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QFC Tournament 389 Round 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Geno Giovanni (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joe Greener (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Good wrestling
Solid Muay Thai
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Geno Giovanni!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joe Greener!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Colin Fotheringham.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Greener closes the distance and clinches up with Giovanni, looking for a takedown. Greener pushes Giovanni against the cage but Giovanni circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
A combination from Giovanni does no damage.
Greener shoots in for a double leg but Giovanni sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Greener shoots in for a takedown but Giovanni shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Geno Giovanni has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Joe Greener.
Giovanni takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Giovanni digs a good hook to Greener's body.
Greener closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Greener is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Giovanni to keep the fight standing.
Giovanni lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Greener backwards.
Giovanni is pushing Greener up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Greener tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Giovanni just stands there and leans against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Giovanni.
Giovanni putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Greener in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Stalling in the clinch from Giovanni.
Greener is trying to break the clinch but Giovanni is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Giovanni scores with a nice short uppercut.
Giovanni tries to land a knee to the head but Greener blocks with his arms.
Giovanni lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Giovanni stalling in the clinch.
Greener is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Greener tries to circle away but Giovanni has him pinned against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Giovanni.
Giovanni pushes Greener back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Giovanni is working Greener over against the cage.
Giovanni lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Greener or not.
Giovanni looking to throw knees to the head but Greener is blocking nicely.
Greener wants to stall.
Giovanni is leaning against Greener and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Giovanni throws a knee to the head but misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Greener takes a knee right on the jaw!
Greener is rocked!
Giovanni jerks Greener's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Greener drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Giovanni goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Giovanni because Greener was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Geno Giovanni!
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Abdullah Al Abulbul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Donald Cross (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Abdullah Al Abulbul has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?
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140 lbs
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Counter fighter
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BJJ Blue Belt
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Abdullah Al Abulbul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Donald Cross!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Bishop, James Atkins and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Al Abulbul shoots in and bounces Cross off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Al Abulbul sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cross's guard.
Al Abulbul looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Al Abulbul is keen to just control but Cross is a slippery customer.
Al Abulbul is looking for a kimura here.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Al Abulbul in particular looking to stall.
Cross is staying active underneath Al Abulbul, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Cross really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Al Abulbul. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Al Abulbul thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Al Abulbul works his foot free and advances to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Abulbul lands with some strikes.
Al Abulbul takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Al Abulbul trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Al Abulbul content just to control the position here.
Al Abulbul is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cross can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Al Abulbul with the ground and pound from mount.
Al Abulbul lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Cross is desperately trying to improve his position but Al Abulbul has a good base and remains in mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Abulbul scoring with strikes but Cross is staying in there.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Al Abulbul is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Cross can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Al Abulbul postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Cross badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Al Abulbul around the waist but Al Abulbul pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Al Abulbul is the winner by TKO! Al Abulbul jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Abdullah Al Abulbul!
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Frank Johnson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tournament Winner (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Rumors backstage are that the fighters have been paid to keep it standing but we know that would never happen in MMA!
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145 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin |
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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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Frank Johnson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Tournament Winner!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Winner misses with the combination.
Winner cracks a nice hook into Johnson's ribs.
Winner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Winner catches Johnson with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Johnson forces Winner back against the cage and clinches.
Winner breaks the clinch.
Winner bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Winner circles away and keeps his distance.
Winner lands a slapping body shot.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Winner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Winner pushes him off.
Winner swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Winner avoids a kick to the body.
Johnson tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Winner counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Frank Johnson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Winner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Winner moves out of range of the body kick from Johnson.
Winner throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Johnson on the side of the head.
Winner stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Johnson wants to clinch.
Winner throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Johnson lands a kick to the ribs of his opponent. Nice work there - in and out in a flash.
Johnson rushes Winner and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Winner managing to block the knees to the body from Johnson.
Winner breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Winner keeps it at a distance.
Tournament Winner is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Johnson lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Winner circles away and keeps his distance.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Johnson clinches.
Johnson tries to circle away but Winner has him pinned against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Winner wants to get back to striking at distance but Johnson won't allow it.
Johnson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Johnson manages to break the clinch.
Winner punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Winner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Winner smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Winner circles away and keeps his distance.
Johnson is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Winner.
Winner misses with a series of wild punches.
Sloppy strikes from Winner. Those never looked like landing.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Winner circles away.
