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Event:
TGC 17: Glatt vs Wangler
Date: Aug 19, 2017 |
#R1#
Vinson throws a sloppy head kick and Niaz moves out of range easily.
Niaz misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Niaz misses with a kick to the body
and Vinson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Vinson keeps the fight on the outside.
Niaz tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vinson counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.#CL#
Vinson has closed the distance and engaged Niaz in a clinch.
Good body shot from Vinson.
A bit of stalling here from Vinson.
Niaz is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Vinson is defending well for now.
Vinson's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niaz is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Nice body punch from Vinson - that landed with a thud.
Niaz looks winded!
Vinson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Niaz backwards. #BC#
Vinson breaks the clinch.
#T1##TD2#
Niaz is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Vinson's half guard.
Vinson gets full guard.
Vinson on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Vinson tries to get out of the position.
Vinson seems keen to control Niaz's posture.
Vinson has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Vinson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Vinson pulls Niaz in to control the position.
Niaz wants to stand but Vinson is controlling his posture from full guard.
Vinson managing to control the position. #T2##REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Niaz throws a head kick that misses.
Vinson feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Niazs jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Vinson misses with a wild combination.
Vinson jabs at Niaz's body.
Niaz takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Karl Vinson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.#CL#
Vinson has Niaz up against the cage in a clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Niaz's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#T3#
Vinson leaning against his opponent.
Vinson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. #ROC#
Niaz is rocked!
Vinson controlling the action here for a moment.
Niaz is still on wobbly legs! Can Vinson finish him?
A right handed body shot lands from Vinson.
#BC#
Vinson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
Vinson clinches up against the cage.
Vinson pushes Niaz against the cage. Vinson is working some dirty boxing. Vinson pushes off with a quick right hook! Niaz goes down! Niaz tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Vinson moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Karl Vinson!
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Event:
TGC 12: Tatum vs Umarov 2
Date: Jul 15, 2017 |
#R1#
Niaz throws a sloppy head kick #TD2#
and Wade counters with a shoot takedown. Niaz fights it but they end up in guard.
Wade works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Wade looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#SUB2#
Wade seems to be looking for submissions.
Wade perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Niaz is trying to stand up here but Wade is controlling him well.
Wade takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.#SUB2#
Wade is trying to work for a kimura but Niaz is defending well.
#SUB2#
Wade is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Niaz defends it well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niaz is looking to escape.#SUB2#
Wade is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Wade is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Niaz! #T1##SUB2#
Wade with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
#SUB2#
Wade is controlling this nicely and is looking to make no mistakes. Niaz is trying to wiggle out of this horrible position. Niaz flips to his side and attempts to get a leg in for half guard. Wade anticipates the leg and manages to get behind Niaz and secures both hooks! This could be bad! Wade slips an arm under Niaz chin and tries to position for a rear naked choke. Wade has worked the choke in now and it looks tight. Wade is squeezing on Niaz like an anaconda would it's prey. Niaz fails to tap and has fallen unconscious! We've got ourselves a winner by way of a rear naked choke!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Josh Wade!
Josh Wade seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
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Event:
TGC 7: Nobrainer vs Beaver
Date: Jun 10, 2017 |
#R1##CL#
Niaz gets a clinch.
Trenchard has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Niaz after a bit of a struggle.
Niaz lands on the inside with an uppercut. #TD#
Niaz has clasped his hands together around Trenchard's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Niaz trying to control the action but Trenchard is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Niaz goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Trenchard has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Niaz but great work by Trenchard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Niaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Niaz is working hard here to advance position.
Niaz is trying to control Trenchard's posture but Trenchard avoids it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Niaz is positioning himself to get back to half guard. #T1#
Niaz managing to avoid any damage from the strikes thrown by Trenchard.
#SU2#
Trenchard decides to take the fight back to the feet.
Niaz tries to clinch there but Trenchard circles away.
Niaz fails in his attempt to clinch. #CL#
Niaz moves into range and clinches up with Trenchard.#BC#
Niaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Niaz tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Trenchard manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Trenchard has a takedown stuffed.#CL#
Niaz moves into the clinch.#T2#
Niaz lands a damaging elbow. #TD#
Niaz jumps guard and drags Trenchard to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Niaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Niaz is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Trenchard stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Niaz swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SU2#
Trenchard stands up and waves to Niaz to follow him.
Trenchard wants to clinch up but Niaz keeps it at a distance.
Niaz moves to clinch but Trenchard breaks away
and Trenchard counters with a big head kick but Niaz shrugs it off. #CL#
Niaz takes the fight into the clinch.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Niaz lands an elbow that stopped Trenchard in his tracks for a moment.
