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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 17, 2018 |
#R1#
Good exchange - Barbosa coming out on top.
Covington with a lazy takedown attempt
and Barbosa counters with a one-two to the body.
Barbosa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Barbosa fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Covington on the side of the head.
Covington walks into a jab.
Barbosa keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Covington moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
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!
Covington fails with the takedown.
Colby Covington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Covington swings for the body but Barbosa moves out of range.
Barbosa throws a big counter head kick but Covington avoids it with no problem.
Barbosa feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Covington collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Daniel Barbosa!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, Daniel Barbosa made sure he mentioned Zenith Nutrition (160q/$200), along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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Event:
TWGC 23 (185lbs, D3): Sydney Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Dec 08, 2018 |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Colby Covington (ranked 23232 p4p, 0 weight class) and Yannick Bossway (ranked 3801 p4p, 0 weight class). Covington has a slight injury, which hopefully won't affect the fight too much. Yannick Bossway is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Colby Covington! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Yannick Bossway!
The judges for this bout are Topper Green, Hugh Johnson and Skip Squint.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Covington gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Covington is breathing heavily.
Bossway is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Covington is defending well.
Covington has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Bossway after a bit of a struggle.
Bossway drops down looking for an ankle pick but Covington pulls his leg out and moves away.
Bossway tries to clinch but Covington is having none of it.
Covington closes the distance and clinches.
Bossway pulls guard successfully.
Covington looking to pass the guard.
Covington trying to control the position from guard on top but Bossway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Bossway had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Covington defends it easily.
Covington wants to control from the top but Bossway keeps moving.
Covington got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bossway has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Covington has managed to get both his arms back between Bossway's legs - danger averted.
Bossway has his foot on Covington's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Covington works his way back into a safe position though.
Bossway had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Covington defends it easily.
Bossway tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Covington slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Bossway is trying to keep Covington in close.
Bossway working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Covington doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Covington manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Covington trying to control the position from guard on top but Bossway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bossway is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Covington defends well.
Covington got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bossway has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Covington has managed to get both his arms back between Bossway's legs - danger averted.
Bossway keeping moving, preventing Covington from controlling successfully.
Bossway not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bossway is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Bossway looking for a guillotine here but Covington defends easily.
Bossway looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Covington passes into half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Covington is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Bossway defends it well.
Bossway is not content to let Covington control the position.
Bossway keeping hold of Covington's head, controlling as best he can.
Bossway wants to improve his position but Covington is controlling well.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bossway is staying active underneath Covington, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Bossway looking for submissions off his back.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Covington in particular looking to stall.
Bossway is trying to get back to full guard.
Covington is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bossway is trying to maintain the position but Covington is very close to passing his half guard.
Covington is working for a kimura but Bossway is defending it quite comfortably.
Bossway slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Bossway controls Covington momentarily but Covington frees himself.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bossway is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Covington trying to control but Bossway is working from the bottom.
Bossway is looking for a triangle but Covington pushes his legs off easily.
Bossway is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Bossway seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Covington postures up.
Covington avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Covington drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Covington jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Covington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bossway swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Covington's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Covington trying to control the position from guard on top but Bossway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Bossway wants to sweep but no luck.
Bossway seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Bossway has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Covington can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Bossway keeping moving, preventing Covington from controlling successfully.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Covington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bossway swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Covington trying to control the position from guard on top but Bossway is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Covington stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Bossway swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bossway keeping moving, preventing Covington from controlling successfully.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Covington got a little sloppy there for a moment and Bossway has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Covington has managed to get both his arms back between Bossway's legs - danger averted.
Covington trying to control but Bossway is working from the bottom.
Covington engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Covington avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bossway keeping moving, preventing Covington from controlling successfully.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Bossway controls Covington momentarily but Covington frees himself.
Covington trying to control but Bossway is working from the bottom.
Bossway keeping full guard, as Covington tries to pass.
Bossway has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Bossway wants to sweep here but Covington controlling him for the moment.
Bossway is trying to control the position but Covington postures up.
Covington might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Covington is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Covington trying to control but Bossway is working from the bottom.
Bossway is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Bossway gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 05, 2018 |
#R1##CL2#
Wiremu forces Covington back against the cage and clinches.
Wiremu lands an uppercut.
Covington tries for a takedown. No joy.
A shot in the inside from Wiremu.
Wiremu scores with a nice hook to the head.
Wiremu makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
A hook to the body from Wiremu.
Wiremu lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Wiremu throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Covingtons head.
Wiremu stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Covington is breathing heavily.
Wiremu lands a right hand that snaps the head of Covington backwards.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Wiremu lands a left hand that snaps the head of Covington backwards.
Wiremu has Covington pressed against the cage, preventing Covington from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Wiremu lands a right hand.
