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Event:
Slavic FL37 Tres Santos-Bidden
Date: Jul 16, 2022 |
#R1#
Saputra defending well as Hidal loads up on a big left hand.
Hidal connects with the punch.
Nice defenses there by Saputra.
Saputra gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
A left and a right from Saputra both land. Nice combination.
Hidal throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Hidal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Saputra uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hidal.
We can't be sure of the tactics at this early stage but we have heard that Saputra has been working on his takedowns a lot in the buildup to the fight and we can only assume he's going to look to take this to the mat.
Saputra scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Saputra tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Hidal paws at him with a jab and circles away.
A jab from Saputra finds it's way through Hidal's defenses.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Hidal looks to land a left hand but Saputra moved out of range nicely.
Hidal drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.#TD2#
Saputra looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hidal!
Saputra has knee on belly and moves into mount. #SUB2#
Saputra looking to secure an arm triangle but Hidal defends it well.
Hidal might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#T1#
Saputra moves to the back. #SUB2#
Saputra looking for the rear naked choke. And he's got it! Hidal taps!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:34 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Frendy Saputra!
A victorious Frendy Saputra thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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Event:
Slavic FL 30
Date: May 23, 2022 |
#R1#
Hidal fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Hidal throws a hook but Bednarski blocks it.
Bednarski went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Bednarski throws a leg kick but Hidal moved away.
Hidal just misses with a punch to the body.
Hidal just misses with a punch to the body.
We've been hearing reports that Bednarski has been drilling takedowns in recent sessions so let's see if that has an impact on the result of this fight.
Bednarski throws a sloppy head kick and Hidal moves out of range easily.
Hidal connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Yorge Hidal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Hidal cracks Bednarski with a good jab.
Bednarski tries to clinch but Hidal is having none of it.
Bednarski defending well as Hidal loads up on a big left hand.
Hidal throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Bednarski wants to clinch.
Bednarski keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bednarski is looking to take this fight into the clinch.#CL#
Bednarski forces Hidal back against the ropes and clinches.
Bednarski really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Bednarski is working for takedown but Hidal is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hidal presses Bednarski against the ropes and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Bednarski pushes off an throws an elbow but Hidal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.#T1#
Bednarski tries to circle away but Hidal has him pinned against the ropes.
Hidal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Hidal lands with a left to the head. #TD#
Bednarski ties up his opponent against the ropes and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bednarski no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Hidal wants to get up but he can't break Bednarski's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Hidal is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Bednarski lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bednarski trying to control but Hidal is working from the bottom.
Bednarski postures up in Hidal's guard and throws a big left but Hidal blocks it. #T2#
Hidal avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Bednarski working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Bednarski trying to control but Hidal is working from the bottom.
Bednarski trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Bednarski has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Bednarski lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Bednarski won't allow Hidal to sweep him here.
Bednarski landing with the ground and pound.
Hidal utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. #T3#
Hidal 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.
Bednarski chips away with some ground and pound.#SUB#
Bednarski drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Bednarski jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Bednarski trying to control but Hidal is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Bednarski drops back looking for a leg! Hidal is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hidal manages to kick Bednarski off! Bednarski jumps back into Hidal's guard. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Yorge Hidal is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Hidal lunges at Bednarski with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Bednarski's hand. #T4#
Hidal misses with an uppercut. Bednarski saw that one coming.
Bednarski gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Hidal cracks Bednarski with a good jab.
Bednarski fails to land the takedown.
Bednarski shoots for a double leg takedown but Hidal sprawls well. He's pushed Bednarski's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Stanislaw Bednarski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Bednarski fails to land the takedown.
Hidal avoids a punch combination nicely.
Bednarski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Hidal circles away quickly and effectively.
Bednarski keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Hidal.
Hidal scores with a shot 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!
Bednarski fails with a takedown attempt.
Bednarski is breathing heavily.
Hidal swats away the attempt to clinch by Bednarski.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Yorge Hidal 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#
Bednarski is looking to clinch but Hidal is avoiding it.
