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Phillips was signed by the company in 2019 and immediately got injured, then spent 2020 showing himself to be a worthy flier in the typical UFC mold—an athlete high in potential but low on experience. Nothing suggested Phillips would be ready for a step up to face uber-prospectin his first fight of 2021, which made it all the more shocking when “The Matrix” earned the win with the best performance of his career.
Then came Phillips’ subsequent fight againstwhere he suddenly looked like his old self, getting overaggressive, trying some bad ideas and letting the Brazilian into the fight enough that he walked away with the narrow decision victory. It has been two years since the Paiva loss, and Phillips’ lone fight in that time was a showcase againstin which he was expectedly successful.
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