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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 27, 2019 |
#R1#
Bosch fails with a takedown attempt.
Highjack tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Bosch lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
The fight stays on the outside here - Highjack looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Some wild striking there from Bosch.
Horrible takedown attempt by Bosch or perhaps it was just good defense by Highjack, which made it look bad.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosch avoids the head kick by Highjack.
Highjack fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Bosch drops down looking for a counter takedown but Highjack sprawls and moves away.
Highjack tries to close the distance and clinch but Bosch swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
No luck for Bosch with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Augusto Bosch. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T1#
Highjack tries to clinch up.
Bosch shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Highjack defends it nicely.
Highjack moves in looking to clinch but Bosch pushes him off.
It looked like Bosch was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Highjack throws a nice head kick!
Highjack tries to clinch up but Bosch circles away and keeps his distance.
Bosch ducks under a wild hook from Highjack.
Bosch is looking to clinch.
Bosch blocks a head kick by Highjack.
Highjack shoots for a takedown but Bosch saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Highjack shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bosch as he avoids it easily.
Highjack goes for a double leg but Bosch avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Bosch continues to drive forward.#T2#
Bosch misses with a takedown attempt - Highjack sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Highjack shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bosch as he avoids it easily. #CL#
Bosch moves into the clinch.#TD#
Bosch ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bosch no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bosch controlling Highjack's posture.
Bosch is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
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!
Bosch with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. #T3##SUB#
Bosch seems to be looking for submissions.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Highjack tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Bosch manages to move to mount!
Highjack looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Bosch keeps control of the position as Highjack tries to break free.
Bosch controlling the position well here. Highjack rolled but Bosch kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
#T4#
I really don't envy Highjack right now.
#SUB#
Highjack defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Bosch's arms. #SUB#
Bosch is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Highjack is defending well though. Bosch let's go of the attempt for now.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bosch controlling the position well here. Highjack rolled but Bosch kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Augusto Bosch dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Highjack takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Highjack closes the distance and clinches up with Bosch, looking for a takedown. Highjack pushes Bosch against the cage but Bosch circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Highjack just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromBosch.
Highjack tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Bosch is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Highjack can do to turn this around?#CL#
Bosch has managed to clinch.
Bosch throws a head punch that misses. #TD#
Bosch ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Bosch no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Bosch controlling Highjack's posture.
Highjack wants to control from the top but Bosch keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bosch is pulling down on Highjack's head. It's preventing any offense from Highjack, at least for the moment.#T1#
Highjack throws an elbow that misses. Bosch uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Highjack's guard. Nice move by Bosch!#REVR#
Highjack working a defensive guard but Bosch passes into half guard.
Highjack is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Bosch jumps into side control!
Bosch controlling the position from side mount.
Highjack looks to move to half guard but instead Bosch has passed into mount! Damn!
Bosch takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.#T2#
BOOM! Bosch connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Highjack tries to hold on but Bosch pushes him away. #SUB#
Bosch with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Bosch looking to control and managing it successfully. #T3#
Bosch's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.#SUB#
Bosch is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Highjack is surviving well by controlling Bosch's body position as best he can.
Bosch looking to finish Highjack with some ground and pound. This is bad for Highjack!
Bosch controlling the position easily from mount.
Bosch dominating with strikes here.
Bosch tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. #T4##SUB#
Bosch is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Highjack can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Bosch pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Highjack tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Highjack is still trying to improve position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Bosch content just to control the position here.
Bosch raining down shots from the mount!#ROC#
Highjack is rocked!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Augusto Bosch dominated that second round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3#
Bosch goes for a double leg but Highjack avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Highjack continues to drive forward.#CUT#
It looks like Test Highjack has been cut.
Highjack is looking to clinch but Bosch is avoiding it.
#CL2#
Highjack drives through and clinches with Bosch against the cage.
Highjack tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bosch just stands there and leans against the cage.
Highjack wants to break the clinch but can't.
Bosch with an attempt at a knee that misses.
#BC#
Bosch pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Highjack shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Bosch as he jumps to the side.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Highjack fails to land the takedown.
Augusto Bosch has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Test Highjack.
Bosch shoots in looking for a takedown. Highjack tries to sprawl out of it but Bosch keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Highjack manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing. #T1#
Bosch shoots in for a takedown but Highjack shows good takedown defense.
Nice takedown defense from Bosch. No joy for Highjack on that attempt.
A swing and a miss from Highjack.
Bosch lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Highjack circles away quickly and effectively.
Bosch swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Highjack has his takedown stuffed#KD#
and Bosch counters with a crisp one two that drops Highjack! Bosch thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Highjack to his feet! Highjack is in big trouble!
Highjack is still on wobbly legs! Can Bosch finish him?#CL#
Bosch fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Highjack, pushing him back against the cage.
Highjack tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Bosch just stands there and leans against the cage.
Highjack goes for a takedown attempt but Bosch pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Highjack takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Bosch misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Highjack is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.
A head kick misses from Bosch.
Highjack lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Bosch misses with a straight left.
Bosch shoots for a double leg takedown but Highjack sprawls well. He's pushed Bosch's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
As Bosch backs off Highjack throws a huge counter combo but Bosch manages to avoid it all.
Bosch misses with a hook. Highjack ducked under it nicely.
Highjack looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Highjack looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Bosch misses with a looping right.
Highjack is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Some wild striking there from Bosch.
Highjack tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.#T2#
Highjack will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Bosch misses with a low kick.
Highjack tries to clinch there but Bosch circles away.
Highjack misses with a takedown attempt #CL#
and Bosch counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Bosch.
Bosch can't break the clinch.
Bosch creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Highjack's defenses.
Highjack seems to have recovered his senses.#BC2#
Highjack breaks from the clinch.
