 |
Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
|
Event:
FC 140:The Challenger
Date: Feb 18, 2017 |
#R1#
Santiago moves out of range of the strikes.
Santiago looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Santiago feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Miocics jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!#CUT#
It looks like Stipe Miocic has been cut.
Santiago throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Miocic misses with a straight right.
Stipe Miocic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Miocic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Miocic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Nice shot by Santiago.
Santiago throws an overhand right that lands on Miocic's shoulder, as Miocic tries to avoid the shot.
Miocic uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Santiago.#KD#
Santiago connects with a beautiful left hand that drops Miocic onto his butt! Miocic bounces straight back up though - he's OK. After the ref checks him out, we're back to the action.#ROC#
Miocic is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Santiago misses with a straight left.
Miocic avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
As Santiago backs off Miocic throws a huge counter combo but Santiago manages to avoid it all.
No joy there for Miocic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Miocic has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Santiago moves out of range as Miocic strikes.
Santiago showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Miocic.
Miocic misses with a combination
and Santiago counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Miocic throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Santiago stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Miocic looks to throw the jab but Santiago is out of range.
Miocic throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
#T1#
Miocic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Santiago counters with a straight right hand.
A slow jab from Miocic misses its intended target.
Santiago pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Santiago tries to clinch up.
Miocic throws a right hand that Santiago ducks under and follows up with a left that Santiago also avoids with ease.
Miocic with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Santiago to score with a decent uppercut.
Miocic throws a good cross that connects.
#KD#
Miocic walks into a straight right hand and goes down! Santiago rushes to a neutral corner so the count doesn't get delayed but Miocic has made it back to his feet on 5. He's OK so we're back to the action.
Miocic is still on wobbly legs! Can Santiago finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Both fighters step back and shake their arms out. Santiago engages and cracks Miocic with a massive lead left hook - Miocic tumbles to the floor, out cold! What a shot! Santiago is delighted - all that hard work in training paid off!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:33 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Marcus Santiago!
Marcus Santiago retains his heavyweight title!
Marcus Santiago took to the mic in his post fight interview and said 'WHOS THE PUSSY NOW BITCH !!!!!!!!'.
|
|
|
|
Event:
FC: Thunderstruck
Date: Jan 28, 2017 |
#R1#
Miocic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shaw throws a head kick that misses.
Miocic definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Miocic bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Shaw's head.
Miocic fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Shaw manages to avoid it.
Shaw looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Shaw tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It looked like Miocic wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Shaw is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Miocic.#CUT#
It looks like DJ Shaw has been cut.
Shaw is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shaw throws a head kick but Miocic moves out of range.
No joy there for Miocic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Shaw lands a head kick!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Both fighters circle each other, looking for something big. Miocic moves in and throws an overhand right. That hurt Shaw! Miocic continues to tee off on Shaw, landing with a left and a right! Miocic connects with a right hand that leaves Shaw sleeping against the ropes! What a finish by Miocic!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Stipe Miocic!
Stipe Miocic got down on his knees post fight and begged the management for a title shot. 'Please, I want that title shot so bad! Give it to me!'
|
|
|
|
Event:
FC: Wednesday Night Fights
Date: Jan 18, 2017 |
#R1#
Jones lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
Miocic paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Miocic looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Jones is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Miocic.
Miocic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Jones.
Miocic connects with a crushing straight, right on the bridge of Jones's nose, sending him crumpling to the mat! That's really rocked Jones - is he going to beat the count??? 4,5,6,7,8,9.....10 - he's not made it - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:16 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punch). Stipe Miocic!
Stipe Miocic took some time post fight to say the following; 'Im only warming up. Im gonna run down this whole division! yo all better be ready the beast is coming!'.
|
|
|
|
Event:
KCM- Fist Fight
Date: Dec 24, 2016 |
#R1##CL2#
Miocic pushes Evans up against the cage in a clinch.#BC#
Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Evans definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Miocic takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
#CL2#
Miocic clinches with his opponent.
Miocic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Evanss head. #BC2#
Miocic breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Miocic moves into the clinch.#BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans lands a jab to the head.
Evans throws the left hand but Miocic avoids the punch easily.
Evans misses with a jab, cross combination.
Evans misses with a hook. Miocic ducked under it nicely.
Despite the aggression on Miocic's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.#T1##CL2#
Miocic darts in and clinches Evans up against the cage.#BC#
Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miocic avoids the body shot from Evans.
