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QFC Tournament 267 Round 2 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Laipui Liana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jake Teadies (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Teadies has chosen 'I Came to Believe' by Johnny Cash as his entrance music. This should be fireworks!
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Good takedowns
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Laipui Liana!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jake Teadies!
The judges for this bout are Kenichi Hosakawa, Tatsuya Matsuyama and Taro Takaoka.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liana throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Liana doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Teadies holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Liana is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Teadies to keep the fight standing.
Teadies can't find room to land a body shot as Liana controls the action.
Teadies lands a body shot in the clinch.
Liana manages to pull guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Liana has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Teadies is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Liana.
Teadies tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Liana tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Teadies wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Teadies just content to control the position.
Teadies prevents Liana from escaping the position.
You can see the frustration on Liana's face as Teadies controls the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Liana wants to get back to his feet but Teadies drags him back down.
Liana tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Liana is working hard here to advance position.
Teadies is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Liana is not content to let Teadies control the position.
Liana wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Teadies slows the pace down.
The ref stands the fighters back up. Jake Teadies was stalling too much, according to the referee.
Teadies gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Teadies working a defensive guard here.
Liana stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Teadies swivels though and keeps the full guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Teadies is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Liana postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Teadies is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Liana, into his guard.
Liana is breathing heavily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Teadies slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Teadies looking to pass the guard.
Teadies is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Teadies must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Liana had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Teadies defends it easily.
Teadies is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Liana looking for subs off his back but Teadies has passed one foot through into half guard.
Teadies tries to pass the half guard into mount. Liana knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Teadies stalling.
Liana is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Teadies pulls his head out easily.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Teadies slows the pace down in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Jake Teadies will probably get the nod.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Liana with a lazy takedown attempt
and Teadies moves into the clinch.
Teadies pressing his opponent against the cage.
Liana tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Teadies just stands there and leans against the cage.
Come on Teadies - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Teadies manages to break the clinch.
Liana with a poor takedown
and Teadies counters by moving into the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Laipui Liana. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Teadies gets double underhooks and manages to take the fight to the ground.
Liana keeping moving, preventing Teadies from controlling successfully.
Teadies tries to stand but Liana is controlling from the bottom.
Liana is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Teadies is aware though and is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liana keeping moving, preventing Teadies from controlling successfully.
Teadies avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Teadies is posturing up here but Liana has hold of an arm and he's gone for an armbar! Teadies tries to roll out but it's too tight and Teadies has to tap! Slick submission there by Liana!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:40 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Laipui Liana!
Jake Teadies spoke after the fight, saying 'I wanna thank JESUS for giving me a good fight and teaching me to accept whatever comes from His will!'.
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Undercard bout
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Dmitri Salnik (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mikhail Lepikhin (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Man, I cannot wait for this one!
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Basic striking
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Dmitri Salnik!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Mikhail Lepikhin!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Taro Takaoka and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Salnik shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Lepikhin pinned against the cage. Lepikhin gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Salnik fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Lepikhin gets a double leg takedown into Salnik's guard.
Salnik looking to hit a scissor sweep but Lepikhin is one step ahead there.
Lepikhin landing with the ground and pound.
Lepikhin works over Salnik with some ground and pound from guard.
Lepikhin content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Salnik bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Lepikhin's guard.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salnik throws a big elbow that misses.
Lepikhin tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Salnik could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Salnik got a little sloppy there for a moment and Lepikhin has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Salnik has managed to get both his arms back between Lepikhin's legs - danger averted.
Lepikhin lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Salnik!
Salnik bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lepikhin wants to sweep here but Salnik controlling him for the moment.
Salnik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lepikhin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Salnik defends it easily.
Salnik throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Salnik is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Lepikhin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Salnik's guard.
Lepikhin distracts Salnik with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Lepikhin makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Salnik is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Lepikhin gets full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Lepikhin looking for a sweep. Not yet Lepikhin, not yet.
Salnik scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lepikhin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Salnik gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lepikhin is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Salnik defends well.
Salnik is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Lepikhin looking for subs off his back but Salnik has passed one foot through into half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lepikhin manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salnik keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Lepikhin's head.
Lepikhin wants to sweep but no luck.
Salnik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Lepikhin utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Lepikhin bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Salnik's guard.
Lepikhin scoring with punches to the head and body.