Highjack shoots in and drives through. Bosch sprawls well.
Highjack looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Bosch is fending him off so far but Highjack persists. Nope, Bosch circles away and we're back to standing.
Nice takedown defense from Highjack. No joy for Bosch on that attempt.
Highjack shoots in looking for a takedown. Bosch tries to sprawl out of it but Highjack keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bosch manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Highjack shoots in for a double leg but Bosch sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.#CL#
Bosch closes the distance and clinches.#T3#
Bosch tries to pull guard but Highjack forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Bosch stalls.
Bosch blocks a body shot from Highjack. #BC2#
Highjack escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Highjack has a takedown stuffed.
Highjack shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Bosch as he avoids it easily.
Bosch throws a head kick that misses.
Highjack is looking to clinch but Bosch is avoiding it.
Bosch looking to land some kicks to the body here.
#T4#
Highjack shoots in but no luck this time.
Highjack looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Highjack shoots in looking for a takedown. Bosch tries to sprawl out of it but Highjack keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Bosch manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Bosch misses with a wild body shot.
Bosch avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
#CL#
Bosch darts in and clinches Highjack up against the cage.
Bosch is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Highjack to keep the fight standing.
Test Highjack has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Augusto Bosch is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Bosch is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Highjack to keep the fight standing.
And that's the end of the fight!
Augusto Bosch showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Bosch has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Richard Clark scores the fight 30:26
Judge James Atkins scores the fight 30:26
Judge Andrew Berry scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Augusto Bosch!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 27, 2019 |
#R1#
Fourie lands a nice looking body kick.#CL2#
Fourie rushes Burgess and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#TD#
Burgess ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Burgess no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Burgess is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Fourie is controlling him.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Burgess lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Fourie wants to sweep here but Burgess controlling him for the moment.
Fourie not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Burgess scoring with punches to the head and body.
Burgess wants to stand but Fourie has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#ES2#
Fourie is edging up against the cage. He's using the cage to get back to his feet. Nice work there - the fighters are clinched.
Fourie tries to score a body lock takedown but Burgess shows good agility there to stay on his feet.#T1#
Fourie wants to stall.
Fourie is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Burgess pulls him back up using the underhooks.
A frustrated look appears on Fourie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Burgess gets underhooks to prevent Fourie's takedown attempt.
Leonard Burgess has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Derick Fourie.#TD#
Burgess pulls guard effortlessly. #SU2#
Fourie stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Fourie shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Burgess as he jumps to the side. #TD#
Burgess looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Fourie!
Fourie takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.#T2#
Burgess creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.
You can see the frustration on Fourie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fourie looks winded!
Burgess working the head with strikes.
Burgess working the ground and pound.#SU#
Burgess stands up.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
A head kick by Burgess misses
and Fourie counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Fourie tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Fourie fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Burgess looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.#TD#
Burgess looking for a takedown here - he's got it.#T3#
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Burgess's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Fourie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Burgess makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burgess cracks Fourie with a solid left hand.
Burgess 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.
Burgess working some strikes from top position.
Burgess scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Burgess lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burgess cracks Fourie with a solid left hand.
Burgess postures up and lands a big shot to Fourie's brow.
Burgess scores with a decent looking elbow strike.#SU#
Burgess stands up and waves to Fourie to follow him.
Fourie on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot. #T4#
A combination from Burgess does no damage.
A head kick misses from Burgess.
Fourie is looking for the big counter here.
Burgess defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Fourie.
Burgess seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Fourie avoids the head kick by Burgess.
Fourie tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.#TD#
Burgess feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Burgess stopping the sweep attempt from Fourie.
Burgess lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Burgess postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Burgess scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Burgess with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#SU#
Burgess gets to his feet. Fourie looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! #TD#
Fourie gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Leonard Burgess 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#
Burgess dives in and scores a takedown into Fourie's guard.#SUB2#
Fourie throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Burgess working some strikes from top position.
Burgess with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Fourie looking for a sweep. Not yet Fourie, not yet.
Burgess postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Burgess keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fourie's head.
Burgess is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Fourie can do to turn this around?
Fourie is breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burgess working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #SUB2#
Fourie is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
#SU#
Burgess stands up from guard. Let's bang! #CL#
Burgess fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fourie, pushing him back against the cage.#T1##TD#
Burgess wants the takedown. Fourie is fighting it off but Burgess persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Fourie's guard against the cage.
Burgess scoring with some ground and pound.
Burgess distracts Fourie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Burgess stands up over Fourie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Burgess postures up and lands a big shot to Fourie's brow.
Burgess preventing the sweep.
Burgess working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Fourie's head.
Burgess cracks Fourie with a solid left hand.
Burgess connects with a couple of short punches.
Burgess won't allow Fourie to get back to his feet.
Burgess keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Fourie's head.
Fourie has momentary wrist control but Burgess slips an elbow through the middle.
Burgess makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Burgess scoring with punches to the head and body. #T2#
Burgess postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Burgess content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Burgess stands up over Fourie, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SU#
Burgess stands up and waves to Fourie to follow him.
Burgess throws a head kick that misses.
Fourie is trying to avoid his opponent's strikes and get into the clinch.#TD#
Burgess bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control.
Burgess looks up at the clock and then as Fourie takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Burgess smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Burgess working the ground and pound.
You can see the frustration on Fourie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fourie is working to avoid the ground and pound but Burgess connects with a decent elbow.
Burgess working away.
Burgess working the head with strikes. #T3#
Fourie is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Burgess lands an elbow. #SUB#
Burgess has hold of Fourie's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Fourie tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Burgess cranks the arm and Fourie screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Fourie, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:27 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Leonard Burgess!
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