QFC Tournament 169 Round 2 PBP Commentary

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Marcho Rocha (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Black Panther (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Marcho Rocha could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Black Panther's chin.

Rocha
vs
Panther

174 cm
18
154 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

180 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter fighter
KO power

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter fighter
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Marcho Rocha!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Black Panther!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Rocha wants to clinch but Panther slips to the side
letting Panther counter with a right hand.

Rocha closes the distance and pushes Panther back into the cage.
Rocha lands an elbow inside.
Rocha tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Panther avoids it.
Panther wants to get back to striking at distance but Rocha won't allow it.
Rocha is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Panther is defending well for now.
Panther can't get the takedown.
Panther has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.

Panther breaks from the clinch.
Rocha fails with an attempt to clinch.

Rocha rushes Panther and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Rocha putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Panther in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Panther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Rocha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.

It looks like Black Panther has been cut.
Panther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Panther wants to break the clinch but can't.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Rocha lands an elbow inside.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rocha.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Rocha with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Panther on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Panther wants to take the fight to the mat but Rocha manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Rocha utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.
Panther misses with a knee strike.
Rocha comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Panther wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rocha lands a knee to the body.
Panther looks winded!
Panther wants a takedown but no success here.
Marcho Rocha has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Black Panther.
Panther blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Panther drops down looking for an ankle pick but Rocha pulls his leg out and moves away.
Panther swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rocha loads up on a big right hand but Panther slips the punch.

Rocha closes the distance and pushes Panther back into the cage.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Rocha.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Rocha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rocha connects with a nasty looking knee right to Panther's face.

Panther is rocked!
Panther takes a knee to the side of the body.
Panther is still on wobbly legs! Can Rocha finish him?
Panther takes a knee to the side of the body.
Panther seems to have recovered his senses.
Rocha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rocha lands an elbow just above Panther 's eye.
Panther letting Rocha take a breather here.
Rocha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Rocha lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Rocha scores a nice knee to the body.
Rocha lands a damaging elbow.
Rocha using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Rocha.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rocha is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Rocha obliges.
Knees to the body from Rocha.
Panther takes an elbow to the temple.
Panther wants to break the clinch but can't.
Rocha gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Rocha jerks Panther's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Panther drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Rocha goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Rocha because Panther was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Marcho Rocha!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
62%

Undercard bout

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Roger Godfrey (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Ross Hardy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The key to victory for Roger Godfrey has got to be keeping the fight on the feet.

Godfrey
vs
Hardy

174 cm
18
150 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

172 cm
18
156 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Good knees
Big heart

Decent wrestler
Basic striking
Inexperienced

KAISER

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Roger Godfrey!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Ross Hardy!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, Chris Edwards and James Atkins.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Godfrey keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Hardy swats away the attempt to clinch by Godfrey.
Hardy throws an overhand right that lands on Godfrey's shoulder, as Godfrey tries to avoid the shot.
Hardy misses with an uppercut.
Hardy throws out a leg kick but Godfrey moves out of range and Hardy only half commits.
Godfrey takes a swing at Hardy's ribcage but misses.
Hardy swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Godfrey misses the shot to the body.

Godfrey closes the distance and clinches.
Knees to the body from Godfrey.
Godfrey lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Godfrey working Hardy over with knees to the body.
Godfrey lands a nice elbow.
Godfrey has Hardy pressed against the cage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Godfrey pulls his leg out and moves away.
Godfrey bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Godfrey misses with an attempted mid kick.
Hardy slips a straight right by Godfrey.
Hardy fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Godfrey manages to avoid it.
Godfrey throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Hardy circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roger Godfrey is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Godfrey is looking to clinch but Hardy is avoiding it.
Hardy shoots in for a takedown but Godfrey shows good takedown defense.
Roger Godfrey has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ross Hardy.

