 |
Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
|
Event:
KFC 13: San Diego vs Azevedo
Date: Apr 22, 2017 |
#R1#
Salamanca lands a nice looking body shot.
Sideman takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Sideman misses with a left hand
and Salamanca counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Sideman misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Salamanca.
Salamanca rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
#CL2#
and Sideman holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Salamanca tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Salamanca lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Salamanca lands an uppercut.
Salamanca blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Sideman blocks a body shot from Salamanca.
I was talking to Salamanca's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Sideman.
Sideman misses with some punches.
Salamanca tries to break free but Sideman pushes him back against the cage.
Sideman displaying some good clinch control by pressing Salamanca up against the cage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sideman can't find room to land a body shot as Salamanca controls the action.
A short right from Sideman.
Sideman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Salamanca working hard to break the clinch.#T1#
A short body shot lands from Sideman as the two fighters clinch.
#BC#
Salamanca pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
A decent looking cross lands there for Salamanca.
Salamanca throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Sideman sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Salamanca scores with a punch to the head.
Sideman lands a body shot.
Salamanca cracks Sideman with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
A big right from Salamanca misses. #CL2#
Sideman has closed the distance and engaged Salamanca in a clinch.
Salamanca is trying to break the clinch but Sideman has him pressed against the cage.
Salamanca is looking to break free of the clinch but Sideman has double underhooks.
Sideman blocks a punch to the side of the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sideman.
Salamanca can't break the clinch.
Salamanca tries to work over Sideman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Sideman can't find room to land a body shot as Salamanca controls the action.
Sideman blocks an uppercut.
#T2#
Salamanca lands an uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Sideman misses with a hook to the ribs.
Nice body punch from Sideman.
Salamanca misses with a punch on the inside.
Salamanca throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Sidemans head.
Salamanca blocks a body shot from Sideman.
Sideman looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Sideman lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Salamanca backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salamanca.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Salamanca blocking some punches.
Sideman gets through Salamanca's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Sideman has a couple of punches blocked by Salamanca.
Sideman misses with a hook from the clinch.
Sideman scores with a nice hook to the head.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sideman.
A right handed body shot lands from Sideman.
Salamanca has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Sideman lands an uppercut.
Sideman lands a left hand that snaps the head of Salamanca backwards. #T3#
Salamanca throws a head punch that misses.
Salamanca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sideman blocks an uppercut.
Sideman lands a right hand.
Sideman lands a body punch.
Salamanca tries to break the clinch but Sideman is controlling the position.
A head punch on the inside from Salamanca fails to land.
Sideman presses Salamanca against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Salamanca fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Salamanca misses with the head strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Salamanca.
Sideman working aggressively here.
Salamanca prevents a body shot from Sideman.
Sideman scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Sideman doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Sideman.
Sideman is leaning against Salamanca and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Salamanca is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Sideman as Salamanca tries to tie him up.
Sideman misses with a short punch on the inside. #T4#
Salamanca misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Sideman struggles to land a body shot inside as Salamanca controls his hands.
Salamanca takes a shot to the head.
Salamanca is trying to force a seperation but Sideman has the dominant position.
Sideman lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Sideman lands with a short shot to the head.
Sideman lands a body punch.
Salamanca struggles to land a body shot inside as Sideman controls his hands.
Salamanca tries to work over Sideman's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Salamanca wants to break free but Sideman has control.
A body shot lands from Sideman.
Salamanca is breathing heavily.
Sideman lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salamanca or not.
Salamanca swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Sideman pushes Salamanca back against the cage and unloads with a body punch.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Sideman.
Sideman scores with a nice hook to the head.
Sideman lands with a short head shot on the inside.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Sideman.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Denny Sideman dominated that round.
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.
#R2#
Sideman throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A little feinted left hand from Salamanca on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Sideman throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Salamanca sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Nice uppercut there from Sideman.
Sideman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab.
Sideman has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Salamanca works Sideman's body with a nice hook.
Sideman throws a jab but it's blocked by Salamanca.
Sideman looks to throw the jab but Salamanca is out of range.
Sideman throws out a loose jab but Salamanca uses good head movement to avoid it.
Nice defenses there by Sideman.
Sideman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Sideman fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Salamanca looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sideman misses the shot to the body.
Salamanca swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Salamanca paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Sideman shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Salamanca as he jumps to the side. #T1#
Sideman goes for a double leg but Salamanca avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Salamanca continues to drive forward.
Sideman uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Salamanca.
A big left from Salamanca misses.
Salamanca throws a looping overhand right but Sideman ducks down to avoid it.
Salamanca keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Sideman.
Sideman connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Sideman staying out of range there.
Sideman feints the counter takedown.
Sideman jabs Salamanca to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Salamanca uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Sideman.
Sideman misses with a hook. Salamanca ducked under it nicely.
Sideman moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Salamanca missing with a left hand there. Sideman was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Sideman throws a jab when Salamanca was well out of range.
Sideman blocks a jab.
Salamanca is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Sideman ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Salamanca moves away.
Hector Salamanca is winning the standup battle so far.#T2#
Salamanca ducks under a wild hook from Sideman.
Sideman takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Salamanca lands a jab to Sideman's midsection.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Sideman misses with a straight right.
Salamanca lunges at Sideman with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Sideman's hand.
Salamanca loads up on a big right hand but Sideman slips the punch.
Sideman misses with an uppercut
letting Salamanca counter with a right hand.
Sideman misses with a body shot.
Sideman scores with a nice right hand.
Salamanca ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Sideman moves out of range of the strikes.
Sideman shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
A jab from Sideman misses.
Sideman displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Salamanca throws out the jab. #T3#
Sideman swings and misses with a shot to the body
and Salamanca counters with a nice uppercut.
Sideman misses with a hook. Salamanca ducked under it nicely. #TD2#
Sideman drives through with a takedown into Salamanca's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Sideman works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Sideman seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sideman's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.#T4#
Salamanca is in trouble now - Sideman has advanced to mount!
Sideman moves to the back. #SUB2#
Sideman working from the back looking to end the fight with a rear naked choke. Salamanca is doing well to defend. Sideman seems to have got his hand under the chin though and he's sunk the choke in! Salamanca is forced to tap and this one is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Denny Sideman!
Denny Sideman spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
