Ryan
Phillips

When and why did you start training to be a Slap Fighter? I started training to be a slap fighter in 2020. I wanted to test my toughness and also give Wolverine some competition.

What does fighting in Power Slap mean for you and your career? If it turns into a career, that would be fantastic. However, this is more of a hobby. My actual career is as a sales administrator for Nordson Corp. Power Slap is a lot of fun! Definitely different than the mundane, although I now have additional hours working to train fighters (in and out of the promotion), do countless podcasts and news inquiries to push the sport forward, networking with athletes around the globe, shooting content with influencers and creating my own content to help move the sport forward, coaching, especially while I was injured, and just a lot of cool stuff I never thought I’d be doing! I also run a podcast called Barefisted Podcast, which is fun to do. It helps us have content for the fans and gets people to know of our athletes, etc.

What are your ultimate goals in fighting? To become champion and push this new sport into the mainstream. making it global and hopefully get it to the Olympics.

What’s the worst thing you’ve ever done? Nothing I want to repeat. Good men do bad things to assist in keeping the balance.

What’s the best thing you’ve ever done? Countless things. One that stands out is saving people’s jobs in the Philippines.

Is there anyone you’d like to slap fight against? Wolverine, DQ Chris, Sorin Comsa, Crying Crespo, and a One-Eyed Wolf rematch.

“I’m here for legacy. I want to prove that I’m the baddest man in the world,” Phillips says. 

“To whoever is standing in front of me … you’re gonna see the slap of the gods from the King of Kings baby! Cleveland, Ohio were gonna raise up and I’m bringing it home baby!”