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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Nov 23, 2016 |
#R1#
Ioannou blocks a jab.
Ioannou slips under a jab from Petrov.
Jab from Petrov.
Ioannou tries to clinch but Petrov is having none of it.
Petrov ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Ioannou moves away.
Petrov swings for the body but Ioannou moves out of range.
Ioannou uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Petrov.
Ioannou tries to clinch but Petrov is having none of it.
Petrov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Petrov is looking for the big counter here.
Petrov stuffs the takedown.
A cross from Petrov lands.
Ioannou fails with an attempt to clinch.
#CL#
Ioannou closes the distance and clinches.
Ioannou lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
#CUT#
It looks like Radoslav Petrov has been cut.
Petrov avoiding damage as Ioannou throws knees to the body.
Ioannou blocking some punches.
Ioannou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrov.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
A knee to the head by Ioannou.
#T1#
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Ioannou takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
The referee is keeping an eye on Ioannou - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Ioannou using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ioannou has Petrov pushed against the cage.
Petrov has been looking to improve his clinch game in recent weeks. Ioannou seems to have the measure of him in the clinch so far, so let's see if Petrov can turn it around.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Ioannou lands a good knee to the midsection. Petrov won't want to take too many of those.
Ioannou with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ioannou scores with a knee to the head.
Ioannou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ioannou misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Petrov.
#T2#
Petrov throws a head punch that misses.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ioannou obliges.
Ioannou connects with a knee to the head.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Petrov has a couple of punches blocked by Ioannou.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Petrov wants to break free but Ioannou has control.
Ioannou unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petrov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ioannou is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Petrov is defending well for now.
Ioannou looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.
Ioannou tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Ioannou misses with a knee to the head.
Petrov lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Ioannou backwards.
Ioannou tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
#T3#
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
#BC2#
Petrov breaks the clinch.
Petrov misses the jab.
Ioannou wants to clinch up but Petrov keeps it at a distance.
Petrov rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Ioannou moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Ioannou. #CL#
Ioannou takes the fight into the clinch.
Ioannou misses with a knee strike.
Ioannou looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.
Ioannou using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Knees to the body from Ioannou.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ioannou obliges.
Petrov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Petrov managing to block the knees to the body from Ioannou.
Ioannou landing knees to the body.
#T4#
Petrov on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
The pace really dropping off here, momentarily.
Ioannou tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ioannou tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
#BC2#
Petrov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Petrov will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Ioannou shoots in for a takedown but Petrov shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Petrov misses with a straight left.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Petrov scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Ioannou slips under a jab from Petrov.
Ioannou tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Petrov manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Ioannou shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Petrov sprawls well. Petrov wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ioannou gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Costa Ioannou dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Radoslav Petrov's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
#R2#
Petrov circles away from the clinch attempt.
Ioannou is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Petrov can do to turn this around?#CL#
Ioannou closes the distance and pushes Petrov back into the cage.
Ioannou throws a knee to the head but misses.
Ioannou tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Ioannou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Ioannou lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Ioannou lands a knee to the head.
Ioannou with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Ioannou misses with a knee strike.
Petrov is pushing Ioannou up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ioannou trying to land knees to the body.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Ioannou looking to throw knees to the head but Petrov is blocking nicely.
#T1#
Ioannou with a knee to the head.
Ioannou manages to get underhooks and slows down the pace for a moment.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
Ioannou throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Ioannou misses with a knee to the head. #BC2#
Petrov breaks the clinch.
Ioannou tries to clinch but Petrov moves out of range.
Ioannou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Costa Ioannou is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Ioannou is looking to clinch.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Petrov takes a swing at Ioannou's ribcage but misses.
Petrov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Radoslav Petrov seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Petrov is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Ioannou.
Ioannou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petrov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Ioannou fails with an attempt to clinch.
A nice side step and Petrov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.#T2##CL#
Ioannou moves into the clinch.
Ioannou slowing the pace effectively.
Ioannou using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Petrov has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Ioannou is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Petrov throws a head punch that misses.
Ioannou missing with knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Ioannou.
Ioannou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Ioannou misses with a knee to the head.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Still in the clinch, Petrov scores with a nice short uppercut.
Ioannou throws a knee to the head but misses.
Petrov has Ioannou pressed against the cage.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but Petrov blocks it.
#T3#
Ioannou with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Petrov swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Ioannou keeps control of Petrov as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Ioannou misses with a knee strike.
Petrov avoiding damage as Ioannou throws knees to the body.
#BC2#
Petrov escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
A swing and a miss from Petrov.
Ioannou doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrov circles away.
Costa Ioannou seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Petrov just misses with a punch to the body.
Ioannou blocks a jab.
