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Event:
EFA 76 Gigantus vs Figg
Date: Jun 20, 2018 |
#R1#
Vilenius lands an overhand right.
Vilenius lands a slapping body shot.
A left lands for Vilenius.
Vilenius scores with the left hand. Giou knows he should have avoided that one.
Giou really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
A punch lands to the side of Giou 's head but he takes it in his stride.#TD2#
Vilenius dives in and scores a takedown into Giou's guard.
Vilenius sitting in guard here, content to control. #SUB#
Giou is looking for a triangle but Vilenius pushes his legs off easily.
#SUB#
Giou has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Vilenius can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Vilenius landing with the ground and pound.
Vilenius postures up and lands a big shot to Giou's brow.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Vilenius with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#T1#
Vilenius scoring with some ground and pound. #ROC2#
Giou is rocked!
Vilenius postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Oh Giou is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Vilenius loads up on a big left hand. Giou felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Vilenius looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Giou can't hide his disappointment, as Vilenius celebrates the victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Asko Vilenius!
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Event:
EFA 67 Correira vs Stebson
Date: May 26, 2018 |
#R1##TD2#
Giou closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jonas quickly recovers to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ground and pound from Giou. #ROC2#
Jonas is rocked!
Giou lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Jonas quite badly. Jonas pulls Giou in close trying to recover. Giou postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Jonas on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Jonas doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luka Giou!
George Jonas spoke after the fight, saying 'Atleast i'm not in my brothers band making shitty music, FUCK my Brothers i'd rather be Justin Bieber's fluffer sucking his balls and JB is a douche bag...'.
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Event:
EFA 50 Kim vs Correia
Date: Apr 14, 2018 |
#R1#
Porvola dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Porvola throws a body punch but Giou moves out of range.
Giou has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Giou there as he acknowledges the shot.
Nice cross by Porvola.#TD2#
Giou throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Porvola was covering up waiting for the punch and Giou finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Giou tries to free his leg and advance position but Porvola is retaining full guard.
Porvola has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Porvola wants to sweep but no luck.
Giou missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giou looking to pass the guard.
Giou scoring with punches to the head and body.
Porvola controlling the position.
Porvola working a defensive guard here.
Giou is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Giou throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. #SUB2#
Giou thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Giou looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Giou stopping the sweep attempt from Porvola.#T1#
Giou connects with a couple of short punches.
Giou won't allow Porvola to get back to his feet.
Giou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Porvola is adopting a defensive guard.
Porvola's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Giou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Porvola might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Giou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Giou stopping the sweep attempt from Porvola.
Giou missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Porvola is trying to control the position but Giou postures up.
Giou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Porvola works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Porvola is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR##T2#
Porvola is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Porvola wants to control but Giou is keeping him busy. #SUB2#
Giou looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Well, if Porvola is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
#SUB2#
Giou looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Porvola trying to control the pace.
Porvola wants to pass to mount but Giou is defending the position. #T3##SUB2#
Giou looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Porvola controlling the action here.#SUB2#
Giou looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB2#
Giou is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Porvola pulls his head out easily.
Porvola is keen to just control but Giou is a slippery customer.
Porvola stalling.
Porvola continues to stall.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Giou makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Giou.#SUB2#
Giou escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Porvola gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Porvola slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #SUB2#
Giou throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB2#
Giou has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Porvola can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Porvola is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Luukas Porvola will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Porvola misses with a wild combination.
Porvola misses with a wild body shot.
Porvola leaves Giou with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Giou keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Giou is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Giou ducks right into an uppercut from Porvola.
Giou tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Porvola swivels and escapes.
Porvola looks to land a combination. Giou sees it coming but can only parry a couple of the shots.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Porvola misses with a body shot.
Porvola lands a body shot.
Porvola stuffs the takedown attempt from Giou. Giou gets slowly back to his feet.
Luukas Porvola has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Giou.
Porvola fakes a right and follows up with a big left that drops Giou to one knee - oooooh, he's wobbly! Giou looks to clinch but Porvola throws him off and pummels him into the canvas! Giou taps out under the strikes! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Luukas Porvola!
After the fight, Luukas Porvola was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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Event:
EFA 41 Pavlov vs Kubota
Date: Mar 24, 2018 |
#R1#
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Giou.
Giou has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Giou really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Giou shoots and misses #CL2#
and Reed counters by moving into the clinch. Good anticipation by Reed.
