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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
KOFC 1 - First Blood
Date: Sep 10, 2016 |
#R1#
Garcia darts in looking for a takedown but Fei gets double underhooks and turns Garcia into the cage.
Garcia misses with the combination.
Nice shot by Fei.#CUT#
It looks like Robert Garcia has been cut.
Fei with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Fei lands a lovely overhand right.#KD#
Fei cracks Garcia with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Fei has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Garcia to stand back up!#ROC#
Garcia is rocked!
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!
Fei lands with a good body shot.
Garcia is still on wobbly legs! Can Fei finish him?
Garcia fails with a takedown attempt.
Fei lands with a big right hook that stumbles Garcia - he's out on his feet here! Fei follows up with another monster hook that separates Garcia from consciousness! Garcia falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Fei stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Yue Fei!
Our winner, Yue Fei, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 27, 2016 |
#R1#
Watson swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson takes a jab right on the kisser.
Watson is looking to land body kicks.
Watson 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.
Watson staying out of range there.
Cavendish cracks the inside of Watson's front leg.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Cavendish scores with a jab to the body.
Cavendish tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Cavendish misses with a body shot.
Cavendish blocks the body kick.
Watson throws out a powerful jab.
Cavendish throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cavendish just manages to avoid it.
Cavendish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cavendish.
Cavendish misses the jab.
A lazy body kick from Watson
and Watson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Watson throws the left hand but Cavendish avoids the punch easily.
Cavendish does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Watson just misses with a punch to the body.
Watson just misses with a punch to the body.
#T1#
Watson lands a front kick.
Watson wants to slow Cavendish down by chopping away at his legs.
Despite the aggression on Cavendish's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Watson throws a wild body kick that Cavendish sees coming a mile off.
Cavendish misses with a body kick.
A decent looking body kick lands there for Watson.
Cavendish dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Cavendish misses with a kick to the body
and Watson counters with a good low kick that Cavendish was not able to check.
Watson feints and then cracks Cavendish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cavendish down.
Cavendish looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
A little feinted left hand from Watson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Cavendish scores with a nice strike.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Watson.
Watson walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Cavendish moves out of range as Watson strikes.
Watson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cavendish manages to avoid it.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watson misses with a two punch combination.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Cavendish! But no joy.
Cavendish bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cavendish throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watson sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Cavendish throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Cavendish throws a series of punches but Watson avoids them all with ease.
Watson fires out a quick counter leg kick but Cavendish just manages to avoid it.#T2#
Watson misses with a kick to the body.
Watson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
A nice leg kick lands there from Cavendish.
Cavendish lands an overhand right.
Watson is looking to wear down Cavendish with body shots, infact he's throwing more body shots than head shots at the moment.
Watson fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Cavendish manages to avoid it.
Cavendish moves into range and connects with a jab.
Nice jab there from Watson.
Watson ducks under a wild hook from Cavendish.
Watson with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Cavendish to score with a decent uppercut.
Watson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cavendish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watson was well out of range. Poor timing from Cavendish.
Cavendish has tried to improve his agility in the runup to this fight.
The fighters circling - Watson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Cavendish swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Watson moves out of range of the strikes.
Watson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cavendish takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Watson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cavendish.
Watson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.#T3#
A chopping leg kick lands by Watson.
Cavendish avoids a punch combination nicely.
As Watson backs off Cavendish throws a huge counter combo but Watson manages to avoid it all.
A nice combination there by Cavendish.
Watson pivots, looking for a leg kick but Cavendish is out of range and Watson settles back down.
Watson misses with a body kick.
Watson scores with a spinning back kick!
Watson misses with a body kick.
Watson fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Watson misses with a shot to the body
and Watson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watson bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Cavendish throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Watson misses with a kick to the body.
Watson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cavendish.
Cavendish digs a good body shot into Watson's ribs.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Cavendish ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Cavendish pivots, looking for a leg kick but Watson is out of range and Cavendish settles back down. #T4#
Watson lands with a good body shot.
