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QFC Tournament 476 Round 3 PBP Commentary |
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Makowski Brewer (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Louis Santos Jr (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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Good takedowns
Counter fighter
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Makowski Brewer!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Louis Santos Jr!
The judges for this bout are Steve Montenegro, David Schapiro and Chad Campbell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Brewer leaves Santos Jr with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Brewer seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Brewer dodges the punch combination from Santos Jr.
Brewer changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Santos Jr shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Brewer pinned against the cage. Brewer gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Louis Santos Jr seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Brewer has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brewer turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control!
Brewer slows the pace down.
Santos Jr can't do much from the bottom here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos Jr keeps working.
Santos Jr is letting Brewer control him for a moment.
Santos Jr wants to escape from the position here - easier said than done!
Brewer controls the position from side control.
Brewer scoring with punches from side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Brewer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos Jr keeps working.
Brewer in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
Brewer cracks Santos Jr with a big right hand but Santos Jr just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Santos Jr prevents Brewer from improving position.
Brewer scoring with punches from side control.
Brewer working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Brewer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Santos Jr keeps working.
Santos Jr is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Santos Jr's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Santos Jr is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Brewer is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santos Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
You can see the frustration on Santos Jr's face as Brewer controls the position.
Brewer is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Santos Jr is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Brewer goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Santos Jr rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Brewer's guard! Nice work there by Santos Jr!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brewer looking for a sweep. Not yet Brewer, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santos Jr got a little sloppy there for a moment and Brewer has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Santos Jr has managed to get both his arms back between Brewer's legs - danger averted.
Santos Jr trying to control but Brewer is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Makowski Brewer dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Santos Jr moves into the clinch.
Santos Jr is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Brewer gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Santos Jr working hard to break the clinch.
Santos Jr has Brewer pressed against the cage, preventing Brewer from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Brewer gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Brewer not doing much here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos Jr wants to improve his position but Brewer is controlling well.
Brewer passes the guard and advances to mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brewer scoring with strikes but Santos Jr is staying in there.
Brewer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Brewer is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Brewer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brewer trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Brewer controlling his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brewer looking to control but Santos Jr is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brewer pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Brewer looking to control and managing it successfully.
Brewer landing strikes, looking to finish!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brewer tries to control but Santos Jr wriggling away.
Brewer landing strikes from the mount.
Makowski Brewer overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Brewer controlling from mount.
Santos Jr is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brewer in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Santos Jr is wriggling around trying to escape.
Brewer breaks from Santos Jr's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Santos Jr is rocked!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Santos Jr takes a big shot to the dome and his eyes have rolled back in his head! Brewer's killer instinct has kicked in as he finishes the fight with more strikes. Impressive finish.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Makowski Brewer!
Makowski Brewer spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Irshaad Sayed (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Daisuke Sakuma (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Well, I have no idea who's going to take this one!
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Decent wrestler
Decent elbows
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Good takedowns
Brawler
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Irshaad Sayed!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Daisuke Sakuma!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Russell Pearce and Jorge Garcia.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Sayed defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Sakuma.
Sakuma shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sayed as he avoids it easily.
It looked like Sayed was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Sakuma misses with a body shot.
A head kick misses from Sakuma.
Sayed closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Sayed with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Sayed lands a nice elbow.
Sayed lands a nice knee to the body.
Sayed with a knee to the head.
Sakuma goes for a takedown in the clinch but Sayed prevents it.
Irshaad Sayed has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Daisuke Sakuma.
Sayed connects with a knee to the head.
Sayed lands an elbow just above Sakuma 's eye.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Sakuma is looking to break free of the clinch but Sayed has double underhooks.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A knee to the head by Sayed.
Sayed lands an elbow just above Sakuma 's eye.
Sakuma is rocked!
Sakuma takes a knee right on the jaw!
Sakuma is still on wobbly legs! Can Sayed finish him?
Sayed unloads a knee to the mid-section.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Sayed.
Sayed gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Nice elbow from Sayed.
Sakuma can't get the takedown.
Sayed landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Sayed landing knees to the head.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sayed has the Thai clinch. He lands a big knee to the head that stumbles Sakuma - he's in trouble! Another big knee to the head from Sayed, and another! Sakuma is out on his feet - the ref jumps in to save him and ends the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knees). Irshaad Sayed!
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FIGHT
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