Davis lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Bas Rutten doesn't break the lock and Phil Davis is running out of time!
El Guapo is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
Phil Davis lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Bas Rutten doesn't break the lock and Phil Davis is running out of time!
Crippling lock!
El Guapo is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
Punishing hold!
Mr. Wonderful is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Phil Davis doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of El Guapo's moves.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful tries to stand up!
El Guapo doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten attempts to move to full guard
Bas Rutten manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful moves on the ground...
He remains in open guard.
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
El Guapo measures the resilience of Mr. Wonderful's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Mr. Wonderful's side.
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Mr. Wonderful pulls his arm out of danger.
Mr. Wonderful tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Phil Davis pushes Bas Rutten against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Bas Rutten struggles not allowing Phil Davis improve his position.
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
El Guapo reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Mr. Wonderful struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Mr. Wonderful's eyes...
El Guapo is locking that Kneebar...
That Kneebar from Bas Rutten appears to be unbreakable
Mr. Wonderful hyper-extended his left leg
That Kneebar from Bas Rutten appears to be unbreakable
Mr. Wonderful blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
El Guapo reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Mr. Wonderful blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten launches a few punches to Mr. Wonderful's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Mr. Wonderful tries to cover his face,
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Phil Davis tries to free his leg
Bas Rutten moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, NV) are cheering for the fighters.
El Guapo pushes Phil Davis and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Mr. Wonderful moves forward looking for some action
Bas Rutten struggles a bit before breaking Mr. Wonderful's attemp of grappling
Mr. Wonderful wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Mr. Wonderful moves forward and holds El Guapo
El Guapo doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Phil Davis embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from El Guapo who put distance between them
El Guapo and Mr. Wonderful circle around the center of the cage.
Phil Davis fakes a punch and launches himself over El Guapo!
Bas Rutten is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Mr. Wonderful and pushes him away!
The clock says 4:05 in the 2 round
Phil Davis tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Bas Rutten jumps backwards and frees his leg.
El Guapo tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bas Rutten launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Mr. Wonderful's knee!
Bas Rutten wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Mr. Wonderful!
That punishment by Bas Rutten has left Mr. Wonderful staggered! Bas Rutten should try push forward now and finish this!
El Guapo fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Phil Davis didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Mr. Wonderful ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Mr. Wonderful
Phil Davis launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Bas Rutten uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Mr. Wonderful
Bas Rutten throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Mr. Wonderful's face with those brutal elbows! Mr. Wonderful needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
There is a small laceration on Phil Davis's Nose
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Mr. Wonderful
Mr. Wonderful tries to close his guard around El Guapo
He is not able to do it
John McCarthy separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is clearly for Bas Rutten.
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Round 3
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Bas Rutten fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Mr. Wonderful's chin
There is a small laceration on Phil Davis's Chin
Lightning fast low kick from El Guapo!
Loud pop! I'm sure that hurts!
Bas Rutten launches a rapid series of punches
taking Mr. Wonderful from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
John McCarthy is asking Mr. Wonderful to defend himself! John McCarthy jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Mr. Wonderful.
Winner is Bas Rutten by TKO (Punches) at 0:37 Round 3
Statistics: Bas Rutten
Punches 29/45 (64%)
Kicks 4/5 (80%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 11/18 (61%)
Submissions 7/7 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 318 s
Statistics: Phil Davis
Punches 5/13 (38%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/12 (33%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 2/3 (67%)
Time on the ground 318 s
Phillip Davis just could NOT get into his groove out there tonight. He started coming on a bit strong at one point, but kinda lost the groove not long there-after. Bas just kept pouring it on and yanked out the win. Like a bunny from a hat.
Phil Davis is calm in his corner. He looks convinced of his abilities.
This is the first time they meet inside the cage
El Guapo is the fighter that will win today if we pay attention to the bets.
The referee of the bout is John McCarthy.
=========================================
Round 1
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Bas Rutten and Phil Davis touch gloves in the center to get this fight started!
Mr. Wonderful decides to launch some tentative punches
Phil Davis takes the best of a brief punching exchange.
