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Event:
Pulse 24
Date: May 14, 2016 |
#R1#
Kalin fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Diaz manages to avoid it.
Diaz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Diaz slaps away a takedown attempt from Kalin, before circling back to the center of the mat.#TD#
Diaz looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Kalin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Diaz is working away from the top position though.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Kalin on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalin is looking to control Diaz's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Kalin avoid being mounted?
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kalin wants to get back to his feet.
Kalin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Diaz throwing shots but Kalin is blocking nicely. #T1#
Diaz is looking to take a break and control but Kalin is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Diaz performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Diaz thows a huge punch but Kalin dodges it nicely.
Diaz is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Kalin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Diaz 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.
Diaz is thwarting Kalin's attempts to control the position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Diaz connects with a nice short shot to Kalin's temple. #T2#
Diaz thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Kalin moves into full guard.
#ES2#
Kalin kicks Diaz off and gets to his feet. #CL2#
Kalin drives through and clinches with Diaz against the ropes.
#BC#
Diaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Diaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Diaz, as that shot connected.
Kalin looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Diaz lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Kalin at a distance.
#T3#
Diaz stuffs the takedown.
Pedro Diaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alper Kalin.
Kalin looks winded!#CL2#
Kalin drives through and clinches with Diaz against the ropes.
Kalin prevents Diaz from breaking the clinch.
Diaz is trying to break the clinch but Kalin has him pressed against the ropes. #BC#
Diaz breaks the clinch.
Kalin on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Kalin fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Diaz scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Diaz scores with a body shot.
Diaz shoots for a double leg takedown but Kalin sprawls well. He's pushed Diaz's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Diaz lands a slapping body shot.
Diaz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Kalin. #T4#
Crunch! Diaz slams his shin into Kalin's torso.#CL#
Diaz has Kalin up against the ropes in a clinch.
Diaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#BC#
Diaz breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Diaz lands a nice shot to the body.
Diaz feints a jab promting Kalin to slip. Diaz then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Kalin slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.
Kalin doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Diaz misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Kalin misses with a takedown attempt - Diaz sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Pedro Diaz dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Diaz throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Kalin stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Kalin changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Diaz tries to avoid it but Kalin manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Diaz to the ground. Diaz escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Kalin shoots for a takedown but Diaz saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.#TD#
Diaz scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Kalin wants to control but Diaz postures up.
Diaz landing strikes.
Kalin takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Kalin on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Diaz misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Pedro Diaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Kalin is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Diaz asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Kalin is breathing heavily.
Kalin taking a bit of punishment here - Diaz scoring with strikes. #T1#
Kalin tries to improve position but can't.
Diaz is working Kalin over with some ground and pound from side control.
Diaz cracks Kalin with a big elbow.
Kalin takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Diaz scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Kalin to see if he's OK.
Diaz scoring with punches and elbows.
Diaz landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Diaz lands a nice forearm strike.
Check out the look on Diaz's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
#ROC#
Kalin is rocked!#T2#
Diaz connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Kalin some visible discomfort.
Kalin is still in real trouble! Can Diaz finish him?
Diaz cracks Kalin with a big right hand but Kalin just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Diaz looks up at the clock and then as Kalin takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Diaz smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Kalin tries to buck Diaz off but Diaz is having none of it.
Kalin on the wrong end of some ground and pound.
Diaz scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Kalin is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Diaz can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Pedro Diaz!
A relieved looking Pedro Diaz thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Event:
Pulse 20
Date: Apr 16, 2016 |
#R1#
Laranja keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Laranja is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Laranja shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kalin sprawls well. Kalin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Laranja gets slowly back to his feet.
Laranja tries for a takedown but Kalin sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Laranja stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Laranja wants it to stay on the feet.
Kalin defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Laranja.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Renato Laranja. That's going to take a lot out of him.#CL2#
Kalin fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Laranja, pushing him back against the ropes.
Kalin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#TD2#
Kalin pulls Laranja into guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Kalin is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Laranja is aware though and is defending well.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Laranja with a nice head shot there.
Laranja stopping the sweep attempt from Kalin.#SUB#
Laranja thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. #T1#
Kalin trying to keep a closed guard but Laranja is proving a slippery customer.
Kalin working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Laranja.
Laranja sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kalin's guard.
Kalin is trying to stand.
Laranja passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Kalin!
Laranja 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.
