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Event:
RISE 57: Ihantala v Halo
Date: Apr 24, 2022 |
#R1#
Fish scores with a hook to the body. Chandler takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Fish fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Fish lands a head shot.
A cross from Fish lands.
Chandler takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Chandler takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Fish uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Fish scores with a decent looking hook.
Fish connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Fish lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Fish works the jab nicely.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Fish. Chandler shrugs it off though.
Fish lands a head shot.
Fish throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Chandler's waist but Chandler gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Fish off to one side.
Chandler throwing a counter right hand but Fish manages to avoid it.
Fish cracks Chandler with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Fish cracks Chandler with a good jab.#T1#
A jab from Fish finds it's way through Chandler's defenses. #ROC2#Chandler is rocked!
A jab from Fish does it's job there.
Oh Chandler is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Fish listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Fish throws an overhand right that drops Chandler like a sack of potatoes! Fish dives in to finish the fight with more strikes and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Fish! |
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Event:
RISE 44: West v Ihantala
Date: Mar 27, 2022 |
#R1#
Malachi pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Chandler takes a nasty kick to the mid section... That should keep him thinking. Does he try and block and risk a head kick landing?
Nice body kick there by Malachi.
Malachi looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
A combination from Malachi does no damage.
Malachi keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Malachi scores with a leg kick.
Chandler shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Malachi pinned against the cage. Malachi gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Malachi throws a nice looking combination but Chandler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Malachi scores with a nice body kick.
Malachi thuds his shin into the meat of Chandler's side.
Chandler is breathing heavily.#T1#
Malachi throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Chandler's head.
A decent looking cross lands there for Malachi.
Nice jab there from Malachi.
Chandler takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Malachi fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Chandler.
Malachi lands a nice shot to the body.
Malachi uses good footwork to get in and out and land a nice right hand before Chandler has time to react.
Malachi throws a quick head kick that knocks Chandler silly! This fight is all over! What a finish! Malachi is up on the cage, taking in the applause from the crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Sansus Malachi! |
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Event:
RISE 31: Granger v Ihantala
Date: Feb 20, 2022 |
#R1#
Cutting waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Chandler.
Chandler is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Cutting throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Chandler shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Cutting but Cutting pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Cutting leaves Chandler with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Chandler darts in looking for a takedown but Cutting gets double underhooks and turns Chandler into the cage.
Corner Cutting has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Chandler.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD2#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Cutting enables Chandler to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Cutting manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Cutting uses the cage to get back to his feet.
#TD#
Cutting closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Chandler to the mat! Chandler manages to get full guard. #T1##SUB2#
Chandler isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Cutting stacks Chandler on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Cutting!
Chandler takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Cutting advances nicely into full mount.
Cutting lands a big shot there that rocks Chandler but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Chandler is desperately trying to improve his position but Cutting has a good base and remains in mount.
Chandler is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
BOOM! Cutting connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Chandler is in a horrible position here. Cutting smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T2#
A nice elbow there by Cutting.
Cutting controlling the position easily from mount.
Cutting seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Chandler for as long as he can get away with.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chandler sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Cutting working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Ground and pound from Cutting.
Chandler is looking for a sweep. Cutting is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Cutting looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. #T3#
Cutting slips a nice elbow through Chandler's hands, connecting with Chandler's forehead.
Chandler looks winded!
Cutting working the head and body with strikes.
Cutting working Chandler over with strikes.
Cutting working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that. #SUB2#
Chandler is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cutting pulls his head out easily.
Cutting performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cutting working the head and body with strikes.
Cutting lands with a punch from half guard. #T4#
Cutting is taking a breather. Chandler says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#SUB#
Cutting is actively looking for submissions here but good counter grappling here from Chandler as he works his way to full guard.
Cutting 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.
Cutting keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Chandler's head.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Cutting's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Cutting landing with the ground and pound.
Cutting lands a couple of digs.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Corner Cutting dominated that round.
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.#R2##TD#
Cutting closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Cutting lands in his opponent's guard.
Cutting working some strikes from top position.#SUB2#
Chandler looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Cutting passes into side control.
Cutting cracks Chandler with a big elbow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cutting working the ground and pound.
Chandler takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
Cutting connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Chandler some visible discomfort.
#T1#
Chandler looks to move to half guard but instead Cutting has passed into mount! Damn!
Cutting raining down shots from the mount!
Cutting is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Cutting looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
#ROC#Chandler is rocked!
Cutting looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Chandler is still in real trouble! Can Cutting finish him?
A big strike lands for Cutting! That's really hurt Chandler and he's turned his back - Cutting keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Cutting jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Corner Cutting!
After the fight, Corner Cutting was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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Event:
RISE 21: Brand v Breedon
Date: Jan 23, 2022 |
#R1#
Steele digs a good body shot into Chandler's ribs.#TD#
Chandler feints and as Steele raises his hands in defense, Chandler changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Chandler missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Steele wants to stand and escape but Chandler is having none of it. #SUB#
Chandler drops back looking for a submission - "I'm sorry sir, but I'm gunna break your leg" says Chandler as he cranks on the unfortunate limb! Steele screams and taps out before any major damage is done! Don't mess with Chandler! Nice submission victory there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:31 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kneebar). John Chandler! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 29, 2021 |
#R1##TD2#
Sonnen gets the takedown into side control.