Godfrey forces Hardy back against the cage and clinches.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey is pressed up against the cage. Hardy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Godfrey down to the mat. Godfrey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Hardy lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Godfrey has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Godfrey and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Ross Hardy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Godfrey moves into the clinch.
Hardy managing to block the knees to the body from Godfrey.
Hardy blocks an elbow strike.
Godfrey connects with a knee to the head.
Godfrey pushes off an throws an elbow but Hardy leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Godfrey lands a good knee to the midsection. Hardy won't want to take too many of those.
Hardy can't break the clinch.
Godfrey pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Godfrey tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardy avoids the damage to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Godfrey working Hardy over with knees to the body.
Hardy tries to score a body lock takedown but Godfrey shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
With the fighters up against the cage, Godfrey throws an elbow but misses.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Godfrey just misses with a elbow thrown towards Hardy's brow.
Godfrey tries to land knees in the clinch but Hardy avoids the damage to the body.
Hardy avoiding damage as Godfrey throws knees to the body.
Godfrey is pressed up against the cage. Hardy has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Godfrey down to the mat. Godfrey avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.

Godfrey drives through and clinches with Hardy against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Godfrey takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Godfrey obliges.
Hardy wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Godfrey tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Hardy avoids it.
Hardy on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Godfrey lands a damaging elbow.
Hardy takes a knee to the side of the body.
Godfrey with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Hardy avoids the elbow strike from Godfrey, against the cage.
Godfrey is pushing Hardy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Godfrey scores with a knee to the head.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Roger Godfrey dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!

Godfrey throws a wild body kick that Hardy sees coming a mile off.
Godfrey stuffs the takedown.
Godfrey ducks under a wild hook from Hardy.

Hardy shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Godfrey's guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hardy postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Hardy is pushing down on Godfrey's leg trying to pass to half guard. Godfrey is fighting to maintain full guard but Hardy has managed to sneak the leg through.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Hardy in particular looking to stall.
Hardy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Hardy throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Hardy with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Godfrey on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Godfrey tries to get out of the position.
Hardy lands strikes from half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hardy is nestled in close to Godfrey, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Hardy passes the guard and advances to mount!
Hardy postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Godfrey looks a forlorn figure.
Hardy controlling his opponent.
Hardy raining down shots from the mount!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
BOOM! Hardy connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Hardy is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Godfrey can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Hardy scores with a couple of good head shots there.

Godfrey is rocked!
Hardy dominating with strikes here.
Oh Godfrey is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Hardy unloading with bombs!
Hardy raining down hammerfists from mount.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Hardy content just to control the position here.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hardy cracks Godfrey with a big head shot that has him covering up instantly! He's rolled onto his side and the referee has seen enough - this one is aaaaaaaaaaall over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ross Hardy!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
43%

Co-main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Joseph Watene (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Hal Moodheads (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.

Watene
vs
Moodheads

170 cm
18
140 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

156 cm
18
155 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
Good chin

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Intelligent

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Joseph Watene!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Hal Moodheads!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watene fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
A solid body kick from Watene.
Nice sprawl there from Watene as Moodheads shoots in.
Watene looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Moodheads shoots for a takedown but Watene saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Watene explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.

Moodheads shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Watene napping and manages to drive through into side control!

Moodheads is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Watene has escaped the position, nice work there.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!

Moodheads tries for a kimura but Watene is defending well.

Moodheads tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watene gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there!

Moodheads is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Watene is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Watene flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Moodheads anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Watene and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Moodheads slips an arm under Watene chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Moodheads has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Moodheads is squeezing on Watene like an anaconda would it's prey. Watene fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:38 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Hal Moodheads!

C
A

C
B

energy
A | B

hype
A | B

pop
A | B

mgr
A | B

FIGHT
RATING
72%

Main event

Coming up we have a featherweight MMA rules bout between Go Hasegawa (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Scott Roper (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!

Hasegawa
vs
Roper

167 cm
18
142 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

184 cm
18
145 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Basic striking
Good chin

BJJ Brown Belt
Brawler
Solid chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Go Hasegawa!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Scott Roper!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Andrew Berry.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Roper shoots in and bounces Hasegawa off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.

Hasegawa is looking to sinch up a triangle. Roper throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Hasegawa's body to avoid the submission. Hasegawa has instead reached around Roper's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Hasegawa arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Go Hasegawa!
Go Hasegawa was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.