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QFC Tournament 55 Round 4 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Arth Tour (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Eddie Siracusa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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152 lbs
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160 cm
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150 lbs
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the featherweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Arth Tour!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
3 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Eddie Siracusa!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Tour moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
It looks like Eddie Siracusa has been cut.
Siracusa bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Siracusa shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Tour as he jumps to the side.
Tour looks to score with a jab to the body but Siracusa is just out of range.
Siracusa with a poor takedown
and Tour counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Tour.
Tour can't find room to land a body shot as Siracusa controls the action.
Tour has Siracusa pushed against the cage.
Siracusa is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Tour to keep the fight standing.
Arth Tour has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Eddie Siracusa.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siracusa's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Siracusa jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Tour walks away with a smile on his face. Siracusa gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Tour drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Siracusa throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Siracusa keeping full guard, as Tour tries to pass.
Tour will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Siracusa looking for a guillotine here but Tour defends easily.
Tour wants to pass the guard but Siracusa is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tour prevents Siracusa from getting back to his feet.
Siracusa avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Siracusa manages to land a sweep and now he's in mount on top!
Siracusa fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Siracusa throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Siracusa throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tour is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Siracusa misses with a head shot.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Tour is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Poor strikes thrown by Siracusa there. More accuracy and less frantic strikes would help!
Siracusa lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Tour hang on?
Tour tries to hold on but Siracusa postures up.
Siracusa looking to finish with strikes here!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Siracusa misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Siracusa looking to finish with strikes here!
Siracusa connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Siracusa is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Siracusa throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
Tour on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Tour tries to get out of the position.
Siracusa swings around for an armbar and he's got it! Wow, that came out of nowhere! What a finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Eddie Siracusa!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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