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Event:
DUEL#77 Kaspar vs Holgersson
Date: Jul 01, 2017 |
#R1##CL#
Correha clinches.
Hagen can't break the clinch.
Hagen tries to stall but Correha uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Hagen is struggling to control the position.
Correha displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hagen up against the cage.
Hagen is trying to maintain a safe position but Correha gets an underhook and turns Hagen into the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagen is trying to maintain a safe position but Correha gets an underhook and turns Hagen into the cage.
Correha stalling against the cage.
Correha stalling against the cage.
#T1#
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Correha.
Hagen trying to control the position but instead, Correha has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hagen into the cage.#TD#
Correha pulls Hagen into guard.
Correha might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Correha is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Hagen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Correha has momentary wrist control but Hagen slips an elbow through the middle.
Correha keeping full guard, as Hagen tries to pass. #T2#
Hagen stopping the sweep attempt from Correha.
Hagen must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#SUB#
Correha had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hagen defends it easily.#SUB#
Correha looking for a guillotine here but Hagen defends easily.
#SUB#
Correha looking for a guillotine here but Hagen defends easily.
Hagen lands a couple of elbows.#SUB#
Correha working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hagen doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hagen manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Hagen passes Correha's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Correha wants to get back to full guard.#T3#
Correha taking some punishment here, with Hagen in his half guard. #SUB#
Correha looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nice strikes from Hagen there.
Hagen working the head and body with strikes.
Correha is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hagen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Ground and pound from Hagen.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hagen lands a nice short elbow.
Hagen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hagen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Hagen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Correha moves into full guard.
Correha looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.#SUB#
Correha is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #T4#
Correha wants to sweep but no luck.
Hagen with a nice head shot there.#SUB#
Correha looking to try and escape his hips here, looking for a submission. It looks like he's going for a triangle but Hagen is defending well. Correha quickly switches to an armbar and extends the arm! Hagen has no choice but to tap, to a very quick submission! Wow, that was lightning fast! Correha celebrates on the cage, with the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Alessio Correha!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 760 Round 3
Date: May 19, 2017 |
#R1##TD#
Hagen scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Hagen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hagen lands a nice short elbow.
Hagen 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.
Hagen keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Hagen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Hagen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Jones is trying to stand up here but Hagen is controlling him well.
Hagen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Hagen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Hagen not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. #T1#
Hagen is controlling the pace.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Hagen throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely.
Hagen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Jones is looking to escape.
The referee is pacing around the two fighters - he looks like he's thinking about a standup.
Hagen not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Jones keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hagen thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hagen winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #T2#
Hagen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Hagen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Hagen throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hagen drops an elbow to the side of Jones's head.
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Hagen sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though.
Hagen controlling the action here.
Hagen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hagen seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jones does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Still in half guard, Hagen seems content to control.
Hagen working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #T3#
Hagen thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Jones's head.
Jones looks winded!
Ground and pound from Hagen.
Hagen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jones is refusing to be controlled, as Hagen sits in half guard.
Hagen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hagen winds up and cracks Jones with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Hagen working the head and body with strikes.
Hagen slows the pace down in half guard.
Jones on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. #T4#
Hagen working Jones over with strikes.
Jones avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Hagen.
Hagen trying to control from half guard but Jones is working away.
Hagen scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Jones has hold of Hagen's hands but Hagen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Hagen wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Hagen trying to control the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Jones has hold of Hagen's hands but Hagen slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Hagen dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Hagen misses the shot to the body.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hagen swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Hagen changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Hagen is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jones sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Jones throws a low kick, looking for Hagen's leg but Hagen calmly moves out of range.
Jones works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Tom Hagen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jones throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Nice sprawl there from Jones as Hagen shoots in.
Nice uppercut lands for Jones. That snapped Hagen's head back.
Hagen fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Jones manages to avoid it.
Jones throws out a loose jab but Hagen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hagen swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Jones tries to clinch up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hagen throws a body shot but no joy.
Hagen misses with an uppercut.
Hagen fails to land the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Hagen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hagen swings for the body but Jones moves out of range.
Jones wants to counter with a clinch but Hagen pushes him away.
Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hagen paws at him with a jab and circles away.#T1#
Horrible takedown attempt by Hagen or perhaps it was just good defense by Jones, which made it look bad.
Jones lands with an overhand left.
Hagen shoots in looking for a takedown but Jones manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Hagen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Jones misses with a wild body shot.
Hagen misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.#CL2#
Jones takes the fight into the clinch.
Jones will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hagen up against the cage.
Jones is breathing heavily.
Hagen tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Jones just stands there and leans against the cage.#T2#
Hagen is trying to stall.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Hagen takes a shot to the head.
A short right from Jones on the inside.
Hagen letting Jones take a breather here.
Hagen is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Hagen fails to pull the fight into his guard.
#T3#
Hagen is looking to control Jones's arms but Jones gets an underhook and turns him. Now Hagen has his back to the cage.
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hagen tries to pull guard but Jones forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Jones lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Hagen backwards.
Jones lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Hagen backwards.
Jones effectively controlling the action here.
Jones scores with a shot to the side of Hagen's head.
Hagen trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hagen into the cage.#T4#
Jones swings wildly with an uppercut but Hagen uses good head movement to avoid it.