#CL#
Bednarski closes the distance and clinches.
Hidal has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Bednarski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hidal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Hidal softening up his opponent with strikes, against the ropes.
Bednarski doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Hidal wants to stall.
Bednarski has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Hidal avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Hidal lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Bednarski backwards.
Hidal lands a left hand that snaps the head of Bednarski backwards.
Bednarski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A short right from Hidal.
Hidal throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
A body shot lands from Hidal.
A shot in the inside from Hidal.
Hidal lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Hidal.
A short left from Hidal. #BC2#
Hidal breaks from the clinch.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#KD2#
Hidal cracks Bednarski with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Hidal has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Bednarski to stand back up!#ROC2#Bednarski is rocked!
Bednarski slips a jab from Hidal.
Oh Bednarski is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!#T1#
Bednarski drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Hidal drops a shoulder and throws an uppercut that cracks Bednarski right on the button. Bednarski goes down! Hidal follows him to the mat and finishes the job with more strikes! Hidal gets the win via TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Yorge Hidal! |
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Event:
Slavic FL 22
Date: Apr 08, 2022 |
#R1#
Reynolds throws a half hearted mid kick.
Hidal leaves Reynolds with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Reynolds takes a jab right on the kisser.
Hidal scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Hidal cracks Reynolds with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Reynolds walks straight into a right hand from Hidal - that's dropped him! Hidal jumps into mount and starts pounding away - can he finish?! More strikes go undefended and the referee has to dive in to save Reynolds from any more punishment! Reynolds complains about the stoppage but falls over as he tries to stand back up, so it was clearly a good stoppage.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Yorge Hidal! |
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Event:
Slavic FL 21
Date: Mar 31, 2022 |
#R1#
James misses with a body shot.
Hidal jabs at James's body.
James uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hidal.
James feinted with a counter takedown.
Hidal looks to throw the jab but James is out of range.
James takes one on the chin but seems OK.
James takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
James defending well as Hidal loads up on a big left hand.
Hidal throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
James moves out of range of the strikes.
James tries to bum rush Hidal with a series of wild strikes but Hidal uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
A nice side step and Hidal releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
James takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Hidal lands a lovely overhand right.
James has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from James there as he acknowledges the shot.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
James uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Hidal.
Hidal scores with a jab to the body.
Hidal throws a big shot that misses.
James has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from James there as he acknowledges the shot.#ROC2#James is rocked!
A looping hook to the body misses from Hidal. James does a little dance to reset his feet.
It looked like James was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Oh James is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hidal throws a shot from downtown. James moves away and avoids it.
James seems to have got his legs back now.#T1#
James tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Hidal defends well and James ends up having to push Hidal into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Hidal lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A left hand lands to the body for Hidal.
James is breathing heavily.
Hidal lands a left hand.
James is looking to control Hidal's arms but Hidal gets an underhook and turns him. Now James has his back to the ropes.
Hidal lands a right hand.
Hidal gets through James's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Hidal scores with a shot to the side of James's head.
Hidal lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Hidal pushes James back against the ropes and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Hidal is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Hidal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Hidal lands with a short punch from the clinch.
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!
Hidal lands a left hand that snaps the head of James backwards.
Hidal lands a shoulder strike. #T2##BC2#
Hidal breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A cross from Hidal lands.
Crack! Hidal connects with the perfect overhand right and James falls face first to the canvas. Timbeeeeeeeer! Beautiful knockout for Hidal!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:15 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Yorge Hidal! |
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Event:
Slavic FL 18
Date: Mar 21, 2022 |
#R1#
Hidal paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Hidal misses the shot to the body.
Salter feinted with a counter takedown.
Hidal keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hidal now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Hidal bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Salter's head backwards.
Salter looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Hidal swings and misses with a shot to the body#TD#
and Salter counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Hidal!
Hidal tries to wriggle free to get back to his feet but he's given up his back! Oops.
Salter tries to keep control of the position but Hidal is staying busy.#SUB#
Salter working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Hidal is doing well to defend. Salter seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Hidal is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sam Salter!