Johnson misses with an uppercut
and Winner counters with a three punch combo that has Johnson backing up. Johnson nods at Winner to acknowledge the strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson tries to land a front kick but Winner steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Winner just misses with a punch to the body.
Winner lands a nice shot to the body.
Johnson fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johnson scores with a nice body kick.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Winner keeps it at a distance.
Winner punishes Johnson's body with a nice straight punch.
Horrible takedown by Johnson or perhaps it was just good defense by Winner which made him look bad.
Johnson is breathing heavily.
Winner circles away from the clinch attempt.
Johnson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Winner manages to avoid it.
Johnson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Winner throws a one two combo.
Winner works over Johnson's head and body with a nice combination.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A jab lands there for Winner.
Johnson is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Johnson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Winner.
Winner scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Johnson doesn't seem bothered though.
Johnson is looking to chop away at Winner's legs.
Winner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Oh Johnson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Johnson fails with a takedown attempt.
Johnson on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Winner will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Johnson seems to have got his legs back now.
Johnson misses the body punch
and Winner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Johnson tries to clinch there but Winner circles away.
Winner fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Johnson looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Winner throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Johnson is looking to clinch.
Winner fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Johnson instigates a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tournament Winner dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Winner displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johnson.
Johnson on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Winner thuds his right hand into Johnson's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Johnson fails in his attempt to clinch.
Nice uppercut there from Winner.
Danga de danga de dang - Winner scores with a four punch combination!
Johnson throws a head kick that half lands.
Johnson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Winner misses with a few strikes there.
Johnson slips a jab and a cross from Winner.
Nice sprawl there from Winner as Johnson shoots in.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A swing and a miss from Johnson.
Johnson throws a body punch but Winner moves out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Winner lands a jab.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Johnson looks to score with a jab to the body but Winner is just out of range.
Winner lands a nice looking body shot.
Johnson moves in looking to clinch but Winner pushes him off.
Winner swats away the attempt to clinch by Johnson.
Winner jabs at Johnson's body.
Winner is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Johnson rather than just go for the knockout.
An inside leg kick from Johnson misses.
Johnson doesn't manage to clinch there - Winner circles away.
Winner looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Winner looks to land a combination. Johnson sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Johnson tries to clinch up but Winner circles away and keeps his distance.
Winner rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johnson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Winner thuds a left hand into Johnson's body.
Johnson takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Winner works Johnson's body with a nice hook.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Johnson tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Winner defends well and Johnson ends up having to push Winner into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Frank Johnson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Winner escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Frank Johnson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Winner moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Winner cracks Johnson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Winner wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Winner jabs Johnson right on the nose. Johnson blinks but takes it well.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Winner keeps it at a distance.
Winner lands a nice shot that snaps Johnson's head back.
Tournament Winner seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Jab from Winner.
Johnson doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Winner blocks a low kick nicely.
Winner with a body punch. A glancing blow.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Johnson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Johnson misses with the combination.
Johnson tries a head kick but it misses.
Winner is working the combinations to good effect here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
A left lands for Winner.
Johnson moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Winner darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Johnson. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Winner scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Johnson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Winner.
Johnson tries to clinch up.
Johnson wants to clinch up but Winner keeps it at a distance.
Winner ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Winner connects with a body shot.
Nice jab there from Winner.
Winner circles away from the clinch attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Winner stuns Johnson with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Winner misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Winner connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Johnson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Johnson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Johnson takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Winner scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Johnson tries to clinch
and Winner counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Nice shot by Winner.
The fight stays on the outside here - Johnson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Johnson is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tournament Winner showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Johnson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Johnson looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Johnson dives in and grabs Winner's left leg, looking for a takedown. Winner pushes down on Johnson's head and hops out.
Johnson takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Johnson is looking to land body kicks.
Winner lands a jab.
Left hook, right uppercut from Johnson.
Johnson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
and Winner counters with a massive uppercut that badly hurts Johnson! He's just covering up as Winner starts to tee off till the referee steps in and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tournament Winner!
Tournament Winner was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between TW Two (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Francis Jenele (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Francis Jenele will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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Basic striking
Good 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
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, TW Two!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Francis Jenele!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Sam Margolis and William Gold.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenele has closed the distance and engaged Two in a clinch.
Two tries to pull guard but Jenele holds him up against the cage and eventually Two drops back down to his feet.
Jenele manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Two stands and throws Jenele's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Jenele is looking to regain half guard here but Two keeps moving and retains side control.
Two has an Americana. Jenele didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Two is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Two hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). TW Two!
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