Lepikhin loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Salnik looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Salnik wants to sweep here but Lepikhin controlling him for the moment.
Lepikhin works over Salnik with some ground and pound from guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Lepikhin postures up in Salnik's guard and throws a big left but Salnik blocks it.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Salnik is on top in guard.
Lepikhin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salnik is one step ahead there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Lepikhin can do anything to dispel that myth.
Lepikhin throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Salnik stopping the sweep attempt from Lepikhin.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mikhail Lepikhin 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.
Salnik will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Salnik changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Lepikhin tries to avoid it but Salnik manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Lepikhin to the ground. Lepikhin escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
No luck for Salnik with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dmitri Salnik. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Salnik shoots in and bounces Lepikhin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Lepikhin escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Salnik gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Lepikhin has his foot on Salnik's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Salnik works his way back into a safe position though.
Salnik preventing the sweep.
Lepikhin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salnik can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lepikhin has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salnik can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Lepikhin is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Salnik is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Salnik landing with the ground and pound.
Salnik throws a big right hand that misses.
Salnik postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Salnik drops back looking for a leg! Lepikhin is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Lepikhin manages to kick Salnik off! Salnik jumps back into Lepikhin's guard.
Salnik throwing strikes but missing.
Salnik postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Salnik missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Salnik is sitting in close to Lepikhin's body. Lepikhin has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Salnik is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Salnik is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Lepikhin.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:30 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Mikhail Lepikhin!
Mikhail Lepikhin bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Co-main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jr Adams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Don Don (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Adams kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is 'Looking For The Stone' by Dry Branch Fire Squad. Don Don will no doubt be trying to keep this one on the feet, where he has a distinct advantage.
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jr Adams!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Don Don!
The judges for this bout are Taro Takaoka, Yasuomi Hirokawa and Yukihiro Shimada.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Don throws a hook but Adams blocks it.
Don catches Adams with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Adams gets a double leg takedown into Don's guard.
Adams is looking to work some ground and pound but Don has wrist control.
Don trying to keep a closed guard but Adams is proving a slippery customer.
Don is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Adams is aware though and is defending well.
Adams advances position into side control!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Adams advances to full mount.
Adams 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.
Adams breaks from Don's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Don is rocked!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Adams controlling the position easily from mount.
Don is still in real trouble! Can Adams finish him?
A big strike lands for Adams! That's really hurt Don and he's turned his back - Adams keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Adams jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jr Adams!
An out of breath Jr Adams thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career.
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Main event
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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Ryusaki Yagami (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jungle Boogie (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Boogie has chosen Jungle Boogie as his entrance music. Ryusaki Yagami could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jungle Boogie's chin.
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Ryusaki Yagami!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jungle Boogie!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Yukihiro Shimada and Hirohito Nitta.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Boogie throws a series of punches but Yagami avoids them all with ease.
Yagami lands a nice shot that snaps Boogie's head back.
Boogie moves away from the strike by Yagami.
A big left from Yagami misses.
A cross from Yagami lands.
Yagami throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Yagami tests Boogie's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Yagami swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Yagami steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Boogie.
Boogie takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boogie is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Yagami throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Boogie moves out of range as Yagami strikes.
Boogie staying out of range there.
Yagami misses with a looping left.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yagami misses with a body punch
letting Boogie counter with a right hand.
Yagami looks to throw the jab but Boogie is out of range.
Yagami throws a jab but it's blocked by Boogie.
Yagami is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Yagami throws an overhand right that lands on Boogie's shoulder, as Boogie tries to avoid the shot.
Boogie misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Yagami.
Yagami misses with an uppercut
and Boogie counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Boogie.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Boogie's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Yagami had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Boogie defends it easily.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Boogie trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boogie must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Yagami working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Boogie.
Boogie is trying to tuck his arms in to keep them safe but Yagami has managed to isolate one of them and has got a loose triangle. Boogie is looking to defend but Yagami has done well to lock his legs together - this could be big trouble for Boogie! Yagami pulls down on the head and a little smile comes across his face - he knows he's got it. Yep, Boogie taps out and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Ryusaki Yagami!
During a confident post fight interview, Ryusaki Yagami thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Jungle Boogie was interviewed post fight and said 'I guess it's back to the grind for me. Who's having an after party?!?'.
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