Miocic takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.#CL2#
Miocic gets in close and instigates a clinch. #BC#
Evans breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL2#
Miocic rushes Evans and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Miocic pushes Evans back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. #BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL2#
Miocic rushes Evans and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Miocic lands with a good tight uppercut to the head. #T2##BC2#
Miocic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Sloppy strikes from Miocic. Those never looked like landing.
Miocic displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Evans throws out the jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Sloppy strikes from Miocic. Those never looked like landing.
Miocic throws a series of punches but Evans avoids them all with ease.
Nice body punch from Evans.
Miocic throws a series of punches but Evans moves out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Evans misses its target.
Evans missing with a left hand there. Miocic was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Evans swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Evans cracks Miocic with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Evans throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
#T3#
Miocic takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.#CL2#
Miocic instigates a clinch. #BC#
Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miocic closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Evans scores with a nice strike.
Miocic fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Jab from Evans.
Miocic falls off balance throwing a combination
enabling Evans to counter with a crisp jab. #CL2#
Miocic closes the distance and clinches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Miocic leaning against his opponent.
#T4##BC2#
Miocic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Miocic clinches. #BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch.
Miocic takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Miocic moves away from the strike by Evans. #CL2#
Miocic clinches up with Evans and pushes him back against the cage.
Miocic controlling the action here for a moment.
#BC#
Evans manages to break the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Stipe Miocic will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2##CL2#
Miocic has Evans up against the cage in a clinch.
#BC2#
Miocic breaks from the clinch.
Miocic dodges the punch combination from Evans.
Some wild striking there from Miocic.
Miocic misses with the combination.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Miocic throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Evans counters with a nice uppercut.
Evans lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Miocic slips under a jab from Evans.
Eddie Evans is winning the standup battle so far.#T1#
Evans dips to his left and cracks Miocic with an uppercut!#CL2#
Miocic moves into the clinch.
Miocic slowing the pace effectively.
Nice body punch from Miocic - that landed with a thud.
Miocic lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Evans backwards. #BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch.
Evans smiles there as he lands a nice right hand right on the button.
Evans tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Miocic was well out of range. Poor timing from Evans.
Miocic moves out of range of the strikes.#T2#
Evans lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice defenses there by Miocic.
Miocic is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Evans with a hook.
Evans waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Miocic.
Miocic ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Evans takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#CL2#
Miocic drives through and clinches with Evans against the cage.
Miocic will no doubt start fighting again in a minute but for now he's just having a little rest, leaning Evans up against the cage.
Miocic lands with a left to the head. #T3#
Miocic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Miocic throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Evanss head. #BC#
Evans's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Miocic lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Evans circles away quickly and effectively.
Miocic throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Evans. #CL2#
Miocic closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL2#
Miocic has Evans up against the cage in a clinch.
#T4#
Miocic lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. #BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Miocic takes the fight into the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Stipe Miocic 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.
#R3##CL2#
Miocic drives through and clinches with Evans against the cage.
#BC2#
Miocic breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Miocic forces Evans back against the cage and clinches.#BC2#
Miocic pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Miocic misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Evans looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Miocic pushes Evans up against the cage in a clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Miocic.
#BC#
Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#T1#
Evans misses with a straight left. #CL2#
Miocic has managed to clinch.
Miocic lands a shoulder strike. #BC#
Evans pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Miocic gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#BC#
Evans breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#T2#
Evans tests Miocic's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Evans misses the jab.
Evans connects with a body shot.
Eddie Evans seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Miocic has Evans up against the cage in a clinch.
#BC#
Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miocic steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Evans.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Decent striking displayed by Evans there.#CL2#
Evans gets tackled into the cage by Miocic. Miocic maintains the clinch. #BC#
Evans escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Miocic has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#T3##CL2#
Miocic clinches up with Evans and pushes him back against the cage.#BC2#
Miocic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Miocic closes the distance and clinches.#BC#
Evans breaks from the clinch.
Evans misses with an uppercut. Miocic saw that one coming.#CL2#
Miocic closes the distance and pushes Evans back into the cage.
Miocic avoiding damage.
Evans takes a shot to the head. #T4#
Miocic has Evans pressed against the cage.
#BC2#
Miocic escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Evans swings widly with a right hand
and Miocic counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Evans shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Miocic swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Evans throws a hook but Miocic avoids it easily.#CL2#
Miocic gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Eddie Evans has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!#BC2#
Miocic breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
And that's the end of the fight!
Stipe Miocic comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Miocic winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 Robert Twigg scores the fight 27:30
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 27:30
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Stipe Miocic!
As Stipe Miocic got his breath back, he grabbed the microphone and managed to blurt out the following: Tell to that motherfucker jenkins IM COMING!!'.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