A relieved looking Sam Salter 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:
Slavic FL 15: #fckPutin
Date: Mar 10, 2022 |
#R1#
Hidal swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Bualuang changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Hidal misses with an uppercut
and Hidal takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Bualuang is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Hidal throws a big shot that misses.
Hidal misses with a jab to the body
#CL#
and Bualuang holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
I was talking to Bualuang's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Bualuang tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
#BC#
Bualuang manages to break the clinch.
Hidal tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Bualuang was well out of range. Poor timing from Hidal.
Hidal misses with a body punch
#CL#
and Bualuang counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bualuang.
Bualuang misses with a knee to the head.
Hidal is trying to break the clinch but Bualuang has him pressed against the ropes.
Hidal scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Hidal blocks the elbow strike.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bualuang misses with a knee to the head.
Bualuang blocks an uppercut.
Hidal tries to work over Bualuang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Bualuang.
Bualuang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Bualuang using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Hidal has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Bualuang. #T1#
A frustrated look appears on Hidal's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Bualuang lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Bualuang prevents a body shot from Hidal.
Bualuang pushes off an throws an elbow but Hidal leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the ropes.
Hidal tries to work over Bualuang's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Hidal dodges an elbow strike from Bualuang.
Bualuang with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Bualuang pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the ropes.
Bualuang throws an elbow but it misses.
Bualuang misses with a knee strike.
Bualuang throws an elbow that misses.
Hidal misses with a punch on the inside.
Bualuang gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Bualuang tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Hidal.
Bualuang throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Hidal misses with a hook from the clinch.
Hidal misses with a hook from the clinch.
A head punch on the inside from Hidal fails to land.
Bualuang misses with an elbow strike.
Bualuang tries to land a knee to the head but Hidal blocks with his arms.
#T2#
Hidal scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
With the two fighters working up against the ropes, Bualuang just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hidal's brow.
Hidal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Hidal has a couple of punches blocked by Bualuang.
Bualuang connects with a nasty looking knee right to Hidal's face.
Hidal tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Bualuang blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Hidal misses with a shot to the kidneys.
A head punch on the inside from Hidal fails to land.
Hidal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Bualuang throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Hidal misses with a punch on the inside.
Bualuang throws an elbow that misses.
Hidal working aggressively here.
Hidal goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Bualuang taking a breather.
Hidal dodges an elbow strike from Bualuang.
Bualuang throws a knee to the head but misses.
Hidal misses with some punches.
#T3#
Bualuang prevents a body shot from Hidal.
Hidal tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Hidal misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice elbow from Bualuang.
Bualuang trying to stall but Hidal improves his position.
Bualuang tries a knee to the head but Hidal blocks it.
Hidal misses with some punches.
A head punch on the inside from Hidal fails to land.
Hidal working hard to break the clinch.
Bualuang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Hidal takes an elbow to the temple.
Bualuang looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Bualuang trying to stall but Hidal improves his position.
Bualuang tries a knee to the head but Hidal blocks it.
Bualuang looking to throw knees to the head but Hidal is blocking nicely.
#BC#
Bualuang's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Bualuang bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Hidal's head backwards.
Bualuang lands with a straight right. Hidal didn't see that one coming.
Yorge Hidal seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
A jab from Hidal misses.
Hidal throws an off balance right hand
and Bualuang connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#T4#
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Good standup being displayed there by Bualuang as he connects with a hook.
Good standup being displayed there by Hidal as he connects with a hook.
Bualuang is using his reach advantage well here, landing the more effective single shots from range.
Bualuang scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hidal misses the body punch
and Bualuang counters with a nice uppercut. #ROC#Hidal is rocked!
Hidal swings away with a body shot that misses
and Bualuang counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Hidal is still on wobbly legs! Can Bualuang finish him?
Bualuang throws a monster overhand right that drops Hidal! Bualuang follows up with more strikes from mount and the fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Anurak Bualuang!
An out of breath Anurak Bualuang thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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