Wiremu lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Wiremu lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Covington to his knees! Wiremu keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Aloysius Wiremu!
Aloysius Wiremu seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Oct 05, 2018 |
#R1#
Covington keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Her.
Her scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Jab from Her.
Her fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Covington manages to avoid it.
Covington misses with a two punch combination.
Her lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Her throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Her throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Covington throws a lazy right hand but Her sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Her looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Covington swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Her counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Her ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Covington moves away.
As Her looks to move away, Covington throws a big counter combo but Her just gets out of the way.
Her fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Her takes a swing at Covington's ribcage but misses.
A little feinted left hand from Covington on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Colby Covington seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Covington ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Her moves away.
Her steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Covington.
Covington throws a lazy right hand but Her sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Her is looking for the big counter here.
Her stuffs the takedown attempt from Covington. Covington gets slowly back to his feet. #T1##TD#
Covington gets a double leg takedown into Her's guard.#ES2#
Her scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Covington is breathing heavily.
Her lands an overhand right.#CL#
Covington rushes Her and presses him up against the cage.
Her goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Her throws a head punch that misses.
Covington is trying to force a seperation but Her has the dominant position.
Covington blocks an uppercut.
Covington wants to stall.
Her presses Covington against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A head punch on the inside from Her fails to land. #T2#
Her lands a nice uppercut.
Her lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Covington goes for a takedown in the clinch but Her prevents it.
Covington blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Covington is trying to stall.
Covington stalling against the cage.
Covington tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Colby Covington. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Her pushes Covington back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Her stalling.
#T3#
Her digs a right hand underneath Covington's ribcage. Covington let out a lung full of air as it connected.
A nice left hand lands by Her.
Her misses with a hook to the ribs.
Her scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Her gets through Covington's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Her looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Covington blocking some punches.
Her tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Her is trying to break the clinch but Covington is controlling him.
Her wants to break free but Covington has control.
Her working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Covington is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Her is defending well.
Her working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.#T4#
Her tries to break free but Covington pushes him back against the cage.
Her lands a nice uppercut.
Her lands with a right to the head.
Her misses with a hook from the clinch.
Her misses with some punches.
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!
Covington blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Her lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Covington backwards.
Her lands a body shot.
Her stalls.
Her misses with a punch to the body.
Still in the clinch, Her scores with a nice short uppercut.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Box Her dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Covington fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Her tries to clinch but Covington moves out of range.
Her swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Covington needs to keep his hands up - Her had a free shot at his head there.
Her tries to clinch but Covington is having none of it.
Her is throwing a lot of body shots here, looking to wear down Covington rather than just go for the knockout.
Her throws a hook to the side of Covington's head but Covington sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Her lands a jab.
Covington missing with a left hand there. Her was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Covington misses with a hook.
Covington throws a right hand that Her ducks under and follows up with a left that Her also avoids with ease.
A punch combination from Her misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Some wild striking there from Her.
Her lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Covington at a distance.
Covington looks to land a right hand but Her moved out of range.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#T1#
Covington tries to move into range but Her moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Her uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Covington.
Her misses with a body shot.
Some wild striking there from Her.
Her fails in his attempt to clinch.
Covington fails with the takedown.
Her throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Covington on the side of the head.
Covington misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Her.
Her jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Her lands with an overhand left.
Covington catches Her with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!#T2#
Covington takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Covington takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Her takes a swing at Covington's ribcage but misses.
As Her looks to move away, Covington throws a big counter combo but Her just gets out of the way.
Her scores with a punch to the head.
Her swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Covington.#ROC2#
Covington is rocked!
Today's fight clock is brought to you by... OOOH that's a huge shot by Her! Covington is in big trouble here - the ref steps in to save him and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Box Her!
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Event:
TWGC 22 (170lbs, D4): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1
Date: Aug 02, 2018 |
Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Colby Covington (ranked 6306 p4p, 0 weight class) and Gilbert Valur (ranked 3934 p4p, 393 weight class). Valur comes into a darkened arena with his song building. David Bowie - Let's Dance kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Gilbert Valur is the more experienced fighter, so let's see if that makes a difference tonight.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Colby Covington! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 3 losses; Gilbert Valur!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Trevor Gratis and William Peck.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Covington stuffs the takedown.
The fight stays on the outside here - Covington looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Valur shoots in for a double leg but Covington sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Covington is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Valur's half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Covington (2) vs (0) Valur
Valur felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
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.
Covington is looking to pass to full mount but he's left his head exposed in the process. Valur has locked up a guillotine and regained full guard. He's really cranking on it - this could be the end! Is it? Is it? No... YES! YES! He's tapped! I didn't think he was going to get it there for a minute but he did! Well done Valur! He waited for his chance and took it!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Gilbert Valur! |
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