Reed lands a left hand.
Giou tries to pull guard but Reed won't allow it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luka Giou. That's going to take a lot out of him.#BC#
Giou breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #TD2#
Reed closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Reed grinds an elbow into Giou's temple.
Giou manages to get back to half guard.
Reed frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Reed postures up and connects with a big shot that has rocked Giou badly. He's trying desperately to grab hold of Reed around the waist but Reed pushes him off and unloads with more strikes, forcing the referee to jump in and save him! Reed is the winner by TKO! Reed jumps onto the cage and shouts into the camera. "We did it momma!"
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Howland Reed!
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Event:
EFA 33 Vasilevskiy vs Garret
Date: Mar 04, 2018 |
#R1##CL#
Cobb moves into range and clinches up with Giou.
Cobb has Giou pressed against the cage, preventing Giou from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Giou tries to circle away but Cobb has him pinned against the cage.
Giou is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Giou tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Cobb just stands there and leans against the cage.
Cobb lands a hook to the side of the head.
A shot in the inside from Cobb.
Cobb lands an uppercut.
A right handed body shot lands from Cobb.
Cobb lands a nice uppercut.
Cobb lands a left hand.
Cobb keeps control of Giou as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Giou tries to break free but Cobb pushes him back against the cage.
Cobb lands a shoulder strike.
Cobb keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Giou's efforts to push away.
Cobb lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Cobb is working Giou over against the cage.
Giou looks winded!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Cobb lands a body shot.
Cobb is working Giou over against the cage.
Cobb lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Cobb scores with a shot to the side of Giou's head.
Cobb digs a right hand underneath Giou's ribcage. Giou let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cobb digs a right hand underneath Giou's ribcage. Giou let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Cobb throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gious head. #ROC#
Giou is rocked!#T1#
Cobb pushes Giou against the cage. Cobb is working some dirty boxing. Cobb pushes off with a quick right hook! Giou goes down! Giou tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Cobb moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:11 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Suchart Cobb!
During a confident post fight interview, Suchart Cobb thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Feb 07, 2018 |
#R1#
Giou throws a poor cross that misses
and Hinampas counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Giou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Giou looks for the body kick but Hinampas saw that one coming.
Hinampas lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.#CL#
Hinampas forces Giou back against the cage and clinches.
Giou has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.#BC2#
Giou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Giou doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hinampas counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Giou tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Hinampas was well out of range. Poor timing from Giou.
Hinampas throws a series of punches but Giou avoids them all with ease.
Giou moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.#CUT2#
It looks like Caludio Hinampas has been cut.
Hinampas tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Giou was well out of range. Poor timing from Hinampas.
Hinampas throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#CL2#
Giou has taken the fight to the clinch.
#BC2#
Giou breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Hinampas clinches up with Giou and pushes him back against the cage.
Hinampas is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage. #BC2#
Giou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#T1#
Giou throws a leg kick that misses.
Hinampas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Giou.
Giou misses with a shot to the body
and Hinampas counters with a nice low kick that buckles Giou's knee momentarily.#CL#
Hinampas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Hinampas tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Giou blocking some punches.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Hinampas.
Giou'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.#BC2#
Giou pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Hinampas connects with a crisp jab.
Hinampas scores with a jab to the body.#TD2#
Giou shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Hinampas controls Giou momentarily but Giou frees himself.
Giou is working Hinampas over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Giou looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#T2#
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!#SU2#
Giou stands and steps away. Hinampas gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Nice jab there from Giou. #CUT2#
Caludio Hinampas's cut is getting worse.
Hinampas uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Giou.
Giou takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Giou blocks a head kick by Hinampas.
#CL#
Hinampas moves into the clinch.
Hinampas landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Giou lands with a light punch inside.
Hinampas looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Hinampas is breathing heavily.
Giou working hard to break the clinch.
Giou pushes off an throws an elbow but Hinampas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Hinampas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Giou is defending well for now.#BC2#
Giou breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#TD2#
Giou shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Hinampas manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage.#SU2#
Giou stands and steps away. Hinampas gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Giou ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Hinampas moves away.#T3#
Hinampas misses with a body kick.
Hinampas misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
And Giou tries to counter it with a takedown but Hinampas pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Hinampas dodges the punch combination from Giou.
Hinampas defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Giou.#CL#
Hinampas moves into the clinch.
