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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
ITFL 10.2
Date: Sep 07, 2016 |
#R1#
Cane misses with a body shot.
Torkelson wants to counter with a clinch but Cane pushes him away.
Cane looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Cane throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Torkelson is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Cane with a body shot.
Cane shoots in for a takedown but Torkelson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
We've been informed that Torkelson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Darnell Cane seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Torkelson closes the distance and clinches.
Cane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Torkelson gets through Cane's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Cane blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Cane has Torkelson pressed against the cage.
Cane takes a shot to the head.
Cane fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Cane pushes Torkelson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Cane drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Torkelson gets the underhooks and prevents it.
#BC#
Cane breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A looping hook to the body misses from Torkelson. Cane does a little dance to reset his feet.
Cane takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Cane tries to close the distance and clinch but Torkelson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Cane lands a nice shot that snaps Torkelson's head back.
Balder Torkelson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#T1#
Torkelson misses the shot to the body.
Cane misses with a hook
and Torkelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Cane looks to throw the jab but Torkelson is out of range.
Torkelson is looking for the big counter here.
Cane throws a hook but Torkelson avoids it easily.
Torkelson moves into range and connects with a jab.
Decent striking displayed by Cane there.#CL#
Cane moves into the clinch.
Torkelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Torkelson scores with a shot to the side of Cane's head.
Cane looking to slow down the pace here.
Torkelson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Cane pushes Torkelson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Torkelson lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Cane misses with some punches.
Torkelson misses with some punches.
Torkelson struggles to land a body shot inside as Cane controls his hands.
#T2#
Cane throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Torkelsons head.
Torkelson lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Cane backwards.
Cane trying to stall but Torkelson improves his position.
Torkelson lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Torkelson lands with a left to the head.
Cane lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Torkelson tries a body shot but Cane blocks it.
Torkelson lands an uppercut.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Torkelson.
Torkelson presses Cane against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Torkelson.
Cane misses with some punches.
Cane has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Torkelson avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Darnell Cane. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Cane misses with the head strike.
Torkelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torkelson is struggling to control the position.
Cane softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A head punch on the inside from Cane fails to land.
A short uppercut from Torkelson.
Cane wants a takedown but no success here.
Torkelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#T3#
Cane has a couple of punches blocked by Torkelson.
A nice right hand lands inside from Torkelson.
Cane throws a punch but it's blocked by Torkelson.
Torkelson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Torkelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cane blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Cane wants to get back to striking at distance but Torkelson won't allow it.
Torkelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Torkelson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Cane throws a head punch that misses.
Torkelson lands a body punch.
Cane throws a head punch that misses.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Cane.
Torkelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cane uses good head movement to avoid it.
A head punch on the inside from Cane fails to land.
Cane is trying to drag Torkelson to the mat but Torkelson just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
A short uppercut from Torkelson.
Cane makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A head punch on the inside from Torkelson fails to land. #T4#
Torkelson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torkelson lands a body punch in the clinch.
Torkelson swings wildly with an uppercut but Cane uses good head movement to avoid it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A nice left hand lands by Cane.
#BC#
Cane manages to break the clinch.
Cane misses with a takedown attempt - Torkelson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Cane misses with a left hand #CL2#
and Torkelson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Cane lands a left hand.
A nice right hand lands inside from Torkelson.
Torkelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Torkelson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Cane working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Cane lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torkelson backwards.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cane misses with a hook from the clinch.
Cane misses with a punch on the inside.
Torkelson tries to throw a body punch but Cane avoids it by throwing Torkelson back against the cage.
Torkelson tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Cane's elbow.
Cane has a couple of punches blocked by Torkelson.
Torkelson tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balder Torkelson dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Cane is looking to clinch.
Cane rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Torkelson counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Cane is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Cane keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Torkelson misses with a looping right.
It looked like Cane wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torkelson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Cane looks to throw the jab but Torkelson is out of range.
Torkelson staying out of range there.
Cane clobbers Torkelson with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Cane misses with an uppercut. Torkelson saw that one coming.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cane lands a nice shot to the body.
Torkelson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Torkelson's jab looks to have found its range, popping Cane under the eye.
Balder Torkelson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Cane, as that shot connected.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Torkelson swings for the body but Cane moves out of range.
#T1#
Cane misses with a double jab
and Torkelson counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Cane throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Torkelson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Torkelson lands an overhand right.
Torkelson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Cane is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Cane lands a really nice looking cross but Torkelson seems unphased.
Cane throws out a powerful jab.#ROC#
Torkelson is rocked!
Torkelson misses with a body punch
and Cane counters with a huge left! Torkelson is in big trouble! He's backing up but Cane isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Torkelson from any more damage. A dominating finish by Cane!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Darnell Cane!
