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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 15, 2019 |
#R1#
Natiu closes the distance and lands a one-two.#CUT2#
It looks like Peter Sherman has been cut.
Natiu scores with a push kick.
Sherman really is a fat lump.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#TD2#
Natiu pulls guard successfully.
Sherman loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Sherman working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #SU#
Sherman stands and steps away. Natiu gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. #CL2#
Natiu pushes Sherman up against the cage in a clinch.#BC#
Sherman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sherman stuffs the takedown attempt from Natiu. Natiu gets slowly back to his feet.
Sherman misses with a body shot.
Sherman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Natiu moves away.#T1##CL2#
Sherman gets tackled into the cage by Natiu. Natiu maintains the clinch. #BC#
Sherman manages to break the clinch.
Sherman tries to close the distance and clinch but Natiu swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Sherman on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. #CL2#
Natiu gets in close and instigates a clinch. #TD#
Sherman jumps into guard, dragging Natiu to the mat.
Natiu throws an elbow that misses. Sherman uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Natiu's guard. Nice move by Sherman!#REVR#
Sherman scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Natiu not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Natiu keeping moving, preventing Sherman from controlling successfully. #T2#
Natiu seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Sherman postures up and lands a big shot to Natiu's brow.
Sherman postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. #SU#
Sherman decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Natiu, up you get!
Natiu shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Sherman pinned against the cage. Sherman gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sherman swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.#CL2#
Natiu gets a clinch. #T3#
Natiu's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.#TD2#
Natiu gets control of Sherman's arms and successfully pulls guard. Natiu will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.#SU#
Sherman gets to his feet and steps away from his opponent.
A nice combination there by Natiu.
Peter Sherman is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Natiu misses with the combination.
#CL#
Sherman clinches with his opponent.
#T4##BC#
Sherman breaks the clinch.
Sherman dodges the punch combination from Natiu.
Sherman appears to be looking for a counter punch to the body.
Natiu throws a head kick that misses #CL#
and Sherman counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Sherman. #BC#
Sherman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Natiu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Sherman takes a step back to recover.
Sherman throws a body punch but Natiu moves out of range.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL2#
Natiu moves into the clinch.#BC#
Sherman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sherman tries to clinch but Natiu moves out of range. #CL2#
Natiu has taken the fight to the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jonathan Natiu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Peter Sherman's cut.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
A chopping leg kick lands by Natiu.
Sherman throws a body punch but Natiu moves out of range.
Natiu looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Natiu fails with a takedown attempt.
Natiu falls off balance throwing a combination
and Sherman counters with a two punch combo.
Sherman motions for Natiu to come forward. Sherman throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sherman swinging wildly here.
Natiu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sherman as he jumps to the side. #T1#
Natiu throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Sherman misses with a body kick.
Jonathan Natiu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Natiu lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Sherman backs up against the cage.
Natiu looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Sherman is fending him off so far but Natiu persists. Nope, Sherman circles away and we're back to standing.
Peter Sherman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Natiu.
Sherman shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down. #CL2#
Natiu rushes Sherman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#BC#
Sherman breaks from the clinch.
Sherman stuffs the takedown attempt from Natiu. Natiu gets slowly back to his feet. #CL2#
Natiu gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#T2#
Still in the clinch, Natiu scores with a nice short uppercut.#BC#
Sherman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL2#
Natiu rushes Sherman and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Natiu is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Natiu is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Sherman is defending well.
Natiu is breathing heavily.#BC#
Sherman breaks from the clinch.
Natiu fails with a takedown attempt.
Jonathan Natiu seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Sherman throws a body shot but no joy. #CL2#
Natiu closes the distance and pushes Sherman back into the cage.#BC#
Sherman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Jonathan Natiu is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#T3#
Natiu avoids the body shot from Sherman.
Natiu swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Natiu is looking to land body kicks.
A counter left hand to the body from Sherman misses its target.#CL2#
Natiu moves into the clinch.#BC#
Sherman pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL2#
Natiu has taken the fight to the clinch.
#TD2#
Natiu pulls Sherman into guard.
#SU#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sherman decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Sherman throws a head kick that misses.
Natiu steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Sherman.
Natiu goes for a double leg but Sherman avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Sherman continues to drive forward.#CL2#
Natiu gets in close and instigates a clinch. #T4##BC2#
Natiu breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Natiu throws a half hearted mid kick.
Sherman fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Natiu manages to avoid it.
Sherman throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Natiu shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Sherman as he jumps to the side.
Natiu shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Sherman but Sherman pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Sherman throws a quick counter kick to the body but Natiu avoids it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Sherman throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
As Sherman backs off Natiu throws a huge counter combo but Sherman manages to avoid it all.
Sherman loads up on a big right hand but Natiu slips the punch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Jonathan Natiu will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Peter Sherman's cut.
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##CL2#
Natiu has managed to clinch.
#BC#
Sherman breaks from the clinch.
Natiu blocks the body kick.
Sherman slaps away a takedown attempt from Natiu, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Natiu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Sherman's waist but Sherman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Natiu off to one side.
Sherman thinks about countering with a head kick.
Natiu plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Natiu looks for a takedown but Sherman sprawls well.
Peter Sherman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jonathan Natiu.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Natiu with a poor takedown
and Sherman counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Natiu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#CL2#
Natiu pushes Sherman up against the cage in a clinch.#T1#
Sherman throws an elbow that misses.
#BC#
Sherman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Sherman tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Natiu was well out of range. Poor timing from Sherman.
Natiu wants to counter the offense by Sherman and move into the clinch position.
Sherman misses with a body shot.
Natiu avoids the body shot from Sherman.
#CL#
Sherman clinches up with Natiu and pushes him back against the cage.
Sherman is pressed up against the cage. Natiu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Sherman down to the mat. Sherman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance. #CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Sherman creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Natiu is trying to pull guard but Sherman turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.#TD#
Sherman pulls guard successfully.
#T2##SUB#
Sherman working for a triangle but Natiu defends it easily.
Natiu stops Sherman from standing up.
Natiu is looking to work some ground and pound but Sherman has wrist control.#SUB#
Natiu got a little sloppy there for a moment and Sherman has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Natiu has managed to get both his arms back between Sherman's legs - danger averted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Natiu missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Natiu looking to sit in guard and control but Sherman gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR##T3#
Sherman throws a strike but Natiu rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
Sherman keeping moving, preventing Natiu from controlling successfully.
Natiu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Natiu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Natiu with a flurry of punches that miss.
Sherman working a defensive guard but Natiu manages to pass into side control anyway.
Sherman is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Natiu off and has taken his back!#T4#
Sherman missing with strikes.
Sherman throwing damaging strikes from the back! Natiu could be in trouble here!
Sherman is working the ground and pound. Can Natiu escape?#SUB#
Sherman looking for the choke but no joy.
Natiu trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
And that's the end of the fight!
Peter Sherman showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Natiu 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 Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
Judge Wagner Zegers scores the fight 28:29
Judge Nard Betker scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jonathan Natiu!
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