With the fighters up against the cage, Hinampas throws an elbow but misses.
Giou blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Hinampas unloads a knee to the mid-section. Giou lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Hinampas putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Giou in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.#TD2#
Giou jumps guard and drags Hinampas to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Hinampas tries to stand but Giou is controlling from the bottom.
Giou controlling the position.#T4#
Hinampas wants to stand but Giou has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Giou is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Hinampas stopping the sweep attempt from Giou.
Giou is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hinampas has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Giou is proving hard to escape from.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Giou can do anything to dispel that myth.
Giou looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Caludio Hinampas dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Caludio Hinampas'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#
Some wild striking there from Giou.
A slapping leg kick lands for Hinampas.
Hinampas scores with the left hand. Giou knows he should have avoided that one.
Hinampas fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Giou on the side of the head.
Hinampas lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Giou circles away quickly and effectively.#CL#
Hinampas takes the fight into the clinch.
Hinampas is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Giou can do to turn this around?#BC2#
Giou manages to break the clinch.
Giou stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Hinampas.
Giou throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hinampas cracks a nice hook into Giou's ribs.#CL#
Giou gets tackled into the cage by Hinampas. Hinampas maintains the clinch.
Hinampas is working Giou over against the cage.
Hinampas is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Giou is defending well for now.#BC2#
Giou escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#CL2#
Giou has closed the distance and engaged Hinampas in a clinch.
#T1#
Giou misses with the head strike.
#BC2#
Giou manages to break the clinch.
Caludio Hinampas is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#CL#
Hinampas pushes Giou up against the cage in a clinch.
Hinampas misses with a short punch on the inside. #TD#
Hinampas decides to pull guard.
Giou cracks Hinampas with a solid left hand.
Giou working some strikes from top position.#CUT2#
Jeez, Caludio Hinampas's cut is really nasty now. The referee must be thinking about getting that checked.
The referee calls the doctor in to look at Caludio Hinampas's cut. Oh no, the doctor has called an end to the bout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Cut). Luka Giou!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Feb 03, 2018 |
#R1#
Giou fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.#CUT#
It looks like Harri Huiha has been cut.
Giou thows a left - swing and a miss!
Giou leaves Huiha with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Giou throws a jab when Huiha was well out of range.#KD#
Giou cracks Huiha with a big right hand that sends him to the floor! Huiha looks wobbly but he's sprung back up to his feet straight away… can Giou finish him?
#ROC#
Huiha is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Huiha shoots for a double leg takedown but Giou sprawls well. He's pushed Huiha's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Huiha is still on wobbly legs! Can Giou finish him?
Huiha fails to land the takedown.
Luka Giou has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Harri Huiha.#TD#
Giou dives in and gets a big takedown. He lands in full mount and immediately unloads a series of heavy strikes! Huiha has had enough and taps out.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Luka Giou!
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Event:
UVC 19 Bear VS Thatcher
Date: Dec 23, 2017 |
#R1#
Giou misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Clerence swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Giou moves away from the strike by Clerence.
Giou dives in and grabs Clerence's left leg, looking for a takedown. Clerence pushes down on Giou's head and hops out.
Giou closes this distance looking for a takedown but Clerence circles away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Luka Giou. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Giou shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Clerence as he jumps to the side.
Giou really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Clerence lands with a jab that stuns his opponent. Giou is looking to close the distance but Clerence sees it coming and throws a beautiful knee! Giou crumbles to the mat and that's all she wrote! Let's hope Giou is OK because that was naaaaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Knee). DeMarus Clerence!
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Event:
UVC 15 Stone VS Coldbane
Date: Nov 16, 2017 |
#R1#
Giou shoots in but doesn't get the takedown #TD2#
and Rickford counters with a takedown into side control.
Giou bucks up and tries to throw Rickford off but instead Rickford has got his back!
You can see the frustration on Giou's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
#SUB2#
Rickford is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Giou defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Will Rickford go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Giou really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Giou needs to remain patient if he's going to get out of this sticky situation.
Giou tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Rickford connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Giou is trying desperately to improve position.
Rickford landing strikes, looking to finish! #T1#
Giou regains half guard.
Rickford wants to lay and pray for a moment but Giou keeps working.
Giou gets full guard.
Giou keeping moving, preventing Rickford from controlling successfully.
Rickford works over Giou with some ground and pound from guard.
Giou tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Giou controlling the position.