Niaz lands a nice knee to the body. #T3#
Niaz is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Trenchard gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Niaz is breathing heavily.
Nice elbow from Niaz.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Niaz.
Trenchard jumps guard but Niaz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Dick Niaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Trenchard.
Trenchard can't get the takedown.
Niaz connects with a nasty looking knee right to Trenchard's face.
We've been informed that Trenchard has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Trenchard is looking to take this one to the mat.
Trenchard takes a knee right on the jaw!
Still in the clinch, Niaz scores with a nice short uppercut.
Trenchard goes for a takedown in the clinch but Niaz prevents it.
Niaz working Trenchard over with knees to the body.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Niaz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trenchard takes an elbow to the temple.
Niaz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Trenchard.
#TD#
Niaz gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Trenchard has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Niaz is working away from the top position though.#SU#
Niaz decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet. #CL#
Niaz moves into range and clinches up with Trenchard.
Niaz lands an elbow that stopped Trenchard in his tracks for a moment. #BC#
Niaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Niaz dives in and grabs Trenchard's left leg, looking for a takedown. Trenchard pushes down on Niaz's head and hops out.
Niaz tries to bum rush Trenchard with a series of wild strikes but Trenchard uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#TD2#
Trenchard closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Trenchard lands in his opponent's guard.#SU2#
Trenchard decides he's had enough of playing guard and decides to stand. Come on Niaz, up you get!
Trenchard dives in for a single leg takedown but Niaz sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Niaz dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Niaz misses with a two punch combination.
Niaz throws a nice looking combination but Trenchard bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.#CL#
Niaz closes the distance and clinches.
Niaz is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Niaz lands with a right to the head.
Niaz lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Trenchard or not.
Trenchard is trying to drag Niaz to the mat but Niaz just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Trenchard is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Niaz is defending well.
Dick Niaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Trenchard.
Niaz lands with a light punch inside.
Trenchard jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Niaz walks away with a smile on his face. Trenchard gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Niaz clinches up with Trenchard and pushes him back against the cage.#BC#
Niaz pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Trenchard swats away the attempt to clinch by Niaz.
Trenchard is breathing heavily.
Niaz wants to clinch.#T1#
Niaz doesn't manage to clinch there - Trenchard circles away.
Niaz throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
#CL#
Niaz moves into range and clinches up with Trenchard.
Niaz is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Trenchard can do to turn this around?
Trenchard is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Niaz pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Trenchard takes a knee to the side of the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Niaz.
Niaz creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Trenchard's defenses.
Niaz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Niaz.
#BC#
Niaz breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Niaz gets a clinch.
Niaz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Trenchard.
Niaz scores a nice knee to the body.
#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A short right from Niaz.
Niaz lands an elbow inside. #TD#
Niaz has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Trenchard is trying to keep an underhook but Niaz manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Trenchard is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Niaz tries to stand but his hand is stuck under Trenchard. #SU#
Niaz escapes and gets back to his feet.
Niaz lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Niaz softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Trenchard tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
#T3#
Niaz using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Niaz content to slow the pace in the clinch.
#TD#
Niaz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. #SU2#
Trenchard stands up and waves to Niaz to follow him.
Trenchard is trying hard to land a takedown here. Niaz sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Trenchard goes for a double leg but Niaz avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Niaz continues to drive forward.#CL#
Niaz gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Niaz scores with a knee to the head.
Niaz lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Trenchard jumps guard but Niaz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
A short right from Niaz on the inside.
Trenchard wants a takedown.
Niaz lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Niaz lands a damaging elbow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#BC#
Niaz breaks the clinch.
#T4#
Niaz tries to clinch up but Trenchard circles away and keeps his distance.#TD2#
Trenchard is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Niaz's half guard.#ES#
Niaz makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!
Niaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #CL#
Niaz pushes Trenchard up against the cage in a clinch.
Trenchard tries to pull guard but Niaz forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Niaz working Trenchard over with knees to the body.
Niaz is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Trenchard drops down looking for an ankle pick but Niaz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Niaz fails to land the takedown.
Trenchard keeps the fight on the outside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Dick Niaz dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
#R3#
Niaz is looking to clinch but Trenchard is avoiding it.
Niaz tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Niaz wants to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Niaz looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#CL#
Niaz has taken the fight to the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Niaz gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Niaz works on Trenchard's body with a couple of short punches.
Trenchard takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Niaz with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Trenchard is pressed up against the cage. Niaz has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Trenchard down to the mat. Trenchard avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Niaz throws a nice head kick!
#CL#
Niaz moves into range and clinches up with Trenchard.#T1#
Niaz gets through Trenchard's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Trenchard drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Niaz gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Niaz leaning against his opponent.
Niaz cracks Trenchard with a nice body shot.