Jones slows down the pace here.
Jones goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hagen stalling in the clinch but Jones improves position.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Hagen's elbow.
Hagen wants to stall.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jeremy Jones 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!
#R3##CL2#
Jones drives through and clinches with Hagen against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Hagen wants to stall.
Hagen can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
Hagen looking to slow down the pace here.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Tom Hagen.
Jones tries to clinch but Hagen is having none of it.
Hagen throws a body punch but Jones moves out of range.
Hagen blocks a low kick nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones throws a shot from downtown. Hagen moves away and avoids it.
Jones fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jones scores with a body shot.
Jones throws out a leg kick but Hagen moves out of range and Jones only half commits.
Jones uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Hagen.
Hagen walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.#T1#
Hagen shoots in for a takedown but Jones shows good takedown defense. #CL2#
Jones gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Jones lands with a left to the head.
Jones scores with a shoulder strike.
Jones is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Jones is pushing Hagen up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hagen is trying to maintain a safe position but Jones gets an underhook and turns Hagen into the cage.
Jones presses Hagen against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Hagen is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.#T2#
Jones works on Hagen's body with a couple of short punches.
Jones lands a body shot in the clinch.
Jones stalling against the cage.
Hagen wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Hagen looking to stall.
Jones lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life. #T3#
Jones working some nice short punches in the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Jones.
Jones stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Jones takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Jones has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Jones lands a hook to the side of the head.
Jones taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Jones scores with a nice hook to the head.#T4#
Jones taking a breather.
Hagen trying to control the position but instead, Jones has worked for underhooks and has pushed Hagen into the cage.
Hagen tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tom Hagen. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Hagen prevents a body shot from Jones.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jones content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hagen is trying to drag Jones to the mat but Jones just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jeremy Jones comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Jones has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Alan Glass scores the fight for Jeremy Jones!
Judge Daniel Franklin scores the fight for Jeremy Jones!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Jeremy Jones!
Jeremy Jones wins by unanimous decision!
A very excited looking Jeremy Jones made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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Event:
QFC Tournament 760 Round 2
Date: May 18, 2017 |
#R1#
Bobachi throws a low kick, looking for Hagen's leg but Hagen calmly moves out of range.
Nice shot lands for Bobachi.
Bobachi throws an off balance right hand
#TD#
and Hagen counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Bobachi!
Hagen works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head.
Hagen lands a decent elbow from side control.
Hagen moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Hagen scoring with punches from side control.
Bobachi manages to work his way to half guard, despite Hagen's best efforts.
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!
Bobachi is trying to maintain the position but Hagen is very close to passing his half guard.
Hagen content to control rather than advance.
Hagen prevents Bobachi from standing back up.
#T1#
Hagen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Hagen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Hagen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. #ROC#
Bobachi is rocked!
Bobachi trying to control but Hagen postures up.
Bobachi is still in real trouble! Can Hagen finish him?
Hagen takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Nice strikes from Hagen there.
Hagen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Hagen working over Bobachi with some ground and pound. Bobachi looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Hagen is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
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. Hagen connects with a nice short shot to Bobachi's temple.
Hagen lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. #T2#
Hagen is taking a breather. Bobachi says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Bobachi seems to have recovered his senses.
Bobachi taking some punishment here, with Hagen in his half guard.
Hagen looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Bobachi is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Hagen winds up and cracks Bobachi with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Hagen lands with a punch from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Hagen lands a nice short elbow.
Hagen is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Still in half guard, Hagen seems content to control.#T3#
Hagen lands strikes from half guard.
Hagen lands a big elbow - Bobachi is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Hagen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Hagen!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 760 Round 1
Date: May 17, 2017 |
#R1#
Owusu misses with a two punch combination.
Owusu scores with a shot to the body.
Owusu lands a nice looking body shot.
Adofo Owusu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hagen thows a left - swing and a miss! #TD2#
Hagen throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Owusu was covering up waiting for the punch and Hagen finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Hagen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Owusu wants to get back to his feet but Hagen is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Hagen passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Owusu is trying to buck Hagen off.
Owusu trying desperately to get back to his feet here but he's not having any joy at all. He's going to tire himself out if he's not careful.
Hagen content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Owusu is trying to get back to his feet.
Owusu is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hagen cracks Owusu with an elbow. That is naaassty.#T1#
Check out the look on Hagen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Owusu takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Owusu is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Hagen passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Owusu!
Hagen landing strikes, looking to finish!
Hagen punishing his opponent with strikes.
Hagen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Hagen landing shots from mount.
Hagen dominating with strikes here.
Hagen controlling his opponent.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Owusu wants to try and get back to his feet.
Hagen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Owusu's face.
The referee warns Owusu that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
#T2#
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hagen scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Owusu?
Hagen dominating with strikes here.
Hagen looking to finish Owusu with some ground and pound. This is bad for Owusu!#ROC2#
Owusu is rocked!
Hagen has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Owusu's face.
Oh Owusu is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hagen with shots to the head and body - Owusu looks very uncomfortable down there.
Hagen loads up on a couple of big shots to the head that have Owusu scrambling to escape. He can't get free though and several more unanswered shots from Hagen land to the head. The referee has no choice but to stop the fight. Hagen stands and salutes the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Hagen!
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