Giou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rickford is one step ahead there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rickford is in close to Giou's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Rickford is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#T2#
Rickford's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Rickford lands a couple of digs.
Giou looking for a sweep. Not yet Giou, not yet.
Rickford lands a couple of elbows.
Rickford lands a couple of elbows.#ROC2#
Giou is rocked!
Rickford postures up from his opponent's guard, before exploding into some vicious ground and pound! Giou covers up, he's hurt! Rickford keeps throwing the strikes, glancing at the referee... Will he stop it?? One more big shot from Rickford and the ref steps in to end the fight! Rickford can't hide his delight as he celebrates with his corner.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Rickford!
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Event:
UVC 8
Date: Sep 24, 2017 |
#R1##TD2#
Giou closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Rickford's guard.
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.
Rickford looking for a sweep. Not yet Rickford, not yet.
Giou throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Giou with a nice head shot there.
Rickford seems keen to control Giou's posture.
Giou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Rickford wants to sweep here but Giou controlling him for the moment.
Giou with a flurry of punches that miss.
Giou wants to control from the top but Rickford keeps moving.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rickford pulls Giou in close to prevent any damage.
Rickford might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Giou loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #T1#
Giou throwing strikes but missing.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giou scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Giou preventing the sweep.
Giou is looking to work some ground and pound but Rickford has wrist control.
Rickford looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Giou shoots in looking for a takedown. Rickford tries to sprawl out of it but Giou keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Rickford manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Rickford is looking to counter punch.
Giou fails with the takedown.
Giou closes the distance and clinches up with Rickford, looking for a takedown. Giou pushes Rickford against the cage but Rickford circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Randy Rickford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Giou.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Giou told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.#T2##TD2#
Giou manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Giou keeping moving, preventing Rickford from controlling successfully.
Rickford looking to pass the guard.
Rickford wants to control from the top but Giou keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rickford is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Rickford wants to control from the top but Giou keeps moving.
Giou looking to hit a scissor sweep but Rickford is one step ahead there.
Rickford postures up in Giou's guard and throws a big left but Giou blocks it. #T3#
Giou bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Rickford's guard. #REVB#
Rickford manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Giou manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVR#
Rickford slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Giou has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Giou working a defensive guard here.
Rickford forces his way into half guard.#T4#
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rickford in particular looking to stall.
Giou is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Ground and pound from Rickford.
Rickford tries to pass to full mount but Giou defends it.
Giou has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rickford is working away from the top position though.
Giou tries to roll over but Rickford keeps him under control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Giou can do anything to dispel that myth.
Rickford is nestled in close to Giou, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Randy Rickford will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Giou gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily #TD#
and Rickford counters with a shoot takedown. Giou fights it but they end up in guard.
Rickford stops Giou from standing up.
Giou keeping moving, preventing Rickford from controlling successfully.
Rickford postures up.
Rickford content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giou striking off his back but it's not causing Rickford any problems.
Giou is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Rickford throws a big right hand that misses. #T1#
Rickford won't allow Giou to sweep him here.
Giou working a defensive guard here.
#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.#TD#
Rickford shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Rickford is pressing down on Giou's thigh, looking to free his foot. Giou is holding on for now.
Rickford sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Giou defending well though.
Rickford throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Rickford tries to pass the half guard into mount. Giou knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Giou gets back to full guard.
Giou lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB##T2#
Giou throwing strikes from guard but Rickford blocks nicely.
Giou looking to sit in guard and control but Rickford gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Rickford looking to pass the guard.
Rickford postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Rickford's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Rickford throws a strike but Giou rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVB#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Giou's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Giou throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Rickford works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Rickford trying to keep a closed guard but Giou is proving a slippery customer.
#T3##SUB2#
Giou drops back, looking for a kneebar! Rickford looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Rickford looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Rickford! #REVR#
Rickford misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Randy Rickford overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Rickford working the head and body with strikes.
Giou is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Rickford connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Giou some visible discomfort.
Giou is not content to let Rickford control the position.
Giou is looking to reverse the position.#T4#
Rickford moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Rickford wants to control but Giou is keeping him busy.
Rickford working the ground and pound.
Giou is not content to let Rickford control the position.
Rickford scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Giou to see if he's OK.#ROC#
Giou is rocked!
Giou is trying to improve his position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Rickford cracks Giou with an elbow. That is naaassty.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Randy Rickford dominated that second 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. 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#
Giou closes this distance looking for a takedown but Rickford circles away.
