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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 04, 2016 |
#R1#
Shawcross throws a hook to the side of Balisi's head but Balisi sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Shawcross stuffs the takedown attempt from Balisi. Balisi gets slowly back to his feet. #CL2#
Shawcross moves into range and clinches up with Balisi.
Balisi has Shawcross pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Shawcross manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Shawcross misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Shawcross prevents a body shot from Balisi.
Balisi blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Shawcross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Shawcross can't break the clinch.
Balisi blocks a punch to the side of the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shawcross tries to circle away but Balisi has him pinned against the cage.
Shawcross is working Balisi over against the cage.
Shawcross is trying to push Balisi away but Balisi has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#BC2#
Shawcross pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shawcross lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.#T1#
Shawcross's corner calls for a 1-2. Shawcross obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range. #CL2#
Shawcross rushes Balisi and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#BC#
Balisi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Shawcross scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Balisi shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Shawcross sprawls well. Shawcross wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Balisi gets slowly back to his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Ambo Balisi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Balisi walks into a stiff left hand from Shawcross.
Shawcross scores with a jab to the body.#CL#
Balisi rushes Shawcross and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Shawcross misses with a short punch on the inside.
Balisi wants a takedown but no success here.
Shawcross leaning his opponent against the cage.#T2#
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Balisi drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Shawcross gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Shawcross misses with the head strike.
Shawcross misses with some punches.
Shawcross lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Shawcross scores with a shot to the side of Balisi's head.
Balisi letting Shawcross take a breather here.
Shawcross pushes Balisi back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Balisi blocking some punches.
Balisi takes a shot to the head. #BC#
Balisi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Balisi fails to land the takedown.#T3#
A cross from Shawcross lands.
Shawcross lands a really nice looking cross but Balisi seems unphased.
Balisi looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Balisi doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Shawcross counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Shawcross lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Balisi takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.#ROC2#
Balisi is rocked!
Shawcross is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Balisi had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Shawcross digs a good body shot into Balisi's ribs.
Oh Balisi is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Balisi is breathing heavily.
Shawcross throws a poor cross that misses
#CL#
and Balisi counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Shawcross taking a breather.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Shawcross takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Nice body punch from Shawcross.
Balisi seems to have got his legs back now.
Shawcross misses with a punch to the body.
Balisi is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Shawcross is defending well for now.#T4#
Shawcross looking to stall.
Shawcross makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Shawcross wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Shawcross working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Shawcross lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Shawcross gets through Balisi's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Shawcross is pressed up against the cage. Balisi has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Shawcross down to the mat. Shawcross avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Shawcross is looking to clinch but Balisi is avoiding it.
Balisi half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Jab from Shawcross.
Balisi uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Shawcross.
Balisi ducks under a wild hook from Shawcross.
Balisi darts in trying to clinch
and Shawcross counters with a stiff right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Arthur Shawcross dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
#R2#
Balisi shoots and misses
letting Shawcross counter with a right hand.
Shawcross has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Balisi displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Shawcross throws out the jab. #KD2#
Shawcross drops Balisi with a hook right on the temple. He thinks about going to the ground but Balisi looks back up at him and smiles so Shawcross waves him back to his feet - he obviously thinks he can knock him out after that shot landed.
Shawcross batters Balisi with a massive right followed by a huge left! Balisi is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Shawcross lands a final crushing right hand to drop Balisi to the mat with a gruesome thud! Shawcross is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Arthur Shawcross!
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