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QFC Tournament 930 Round 3 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Russell Phillips (ranked 4772 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Raimi (ranked 5222 p4p, 467 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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BJJ White Belt
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BJJ Blue Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russell Phillips!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sam Raimi!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Phillips moves into the clinch.
Phillips tries to break the clinch but Raimi is controlling the position.
Raimi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Phillips keeps control of Raimi as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Raimi stalling in the clinch but Phillips improves position.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Phillips.
Raimi prevents Phillips from breaking the clinch.
Phillips lands a right hand.
Phillips lands a body shot.
Phillips leaning his opponent against the cage.
Phillips content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Phillips seems to have come into the fight with the intention of avoiding any damage in the clinch, rather than actually showing any aggression.
A short right from Phillips.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Phillips as Raimi tries to tie him up.
Phillips scores with a shot to the side of Raimi's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A nice right hand lands inside from Phillips.
Raimi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phillips stalling the fight.
Phillips's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Raimi lands a slapping body shot.
Phillips swings and misses with a hook to the body.
As Phillips backs off Raimi throws a huge counter combo but Phillips manages to avoid it all.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raimi throws a shot to the body.
A left lands for Raimi.
Phillips with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Phillips with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Phillips moves into range and clinches up with Raimi.
Phillips is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Phillips lands a left hand that snaps the head of Raimi backwards.
Raimi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Phillips lands a shot to the body.
Phillips just leaning against Raimi, taking a breather.
Raimi working hard to break the clinch.
Phillips scores with a shot to the side of Raimi's head.
Raimi tries to circle away but Phillips has him pinned against the cage.
Phillips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Phillips has Raimi pressed against the cage, preventing Raimi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nice body punch from Phillips - that landed with a thud.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Raimi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raimi is trying to push Phillips away but Phillips has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Raimi is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Raimi tries to break the clinch but Phillips is controlling the position.
Raimi has had enough of the clinch but Phillips keeps him there for the moment.
Raimi working hard to break the clinch.
Phillips scores with a shot to the side of Raimi's head.
Raimi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Phillips lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Phillips.
Phillips scores with a hook to the body.
Phillips has had enough of the clinch but Raimi keeps him there for the moment.
Raimi tries to circle away but Phillips has him pinned against the cage.
Raimi lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Phillips keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raimi's efforts to push away.
Phillips breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A punch combination from Phillips misses.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Phillips is breathing heavily.
Phillips prevents Raimi from breaking the clinch.
Raimi takes a shot to the head.
Raimi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Raimi is looking to break free of the clinch but Phillips has double underhooks.
Phillips tries to work over Raimi's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Raimi is trying to break the clinch but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Phillips lands a left hand.
Raimi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raimi is trying to break free.
Phillips holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Nice body punch from Phillips - that landed with a thud.
Raimi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raimi tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Phillips's elbow.
Raimi working hard to break the clinch.
Raimi goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Phillips is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Phillips lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Raimi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Raimi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Raimi is trying to stall.
Nice body punch from Phillips.
Raimi is looking to control Phillips's arms but Phillips gets an underhook and turns him. Now Raimi has his back to the cage.
A short body shot lands from Phillips as the two fighters clinch.
Phillips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Raimi is trying to break the clinch but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Raimi tries to stall but Phillips uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Phillips digs a right hand underneath Raimi's ribcage. Raimi let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Phillips lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Phillips keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raimi's efforts to push away.
Raimi wants to break the clinch but can't.
Raimi working aggressively here.
Phillips stalling the fight.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Phillips dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Raimi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Phillips seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Phillips ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Phillips moves into the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Phillips.
Raimi is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Phillips is keeping busy.
A shot in the inside from Phillips.
Russell Phillips has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Phillips is stalling here.
Phillips has Raimi pressed against the cage.
Phillips is leaning against Raimi and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips lands with a short shot to the head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Phillips.
