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Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
USFC 116
Date: May 07, 2016 |
#R1##CL2#
Vasilev closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Vasilev scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Schwarz tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schwarz misses with an elbow strike.
Schwarz tries a body shot but Vasilev blocks it.
Vasilev has had enough of the clinch but Schwarz keeps him there for the moment.
Schwarz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Schwarz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vasilev walks away with a smile on his face. Schwarz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Schwarz staying out of range there.
Vasilev takes one on the button.#CL2#
Vasilev darts in and clinches Schwarz up against the cage.
Schwarz jumps guard but Vasilev turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Vasilev told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Schwarz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wulfgar Schwarz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schwarz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vasilev's brow.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasilev blocks an elbow strike from Schwarz.
Vasilev dodges an elbow strike from Schwarz.
Vasilev blocks an elbow strike.
Schwarz tries to pull guard but Vasilev forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Vasilev scores with a nice hook to the head.#BC2#
Vasilev breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL#
Schwarz forces Vasilev back against the cage and clinches.#T1#
Schwarz tries to throw a body punch but Vasilev avoids it by throwing Schwarz back against the cage.
Schwarz throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Vasilev avoids the elbow strike from Schwarz, against the cage.
Schwarz jumps guard but Vasilev stands there with Schwarz around his waist. Schwarz gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Schwarz lands a nice shot to the body.
Schwarz blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Vasilev lands a body shot in the clinch.
Vasilev blocks an elbow strike.
Vasilev tries to work over Schwarz's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Vasilev misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Vasilev pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Schwarz moves out of range of the body kick.
Vasilev has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Schwarz finds it's way round the side to connect with Vasilev's head. #CL#
Schwarz gets a clinch.
Schwarz throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Vasilev with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
#T2##TD#
Schwarz pulls guard successfully.
#SUB#
Vasilev avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Schwarz is looking to sweep but instead, Vasilev has passed into half guard.
Schwarz is trying to get back to full guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Schwarz wants to get back to full guard but Vasilev has mounted him!
Schwarz is in all sorts of trouble here.
Schwarz is working hard here to advance position.
Vasilev controlling from the full mount.
Schwarz is trying to escape the mount.
#T3#
Schwarz gets back to half guard.
Schwarz works his way to full guard. Good work.
Schwarz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vasilev lands a couple of digs.
Schwarz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Vasilev's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Schwarz tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Schwarz lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Schwarz tries to free his leg and advance position but Vasilev is retaining full guard.
Schwarz sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vasilev's guard. #T4##SUB#
Schwarz is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Schwarz trying to advance position but Vasilev counters by regaining guard. #SUB2#
Vasilev is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Schwarz is aware though and is defending well.
Schwarz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vasilev is keeping the position for now.
Vasilev striking off his back but it's not causing Schwarz any problems.
Schwarz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Vasilev is keeping the position for now.
Schwarz is looking to advance position but Vasilev has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!#REVB#
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Wulfgar Schwarz will probably get the nod.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Vasilev throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Vasilev darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Vasilev finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Schwarz has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Schwarz there as he acknowledges the shot.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Schwarz checks a leg kick.
Vasilev tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vasilev just misses with a punch to the body.
Vasilev lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Schwarz at a distance.
Vasilev throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Vasilev is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Schwarz misses with an elbow over the top.
Vasilev landing knees to the head.
Vasilev has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#T1#
Schwarz pushes off an throws an elbow but Vasilev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Schwarz throws an elbow that misses.
Vasilev can't find room to land a body shot as Schwarz controls the action.
Adrik Vasilev seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Schwarz pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Schwarz pushes off an throws an elbow but Vasilev leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Vasilev tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schwarz throws an elbow but misses.
Vasilev lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Schwarz keeps control of Vasilev as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Vasilev avoids a wild elbow strike from Schwarz.
Schwarz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Vasilev's defenses.
Schwarz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vasilev pushes Schwarz back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Schwarz blocks a body shot from Vasilev. #BC2#
Vasilev breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Adrik Vasilev seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Schwarz wants to clinch up but Vasilev keeps it at a distance.#CL2#
Vasilev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vasilev has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.#T2#
A short body shot lands from Schwarz as the two fighters clinch.
Schwarz tries for a takedown. No joy.
Schwarz lands an uppercut.
Schwarz can't find room to land a body shot as Vasilev controls the action.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Schwarz jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Vasilev walks away with a smile on his face. Schwarz gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Wulfgar Schwarz. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Schwarz takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Vasilev misses with a leg kick
and Schwarz counters with a series of strikes. Vasilev will be more careful next time no doubt.
Vasilev misses with a looping left.
