 |
Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
|
Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 01, 2017 |
#R1#
Alvarez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.#CL2#
Alvarez forces Love back against the cage and clinches.#TD#
Love decides to pull guard.
Alvarez wants to stand and escape but instead Love has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVR#
Alvarez controls Love momentarily but Love frees himself.
Love works over Alvarez with some ground and pound from guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Love accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Love stopping the sweep attempt from Alvarez.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alvarez working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Love.
Alvarez really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Love. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Alvarez has momentary wrist control but Love slips an elbow through the middle.
Alvarez is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Alvarez is looking to sweep but instead, Love has passed into half guard.
#T1#
Love looks to score some points with some ground and pound.#SU#
Love decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet. #CL#
Love has managed to clinch.
Alvarez is trying to push Love away but Love has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Love tries to pull guard but Alvarez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
Love is trying to drag Alvarez to the mat but Alvarez just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.#BC2#
Alvarez pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL2#
Alvarez has Love up against the cage in a clinch.
Love pressing his opponent against the cage. #T2#
Love tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alvarez just stands there and leans against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Love is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Alvarez is defending well.#BC2#
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Alvarez throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Love.
Alvarez throws a series of punches but Love avoids them all with ease. #TD2#
Alvarez drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#SU2#
Alvarez stands and steps away. Love gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Love with a lazy takedown attempt
and Alvarez counters with a slapping leg kick.
Love displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Alvarez throws out the jab. #TD#
Love shoots in for a takedown and gets it.#T3#
Alvarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Love prevents Alvarez from improving his position.
Love throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Love slips a nice elbow through Alvarez's hands, connecting with Alvarez's forehead.
Alvarez is trying to control but can't.
Alvarez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Love's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Love's back!
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Alvarez doesn't have the hooks in and Love manages to turn into his guard.
#T4##SUB2#
Alvarez looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Love passes into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Alvarez missing with punches from the bottom.
Alvarez has hold of Love's hands but Love slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Alvarez blocking the ground and pound attempt from Love.
Alvarez wants to get back to his feet.
Alvarez is trying to maintain the position but Love is very close to passing his half guard.
Alvarez on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
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 Bill Love will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Alvarez looks to land a combination but Love avoids it well. #TD2#
Love gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Love wants to stand and escape but Alvarez is having none of it. #ES#
Love has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Alvarez is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Alvarez is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Love is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Alvarez is defending well for now.#TD2#
Alvarez wants the takedown. Love is fighting it off but Alvarez persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Love's guard against the cage.
Alvarez wants to stand but Love is controlling his posture from full guard.
Alvarez looking to sit in guard and control but Love gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#SUB2#
Alvarez looking for subs off his back but Love has passed one foot through into half guard.
#T1#
Love is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Alvarez looks like he's trying to stand up.
#T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Alvarez trying to control from the bottom.
Love lands strikes from half guard.
Love prevents Alvarez from standing back up.
Love lands strikes from half guard.#SUB#
Love is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Love slips a nice elbow through Alvarez's hands, connecting with Alvarez's forehead.
Love is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Love scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Love 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.#T3#
Love 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.
Love stops Alvarez from getting back to his feet.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Love connects with a nice short shot to Alvarez's temple.
Love is nestled in close to Alvarez, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Love seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Love takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Love 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.
Love lands strikes from half guard.
Bill Love overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Love looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Love winds up and cracks Alvarez with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #T4#
Alvarez has hold of Love's hands but Love slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Love looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alvarez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Love connects with a nice short shot to Alvarez's temple.
Love looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Alvarez with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Alvarez tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Love manages to move to mount!
Love lands a big elbow.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Alvarez is looking to improve his position but Love isn't that keen on the idea.
Love sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bill Love dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
#R3##TD2#
Alvarez drives through with a takedown into Love's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.#ES#
Love scrambles and gets back to his feet.
#CL#
Love moves into the clinch successfully.
#TD#
Love pulls guard successfully.
#ES#
Love wriggles free and stands up.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Love fails with the takedown.
Love is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Alvarez can do to turn this around?
Alvarez scores with a three punch combo!
Alvarez throws a head kick that misses.
It looked like Love was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.#T1#
Left hook, right uppercut from Alvarez.
Alvarez tries to bum rush Love with a series of wild strikes but Love uses good footwork to avoid the assault.#TD#
Love looking to score a takedown here. Alvarez is defending well but Love drives through and ends up in Alvarez's guard.
Alvarez wants to get back to his feet but Love passes into half guard.
#REVB#
Alvarez wants to get back to his feet.
#ES2#
Alvarez kicks off Love and gets to his feet. #TD2#
Alvarez shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Alvarez takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Love has a closed guard, preventing Alvarez from standing up. #T2##SUB#
Love working for a triangle but Alvarez defends it easily.
Love wants to stand but Alvarez is controlling the position.
Alvarez throws an elbow that misses. Love uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Alvarez's guard. Nice move by Love!#REVR#
Love scoring with punches to the head and body. #SUB2#
Alvarez working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Love has passed into half guard!
#SUB#
Love is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alvarez sees it coming and defends easily.#T3##ES2#
Alvarez has managed to escape just enough to sneak back to his feet but Love is on him like a limpet, forcing Alvarez back against the cage.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Love takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Love tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Alvarez just stands there and leans against the cage.
Alvarez tries to circle away but Love has him pinned against the cage.
Love tries to pull guard but Alvarez forces him back to his feet, against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bill Love. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Alvarez tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Love avoids it.
Love really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Alvarez trying to land knees to the body.
#T4##BC2#
Alvarez manages to break the clinch.
Love moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Love tries to score a power double leg takedown but Alvarez sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Love somewhat.
Alvarez misses with a wild combination.
Alvarez pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Love back to the cage. Alvarez follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.#TD2#
Alvarez changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Love looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
Alex Alvarez has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Bill Love is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
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!
Love wants to control but Alvarez postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alex Alvarez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Love has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 28:29
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 29:28
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 29:29
The fight is ruled a draw!
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
