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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 22, 2017 |
#R1#
Vettori uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Otujia.
Otujia fails with an attempt to clinch.
Otujia tries to close the distance and clinch but Vettori swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Otujia shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Vettori but Vettori pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Otujia checks the leg kick nicely there.
Otujia takes a kick to the side of the head.
Vettori has been working on his striking defense in training and it's paying off as Otujia is landing a low percentage of strikes.
Vettori throws a leg kick which misses Otujia's front leg but catches the back leg as Otujia tries to avoid it. #CL2#
Vettori moves into the clinch.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Vettori lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Otujia or not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vettori misses with the head strike.
Vettori softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Vettori misses with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Otujia tries to pull guard but Vettori won't allow it.
#T1#
Nice body punch from Vettori.
Otujia blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A short left from Vettori.
Otujia tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Vettori smiles and moves away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Otujia. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Otujia closes this distance looking for a takedown but Vettori circles away.
Otujia is breathing heavily.
Vettori bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
Otujia on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Vettori. Vettori obviously looking to wear him down.
Otujia doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Vettori counters with a low kick, right behind Otujia 's knee.
Vettori throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Otujia's head.#CUT2#
It looks like David Otujia has been cut.#KD2#
Vettori lands a big head kick that sends Otujia tumbling to the mat! Vettori takes a step backwards and waves Otujia back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC2#
Otujia is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL2#
Vettori has taken the fight to the clinch.
Vettori lands a nice shot to the body.
Vettori working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vettori can't find room to land a body shot as Otujia controls the action.
Vettori lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vettori is working Otujia over against the cage.#T2#
Vettori lands a body punch.
Vettori tries to throw a body punch but Otujia avoids it by throwing Vettori back against the cage.
Vettori tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A short right from Vettori.
Vettori lands a left hand that snaps the head of Otujia backwards.
Vettori working aggressively here.
Vettori pushes Otujia back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vettori.
Vettori lands with a right to the head.
Vettori lands a shoulder strike.
A nice right hand lands inside from Vettori.
Vettori misses with a hook from the clinch.
Vettori lands a nice shot to the body.
Vettori lands a right hand that snaps the head of Otujia backwards.
Vettori lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Vettori scores with a shot to the side of Otujia's head.
Vettori working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vettori misses with a punch on the inside.
#T3#
Vettori lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Otujia backwards.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Vettori.
Vettori working aggressively here.
Vettori misses with a hook from the clinch.
A short uppercut from Vettori.
A short uppercut from Vettori.
Vettori lands with a short punch from the clinch.
A shot in the inside from Vettori.
Oh Otujia is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Otujia blocks an uppercut.
Otujia seems to have got his legs back now.
Vettori throws a punch but it's blocked by Otujia.
A short uppercut from Vettori.
Vettori misses with a punch on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Vettori.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Vettori.
Vettori fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Vettori lands with a left to the head.
Vettori scores with a shoulder strike.
Vettori lands a right hand that snaps the head of Otujia backwards. #T4#
A short left from Vettori.
Vettori pushes Otujia against the cage and as Otujia bounces back, Vettori cracks him with a massive overhand right that sends him crashing to the mat! Vettori follows up with more strikes but Otujia was out from that first, devastating punch! Wow!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Tommaso Vettori!
A very excited looking Tommaso Vettori 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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