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CFC 1: Resurgence PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Damon Smith (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Kendrick Robinson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Smith comes to the cage accompanied by power circle. We have two fighters making their debuts here, so let's see who comes out of this one with their first professional victory.
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Good wrestling
Brawler
Very quick |
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Heavy handed |
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Damon Smith!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kendrick Robinson!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Robinson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Smith swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Robinson looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Robinson fails with the takedown
and Smith counters with a two punch combo.
Smith closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Robinson to the mat! Robinson manages to get full guard.
Smith with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Robinson is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Smith has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Robinson is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Smith defends well.
Smith scoring with punches to the head and body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Smith content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Robinson is rocked!
Smith stands up over Robinson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Robinson is still in real trouble! Can Smith finish him?
Robinson is trying to control the position but Smith postures up.
Smith postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Robinson covers up, he's hurt! Smith keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Smith and the ref steps in to end the fight! Smith can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Damon Smith!
Damon Smith made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'I end careers and cash checks. Pretty much just do what I want to do to these boys when they enter the cage with me so don't do it dog its just not worth it.'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between David Freitas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Nerijus Venckus (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Nerijus Venckus will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
Granite chin |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
Granite 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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, David Freitas!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Nerijus Venckus!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Don Winkell and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Venckus throws a head kick that misses.
Venckus throws a head kick that misses.
Freitas stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Freitas wants it to stay on the feet.
Freitas throws a body kick that misses
and Venckus counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Freitas shoots in and gets a takedown into Venckus's guard.
Freitas wants to get up but he can't break Venckus's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Freitas pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Venckus is keeping the position for now.
Venckus working a defensive guard here.
Venckus can't keep his opponent in guard - Freitas advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Freitas controlling the action here.
Freitas throwing shots but Venckus is blocking nicely.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freitas is trying to control. Venckus wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Freitas looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Freitas lands strikes from half guard.
Venckus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Freitas is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Freitas with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Freitas seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Freitas wants to pass the guard but Venckus is defending well.
Freitas prevents Venckus from improving his position.
Freitas is trying to control. Venckus wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Freitas is trying for a kimura here. Venckus looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Freitas wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Freitas!
David Freitas decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Caye Gunno (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jaime Freitas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
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Basic striking
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Caye Gunno!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Jaime Freitas!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gunno shoots for a takedown but Freitas saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Caye Gunno seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Gunno closes this distance looking for a takedown but Freitas circles away.
Gunno tries to sprawl but Freitas drives through with a takedown into half guard.
Gunno actively working from the bottom here.
Gunno looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Freitas is nestled in close to Gunno, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Gunno has hold of Freitas's hands but Freitas slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Freitas working over Gunno with some ground and pound. Gunno looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Gunno is rocked!
Gunno looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Freitas lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Oh Gunno is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Freitas landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Gunno actively working from the bottom here.
Gunno actively working from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Freitas scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Freitas looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Gunno with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Gunno on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Freitas lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Gunno quite badly. Gunno pulls Freitas in close trying to recover. Freitas postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Gunno on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Gunno doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaime Freitas!
After winning the bout, Jaime Freitas thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Carlos Oliveira (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chung LiFat (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
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130 lbs
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146 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin |
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Brawler
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
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Carlos Oliveira!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Chung LiFat!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
LiFat showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Oliveira.
Oliveira connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
LiFat wants to clinch.
LiFat looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Oliveira lands with a cross.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Oliveira cracks LiFat with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Oliveira moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Oliveira scores with a jab to the head.
LiFat is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Oliveira lands a brutal uppercut that launches LiFat off his feet! LiFat tumbles to the floor, barely conscious - the referee jumps in to save him from a beating! Wow, what an ending!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:06 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Carlos Oliveira!
Carlos Oliveira looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'See what I did there? I punched you'.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between John Paul (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Teddy Rachid (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teddy Rachid has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with John Paul's chin.
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180 lbs
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Good takedowns
Good kicks
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BJJ Blue Belt
Decent knees
Very confident |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
5 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, John Paul!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Teddy Rachid!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Paul scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Paul has an Americana. Rachid didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Paul is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Paul hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). John Paul!
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FIGHT
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