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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
QFC Tournament 768 Round 4
Date: Jun 20, 2017 |
#R1#
Michaels blocks a jab.
Michaels shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Dragan defends it nicely.
Dragan throwing a counter right hand but Michaels manages to avoid it.
Dragan fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Michaels manages to avoid it.
Michaels will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.#CL2#
Michaels has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dragan fails to pull guard.
Dragan managing to block the knees to the body from Michaels.
Dragan is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Michaels gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.#TD2#
Dragan is fighting off a takedown attempt but Michaels is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Dragan to the mat. Dragan regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.
Dragan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michaels throwing strikes from guard but Dragan blocks nicely.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dragan preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Dragan is trying to keep Michaels in close.
#T1#
Michaels postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.#SUB#
Dragan has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Michaels doesn't defend quickly enough and Dragan has managed to lock this one up! Can Michaels escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Dragan on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Vas Dragan!
In his post fight interview, Vas Dragan started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception.
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Event:
QFC Tournament 768 Round 3
Date: Jun 19, 2017 |
#R1##CL2#
Phillips tries to keep at a distance but Michaels has taken the fight into the clinch.#BC2#
Michaels breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nice uppercut there from Phillips.#CUT#
It looks like Tom Michaels has been cut.
Michaels moves forwards but Phillips connects with a nice, crisp jab.#CL2#
Michaels moves into the clinch successfully.
#TD2#
Michaels ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Michaels no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Phillips is looking to stand up but Michaels won't let him.
Michaels looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Michaels bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Phillips's guard. #REVB##SUB2#
Michaels thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Michaels stops Phillips from standing up.
Phillips knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Michaels on the ground.
Michaels connects with a couple of short punches.
Phillips is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Michaels is controlling him. #T1#
Michaels working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Michaels sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Michaels lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Michaels scoring with punches to the head and body.
Phillips is looking to stand up but Michaels isn't so interested in that idea.
Phillips is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Michaels dives into side control.
Michaels working the ground and pound from side control.
Michaels prevents Phillips from escaping the position.
Phillips taking a bit of punishment here - Michaels scoring with strikes.
Phillips wants to get back to his feet but Michaels drags him back down.
Michaels working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
Michaels prevents Phillips from escaping the position.
Michaels lands a nice forearm strike.
Michaels landing strikes. #T2#
Michaels scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Phillips to see if he's OK.
Michaels looks up at the clock and then as Phillips takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Michaels smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Michaels prevents Phillips from escaping the position.
Michaels connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Phillips some visible discomfort.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels is staying tight to Phillips's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Phillips is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Michaels working the ground and pound from side control.
Michaels working away diligently from side control. Landing strikes effectively there - that will score him some points on the judges scorecards.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Phillips taking punishment in the form of punches.
Phillips on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Phillips tries to get out of the position.
Phillips taking a bit of punishment here - Michaels scoring with strikes.
Michaels lands an elbow. #ROC2#
Phillips is rocked!
Michaels moves into full mount!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Michaels landing strikes from the mount.
Oh Phillips is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Michaels lands a big elbow - Phillips is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Phillips is forced to tap out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Tom Michaels!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 768 Round 2
Date: Jun 18, 2017 |
#R1##TD2#
Michaels closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Michaels in side control lands a decent elbow.
Griffin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Michaels lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Griffin down.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels working the ground and pound from side control.
Michaels lands a big left to the face of Griffin, bouncing his head like a basketball. Another shot from Michaels and another - Griffin is out! Michaels stands up and salutes his fans, who are going crazy in the stands.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Tom Michaels!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 768 Round 1
Date: Jun 17, 2017 |
#R1#
Jackson throws a leg kick #TD#
and Michaels counters with a single leg into guard. Jackson didn't expect that.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Michaels is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jackson working a defensive guard here.
Jackson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Michaels. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Michaels with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Michaels lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Michaels distracts Jackson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Michaels postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michaels stopping the sweep attempt from Jackson.
Jackson is trying to keep Michaels in close.
Michaels lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Michaels 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.
Michaels keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Jackson's head.#T1#
Michaels slips nicely into half guard.
Michaels looks to score some points with some ground and pound.#SUB#
Michaels is looking for a kimura here.
Michaels lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Jackson quite badly. Jackson pulls Michaels in close trying to recover. Michaels postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Jackson on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Jackson doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Michaels!
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