Chandler is looking for a sweep.
Sonnen is looking to take a break and control but Chandler is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sonnen is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sonnen lands a few punches from side control.
Chandler takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Chandler taking a bit of punishment here - Sonnen scoring with strikes.
Sonnen scoring with punches from side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Chandler is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Chandler is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Sonnen off and has taken his back!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#SUB#
Chandler is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
#SUB#
Chandler is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Sonnen has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here. #T1#
Sonnen tries to roll but Chandler sticks to his back.
Chandler misses with a punch to the head.
Sonnen biding his time here by controlling the hands, looking to escape.
Sonnen wants to control his opponent's hands but Chandler gets his hands free.
Chandler controlling well, preventing Sonnen from escaping the position.
#T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.#SUB#
Sonnen is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Chandler gets his way!
Chandler is trying to stick to Sonnen's back but Sonnen is turning into Chandler. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Chandler's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Sonnen.#SUB#
Chandler throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Sonnen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Chandler's head.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sonnen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #SUB#
Chandler escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Sonnen gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Chandler is breathing heavily.
Sonnen is in close to Chandler's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sonnen postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.#T3##SUB#
Chandler is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Sonnen with a nice head shot there.
Sonnen controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Sonnen slips nicely into half guard.
Sonnen takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Ground and pound from Sonnen.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sonnen lands a nice short elbow.
Sonnen really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Chandler. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Chandler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sonnen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Chandler is staying active underneath Sonnen, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sonnen slips a nice elbow through Chandler's hands, connecting with Chandler's forehead.#T4#
Sonnen landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Sonnen winds up and cracks Chandler with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sonnen is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. #SUB#
Chandler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sonnen slips a nice elbow through Chandler's hands, connecting with Chandler's forehead.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Sonnen in his half guard.
Sonnen winds up and cracks Chandler with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Sonnen winds up and cracks Chandler with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Chandler is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Sonnen scores with a couple of nice shots.
Sonnen lands strikes from half guard.
Sonnen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Chandler on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Chandler is refusing to be controlled, as Sonnen sits in half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Sonnen dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2##TD2#
Sonnen shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Sonnen was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Sonnen looks up at the clock and then as Chandler takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Sonnen smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Chandler taking a bit of punishment here - Sonnen scoring with strikes.
Chandler stops Sonnen from passing to mount.
Sonnen lands an elbow.
Sonnen scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Chandler to see if he's OK.
Sonnen working the ground and pound.
Ben Sonnen has got the better of the ground game so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sonnen scoring with punches and elbows.
Chandler is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Chandler takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Chandler takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Chandler taking a bit of punishment here - Sonnen scoring with strikes. #T1#
Sonnen lands a nice forearm strike. #ROC2#Chandler is rocked!
Check out the look on Sonnen's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Oh Chandler is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Chandler manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Chandler seems to have got his legs back now.
Sonnen looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Sonnen lands a nice short elbow.
Sonnen seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Sonnen working over Chandler with some ground and pound. Chandler looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Chandler taking some punishment here, with Sonnen in his half guard.
Sonnen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Chandler with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Sonnen lands strikes from half guard.
Chandler slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Sonnen works over Chandler with some ground and pound from guard.
Sonnen with a nice head shot there.#SUB#
Chandler is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Sonnen defends well.#T2#
Sonnen is working Chandler over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Sonnen cracks Chandler with a solid left hand.
Sonnen controls from within his opponent's guard.
Sonnen lands a couple of elbows.
Sonnen working some strikes from top position.
Sonnen working some strikes from top position.
Sonnen is in close to Chandler's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Sonnen content to stall in guard here.
Sonnen chips away with some ground and pound.#T3#
Sonnen scoring with some ground and pound.
Sonnen works over Chandler with some ground and pound from guard.
Chandler has momentary wrist control but Sonnen slips an elbow through the middle.
Sonnen makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.#SUB#
Chandler is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Sonnen not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sonnen lands a couple of elbows.
Sonnen landing with the ground and pound.
Sonnen is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Sonnen tries to free his leg and advance position but Chandler is retaining full guard.
Sonnen is in close to Chandler's body, working some short punches and elbows.#T4#
Sonnen with a nice head shot there.
Sonnen lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Sonnen stands up over Chandler, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Sonnen scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Sonnen connects with a couple of short punches.
Sonnen cracks Chandler with a solid left hand.
Sonnen content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Sonnen stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Chandler swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Sonnen 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.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Ben Sonnen showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. And we move into the final round!#R3##TD2#
Sonnen fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Chandler sprawls well initially but Sonnen persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Sonnen controlling the action here.
The fighters are battling for position here. Chandler manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Sonnen trying to control but Chandler is working from the bottom.
Sonnen working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Chandler's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Chandler has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Sonnen doesn't defend quickly enough and Chandler has managed to lock this one up! Can Sonnen escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Chandler on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:57 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). John Chandler! |
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