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4Kings . 005
Date: Feb 04, 2017 |
#R1# Chavez throws a quick inside leg kick. #CL# Chavez closes the distance and clinches. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chavez. Chavez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Chavez misses with a hook to the ribs.
Chavez lands a body punch in the clinch. Roy is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Chavez scores with a shot to the side of Roy's head. A bit of stalling here from Chavez.
Roy drops down looking for an ankle pick but Chavez pulls his leg out and moves away.
Chavez connects with a leg kick. Roy looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Roy needs to keep his hands up - Chavez had a free shot at his head there. Chavez misses with a straight right. #T1# Chavez throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body. Chavez will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
Roy moves out of range of the body kick. Roy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own. Roy with a poor takedown #CL# and Chavez moves into the clinch. An uppercut to the body lands inside from Chavez. Chavez lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Roy backwards. Chavez taking a breather. Roy goes for a takedown attempt but Chavez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Estaban Chavez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Boy Roy. Roy blocks the body kick.
Roy tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away. Chavez feints and then cracks Roy's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Roy down. #T2# Chavez goes for a high kick. It partially lands.#CUT# It looks like Boy Roy has been cut. Chavez looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.#CL# Chavez gets in close and instigates a clinch. Come on Chavez - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Chavez tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. Roy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Chavez stops a takedown attempt from Roy.
#TD2# Roy works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard. Chavez looking to hit a scissor sweep but Roy is one step ahead there. Chavez keeping moving, preventing Roy from controlling successfully. #T3# Chavez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Roy is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Chavez has Roy pulled in close to control his posture. Roy wants to control from the top but Chavez keeps moving. #REF3# The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. Chavez lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
#T4# The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena. Chavez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range. Roy throws a fast counter high kick but Chavez manages to duck under it in time.#CL# Chavez takes the fight into the clinch. Chavez stalling the fight.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chavez - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
The crowd are getting pretty annoyed with Chavez for his constant stalling in the clinch and are voicing their displeasure. Chavez gets through Roy's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head. Chavez lands a shoulder strike. Chavez lands with a light punch inside. Chavez lands an uppercut. Chavez working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely. Chavez scores with a shot to the side of Roy's head. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Estaban Chavez dominated that round. The cut man is working on Boy Roy's cut. That's time! Back to the action! #R2# Roy uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez. Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roy moves away. And Roy tries to counter it with a takedown but Chavez pushes his down on his head and steps out. Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roy. Chavez moves out of the way of the counter high kick fromRoy. A big right from Chavez misses. Roy changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt. Chavez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Roy shoots for a takedown but Chavez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Chavez is looking to counter with a body kick. Chavez scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roy was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez. Chavez scoring well with a low kick there.
Chavez looks to land a body kick but Roy moved away.#T1# Chavez punishes Roy's body with a nice straight punch. Roy looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Chavez misses the body punch #TD2# and Roy counters with a takedown into side control. Chavez is holding Roy down, trying to stall. Roy in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Chavez is trying to improve his position. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing. Roy tries to move to mount but Chavez blocks the move with his legs. Chavez stuck in half guard on the bottom here.#T2# Chavez wants to control but Roy postures up. Roy wants to control but Chavez is keeping him busy. Roy lands a knee to the body and follows it up with some ground and pound to the head. That will wear Chavez down.
Roy trying to control the action but Chavez is working from the bottom. Roy tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. Roy is looking to take a break and control but Chavez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T3# Roy content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.#REF3# The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet. Chavez thuds a left hand into Roy's body. Roy doesn't succeed with the takedown and Chavez counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#T4# Chavez wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Roy is breathing heavily. Chavez connects with a right hand. Roy shakes it off. Nice cross by Chavez. Estaban Chavez is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Nice cross by Chavez. A solid leg kick lands there for Chavez.
Roy takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Estaban Chavez is winning the standup battle so far. 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! Chavez misses with a leg kick. A countering left hand to the body from Roy misses. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Roy showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Chavez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Estaban Chavez dominated that second round. The cut man is working on Boy Roy's cut. That's time! Chavez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. #R3# Roy shoots for a takedown but Chavez saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily. Chavez tried to counter with a leg kick but Roy avoided it. Chavez throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Roy on the side of the head. Chavez 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.
Chavez throws a low kick but Roy avoids it. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Roy.#TD2# Roy feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Chavez keeping moving, preventing Roy from controlling successfully. #T1# Chavez wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. Roy looking to sit in guard and control but Chavez gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR# Roy not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Chavez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Roy swivels though and keeps the full guard. Roy is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. Chavez stands and throws Roy's legs to the side, diving into side control. #T2# Chavez working away. Roy looking for a sweep but Chavez has passed into full mount! Oh no! Roy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Roy can't escape the position.
Roy tries to hold on but Chavez pushes him away. Roy is trying to escape the mount.
Chavez tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. Roy wants to control but Chavez is having none of it. Chavez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Roy can do to turn this around?#T3# Chavez fails to advance to Roy's back. Roy tries to get back to half guard but can't. Chavez controlling his opponent. Roy wants to control but Chavez is having none of it.#T4# The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action. Roy can't escape the position.
Chavez sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Roy is working to get back to half guard.
Chavez controlling from the full mount. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Estaban Chavez clearly takes that round. The cut man is working on Boy Roy's cut. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! #R4# Chavez feints with a shoulder and throws a nice leg kick to Roy's calf. Chavez misses with a two punch combination.
Estaban Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Chavez is looking to chop away at Roy's legs. #CL# Chavez gets in close and instigates a clinch. Chavez is pushing Roy up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. Chavez lands with a short head shot on the inside. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Chavez has Roy pressed against the cage.
A short body shot lands from Chavez as the two fighters clinch.
#T1# Roy blocks a body shot from Chavez. Chavez stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body. Roy is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted. Chavez pushes Roy back against the cage and unloads with a body punch. Chavez scores with a shoulder strike. A left hand lands to the body for Chavez.
Chavez lands a body punch. A short left from Chavez. A right hand to the body from Chavez.
Good body shot from Chavez.
Chavez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roy backwards. A body shot lands from Chavez.
Chavez lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Roy backwards. #T2# Chavez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roy backwards. Chavez stalling the fight.
Chavez lands a nice shot to the body. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Chavez throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges. Chavez lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Roy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Chavez working some nice short punches in the clinch. Chavez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Roy. Chavez digs a right hand underneath Roy's ribcage. Roy let out a lung full of air as it connected. Chavez works on Roy's body with a couple of short punches. A left hand lands to the body for Chavez.
A right hand to the body from Chavez.
Chavez avoiding damage.
#T3# Chavez is leaning against Roy and scores with a nice uppercut to the body. Chavez lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage. Chavez digs a right hand underneath Roy's ribcage. Roy let out a lung full of air as it connected. Chavez lands a right hand that snaps the head of Roy backwards. A shot in the inside from Chavez. Roy's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button! Chavez cracks Roy with a nice body shot. Chavez lands a left hand.
Chavez lands a nice shot to the body. Chavez lands a body shot in the clinch.
Chavez lands a right hand. Chavez lands with a short shot to the head. #ROC# Roy is rocked!#T4# Chavez lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. Roy is still on wobbly legs! Can Chavez finish him? The crowd are loving this. Great action here. Chavez lands a hook to the side of the head. Chavez lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage. Roy takes a shot to the head. Chavez leaning against his opponent.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch. Chavez throws a big uppercut that drops Roy! More strikes from Chavez and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Roy lies dazed against the cage as Chavez celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:30 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Estaban Chavez! Estaban Chavez is the new featherweight champion!
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