John Phillips (fighter) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

John Phillips is a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

mixed martial artist

Mixed martial arts

Mixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...

, who fights at middleweight

Middleweight (MMA)

The middleweight division in mixed martial arts can refer to a number of different weight classes:*UFC's & Strikeforce's middleweight division, which groups competitors within 171 to 185 lb...

. He is a veteran of British MMA, having fought in Cage Rage and BAMMA

BAMMA

The British Association of Mixed Martial Arts is a mixed martial arts promotion based in the United Kingdom. It is considered by many as the biggest MMA promotion in the country. It premièred on June 27, 2009 and was shown on the television channel Bravo...

Background

Phillips had a distinguished amateur boxing

Amateur boxing

Amateur boxing is practised at the collegiate level, at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games, and in many other venues sponsored by amateur boxing associations. Amateur boxing bouts are short in duration and fighters wear head protection, so this type of competition prizes point-scoring rather...

career and was a member of the Welsh Commonwealth

Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....

boxing team before making the transition into mixed martial arts

Mixed martial arts

in 2005. In his first six fights, he won five by knockout

Knockout

A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

with his only loss coming to the experienced Jim Wallhead

Jim Wallhead

Jim Wallhead is an English professional mixed martial artist, based in Leicestershire, England, who competes in the welterweight division. Wallhead's background is in Judo, where he holds a Black Belt having trained under Olympic silver medallist Neil Adams...

in only his second bout.

Cage Rage

After defeating Mihaly Dobrai via knockout, Phillips made his debut in the Cage Rage

Cage Rage

Cage Rage Championships, also known as Cage Rage, was a United Kingdom-based, mixed martial arts promotion that premiered on 7 September 2002 in London. Cage Rage went bankrupt and is now no longer trading...

promotion in the Cage Rage Contenders series facing Christos Petroutsos. Phillips won via TKO in the first round.

He returned against Jake Bostwick at Cage Rage 25: Bring it On
Cage Rage 25
EliteXC Presents Cage Rage 25: Bring it On was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by England's Cage Rage Championships and the United States' Elite Xtreme Combat that took place on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Wembley Arena in London, England...

. After an early scare, Phillips battered Bostwick with a series of ground-and-pound attacks to claim the win. However, soon after, Phillips tested positively for a banned substance under Cage Rage's new drug testing scheme (becoming the first ever Cage Rage fighter to fall foul of the tests). This changed the result of the bout to a "no contest" and Phillips was suspended from competition in England for four months.

Following this, Phillips returned at Cage Rage 27: Step Up
Cage Rage 27
Cage Rage 27: Step Up was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on July 12, 2008 at Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Nuts TV in the United Kingdom....

to face Tom Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

Tom "Kong" Watson is an English mixed martial artist, currently fighting at middleweight and training at Tristar Gym in Montreal, Canada and Jackson's Submission Fighting in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is known for his unorthodox entrances, dancing to the ring in a gorilla mask...

. Watson was able to best Phillips via unanimous decision.

Phillips' last Cage Rage appearance was at Cage Rage 28: VIP
Cage Rage 28
Cage Rage 28: VIP was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 20, 2008 at The Troxy in London, England. It was televised on Nuts TV in the United Kingdom, and would be the last event promoted by Cage Rage before the company went bankrupt.It featured Leigh...

, the last ever Cage Rage

Cage Rage

event, where he rematched Jake Bostwick. Midway through the second round, Phillips was able to force his opponent to submit to strikes.

Journeyman status

After the death of Cage Rage, Phillips became somewhat of a journeyman, appearing for six different organisations in his next six fights. His record during this stage was 5–1. Most notably during that period was an appearance in the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts

BAMMA

, at BAMMA 1: The Fighting Premiership
BAMMA 1
BAMMA 1: WATSON vs. MAGUIRE was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on June 27, 2009 at the Room by the River in London, England. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom....

.

Phillips was then scheduled to fight Paul Cahoon at OMMAC 5, but the bout never transpired.

Phillips then faced James Zikic

James Zikic

James Zikic is an English mixed martial artist and boxer. He competes in the light heavyweight and middlweight divisions for London Shootfighters MMA Gym.-Career:...

at BAMMA 4: Reid vs. Watson
BAMMA 4
BAMMA 4: WATSON vs. REID was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on September 25, 2010 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom.-Background:...

in a bout to determine the #1 contender for BAMMA Middleweight Championship. Phillips weighed in at 187 lbs, which technically made it a catchweight bout, and continued his streak of TKO victories, defeating Zikic in 1:34 of the first round.