Phil Davis goes with a looping right hand while Bas Rutten jumps back and jabs
Mr. Wonderful seems staggered and Bas Rutten runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
Not a desiderable position that Mr. Wonderful is in now. Bas Rutten is well knowed for his strong and relentless GnP.
Bas Rutten goes with a looping right hand while Phil Davis jumps back and jabs
Mr. Wonderful seems staggered and Bas Rutten runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
El Guapo is holding Phil Davis's right leg... He's trying to take him down.
Phil Davis loses balance and goes to the ground.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Phil Davis
Mr. Wonderful is a savvy submission specialist. It's an honor just to watch him work on the ground.
Phil Davis attempts to trap Bas Rutten in his guard.
Bas Rutten keeps control and remains in side mount.
Bas Rutten is in side mount over Phil Davis
El Guapo shifts to north-south position and tries to finish with a lock!
Mr. Wonderful struggles to free himself
Mr. Wonderful's Left cheek is beginning to swell
You can see the pain reflected in Mr. Wonderful's eyes...
Mr. Wonderful pushes Bas Rutten forward against his back and breaks the lock!
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful use some of his wrestling skills to escape from the closed guard!
After a few tentative moves, he jumps to side mount! The crowd in Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, NV) is cheering him!
Phil Davis is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Mr. Wonderful is taking this opportunity to rest.
Phil Davis is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Phil Davis looks to mount Bas Rutten...
Phil Davis slides his knee across and gets to mount.
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Phil Davis aggressively and repeatedly punches El Guapo.
He needs to do something soon or the referee will stop the fight!
El Guapo has a small cut in his Left eye
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Mr. Wonderful tries to keep hs position while looking to maybe begin a pounding session...
Phil Davis controls the situation despite Bas Rutten efforts for escaping from the full mount.
The clock says 1:55 in the 1 round
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten launches a few punches to Mr. Wonderful's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Mr. Wonderful tries to cover his face,
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
Bas Rutten tries to roll to his side and trap Phil Davis in his guard...
Bas Rutten gets his hip out and moves to full guard.
Phil Davis is in full mount over Bas Rutten
El Guapo measures the resilience of Mr. Wonderful's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Mr. Wonderful blocks the hits as he works on the ground.
Mr. Wonderful tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bas Rutten tries to roll to his side and get to half guard...
Phil Davis rolls Bas Rutten to his stomach and takes his back!
Mr. Wonderful is in rear mount over El Guapo
Phil Davis isolates an arm looking for an armbar from the back...
El Guapo locks his hands and forces his weight on top of Phil Davis unil he can pull his arm free! Mr. Wonderful lost his dominant position.
The clock says 2:45 in the 1 round
Bas Rutten is in closed guard over Mr. Wonderful
Mr. Wonderful tries to stand up!
he is now on his feet
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Phil Davis. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters continue the fight on their feet. You can hear how the people agree with that decision.
Mr. Wonderful tries some clinching in order to control the fight...
Well done. Mr. Wonderful is clinching with El Guapo.
The fighters are clinching.
Bas Rutten slightly pushes Mr. Wonderful into the fence and tries to calm down the action.
John McCarthy sees a lack of activity in the clinch and separates the fighters.
The two exchange wildly
El Guapo is connecting with a few punches
Incredible haymaker from Bas Rutten!
You can see Phil Davis's head being snapped backwards!
There is a small laceration on Phil Davis's Mouth
Phil Davis fakes a punch and shows some footwork moving aside.
Here comes Bas Rutten with a vicious middle kick!
Phil Davis dodges that one moving backwards
El Guapo clumsily fails here and it's time for Phil Davis to fight back!
Mr. Wonderful is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten shows great balance while pushing away Phil Davis
Phil Davis goes with a looping right hand while Bas Rutten jumps back and jabs
Mr. Wonderful seems staggered and Bas Rutten runs to capitalize with a bunch of jabs and crosses.
El Guapo looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Phil Davis's punches
El Guapo measures the resilience of Mr. Wonderful's chin with an uppercut while Mr. Wonderful lands some great crosses.
Good front kick from El Guapo!