Ioannou tries to clinch but Petrov moves away
and Petrov counters with a nice uppercut.
Petrov keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Petrov throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Ioannou stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Petrov throws out a loose jab but Ioannou uses good head movement to avoid it. #T4#
Ioannou walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Petrov misses with a straight left.
Petrov fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Ioannou manages to avoid it.
Ioannou has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Petrov finds it's way round the side to connect with Ioannou's head.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Ioannou.
A nice side step and Petrov releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Ioannou tries to clinch there but Petrov circles away.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Left hook, right uppercut from Petrov.
Petrov takes a swing at Ioannou's ribcage but misses.
Ioannou throws a big counter combination but Petrov scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Ioannou is looking to clinch.
Petrov looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Petrov throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Petrov takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Petrov misses with a body shot.
Petrov misses with a hook.
Ioannou is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Petrov.
Ioannou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petrov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
The fight stays on the outside here - Ioannou looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Petrov throws a jab but it's blocked by Ioannou.
Ioannou is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Petrov.
Petrov keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Radoslav Petrov will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Radoslav Petrov's cut.
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. This is the final round!
#R3#
Petrov tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Ioannou was well out of range. Poor timing from Petrov.
A big right from Petrov misses.
Ioannou moves in looking to clinch but Petrov pushes him off.#CL#
Ioannou instigates a clinch.
Ioannou scores with a knee to the head.
Petrov managing to block the knees to the body from Ioannou.
Ioannou throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Knees in the clinch landing for Ioannou.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Ioannou obliges.
Ioannou unloads a knee to the mid-section. Petrov lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Ioannou misses with a knee to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ioannou misses with a knee to the head.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.#BC2#
Petrov breaks the clinch.
Ioannou wants to clinch.#T1#
A big right from Petrov misses.
Petrov throws a right and a left that both miss.
Petrov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petrov scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
A telegraphed right hand from Petrov misses the target.
Ioannou appears to be looking for a big counter.
A big right from Petrov misses.
Radoslav Petrov is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Ioannou doesn't manage to clinch there - Petrov circles away.
Petrov avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ioannou is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Petrov! But no joy.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Ioannou trying to land knees to the body.
Ioannou tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Ioannou with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
#BC2#
Petrov manages to break the clinch.
#T2#
Petrov misses with an uppercut.
Petrov stuffs the takedown attempt from Ioannou. Ioannou gets slowly back to his feet.
Ioannou tries to close the distance and clinch up but Petrov swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Petrov fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ioannou avoids the body shot from Petrov.
Ioannou uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Petrov.
Petrov lands a nice hook to Ioannou's body. Ioannou takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Petrov swings for the body but Ioannou moves out of range.
Ioannou tries to close the distance and clinch but Petrov swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Petrov misses with a straight left.
Petrov misses the shot to the body.
Petrov clobbers Ioannou with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Petrov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
A looping hook to the body misses from Petrov. Ioannou does a little dance to reset his feet.
Petrov swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Petrov misses with a looping left.
Petrov swats away the attempt to clinch by Ioannou.#T3#
Ioannou closes the distance and clinches up with Petrov, looking for a takedown. Ioannou pushes Petrov against the cage but Petrov circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Petrov missing with a left hand there. Ioannou was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Petrov throws a body shot but no joy.
Ioannou tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ioannou gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Ioannou fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Costa Ioannou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ioannou avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Ioannou on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
A jab from Petrov misses.
Ioannou takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Petrov pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ioannou tries to clinch but Petrov moves out of range.
Ioannou moves out of range as Petrov strikes.
Petrov misses with a straight left. #CL#
Petrov gets tackled into the cage by Ioannou. Ioannou maintains the clinch.
Ioannou misses with a knee to the head. #T4#
Petrov working aggressively here.
Ioannou misses with a knee to the head.
Ioannou tries to land a knee to the head but Petrov blocks with his arms.
Ioannou throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrov blocks it with crossed arms.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Petrov has had enough of the clinch but Ioannou keeps him there for the moment.
Ioannou blocks an uppercut.
Costa Ioannou has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Ioannou throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Ioannou throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Petrov blocks it with crossed arms.
Ioannou tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Petrov tries a body shot but Ioannou blocks it.
Ioannou with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Petrov wants to break the clinch but can't.
Petrov is trying to break free.
And that's the end of the fight!
Radoslav Petrov comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Petrov 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 Chad Campbell scores the fight 28:29
Judge Jorge Garcia scores the fight 28:29
Judge Dean Styles scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Radoslav Petrov!
A determined Radoslav Petrov didn't want to dwell on this fight in his post fight interview. Instead he was more keen to state he wants a title shot. Let's see if he gets it!
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