Raimi is trying to maintain a safe position but Phillips gets an underhook and turns Raimi into the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Phillips takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Phillips leaning his opponent against the cage.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Phillips for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure.
A hook to the body from Phillips.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
A bit of stalling here from Phillips.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Russell Phillips.
Phillips scores with a jab. Raimi acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Phillips clinches.
Phillips lands a nice shot to the body.
Phillips blocks an uppercut.
Phillips has Raimi pressed against the cage, preventing Raimi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Phillips lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Come on Phillips - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Raimi looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Phillips is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Raimi can do to turn this around?
Stalling in the clinch from Phillips.
Phillips lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Raimi backwards.
Raimi wants to break free but Phillips has control.
A nice right hand lands inside from Phillips.
Raimi is looking to break free of the clinch but Phillips has double underhooks.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Raimi misses with a hook to the ribs.
Phillips is trying to push Raimi away but Raimi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Phillips working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Phillips wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Raimi has him pressed against the cage.
Phillips lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Raimi or not.
Raimi tries to break free but Phillips pushes him back against the cage.
Phillips controlling the action here for a moment.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Phillips pushes Raimi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Phillips misses with a punch to the body.
Raimi wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Raimi is trying to force a seperation but Phillips has the dominant position.
Raimi swings wildly with an uppercut but Phillips uses good head movement to avoid it.
Raimi wants to get back to striking at distance but Phillips won't allow it.
Phillips tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Raimi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Phillips lands a nice uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Phillips stalling in the clinch.
Raimi wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Raimi is trying to break the clinch but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Raimi can't break the clinch.
A short left from Phillips.
Phillips lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Raimi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Phillips.
Raimi wants to stall.
Raimi is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Raimi is persisting with his attempts to control the action in the clinch, rather than do any real damage.
Raimi is trying to push Phillips away but Phillips has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Phillips struggles to land a body shot inside as Raimi controls his hands.
Phillips lands a body shot in the clinch.
Raimi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Raimi trying to stall but Phillips improves his position.
Phillips working some nice short punches in the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Phillips.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A hook to the body from Phillips.
Phillips lands a hook that snaps the head of Raimi backwards.
Phillips lands a body shot in the clinch.
Raimi is trying to break the clinch but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Phillips cracks Raimi with a nice body shot.
Phillips breaks the clinch.
Phillips staying out of range there.
Raimi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Phillips eats them both and turns towards Raimi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Raimi, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Phillips digs a good hook to Raimi's body.
Raimi throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Phillips sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Sam Raimi seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Phillips instigates a clinch.
Raimi misses with a punch to the body.
Phillips lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Raimi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phillips throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raimis head.
Phillips lands a shot to the body.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Russell Phillips dominated that second round.
That's time! Phillips's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. And we move into the final round!
Raimi shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Phillips eats them both and turns towards Raimi to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Phillips closes the distance and clinches.
Raimi wants to break free but Phillips has control.
Raimi looking to stall.
Phillips lands a nice shot to the body.
Phillips lands a body shot.
Phillips blocks an uppercut.
Raimi is trying to push Phillips away but Phillips has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Phillips lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Raimi struggles to land a body shot inside as Phillips controls his hands.
Phillips softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Phillips works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
Phillips digs a right hand into Raimi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Raimi's gas tank.
A short right from Phillips.
Still in the clinch, Phillips scores with a nice short uppercut.
Raimi misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Phillips.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Phillips throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Raimis head.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Raimi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Phillips working hard to break the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Phillips.
Phillips lands a body punch in the clinch.
Raimi misses with the head strike.
Raimi misses with a short punch on the inside.
Phillips works on Raimi's body with a couple of short punches.
Phillips stalls.
Phillips has Raimi pressed against the cage, preventing Raimi from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Raimi is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Raimi is trying to force a seperation but Phillips has the dominant position.
Phillips stalling against the cage.
Phillips is stalling here.
