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Event:
ENIGMA 161
Date: Apr 02, 2023 |
#R1#
Herbert scores with a body shot.
Herbert misses with a series of wild punches.
Van-Plant throws a big counter combination but Herbert scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Herbert throws a jab but it's blocked by Van-Plant.
Herbert lands a jab-cross combination. #CUT2#It looks like Rico Van-Plant has been cut.
Herbert tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Van-Plant has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Herbert throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Herbert swinging wildly here.
Herbert lands with a kick to the ribs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Herbert.
Van-Plant takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herbert walks into a left hand. #T1#
Herbert fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Herbert pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Herbert keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Nice body punch from Herbert.
Van-Plant motions for Herbert to come forward. Van-Plant throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Herbert connects with an inside leg kick.
Herbert is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Herbert digs a good hook to Van-Plant's body.
Herbert throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Van-Plant sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Van-Plant went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Decent striking displayed by Herbert there.
Van-Plant tries to bum rush Herbert with a series of wild strikes but Herbert uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Herbert tries to score with a low kick but Van-Plant moves his leg out of the way.
Joey Herbert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T2#
Herbert listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Van-Plant avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Herbert throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Herbert. Van-Plant does a little dance to reset his feet.
Van-Plant throws a right and a left that Herbert avoids nicely.
Herbert's jab looks to have found its range, popping Van-Plant under the eye.
Herbert chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Van-Plant throws a head kick that misses.
Van-Plant misses with a wild combination.
Van-Plant on the wrong end of a nice jab.#T3#
Herbert fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Herbert scores with a jab to the body.
Van-Plant steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Herbert. That one must have hurt.
Herbert ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Herbert walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Herbert lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Van-Plant at a distance.
Jab, jab by Herbert - just one landing.
Herbert rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Van-Plant moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
A little feinted left hand from Van-Plant on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Herbert defending well as Van-Plant loads up on a big left hand. #KD2#
A big head kick from Herbert and Van-Plant is sent sprawling to the canvas! #ROC2#Van-Plant is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#SUB#
Herbert sitting in guard doing not very much at all here. Van-Plant doesn't need a second invitation though! He's locked up a guillotine and he's squeezing tight! That is tiiiiiiiiight! Herbert paying the price for stalling here - he's pushing hard on the arm trying to free himself but it's no use! He's tapped! WOW, quick submission from Van-Plant - great work!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Rico Van-Plant!
Rico Van-Plant was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. |
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Event:
ENIGMA 156
Date: Feb 26, 2023 |
#R1#
A low kick lands for Herbert.
Smith finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
A countering left hand to the body from Herbert misses.
Sloppy strikes from Herbert. Those never looked like landing.
Joey Herbert seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A left lands for Herbert.
Herbert is looking to score with low kicks.
Herbert scores with a leg kick.
Smith tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Herbert looks to land a left hand but Smith moved out of range nicely.
A solid leg kick lands there for Herbert.
Herbert swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Good exchange - Herbert coming out on top.
Smith misses with the body kick
letting Herbert counter with a right hand.
Smith checks the leg kick.
Both fighters circling a little - Herbert finishes the exchange with a kick to the body.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Smith misses with a shot to the body
and Herbert counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Smith scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. #T1#
Smith misses with a straight right.
Smith misses with a looping right.
Herbert tries to work over Smith's front leg with a kick but Smith checks it.
Smith is looking for a counter combo.
Smith lands with a shot to the body.
Herbert scores with a shot to the body.
Smith throws a solid leg kick but Herbert takes the impact on his shin and smiles at Smith.
Herbert unleashes a big counter combination but Smith bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
Herbert rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Smith counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Nice defenses there by Smith.
Herbert steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Smith. That one must have hurt.
Herbert throws a sloppy body shot
enabling Smith to counter with a crisp jab.
Smith cracks Herbert with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Herbert falls to his knees and Smith doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Agent Smith!
A relieved looking Agent Smith thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 02, 2021 |
#R1##CL#
Herbert rushes Hadley and presses him up against the cage.
Hadley letting Herbert take a breather here.
Herbert scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Herbert swings wildly with an uppercut but Hadley uses good head movement to avoid it.
Hadley is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Herbert pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Herbert lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Herbert lands a hook that snaps the head of Hadley backwards.
Herbert lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Herbert working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Herbert misses with a hook from the clinch.
Herbert has Hadley pushed against the cage.
Herbert working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Hadley misses with a shot to the kidneys.
#T1#
Herbert scores with a shot to the side of Hadley's head.
Herbert will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Hadley up against the cage.
Hadley letting Herbert take a breather here.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Herbert. #TD2#
Hadley jumps guard and drags Herbert to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Herbert has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Herbert postures up in Hadley's guard and throws a big left but Hadley blocks it.
Hadley has control of Herbert's left arm, preventing Herbert from doing any damage.
Hadley's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Hadley looking to hit a scissor sweep but Herbert is one step ahead there. #T2#
Herbert throwing strikes from guard but Hadley blocks nicely.
Herbert being controlled here momentarily.
Herbert throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Hadley works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Hadley not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Herbert stuffs the takedown attempt from Hadley. Hadley gets slowly back to his feet. #T3##CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Herbert lands with a left to the head.
Herbert lands a shoulder strike.
Herbert manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Herbert gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Herbert digs a right hand underneath Hadley's ribcage. Hadley let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Herbert avoiding damage.
Hadley avoiding damage as Herbert throws knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.#T4#
Hadley tries to score a body lock takedown but Herbert shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Joey Herbert has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Hadley.
Hadley wants to take the fight to the mat but Herbert manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Herbert stalling.
Herbert makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Herbert content to slow the pace in the clinch.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Joey Herbert.
Herbert lands a body shot.
#CL#
Herbert clinches with his opponent.
Herbert lands on the inside with an uppercut.
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!
Herbert controlling the action here for a moment.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
A short right from Herbert.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Joey Herbert dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Herbert, as that shot connected.
Hadley with a poor takedown
letting Herbert counter with a right hand.
Herbert scores with a three punch combo!
Herbert goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Herbert is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Hadley can do to turn this around?
Good exchange - Herbert coming out on top.
Hadley shoots in and drives through. Herbert sprawls well.
Herbert throws a leg kick which misses Hadley's front leg but catches the back leg as Hadley tries to avoid it.
Herbert lands with a shot to the body.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Herbert connects with a crisp jab.
Alex Hadley is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Hadley shoots in and drives through. Herbert sprawls well.
Joey Herbert has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Hadley.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Herbert lands a hook that snaps the head of Hadley backwards. #T1#
Herbert lands a shoulder strike.
Herbert softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Herbert scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Herbert lands a nice uppercut.#ROC#Hadley is rocked!
Herbert lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hadley is still on wobbly legs! Can Herbert finish him?
Herbert lands an uppercut.
Herbert creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Hadley with a big uppercut! Hadley tries to clinch up but Herbert pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Hadley to the mat! Hadley covers up and Herbert unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Joey Herbert! |
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