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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
IFC XXIII
Date: Nov 04, 2017 |
#R1#
A shot to the body from Thompson misses
and Tuncer cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Tuncer tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Thompson manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A little jabbing left from Thompson on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Tuncer takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Thompson keeps the fight on the outside.
Tuncer fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Thompson is out of range. #CL2#
Thompson clinches.
Nice elbow from Tuncer. #CUT#
It looks like Patrick Thompson has been cut.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Tuncer avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Tuncer lands a shoulder strike.
Thompson working aggressively here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuncer leaning against his opponent.
Tuncer blocking some punches.
Tuncer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Thompson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
#T1#
Thompson misses with some punches.
Tuncer with an attempt at a knee that misses.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
I was talking to Tuncer's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A nice left hand lands by Tuncer.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Tuncer is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Tuncer into the cage.
Thompson lands a right hand.
Tuncer landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Thompson scores with a shot to the side of Tuncer's head.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Tuncer blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Tuncer gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Tuncer taking a breather. #T2#
Tuncer blocks an uppercut.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Tuncer avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Thompson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tuncer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Tuncer avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Thompson tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Tuncer lands an elbow that stopped Thompson in his tracks for a moment. #CUT#
That has opened up Patrick Thompson's cut even more.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Thompson throws a hook to the body. More of an arm punch but it's all scoring with the judges.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Thompson swings wildly with an uppercut but Tuncer uses good head movement to avoid it.
Thompson misses with the head strike.
Tuncer pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Thompson should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.#T3#
Thompson avoids the elbow strike from Tuncer, against the cage.
Tuncer trying to land knees to the body.
Tuncer is looking to control Thompson's arms but Thompson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tuncer has his back to the cage.
Tuncer is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
A short right from Tuncer on the inside.
Thompson tries to work over Tuncer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Tuncer avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
Tuncer has Thompson pressed against the cage.
Tuncer taking a breather.
Thompson lands a left hand that snaps the head of Tuncer backwards.
Thompson doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Thompson misses with a body punch.
#T4#
Thompson lands on the inside with an uppercut.
A left hand lands to the body for Thompson.
Tuncer leaning against his opponent.
Thompson softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Tuncer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thompson is keeping busy.
Tuncer using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Thompson has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Tuncer blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Tuncer'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.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thompson.
Tuncer trying to stall but Thompson improves his position.
Tuncer looking to stall.
Tuncer can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Adam Tuncer.
Thompson lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Patrick Thompson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Patrick Thompson's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2##CL#
Tuncer has managed to clinch.
Tuncer is looking to control Thompson's arms but Thompson gets an underhook and turns him. Now Tuncer has his back to the cage.
Thompson misses with a punch to the body.
Thompson working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Thompson tries to work over Tuncer's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Thompson misses with some punches.
Tuncer lands with a light punch inside.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Thompson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Patrick Thompson seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Thompson misses with a hook to the ribs.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tuncer is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Thompson is keeping busy.
Tuncer is trying to maintain a safe position but Thompson gets an underhook and turns Tuncer into the cage.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Tuncer lands a shot to the body.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Tuncer avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage. #T1#
Tuncer lands an elbow just above Thompson 's eye.
Tuncer blocking some punches.
Thompson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Tuncer lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Tuncer throws an elbow but it misses.
Tuncer blocking some punches.
Tuncer blocking some punches.
Tuncer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson tries a body shot but Tuncer blocks it.
Tuncer prevents a body shot from Thompson.
Thompson cracks Tuncer with a nice body shot.
Tuncer lands an elbow inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Thompson.
Tuncer lands a nice elbow from the clinch. #CUT#
The cut above Patrick Thompson's eye is starting to cause him problems now.#T2#
A nice glancing elbow lands by Tuncer. #CUT#
Patrick Thompson's cut is absolute horrible now. This looks like something out of a horror film with blood covering both fighters.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Thompson throws a head punch that misses.
Tuncer tries a body shot but Thompson blocks it.
Tuncer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Thompson lands a nice uppercut.
Tuncer doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Thompson tries to throw a body punch but Tuncer avoids it by throwing Thompson back against the cage.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Thompson in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Tuncer is trying to stall.
Tuncer is stalling here.
A head punch on the inside from Thompson fails to land.
Thompson prevents a body shot from Tuncer.
Tuncer throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
#T3#
Tuncer lands an elbow inside that Thompson shrugs off.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Patrick Thompson's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Adam Tuncer!
Adam Tuncer was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.
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