A very excited looking Darnell Cane rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Event:
ITFL 8.2
Date: Aug 10, 2016 |
#R1#
Torkelson misses with a low kick.
Carmody moves forwards but Torkelson connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Torkelson misses with a looping left.
Carmody drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Carmody has been working on his boxing with his coaches at GWad's Playpen in the buildup to the fight.
Torkelson misses the body punch #CL#
and Carmody counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Carmody.
Torkelson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Carmody tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carmody scores with a shoulder strike.
A left hand lands to the body for Carmody.
Carmody tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Torkelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Carmody fails to land.
Torkelson scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Torkelson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Carmody doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torkelson misses with a punch to the body.
Torkelson works on Carmody's body with a couple of short punches.#T1#
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Carmody creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Torkelson lands with a short shot to the head.
Torkelson lands a body shot.
Torkelson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
We've been informed that Torkelson has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Torkelson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Torkelson misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Carmody misses with a body punch.
Carmody lands a left hand that snaps the head of Torkelson backwards.
Torkelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torkelson lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Carmody goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Carmody blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Carmody's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Torkelson blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Torkelson prevents a body shot from Carmody.
Nice body punch from Carmody.
Torkelson lands a body punch.
Carmody tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Carmody lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A head punch on the inside from Carmody fails to land.
Carmody swings wildly with an uppercut but Torkelson uses good head movement to avoid it. #BC#
Carmody breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Carmody slips under a jab.
Torkelson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Carmody on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Carmody avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Carmody was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Torkelson scores with a shot to the body.
Torkelson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
#CUT2#
It looks like Hugo Carmody has been cut.
Torkelson throws a head kick that misses.
Torkelson misses with a wild body shot. #T3#
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Torkelson.
Carmody doesn't manage to clinch there - Torkelson circles away.
Carmody is looking to land body kicks.
Carmody takes a head kick and keeps coming.
Torkelson misses with a left hand
and Carmody counters with a straight right hand.
Torkelson connects with a looping right hand.
Carmody does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Torkelson scores with a jab to the jaw.
Torkelson throws out a loose jab but Carmody uses good head movement to avoid it.
Carmody blocks a head kick by Torkelson.
A chopping leg kick lands by Torkelson. #T4#
Torkelson tries to work over Carmody's front leg with a kick but Carmody checks it.
Carmody throws a jab but it's blocked by Torkelson.
An inside leg kick lands from Carmody.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Carmody fails with an attempt to clinch.
A swing and a miss from Torkelson.
Carmody tries to work over Torkelson's front leg with a kick but Torkelson checks it.
Torkelson misses with an uppercut.
Carmody takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Carmody drops his hands momentarily and Torkelson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Carmody lands a glancing blow to the side of Torkelson's head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balder Torkelson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Hugo Carmody's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Carmody jabs Torkelson right on the nose. Torkelson blinks but takes it well.
Torkelson misses with a body kick.
Carmody swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
A solid leg kick lands there for Torkelson.
Torkelson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Carmody blocks a head kick by Torkelson.
Torkelson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Carmody moves away.
Carmody appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Torkelson swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Carmody scores with a counter punch that sends Torkelson to the canvas! Carmody smells blood - he's punishing Torkelson with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Torkelson has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Hugo Carmody!
An out of breath Hugo Carmody thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Event:
G #26 BLACK vs NAPOLEON
Date: Jun 25, 2016 |
#R1#
A telegraphed right hand from Melendez misses the target.
Melendez throws a body kick, spinning off balance
letting Torkelson counter with a right hand.
Melendez throws a jab but it's blocked by Torkelson.
Melendez throws out a leg kick but Torkelson moves out of range and Melendez only half commits.
Torkelson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Torkelson scores with a decent looking hook.
Melendez connects with a solid leg kick.
Melendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torkelson moves away.
Torkelson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Melendez looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Melendez throws a sloppy body shot
and Torkelson counters with a nice uppercut.
Torkelson fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Melendez feints a counter leg kick.
Good standup being displayed there by Melendez as he connects with a hook.
Melendez scores with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Melendez looks to land a left hand but Torkelson moved out of range nicely.
Melendez moves in looking to clinch but Torkelson pushes him off.
Melendez dips to his left and cracks Torkelson with an uppercut!
Melendez throws a leg kick that misses. #T1#
Torkelson slips a jab from Melendez .
Melendez misses with a straight left.
Torkelson moves out of range of the strikes.
Melendez throws a poor cross that misses
and Torkelson counters with a stiff right hand.
Melendez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Melendez throws a solid leg kick but Torkelson takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Melendez .
Torkelson misses with a wild body shot.