Kalin looks winded!#SUB#
Kalin has left one of his arms exposed and Laranja doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. Kalin screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Renato Laranja!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 10, 2016 |
#R1##TD2#
Kalin shoots in and bounces Leblanc off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Leblanc might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Kalin throwing strikes but missing.
Leblanc not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kalin scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Leblanc seems keen to control Kalin's posture.
Leblanc's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kalin is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound. #T1#
Kalin is stalling in the full guard.
Leblanc lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Leblanc is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kalin not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Kalin keeping moving, preventing Leblanc from controlling successfully. #SUB2#
Kalin working for submissions but it's allowed Leblanc to get to half guard.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Kalin can do anything to dispel that myth.#T2#
Leblanc stalling.
Kalin avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Leblanc.
Kalin is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leblanc not doing much here.
Kalin trying to control from the bottom.
Leblanc content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Kalin has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Leblanc is working away from the top position though.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#T3#
Leblanc shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Kalin eats them both and turns towards Leblanc to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.#CL2#
Kalin clinches up against the cage.
Leblanc can't break the clinch.
Kalin dodges an elbow strike from Leblanc.
Leblanc managing to block the knees to the body from Kalin.
#BC#
Leblanc's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Leblanc misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Left hook, right uppercut from Leblanc.
Kalin throws a sloppy head kick and Leblanc moves out of range easily. #T4##TD2#
Kalin throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Leblanc was covering up waiting for the punch and Kalin finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Kalin looks winded!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leblanc controlling Kalin's posture.
Leblanc looking to hit a scissor sweep but Kalin is one step ahead there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leblanc is working hard here to advance position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Danilo Leblanc dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Kalin tries a head kick but it misses.
#TD2#
Leblanc gets caught napping as Kalin dives in and scores a takedown. Leblanc manages to retain guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Leblanc holds on and takes a little breather.
Kalin is looking to work some ground and pound but Leblanc has wrist control.
Leblanc trying to keep a closed guard but Kalin is proving a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leblanc controlling the position.#T1##REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Leblanc throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Leblanc shoots in for a takedown but Kalin shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Leblanc takes a swing at Kalin's ribcage but misses. #TD2#
Kalin shoots in and gets a takedown into Leblanc's guard.
Kalin is breathing heavily.
Kalin is stalling in the full guard.
Kalin preventing the sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T2#
Kalin is looking to advance position but Leblanc has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!#REVR#
Leblanc putting on the heat here with some good ground and pound!
Leblanc wants to control the action but instead Kalin gets a body lock and reverses into Leblanc's guard! Nice work!
Kalin trying to control but Leblanc is working from the bottom.
Leblanc is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Leblanc is trying to keep Kalin in close.
#T3#
Leblanc bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Kalin's guard. #REVR#
Kalin controls Leblanc momentarily but Leblanc frees himself.
Leblanc is stalling in the full guard.
Leblanc seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Kalin for as long as he can get away with.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Kalin is trying to control the position but Leblanc postures up.
Kalin wants to stand up but Leblanc is controlling him.
Kalin is trying to control the position but Leblanc postures up.
Leblanc is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Alper Kalin will probably get the nod - 10:9.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Leblanc lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Kalin circles away quickly and effectively.
Leblanc showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Kalin.
#TD2#
Kalin fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Leblanc to the ground. Kalin is now in Leblanc's guard.
Leblanc wants to sweep but no luck.
Leblanc trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Leblanc wants to sweep here but Kalin controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Leblanc is adopting a defensive guard.
Kalin takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T1#
Kalin working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Kalin stopping the sweep attempt from Leblanc.#REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.#TD2#
Kalin scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice.
Leblanc can't do much from the bottom here.
Leblanc is trying to improve his position.#T2#
Kalin trying to control the action but Leblanc is working from the bottom.
Leblanc manages to get back to half guard.
Leblanc keeps control of the position for the meantime. #ES#
Leblanc pushes Kalin off and gets back to his feet.
Danilo Leblanc is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#T3#
Leblanc shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Kalin defends it nicely.
Kalin tries to clinch up but Leblanc circles away and keeps his distance.#TD2#
Leblanc gets caught flat footed, as Kalin shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Leblanc lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Leblanc is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#T4#
Leblanc with a nice head shot there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Leblanc not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Danilo Leblanc.
I think Leblanc has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Colin Fotheringham scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Tew scores the fight 29:28
Judge Steven Brown scores the fight 29:29
In favor of your winner, by majority decision... Danilo Leblanc!
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