Raimi is trying to maintain a safe position but Phillips gets an underhook and turns Raimi into the cage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Phillips lands a body punch.
A shot in the inside from Phillips.
Nice body punch from Phillips.
Phillips is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Raimi taking a breather.
Phillips digs a right hand into Raimi's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Raimi's gas tank.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Phillips.
Phillips pushes Raimi back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Phillips.
Phillips working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Phillips.
Raimi wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Phillips has him pressed against the cage.
Raimi working hard to break the clinch.
A right hook to the body lands for Phillips.
Phillips wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Raimi has him pressed against the cage.
Raimi has a couple of punches blocked by Phillips.
Phillips lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Raimi.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short right from Phillips.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Phillips.
Raimi swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Phillips slowing the pace effectively.
Raimi being controlled against the cage.
Raimi wants to get back to striking at distance but Phillips won't allow it.
Phillips wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
A nice left hand lands by Phillips.
Phillips blocks a body shot from Raimi.
Phillips blocks an uppercut.
Phillips tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Raimi's elbow.
Phillips tries a body shot but Raimi blocks it.
Raimi tries to break the clinch but Phillips is controlling the position.
A right hook to the body lands for Phillips.
Phillips prevents a body shot from Raimi.
Phillips breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Phillips pushes Raimi up against the cage in a clinch.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Phillips tries to throw a body punch but Raimi avoids it by throwing Phillips back against the cage.
Phillips keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raimi's efforts to push away.
Phillips stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Phillips lands a nice uppercut.
Phillips lands with a left to the head.
Phillips makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Phillips keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Raimi's efforts to push away.
Phillips lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Raimi or not.
Raimi is looking to break free of the clinch but Phillips has double underhooks.
Phillips holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Good body shot from Phillips.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Raimi prevents Phillips from breaking the clinch.
A short right from Phillips.
Sam Raimi has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Russell Phillips is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Raimi is trying to break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
Russell Phillips showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Phillips, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Russell Phillips!
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight for Russell Phillips!
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight for Russell Phillips!
Russell Phillips wins by unanimous decision!
Russell Phillips decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Sai Zane (ranked 4972 p4p, 458 weight class) and Cedric Corolt (ranked 5242 p4p, 0 weight class). Sai Zane has the edge in experience - let's see if he can make that count tonight.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Sai Zane!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cedric Corolt!
The judges for this bout are Robert Twigg, Daniel Franklin and Tiny Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Zane tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Corolt defends well and Zane ends up having to push Corolt into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Corolt! But no joy.
Corolt ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Jab from Corolt.
Cedric Corolt seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Corolt throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Zane sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Zane slips under a jab.
Zane's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Corolt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zane scrambles back to his feet.
A big left from Corolt misses.
Nice defenses there by Zane.
Zane slips a jab from Corolt.
Zane is looking to counter the offense by Corolt and move into the clinch.
Zane's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Corolt connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Zane scrambles back to his feet.
Zane shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Corolt sprawls well. Corolt wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Zane gets slowly back to his feet.
Corolt drops Zane with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Zane looks back up at him and smiles so Corolt waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Zane is rocked!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Zane tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Corolt looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Corolt thuds a left hand into Zane's body.
Corolt gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Zane to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Zane controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Zane stopping the sweep attempt from Corolt.
Zane showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Zane wants to stand but Corolt has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Zane controlling from the top position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Corolt lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Cedric Corolt is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheers as Corolt lands an impressive looking overhand right. Zane doesn't seem phased though.
Zane closes the distance and clinches up with Corolt, looking for a takedown. Zane pushes Corolt against the cage but Corolt circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Sai Zane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Zane has Corolt up against the cage in a clinch.
Corolt throws a punch but it's blocked by Zane.
Zane manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Zane is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Corolt really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Zane. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Corolt is sitting in close to Zane's body. Zane has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Corolt is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Corolt is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Zane.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Sai Zane!
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