Melendez only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Melendez closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Melendez misses with a body shot.
Melendez avoids the head kick by Torkelson.
Melendez tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Torkelson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Torkelson swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Melendez misses with a hook
and Torkelson counters with a straight right hand.
A big left from Torkelson misses.
Good leg kick by Torkelson there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Melendez does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Torkelson displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Melendez throws out the jab. #T2#
Torkelson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Torkelson avoids the body shot from Melendez .
Melendez misses with a leg kick
and Torkelson cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Melendez slips under a jab.
Torkelson throws an overhand right that lands on Melendez 's shoulder, as Melendez tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Melendez on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Melendez keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Torkelson.
Torkelson avoids the head kick by Melendez .
Torkelson takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Melendez takes a swing at Torkelson's ribcage but misses.
Melendez moves out of range of the body kick from Torkelson.
Melendez misses with an uppercut. Torkelson saw that one coming.
Torkelson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Melendez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Torkelson moves away.
Torkelson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Melendez misses with a hook to the body
and Torkelson counters with a leg kick. #T3#
Torkelson throws a lazy right hand but Melendez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
The fighters circle momentarily. Torkelson darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Torkelson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Melendez displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Torkelson throws out the jab.
Torkelson misses with a straight right.
Torkelson throws a big shot that misses.
Melendez throws a big shot that misses.
Melendez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Torkelson cracks Melendez with a good jab.
Melendez slips under a jab.
Melendez smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Melendez tries to clinch but Torkelson moves out of range.
Torkelson is looking to chop away at Melendez 's legs.
Melendez uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Torkelson.
#T4#
Torkelson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Melendez . Torkelson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Torkelson is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
That kick from Torkelson tenderised Melendez 's leg. Melendez is trying to keep his angry face on.
Melendez ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Torkelson looks to score with a jab to the body but Melendez is just out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Melendez misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Torkelson.
Torkelson bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Torkelson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Melendez .
Torkelson misses with an uppercut.
Torkelson thows a body kick. Melendez tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Torkelson is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Torkelson throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Melendez .
Melendez feints a counter leg kick.
Melendez misses with a looping right.
Torkelson misses with a hook. Melendez ducked under it nicely.
Melendez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Melendez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Melendez fails with an attempt to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Balder Torkelson dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Melendez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Torkelson keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
It looked like Torkelson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Torkelson walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Melendez checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Melendez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Torkelson moves out of range of the body kick from Melendez .
Balder Torkelson is winning the standup battle so far.
Torkelson checks the leg kick nicely there.
Torkelson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Melendez can do to turn this around?
A slow jab from Melendez misses its intended target.
Torkelson lands with a shot to the body.
Torkelson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Melendez lands with an overhand left.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Melendez moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Torkelson lets loose with a powerful body kick. Melendez will feel that in the morning.
Melendez throws a low kick but Torkelson moves out of range easily.
Torkelson tries a head kick but it misses.
Torkelson misses with a head kick.
#T1#
Torkelson blocks a head kick by Melendez .
Melendez throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Torkelson stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Torkelson swings for the body but Melendez moves out of range.
Melendez throws a lazy right hand but Torkelson sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Torkelson throws a body shot but no joy.
Melendez now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Torkelson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Melendez lands a leg kick that knocks Torkelson off balance momentarily.
Melendez looks to land a right hand but Torkelson moved out of range.
Torkelson scores with a jab. Melendez acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Melendez looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Melendez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Torkelson doesn't seem bothered though.
Melendez lands a jab.
Melendez attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.#T2#
Melendez misses with a shot to the body
and Melendez takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Melendez misses with a body kick.
Melendez pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Torkelson chopped to the floor by a nice leg kick but he springs right back up before Melendez can pounce on him.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Melendez misses with a wild body shot.
Torkelson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Melendez .
Torkelson scores with a head kick. Melendez tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Torkelson misses with a looping left.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Melendez ! But no joy.
Torkelson keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Melendez .
Melendez throws a hook but Torkelson blocks it.
Melendez scores with a jab to the body.
Torkelson lands a head kick!
A nice leg kick lands there from Torkelson. #T3#
Torkelson connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Melendez 's hands.
Torkelson takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Torkelson lands with an overhand left.#ROC#
Melendez is rocked!
Torkelson ducks under a wild hook from Melendez .
A little feinted left hand from Torkelson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Melendez is still on wobbly legs! Can Torkelson finish him?
Torkelson lands with a big right hook that stumbles Melendez - he's out on his feet here! Torkelson follows up with another monster hook that separates Melendez from consciousness! Melendez falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Torkelson stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:21 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Balder Torkelson!
An out of breath Balder Torkelson thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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