Mr. Wonderful stumbles backwards after that one!
Phil Davis shoots for a double leg takedown!
He hits it! Bas Rutten is taken off his feet, but he manages to pull Mr. Wonderful into his guard.
Crushing shot to El Guapo's body! He's holding his side
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful tries to escape from the closed guard
Mr. Wonderful succeeds and he's now in open guard... he takes a second to breathe
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
El Guapo attempts a triangle from bottom! Phil Davis slips out. El Guapo quickly turns his hips over and switches to the armbar! He's throwing everything at him.
Phil Davis slips out and backs away to avoid danger.
John McCarthy halts the fight to stand up Bas Rutten. The fight resumes with both fighters standing.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, NV) are cheering for the fighters.
John McCarthy tells the fighters to go to their corners as the round is over.
I would be surprised if the judges didn't see that round for El Guapo.
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Round 2
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0:13 Round 2 and Mr. Wonderful is still in good shape. He sure has trained hard for this fight.
Mr. Wonderful looks for angles as he throws a few jabs that are countered by Bas Rutten's punches
Mr. Wonderful measures the resilience of El Guapo's chin with an uppercut while El Guapo lands some great crosses.
El Guapo moves forward looking for some action
Phil Davis doesn't want to engage and backpedals
Bas Rutten is opening up on Mr. Wonderful and raining down combinations!
Mr. Wonderful doesn't look worried as he defends.
Mr. Wonderful is holding Bas Rutten's left leg... He's trying to take him down.
Bas Rutten loses balance and goes to the ground.
Phil Davis is in side mount over Bas Rutten
Phil Davis looks to mount Bas Rutten...
Bas Rutten takes advantage of his opponent's over commitment and traps him in full guard.
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten launches a few punches to Mr. Wonderful's cheek from the guard.
Phil Davis uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
The clock says 1:15 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in closed guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful tries to open up Bas Rutten's defense faking a few punches.
Bas Rutten wraps his arms around Mr. Wonderful's arms and counters the punches.
Mr. Wonderful misses a step and Bas Rutten sees an opportunity to counter him!
El Guapo reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Mr. Wonderful blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten gets an arm and tries to apply an armbar. Mr. Wonderful spins out, but Bas Rutten was ready for that and quickly switches to a triangle choke!
Punishing hold!
Phil Davis lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Bas Rutten doesn't break the lock and Phil Davis is running out of time!
El Guapo is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
Phil Davis lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Bas Rutten doesn't break the lock and Phil Davis is running out of time!
El Guapo is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
Phil Davis lifts his opponent from the ground displaying great power! And down he goes!
Bas Rutten doesn't break the lock and Phil Davis is running out of time!
Crippling lock!
El Guapo is locking that Armbar to Triangle...
Punishing hold!
Mr. Wonderful is too good and managed to back out of danger.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Phil Davis doesn't want to continue the fight in this position and tries to get back on his feet
He can't do it because of El Guapo's moves.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful tries to stand up!
El Guapo doesn't allow him!
The clock says 1:55 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten attempts to move to full guard
Bas Rutten manages to switch to full guard.
The clock says 2:05 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
Mr. Wonderful moves on the ground...
He remains in open guard.
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
El Guapo measures the resilience of Mr. Wonderful's ribs with a couple of big punches from guard.
Those hits are leaving hitches in Mr. Wonderful's side.
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten overhooks an arm and starts cranking! Interesting meneuver.
Mr. Wonderful pulls his arm out of danger.
Mr. Wonderful tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Phil Davis pushes Bas Rutten against the fence and then tries to improve his position.
Bas Rutten struggles not allowing Phil Davis improve his position.
Phil Davis is in open guard over El Guapo
El Guapo reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Mr. Wonderful struggles to free himself
You can see the pain reflected in Mr. Wonderful's eyes...
El Guapo is locking that Kneebar...
That Kneebar from Bas Rutten appears to be unbreakable
Mr. Wonderful hyper-extended his left leg
That Kneebar from Bas Rutten appears to be unbreakable
Mr. Wonderful blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
El Guapo reaches under and rolls for a kneebar!