A big left from Cavendish misses.
A slapping leg kick lands for Cavendish.
Watson looks for the body kick but Cavendish saw that one coming.
Cavendish lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watson at a distance.
Cavendish throws a big shot that misses.
Watson throwing a counter right hand but Cavendish manages to avoid it.
Watson misses with a kick to the body.
Cavendish throws a front kick that sends Watson stumbling back into the cage.
Watson with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watson scores with a push kick.
Cavendish misses with a low kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Watson.
Cavendish stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Watson.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Cavendish goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cavendish misses with a body shot
letting Watson counter with a right hand.
Watson uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Cavendish.
A low kick from Watson is predictable there
and Cavendish counters with a lovely straight right hand!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Marcel Cavendish will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rampage Watson's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Cavendish throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Watson feinted there with a counter leg kick.
Cavendish throws a half hearted mid kick.
Nice uppercut lands for Cavendish. That snapped Watson's head back.
Marcel Cavendish seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Cavendish throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Cavendish avoids a kick to the body.
Cavendish doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Cavendish throws a poor cross that misses
and Watson counters with a nice body kick.
Watson lands a nice shot that snaps Cavendish's head back.
Cavendish checks the leg kick.
Watson tried to score with a low kick but Cavendish checks it.
Cavendish avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cavendish moves out of range of the body kick from Watson.
Cavendish let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Cavendish blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Watson throws a body kick that misses.
Cavendish lands a two punch combo.
Watson slips a straight right by Cavendish.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
No joy there for Cavendish, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Cavendish avoids a low kick by using good footwork.#T1#
Watson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watson waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Cavendish.
Cavendish lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Watson lands with an overhand left.
Cavendish looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
Watson explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
A swing and a miss from Watson.
Watson drops his hands momentarily and Cavendish takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Watson throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Watson has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Cavendish.
Cavendish has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Watson.
Watson looks to land a body kick but Cavendish moved away.
Cavendish takes one to the chin there.
Watson throws a leg kick which misses Cavendish's front leg but catches the back leg as Cavendish tries to avoid it.
A solid body kick from Watson.
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!
Cavendish tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Watson is able to avoid easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Watson misses the target.
Watson lands with an uppercut that bounces Cavendish off the cage and back into range.
Cavendish misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
Watson looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Cavendish replies with a solid counter kick to the body but Watson blocks it well.#T2#
Cavendish lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Watson has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
Watson on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Cavendish lands with a right hand.
Cavendish's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Cavendish cracks Watson with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Watson lands with a cross.
Nice uppercut there from Watson.
Cavendish takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Watson looks to land a body kick but Cavendish moved away.
Watson lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Cavendish fails to land with a series of punches.
Watson connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Cavendish missing with a left hand there. Watson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watson slips a straight right by Cavendish.
Cavendish just misses with a punch to the body.
Watson avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Cavendish on the wrong end of a nice hook.#T3#
Cavendish takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Some bone on bone action there as Cavendish checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Watson checks a leg kick.
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
Cavendish paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Cavendish jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Cavendish checks a leg kick.
Watson throws a quick inside leg kick.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Cavendish waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watson.
Cavendish pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Cavendish moves out of range as Watson throws a body kick.
Cavendish lands a nice hook to Watson's body. Watson takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
A looping hook to the body misses from Cavendish. Watson does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nice body kick from Watson.
Watson tries to land a front kick but Cavendish steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Cavendish jabbing away but nothing is landing. #T4#
Cavendish throws a push kick but Watson slaps the foot to one side.
Cavendish thuds a left hand into Watson's body.
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!
Watson throws the left hand but Cavendish avoids the punch easily.
Watson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
Watson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cavendish.
Cavendish throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A little feinted left hand from Watson on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Watson moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Cavendish moves out of range as Watson throws a body kick.
A swing and a miss from Cavendish.
Watson blocks a jab.