Phillips was set to face Michael Kuiper at BAMMA 5
BAMMA 5
BAMMA 5: Daley vs. Shira was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on 26 February 2011 at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England.-Background:BAMMA 5 was the first BAMMA event held outside of Birmingham or London...

. However due to snowstorms in the UK the event was cancelled.

At BAMMA 6

BAMMA 6

BAMMA 6: Watson vs. Rua was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on 21 May 2011 at the Wembley Arena in London, England.-Background:BAMMA 6 was announced during the television presentation of BAMMA 5....

on 21st May 2011 he faced UFC veteran Frank Trigg

Frank Trigg

Dewey Franklin Trigg III is an American mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler and co-host of MMAWeekly radio show and TAGG radio show...

, in what was touted as a classic match up between a striker and a grappler. He was taken down early by the wrestler, and stopped after 2:41 in the first round by the doctor, due to large cuts on his forehead, caused by Trigg's elbows.

Mixed martial arts record

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London

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, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

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Frank Trigg

Dewey Franklin Trigg III is an American mixed martial artist, color commentator, pro wrestler and co-host of MMAWeekly radio show and TAGG radio show...

|TKO (Cuts)
|BAMMA 6

BAMMA 6

Kingston upon Hull

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, England

England

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James Zikic

James Zikic is an English mixed martial artist and boxer. He competes in the light heavyweight and middlweight divisions for London Shootfighters MMA Gym.-Career:...

|KO (punches)
|BAMMA 4

BAMMA 4

BAMMA 4: WATSON vs. REID was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on September 25, 2010 at the National Indoor Arena in Birmingham, England. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom.-Background:...

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

|Catchweight bout as Phillips weighed in at 187lbs.
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Leicester

Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...

, England

England

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Brecon

Brecon is a long-established market town and community in southern Powys, Mid Wales, with a population of 7,901. It was the county town of the historic county of Brecknockshire; although its role as such was eclipsed with the formation of Powys, it remains an important local centre...

, Wales

Wales

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Exeter

Exeter is a historic city in Devon, England. It lies within the ceremonial county of Devon, of which it is the county town as well as the home of Devon County Council. Currently the administrative area has the status of a non-metropolitan district, and is therefore under the administration of the...

, England

England

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Cheltenham

Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is a large spa town and borough in Gloucestershire, on the edge of the Cotswolds in the South-West region of England. It is the home of the flagship race of British steeplechase horse racing, the Gold Cup, the main event of the Cheltenham Festival held...

, England

England

Denniston Sutherland

Denniston Sutherland is a British Jamaican mixed martial artist, who competes in the middleweight division. He is currently the Cage Rage UK Middleweight Champion.-Mixed martial arts career:...

|Submission (injury)
|BAMMA 1

BAMMA 1

BAMMA 1: WATSON vs. MAGUIRE was a mixed martial arts event held by the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts on June 27, 2009 at the Room by the River in London, England. The event was televised on Bravo in the United Kingdom....

London

, England

England

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Ljubljana

Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...

, Slovenia

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

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Jake Bostwick
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|Cage Rage 28

Cage Rage 28

Cage Rage 28: VIP was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on September 20, 2008 at The Troxy in London, England. It was televised on Nuts TV in the United Kingdom, and would be the last event promoted by Cage Rage before the company went bankrupt.It featured Leigh...

London

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England

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Tom Watson

Tom Watson (fighter)

| Decision (unanimous)
|Cage Rage 27

Cage Rage 27

Cage Rage 27: Step Up was a mixed martial arts event held by the Cage Rage Championships on July 12, 2008 at Wembley Arena in London, England. It was televised on Nuts TV in the United Kingdom....

London

, England

England

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Jake Bostwick
|No Contest
|Cage Rage 25

Cage Rage 25

EliteXC Presents Cage Rage 25: Bring it On was a mixed martial arts event co-promoted by England's Cage Rage Championships and the United States' Elite Xtreme Combat that took place on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at the Wembley Arena in London, England...

London

, England

England

|Originally, Phillips won via TKO (Punches); overturned after Phillips tested positive for a banned substance.
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Swansea

Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...

, Wales

Wales

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Pula

Pula is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, situated at the southern tip of the Istria peninsula, with a population of 62,080 .Like the rest of the region, it is known for its mild climate, smooth sea, and unspoiled nature. The city has a long tradition of winemaking, fishing,...

, Croatia

Croatia

Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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Pula

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Croatia

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, England

England

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Swansea

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Wales

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Jim Wallhead

Swansea

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Wales

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Swansea

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Wales

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