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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 21, 2016 |
#R1#
Nice shot lands for Buffer.
Gracie catches Buffer with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Buffer swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Buffer keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Buffer fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gracie manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Gracie. Buffer does a little dance to reset his feet.
Buffer misses with a hook. Gracie ducked under it nicely.
Gracie uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Buffer.
Gracie misses with a wild body shot.
Buffer appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.#KD#
Gracie steps into range and cracks Buffer with a monster punch that buckles his knees! Buffer flops backwards and Gracie dives into his guard looking to finish!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
Gracie with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Buffer lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Buffer slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #SUB#
Gracie has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Buffer can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself. #T1#
Gracie being controlled here, momentarily.
Gracie working a defensive guard but Buffer passes into half guard.
Buffer scores with a couple of good hammerfists.#T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Gracie is looking to control Buffer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gracie avoid being mounted?
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Buffer stalling.
Gracie works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gracie on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Gracie tries to get out of the position.
Buffer chips away with some ground and pound.
Buffer controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Buffer is continuing to stall.#T3##SUB#
Gracie working for a triangle but Buffer defends it easily.
Buffer sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gracie is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Buffer takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Buffer tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Gracie was well out of range. Poor timing from Buffer.
Gracie looks to land a combination but Buffer avoids it well. #CL2#
Buffer rushes Gracie and presses him up against the cage.
Gracie blocks an uppercut.
Gracie wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Buffer has him pressed against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Buffer.
Buffer tries to work over Gracie's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Gracie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Gracie taking a breather.
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 Royce Gracie will probably get the nod.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Gracie throws a series of punches but Buffer moves out of range.
Buffer takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Buffer tries to clinch but Gracie moves out of range. #CL2#
Gracie tries to keep at a distance but Buffer has taken the fight into the clinch.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Gracie wants to stall.
Buffer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie tries to circle away but Buffer has him pinned against the cage.
Buffer has Gracie pressed against the cage, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.#T1#
Buffer misses with some punches.
Gracie can't break the clinch.
Gracie tries to break free but Buffer pushes him back against the cage.
Buffer keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gracie's efforts to push away.
Buffer managing to block the knees to the body from Gracie.
Buffer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Gracie.
Gracie misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Buffer.
#T2#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Buffer lands a hook to the side of the head.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Buffer is controlling him.
Gracie is trying to break the clinch but Buffer has him pressed against the cage.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Gracie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
A frustrated look appears on Gracie's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Gracie tries to break the clinch but Buffer is controlling the position.
Buffer blocks an elbow strike.#T3#
Buffer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
A head punch on the inside from Buffer fails to land.
Buffer lands with a short shot to the head.
Buffer keeps control of Gracie as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gracie looking to throw knees to the head but Buffer is blocking nicely.
Buffer tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Buffer pushes Gracie back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
Buffer misses with some punches.
Gracie takes a shot to the head. #T4#
Gracie is trying to push Buffer away but Buffer has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Buffer has Gracie pressed against the cage, preventing Gracie from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Buffer swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Gracie wants to break free but Buffer has control.
Gracie is trying to break free.
Buffer lands an uppercut.
Gracie taking a breather.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracie is struggling to control the position.
Buffer prevents a body shot from Gracie.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Buffer showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Let's get this one finished - here comes the final round!
#R3#
Buffer throws a body punch but Gracie moves out of range.
Buffer throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Buffer throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Buffer throws a jab but it's blocked by Gracie.
Gracie looks to land a combination. Buffer sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Gracie keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
#KD#
Oooh a lovely combination from Gracie sends Buffer down but not out. Gracie dives into side control looking to finish.
Gracie will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#SUB#
Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but Buffer is defending well.
Gracie landing a few strikes. #ROC#
Buffer is rocked!
Buffer is trying to improve his position.
Gracie fails to land a wild elbow strike.
#T1#
Gracie wants to control but Buffer is keeping him busy.
Buffer defending against the ground and pound.
Buffer is looking for a sweep.
Buffer sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.#SU#
Gracie gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Buffer on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Gracie lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Buffer is looking to close the distance but Gracie sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Buffer crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Buffer is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:45 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). Royce Gracie!
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