Watson appeared to be looking to counter that last move with a leg kick.
Cavendish throws a nice looking combination but Watson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Watson is looking to counter with a body kick.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watson throws a body kick but he was well out of range there.
Watson uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Cavendish.
Watson misses with an attempted mid kick.
Cavendish blocks a head kick by Watson.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Rampage Watson will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Rampage Watson's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Watson throws out a loose jab but Cavendish uses good head movement to avoid it.
Cavendish wants to counter the offense by Watson and move into the clinch position.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Cavendish throws a right hand that Watson ducks under and follows up with a left that Watson also avoids with ease.
Watson needs to keep his hands up - Cavendish had a free shot at his head there.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Cavendish sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Cavendish scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Cavendish has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Cavendish there as he acknowledges the shot.
Watson lands a leg kick that knocks Cavendish off balance momentarily.
A cross from Cavendish lands.
Cavendish on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Watson. Watson obviously looking to wear him down.
A big left from Watson misses.
Cavendish throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
A counter left hand to the body from Watson misses its target.
Cavendish throws a leg kick that misses.
Watson scores with a push kick.
Watson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watson fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Cavendish looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Watson has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Cavendish.#T1#
Watson uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Cavendish.
Nice defenses there by Cavendish.
Cavendish misses with the body kick
and Watson counters with a leg kick.
Cavendish throws a hook to the side of Watson's head but Watson sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Watson looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Cavendish misses with a body shot.
Cavendish misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
Cavendish throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
A big right from Watson misses.
Cavendish throws the left hand but Watson avoids the punch easily.
Cavendish tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watson was well out of range. Poor timing from Cavendish.
Cavendish lands a head shot.
A combination from Cavendish does no damage.
Cavendish throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watson counters with a straight right hand.
Cavendish connects with a crisp jab.
Watson works Cavendish's body with a nice hook.
Watson checks a leg kick nicely.#T2#
Cavendish scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
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!
Watson closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Cavendish lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Cavendish pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Watson jinks towards his opponent looking like he wants to counter with a mid kick but doesn't commit.
Cavendish lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Cavendish scores with a jab to the body.
Watson throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Cavendish moves away.
That kick from Watson tenderised Cavendish's leg. Cavendish is trying to keep his angry face on.
Watson throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Watson goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Cavendish throws a body punch but Watson moves out of range.
Watson tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Cavendish only half commits to the counter leg kick.
Watson moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Cavendish takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Watson ducks down and throws a hook to the body.#T3#
Watson feints and then cracks Cavendish's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Cavendish down.
Watson throws a nice outside leg kick.
Cavendish slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Watson misses with a wild body shot.
Watson misses with a body kick.
Cavendish missing with a left hand there. Watson was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Cavendish cracks Watson with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Watson looks to land a body kick but Cavendish moved away.
Watson avoids a kick to the body.
Cavendish scores with a push kick.
Cavendish throws a jab but it's blocked by Watson.
Cavendish throws the left hand but Watson avoids the punch easily.
Cavendish tries to land a front kick but Watson steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Watson misses with a hook to the body
and Cavendish counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watson delivers a nice body kick.
Cavendish throws out a powerful jab.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Cavendish cracks a nice hook into Watson's ribs.
Watson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Cavendish walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Watson checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Cavendish will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Watson wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Cavendish lands with a nice body punch.
Watson turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Watson.
Cavendish is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Watson with a body shot.
Cavendish looks to land a left hand but Watson moved out of range nicely.
Watson gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Cavendish.
Watson throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Cavendish swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watson was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
The fighters circling - Watson throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watson checks a low kick from Cavendish.
The step up in weight doesn't seem to be a problem for Cavendish. He's performing admirably here against the bigger man.
Cavendish fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Watson is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcel Cavendish comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Cavendish has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Daniel Franklin scores the fight 28:29
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 29:28
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 28:30
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Marcel Cavendish!
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