Trenchard tries for a takedown but Niaz manages to get underhooks.
Trenchard drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Dick Niaz has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of James Trenchard.
A right hook to the body lands for Niaz.
#BC#
Niaz escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL#
Niaz closes the distance and pushes Trenchard back into the cage.#BC#
Niaz breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL#
Niaz moves into range and clinches up with Trenchard.
Trenchard stops a takedown attempt from Niaz.
#T2#
Niaz unloads a knee to the mid-section. Trenchard lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Trenchard looking for a takedown. #BC#
Niaz's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL#
Niaz closes the distance and pushes Trenchard back into the cage.
Niaz scores with a shot to the side of Trenchard's head.
Dick Niaz has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Trenchard takes an elbow to the temple.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Niaz takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
A knee to the head by Niaz.
#TD2#
Trenchard pulls guard effortlessly.
Niaz wants to control from the top but Trenchard keeps moving.
Dick Niaz overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Trenchard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Niaz stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Trenchard swivels though and keeps the full guard. #SUB2#
Niaz stands over his opponent and dives in with a flying punch! Trenchard throws up his legs and catches Niaz in a triangle! Oh this looks tight! Niaz tries to escape but he's forced to tap! Wow, fantastic work there by Trenchard! That came out of nowhere!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). James Trenchard!
James Trenchard decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 19, 2017 |
#R1##CL#
Niaz has Picciluna up against the cage in a clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Niaz.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Picciluna.
Niaz landing knees to the head.
#CUT#
It looks like Umberto Picciluna has been cut.
Niaz lands a damaging elbow.
Picciluna tries a body shot but Niaz blocks it.
#TD#
Niaz gets a trip takedown into half guard.
Niaz is trying to control. Picciluna wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Picciluna is looking to improve his position.
Picciluna misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Picciluna wants to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Niaz is working for a submission of some sort.
Picciluna is looking for a sweep. Niaz is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Niaz lands a nice short elbow.#SUB#
Niaz is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
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!#SUB#
Niaz is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Picciluna defends it well.
Picciluna tries to get to full guard but Niaz has control of the leg. #T1##SUB#
Niaz is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Picciluna has managed to free his arm - good work. #SU#
Niaz gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Picciluna misses with a two punch combination.
Picciluna throws a right and a left that Niaz avoids nicely.
Picciluna digs a good body shot into Niaz's ribs.#TD#
Niaz decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Picciluna makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Picciluna.
Picciluna keeping full guard, as Niaz tries to pass. #SUB#
Niaz is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Niaz is breathing heavily.
Niaz makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Picciluna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Niaz is one step ahead there. #T2#
Niaz slips nicely into half guard, despite the strikes coming from Picciluna.#SUB#
Niaz is looking for a kimura but Picciluna is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Niaz to get the leverage.
Niaz prevents Picciluna from improving his position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#SUB#
Niaz is looking for a kimura here.
Picciluna is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Niaz's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Niaz's back!
Picciluna is not going to allow Niaz to sit and survive in this position. #T3#
Picciluna is landing with strikes. Niaz can't take much more of this.
Picciluna missing with strikes from the back.
Even with his hooks in, Picciluna manages to miss with strikes from the back.
Niaz trying to control but not successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Picciluna doesn't have the hooks in and Niaz manages to turn into his guard.
Picciluna tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Niaz trying to control but Picciluna is working from the bottom.
Niaz working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Picciluna is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB#
Picciluna slips a nice elbow through Niaz's hands, connecting with Niaz's forehead.#T4##SUB#
Niaz looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Picciluna uses his free foot to push down on Niaz's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Niaz.
Picciluna lands a big elbow.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Picciluna throws some wild stikes that Niaz manages to avoid easily.
Picciluna thowing shots but they're missing.
Picciluna prevents Niaz from getting the reversal.
Niaz is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Niaz is looking to improve his position but Picciluna isn't that keen on the idea.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Umberto Picciluna will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Umberto Picciluna's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Picciluna digs a good body shot into Niaz's ribs.
Picciluna scores with a body shot.
Picciluna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Umberto Picciluna seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Picciluna throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Niaz.
Picciluna scores with a nice right hand.
Picciluna looks to land a combination but Niaz avoids it well.
Picciluna throws a shot to the body.
Picciluna lands a nice looking body shot.
Picciluna throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Picciluna scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
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!
Picciluna looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Picciluna lands a slapping body shot.
Niaz takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Picciluna fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Niaz takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Picciluna closes the distance and lands a one-two.#ROC2#
Niaz is rocked!
Picciluna connects with a picture perfect right hand that knocks Niaz out cold! This one is over in a flash!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Umberto Picciluna!
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