Giou fails with the takedown.
Rickford throws a big counter combination but Giou scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Giou dives in for a single leg takedown but Rickford sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Randy Rickford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Luka Giou.
Giou fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Giou showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Rickford.
#CL#
Rickford has closed the distance and engaged Giou in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giou tries to pull guard but Rickford holds him up against the cage and eventually Giou drops back down to his feet.
Rickford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Giou takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T1##BC#
Rickford breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Giou shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Rickford but Rickford pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Rickford tries to counter by clinching up but Giou breaks away and moves out of range.
Giou with a poor takedown
and Rickford counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Rickford moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Giou tries to score a power double leg takedown but Rickford sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Giou somewhat.
It looked like Rickford was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.#TD#
Rickford shoots in and bounces Giou off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Giou wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Rickford manages to pass to side control. #T2##REVB#
Rickford trying to control from half guard but Giou is working away.
Rickford scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Rickford is looking to take a break and control but Giou is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rickford working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Rickford has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Giou is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Giou wants to control but Rickford is keeping busy.
#T3#
Rickford lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Giou is still in real trouble! Can Rickford finish him?
Rickford lands a big elbow from half guard. That looks like it's hurt Giou quite badly. Giou pulls Rickford in close trying to recover. Rickford postures up and lands two really hard shots that put Giou on queer street! The ref takes a look and decides to call an end to the fight! Possibly an early stoppage but Giou doesn't seem to be complaining too much.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:29 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Randy Rickford!
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Event:
UVC 4
Date: Aug 19, 2017 |
#R1##TD2#
Giou fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Dougal sprawls well initially but Giou persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Giou not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Giou thows a huge punch but Dougal dodges it nicely.
Giou landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Giou throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Giou looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Giou keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dougal regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Giou.
Giou in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Giou with a flurry of punches that miss.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giou is looking to work some ground and pound but Dougal has wrist control.
Dougal avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Giou postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Dougal is breathing heavily.
Giou sitting in guard here, content to control.
Giou must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.#T1#
Giou throws a big right hand that misses.
Giou postures up and lands a big shot to Dougal's brow.
Giou trying to control but Dougal is working from the bottom.
Giou working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#TD2#
Giou looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Dougal!
Giou throwing shots but missing, from side control.
Giou lands some shots froms side control.
Giou scores with punches from side control.
Giou landing strikes. #T2#
Giou in side control, throwing shots but Dougal defends.
Giou grinds an elbow into Dougal's temple.
Giou is working Dougal over with some ground and pound from side control.
Dougal avoids any damage from the ground and pound of Giou.
Giou trying to control the position but Dougal is working away.
Giou working the head with strikes.
Giou is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Dougal prevents Giou from improving position.
The ground and pound from Giou seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. #T3#
Giou misses with the ground and pound.
Giou scoring with punches and elbows.
Giou scores with a couple of short elbows.
Giou in side control lands a decent elbow.
Giou in side control, trying to ground and pound but not landing this time.
Giou cracks Dougal with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Giou in side control, throwing shots but Dougal defends.
Giou cracks Dougal with a big elbow. #ROC2#
Dougal is rocked!
Dougal taking punishment in the form of punches.
Oh Dougal is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!!
Giou controlling from side mount.
Giou creates a bit of distance and throws down some hard shots.#T4#
A big shot lands for Giou! That's hurt Dougal! Will he recover? Giou fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luka Giou!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 09, 2017 |
#R1##TD#
Gay looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Giou!
Giou tries to buck Gay off but Gay is having none of it.
Gay in side control lands a decent elbow.
Giou is trying to improve his position.
Sloppy strikes there by Gay.
Giou is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Gay is controlling him well.
Giou is looking for a sweep.#SUB#
Gay is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Giou has escaped the position, nice work there.
Giou is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Gay's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Giou makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Giou.
Gay loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #T1#
Giou 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#
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gay is looking to improve his position.
Gay has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Giou is working away from the top position though.
Gay is looking to improve his position.
Gay is working hard here to advance position.
Giou not throwing his punches with enough precision this time. #SUB2#
Giou is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Giou throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage. #T2#
Giou seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. #CUT2#
It looks like Duncan Gay has been cut.
Giou seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Giou missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Giou landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Giou lands a big elbow - Gay is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Giou!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Luka Giou!
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