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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 26, 2017 |
#R1#
Zidar tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ochoa defends well and Zidar ends up having to push Ochoa into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Zidar shoots and misses #CL#
and Ochoa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Ochoa fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Zidar stops a takedown attempt from Ochoa.
Zidar gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Ochoa.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leonard Ochoa. That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD2#
Zidar jumps guard and drags Ochoa to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Ochoa stopping the sweep attempt from Zidar.
Zidar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Zidar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Ochoa manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVB#
Zidar working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Ochoa's head.
Zidar has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#T1#
Zidar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zidar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Zidar slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #SUB#
Ochoa has his foot on Zidar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Zidar works his way back into a safe position though.
Ochoa doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
Zidar won't allow Ochoa to get back to his feet.
Zidar working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Zidar controls from within his opponent's guard. #T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Ochoa looking for a guillotine here but Zidar defends easily.
Ochoa could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Ochoa can't keep his opponent in guard - Zidar advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ochoa manages to get to full guard.
Zidar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. #T3#
Zidar 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. #SUB#
Zidar got a little sloppy there for a moment and Ochoa has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Zidar has managed to get both his arms back between Ochoa's legs - danger averted.
Zidar stops Ochoa from standing up. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Ochoa displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Zidar.
Ochoa seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.#TD2#
Zidar closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ochoa tries to kick Zidar off in order to stand up. Zidar Avoids the leg push though and dives into side control. #SU2#
Zidar decides to stand back up. #T4#
Zidar doesn't succeed with the takedown#CL#
and Ochoa counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Zidar is pressed up against the cage. Ochoa has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Zidar down to the mat. Zidar avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Zidar lands a two punch combo.
Ochoa is breathing heavily.
Ochoa closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. #ROC2#
Ochoa is rocked!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Zidar shoots in looking for a takedown. Ochoa tries to sprawl out of it but Zidar keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Ochoa manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Ochoa wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Oh Ochoa is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Zidar shoots in but no luck this time.
Zidar fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Ochoa is looking to counter the offense by Zidar and move into the clinch.
Ochoa gets caught by a big overhand right and goes down! Zidar gets on top of him and starts throwing some serious punches until the ref intervenes and stops the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ivan Zidar!
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