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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 08, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!#CL2#
Cantu closes the distance and clinches.
Selman lands a nice elbow.
Selman unloads a knee to the mid-section. Cantu lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh. #BC#
Selman escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Nice takedown defense from Selman. No joy for Cantu on that attempt.
Cantu misses with a looping right.
Cantu lands a leg kick that knocks Selman off balance momentarily.#CL#
Selman closes the distance and pushes Cantu back into the cage.
Selman tries to circle away but Cantu has him pinned against the cage.
Cantu prevents a body shot from Selman. #TD#
Selman manages to pull guard.
Selman is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Cantu is controlling him. #SUB#
Selman had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Cantu defends it easily.
Cantu trying to control but Selman is working from the bottom. #T1#
Selman has a closed guard, preventing Cantu from standing up.
Cantu works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Cantu perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Cantu lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Cantu is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.#T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Selman wants to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Cantu is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Selman doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Cantu.
Cantu working Selman over with strikes.
Cantu wants to stand but Selman has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Selman trying to hold on to Cantu's head to control him but Cantu postures up.
#T3#
Cantu wants to lay and pray for a moment but Selman keeps working. #SUB2#
Cantu seems to be working for a kimura but Selman defends the submission attempt.
Cantu slips a nice elbow through Selman's hands, connecting with Selman's forehead.
Cantu seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Cantu missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Cantu fails with the takedown.#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.#CL2#
Cantu clinches up with Selman and pushes him back against the cage.
Selman misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Cantu looking to stall.
Selman has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Cantu is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Selman jumps guard but Cantu turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing. #TD#
Selman gets control of Cantu's arms and successfully pulls guard. Selman will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Cantu preventing the sweep.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cantu is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Romeo Cantu will probably get the nod.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Cantu throws a leg kick which misses Selman's front leg but catches the back leg as Selman tries to avoid it.
Selman scores with a nice body kick.
#TD#
Selman feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Cantu utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Selman slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Selman pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cantu is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cantu is trying to control the position but Selman postures up.
Cantu might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Selman haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.#T1#
Cantu 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.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Cantu trying to control the position here. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#CL2#
Cantu moves into the clinch successfully.
#BC#
Selman breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
Selman gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Selman gets underhooks to prevent Cantu's takedown attempt.
#T2##BC#
Selman breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Cantu leaves Selman with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Cantu shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Selman sprawls well. Selman wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Cantu gets slowly back to his feet.
Selman feinted with a counter takedown.
Selman throws a series of punches but Cantu moves out of range.
Selman misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Selman leaves Cantu with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Jack Selman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romeo Cantu.#T3##CL#
Selman closes the distance and clinches.#BC#
Selman's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Selman throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Cantu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Selman's knee momentarily.
Jack Selman is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Cantu throws a nice head kick!
Cantu shoots in looking for a takedown. Selman tries to sprawl out of it but Cantu keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Selman manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. #CL#
Selman has taken the fight to the clinch.
#T4##TD#
Selman drags the fight down to the ground.
Cantu is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Cantu loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Cantu lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Cantu lands a couple of elbows.
Cantu throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB2#
Cantu is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Selman is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Selman dominated that second round.
That's time! Selman's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!#R3#
Selman slaps away a takedown attempt from Cantu, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Cantu connects with a crisp jab. #TD#
Selman closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Cantu's guard.#ES2#
Cantu is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Cantu is trying to drag Selman to the mat but Selman just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Selman tries to pull guard but Cantu holds him up against the cage and eventually Selman drops back down to his feet.
#TD#
Selman manages to pull guard.
#T1#
Selman wants to sweep but no luck.
Cantu controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cantu trying to control the position from guard on top but Selman is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cantu with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Selman keeping moving, preventing Cantu from controlling successfully.
Cantu tries to free his leg and advance position but Selman is retaining full guard. #T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Selman looking to hit a scissor sweep but Cantu is one step ahead there. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Cantu throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Selman's waist but Selman gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Cantu off to one side.
Jack Selman has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Romeo Cantu.
Cantu takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Selman lands a head kick!
Selman fails with a takedown attempt.
Selman tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Cantu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Cantu is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.#CL#
Selman rushes Cantu and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cantu throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Selman tries for a takedown. No joy.
#T3#
Selman is pressed up against the cage. Cantu has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Selman down to the mat. Selman avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Selman tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Cantu defends well and Selman ends up having to push Cantu into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A nice inside leg kick there by Cantu. That's going to slow Selman down.
Cantu shoots in for a takedown but Selman shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Cantu moves into range and lands a nice leg kick. #CL2#
Cantu clinches. #TD#
Selman manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Cantu scoring with some ground and pound.
Cantu throws a big right hand that misses. #SUB2#
Cantu thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position. #T4#
Cantu works over Selman with some ground and pound from guard.#SUB#
Selman working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Cantu has passed into half guard!
Selman on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Cantu looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Selman with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Selman taking some punishment here, with Cantu in his half guard.
Selman tries to get to full guard but Cantu has control of the leg.
And that's the end of the fight!
Romeo Cantu comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Cantu 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 Chris Edwards scores the fight 28:29
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 29:28
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw! |
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