Schwarz seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Vasilev misses with a body kick.#CL2#
Vasilev gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Vasilev throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Schwarz blocks it with crossed arms.
Vasilev fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vasilev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vasilev avoids a wild elbow strike from Schwarz.
Vasilev missing with knees to the body.
#T3#
Schwarz can't get the takedown.
Vasilev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows.
Schwarz on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Vasilev blocks the elbow strike.
Vasilev blocking some punches.
Schwarz avoiding damage as Vasilev throws knees to the body.
Schwarz lands an elbow inside that Vasilev shrugs off. #TD#
Schwarz pulls guard effortlessly.
Schwarz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Vasilev's guard. #REVR#
Vasilev controls Schwarz momentarily but Schwarz frees himself.
Schwarz pushes down on Vasilev's leg and manages to get into half guard.#SUB#
Vasilev is defending against the submission attempts here by Schwarz.
#T4##SUB#
Schwarz is looking for a kimura here.
Schwarz is looking to advance position but Vasilev won't allow it.
Schwarz wants to advance to full mount but Vasilev doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
Vasilev not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Schwarz tries to free his leg and advance position but Vasilev is retaining full guard. #SUB#
Schwarz 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.
Schwarz looking to pass the guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Adrik Vasilev showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
A slow jab from Schwarz misses its intended target.
Wulfgar Schwarz is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Schwarz misses with a wild combination.
Vasilev connects with the punch.
Vasilev connects with a leg kick. Schwarz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vasilev lands an overhand right.
Schwarz uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Vasilev.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vasilev connects with a leg kick. Schwarz looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Vasilev pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Vasilev throws a wild body kick that Schwarz sees coming a mile off.
Schwarz seemed to be looking to counter by closing the distance.
Schwarz takes a shot right to the bread basket.#T1#
Schwarz misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Schwarz throws a right hand that Vasilev ducks under and follows up with a left that Vasilev also avoids with ease.
Schwarz shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Vasilev eats them both and turns towards Schwarz to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
Schwarz checks the leg kick nicely there.
#CL2#
Vasilev instigates a clinch.
Schwarz fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Vasilev unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schwarz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vasilev stalling against the cage.
Vasilev tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Schwarz blocking some punches.
With the fighters up against the cage, Schwarz throws an elbow but misses.
Vasilev dodges an elbow strike from Schwarz.
A short body shot lands from Vasilev as the two fighters clinch.
Schwarz goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#T2#
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Vasilev creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Vasilev dodges an elbow strike from Schwarz.
Schwarz blocks a body shot from Vasilev.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Schwarz just misses with a elbow thrown towards Vasilev's brow.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Schwarz can't get the takedown.
Schwarz tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Vasilev's elbow. #BC2#
Vasilev's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Schwarz throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Vasilev.
Vasilev avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Vasilev throws a right and a left that Schwarz avoids nicely.
Schwarz avoids a kick to the body.
Schwarz was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Vasilev looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Schwarz has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Vasilev.
Vasilev takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
#T3#
A low kick from Vasilev misses
and Schwarz counters with a two punch combo.
Schwarz takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Schwarz throws a looping overhand right but Vasilev ducks down to avoid it.
Vasilev lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Vasilev misses with a low kick.
Vasilev throws a nice outside leg kick.
Vasilev thumps Schwarz with a low kick.
A bone on bone clash there as Schwarz blocks the leg kick.
Schwarz tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Vasilev manages to circle out of the way.
Vasilev tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Schwarz was well out of range. Poor timing from Vasilev.
Vasilev fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
As Vasilev looks to move away, Schwarz throws a big counter combo but Vasilev just gets out of the way.
Schwarz ducks under a wild hook from Vasilev.
Schwarz is looking for a counter combo.
Schwarz is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
Schwarz throws a lazy uppercut
and Vasilev counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt. #T4#
Schwarz uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Vasilev.
As Vasilev looks to move away, Schwarz throws a big counter combo but Vasilev just gets out of the way.#CL2#
Vasilev forces Schwarz back against the cage and clinches.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Vasilev unloads a knee to the mid-section. Schwarz lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Vasilev is trying to stall.
#BC2#
Vasilev escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Schwarz slips under a jab.
Vasilev swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Schwarz throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Schwarz keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Schwarz slips under a jab from Vasilev.
Schwarz tries to counter by clinching up but Vasilev breaks away and moves out of range.
Vasilev throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
And that's the end of the fight!
Adrik Vasilev comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Vasilev has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Joseph Jones scores the fight 28:29
Judge Eddie Farnsworth scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Adrik Vasilev!
An out of breath and clearly excited Adrik Vasilev thanked AnonymouS for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
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