Mr. Wonderful blocks the attempt and uses the opportunity to seize half guard.
The clock says 2:55 in the 2 round
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Bas Rutten launches a few punches to Mr. Wonderful's cheek from the guard.
Those punches sure are annoying because Mr. Wonderful tries to cover his face,
Phil Davis is in half guard over El Guapo
Phil Davis tries to free his leg
Bas Rutten moves fast and both fighters exchange some weak punches while climbing to their feet.
Both fighters have climbed to their feet and they continue the fight standing. The people who are watching this in Thomas & Mack Center (Las Vegas, NV) are cheering for the fighters.
El Guapo pushes Phil Davis and moves away from him. He seems to be recovering his breath.
Mr. Wonderful moves forward looking for some action
Bas Rutten struggles a bit before breaking Mr. Wonderful's attemp of grappling
Mr. Wonderful wants to take the fight to his advantage and tries to clinch.
Mr. Wonderful moves forward and holds El Guapo
El Guapo doesn't want to clinch as he ducks under Phil Davis embrace and tries to move away...
Nice move from El Guapo who put distance between them
El Guapo and Mr. Wonderful circle around the center of the cage.
Phil Davis fakes a punch and launches himself over El Guapo!
Bas Rutten is smart enough to avoid the clinch game by Mr. Wonderful and pushes him away!
The clock says 4:05 in the 2 round
Phil Davis tries to take the fight to the ground with a one leg takedown...
Bas Rutten jumps backwards and frees his leg.
El Guapo tries to get some advantage after his opponent miss move...
Bas Rutten launches a low kick
that almost wrenches Mr. Wonderful's knee!
Bas Rutten wants this win. He unleashes a kick.
Brutal high kick to Mr. Wonderful!
That punishment by Bas Rutten has left Mr. Wonderful staggered! Bas Rutten should try push forward now and finish this!
El Guapo fakes a punch and shoots a takedown!
Phil Davis didn't see it coming and has been put on the ground!
Mr. Wonderful ribs are getting hammered, they look bad!
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Mr. Wonderful
Phil Davis launches a few punches to El Guapo's cheek from the guard.
Bas Rutten uses his head to cover the punches and presses his skull forward.
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Mr. Wonderful
Bas Rutten throws down elbows...
He's tearing up Mr. Wonderful's face with those brutal elbows! Mr. Wonderful needs to do something! The referee is threatening to stop it!
There is a small laceration on Phil Davis's Nose
Bas Rutten is in open guard over Mr. Wonderful
Mr. Wonderful tries to close his guard around El Guapo
He is not able to do it
John McCarthy separates the fighters as the round concludes. The fighters shake hands as they head back to their corners.
This round is clearly for Bas Rutten.
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Round 3
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Bas Rutten fakes a move and launches a nice uppercut
it lands on Mr. Wonderful's chin
There is a small laceration on Phil Davis's Chin
Lightning fast low kick from El Guapo!
Loud pop! I'm sure that hurts!
Bas Rutten launches a rapid series of punches
taking Mr. Wonderful from one end of the cage to the other. That's awesome!
John McCarthy is asking Mr. Wonderful to defend himself! John McCarthy jumps in between the fighters and stops the punishment for Mr. Wonderful.
Winner is Bas Rutten by TKO (Punches) at 0:37 Round 3
Statistics: Bas Rutten
Punches 29/45 (64%)
Kicks 4/5 (80%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 11/18 (61%)
Submissions 7/7 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 0/0 (0%)
Time on the ground 318 s
Statistics: Phil Davis
Punches 5/13 (38%)
Kicks 0/0 (0%)
Clinch strikes 0/0 (0%)
Takedowns 2/2 (100%)
GnP strikes 4/12 (33%)
Submissions 1/1 (100%)
Clinch Attempts 2/3 (67%)
Time on the ground 318 s
Phillip Davis just could NOT get into his groove out there tonight. He started coming on a bit strong at one point, but kinda lost the groove not long there-after. Bas just kept pouring it on and yanked out the win. Like a bunny from a hat.
Have 9 points in celebration of this monumental achievement!