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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 13, 2017 |
#R1##CL#
Stafford closes the distance and clinches.
Stafford taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stafford taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Stafford is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Hadley is defending well.
Hadley goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#BC#
Stafford breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Hadley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
#CL2#
Hadley has managed to clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hadley can't break the clinch.
Stafford is trying to drag Hadley to the mat but Hadley just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.#BC#
Stafford breaks from the clinch.
#T1#
Hadley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stafford is fending him off so far but Hadley persists. Nope, Stafford circles away and we're back to standing.
Hadley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Stafford is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Hadley.#CL2#
Hadley rushes Stafford and presses him up against the cage.
Stafford is pushing Hadley up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Hadley is looking to take this one to the mat.
Hadley looks winded!
Stafford avoiding damage.
#TD#
Hadley is fighting off a takedown attempt but Stafford is just too persistent for him and manages to trip Hadley to the mat. Hadley regains guard as soon as the fighters hit the mat.#ES2#
Hadley pushes Stafford off and scrambles back to his feet.
#T2#
Hadley looks to land a combination but Stafford avoids it well. #TD#
Stafford drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Hadley is looking to stand back up... there's a bit of a scramble and Stafford dives into side control.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#REVB##ES2#
Hadley throws Stafford to one side and escapes!#CL2#
Hadley clinches with his opponent.
#BC#
Stafford pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#T3##CL2#
Hadley closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
The fighters are pressed against the cage, as the pace of the fight slows. #BC#
Stafford's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Hadley lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Hadley shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Stafford defends it nicely.
Malik Stafford has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Hadley.#T4#
Left hook, right uppercut from Stafford. #CL#
Stafford rushes Hadley and presses him up against the cage.
Stafford stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Stafford is working for takedown but Hadley is calmly controlling the position for now.
Hadley is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ryan Hadley will probably get the nod.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Hadley takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Hadley looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Stafford is fending him off so far but Hadley persists. Nope, Stafford circles away and we're back to standing.
Stafford is looking for a counter combo.
Hadley throws a series of punches but Stafford avoids them all with ease.
Ryan Hadley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#TD#
Stafford shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
Stafford 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Stafford wants to work for an arm triangle but Hadley is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Stafford content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hadley is breathing heavily.#T1##SU#
Stafford stands, ready to strike. The ref makes him back up and allows Hadley to get to his feet. #CL#
Stafford moves into the clinch.#TD#
Stafford gets control of Hadley's arms and successfully pulls guard. Stafford will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stafford wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. #SUB#
Hadley stands up over his opponent, looking to dive in with a big punch. Here he comes, superman style! Oh, the punch misses and Stafford has got him in a triangle choke for good measure! Oh no! Hadley manages to get his head free but now Stafford has transitioned to an armbar! Hadley grimaces and is forced to tap! Beautiful Jiu Jitsu from Stafford! I'd be surprised if that didn't end up as submission of the night!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Malik Stafford!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 10, 2017 |
#R1##CL#
Martin pushes Hadley up against the cage in a clinch.
Martin tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Hadley just stands there and leans against the cage.
Martin has Hadley pressed against the cage.
Martin is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Martin.
Martin slowing the pace effectively.
Martin gets a warning from the ref for wasting time.
Martin stalling the fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bernie Martin.
Hadley lands with a right hand.
Hadley throws a nice looking combination but Martin bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.#TD2#
Hadley closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. #T1#
Hadley trying to control from Martin's half guard. Martin has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Martin punching to the body, from the bottom.
Hadley throws an elbow that misses. Martin uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Hadley's guard. Nice move by Martin!#REVR##SUB2#
Hadley had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Martin defends it easily.
Martin 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.#SU#
Martin stands up from Hadley's guard - Martin perhaps looking for a knockout.
Hadley looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Hadley swinging wildly here.
#T2##CL2#
Hadley has closed the distance and engaged Martin in a clinch.
#BC2#
Hadley escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Martin looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Hadley is fending him off so far but Martin persists. Nope, Hadley circles away and we're back to standing.
Despite the aggression on Hadley's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Hadley swats away the attempt to clinch by Martin.#CL2#
Hadley closes the distance and clinches.
Martin is trying to pull guard but Hadley turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bernie Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.#T3##TD#
Martin ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Martin no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Martin is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Hadley tries to free his leg and advance position but Martin is retaining full guard.
Hadley wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving. #SUB#
Martin had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Hadley defends it easily.
Hadley postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. #T4#
Hadley wants to stand but Martin has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Hadley from controlling successfully.
Martin thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Hadley swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Martin went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.#CL#
Martin moves into the clinch successfully.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ryan Hadley will probably get the nod.
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#
A nice combination there by Hadley.
#CL2#
Hadley clinches with his opponent.
Martin jumps guard but Hadley turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Hadley wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#BC#
Martin breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Hadley gets a clinch.
Hadley wants to take the fight to the mat but Martin manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hadley changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Martin fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Hadley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Martin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Bernie Martin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ryan Hadley.
Hadley is trying hard to land a takedown here. Martin sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Hadley shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Martin sprawls well. Martin wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Hadley gets slowly back to his feet.
Hadley is breathing heavily.#T1##TD#
Martin closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. #ES2#
Hadley throws Martin to one side and escapes!#TD#
Martin drives through with a takedown into Hadley's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Martin is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
This has been an exciting period of action!#SU#
Martin stands up from guard. Let's bang!
A jab lands there for Martin.#T2#
Hadley ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Martin moves away.
Martin throws a big counter combination but Hadley scrambles out of danger and avoids any damage.
Martin with a poor takedown
and Hadley counters with a left and a right that stings Martin.
Hadley slaps away a takedown attempt from Martin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Hadley misses with a few strikes there.
Ryan Hadley seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Martin fails with a takedown attempt.#T3#
Hadley throws a right and a left that both miss.#CL2#
Hadley moves into the clinch.
Martin is stalling here.
Martin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hadley up against the cage.
Martin content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Hadley is trying to push Martin away but Martin has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Martin displaying some good clinch control by pressing Hadley up against the cage.
Martin is pushing Hadley up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
The ref breaks the fighters up, due to lack of action by Bernie Martin.#TD2#
Hadley looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Hadley wants to control from the top but Martin keeps moving.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ryan Hadley showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Martin slips a jab and a cross from Hadley.
Hadley goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.
Hadley throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Hadley dives in and grabs Martin's left leg, looking for a takedown. Martin pushes down on Hadley's head and hops out.
Hadley misses with a body kick.
Hadley misses with a series of wild punches.
Hadley takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martin shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hadley as he jumps to the side. #T1#
Hadley misses with a head kick.
Hadley fails to land with a series of punches.
Martin tries for a takedown but Hadley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Martin shoots in but no luck this time.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bernie Martin. That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD#
Martin manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Hadley on his heels. He'll look to pass Hadley's guard now, I'm sure.#ES2#
Hadley pushes Martin off and scrambles back to his feet.
#CL#
Martin clinches up against the cage.
Martin tries to pull guard but Hadley won't allow it.
#T2#
Martin jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Hadley walks away with a smile on his face. Martin gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Hadley misses with a wild combination.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#CL2#
Hadley has closed the distance and engaged Martin in a clinch.
#TD#
Martin pulls guard effortlessly.
Hadley throws a strike but Martin rolls with it and manages to sweep. Now he's in guard on top. #REVR#
Martin with a nice head shot there.#SU#
Martin stands and steps away. Hadley gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Hadley has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#T3#
Hadley throws a right and a left that Martin avoids nicely.
A little feinted left hand from Martin on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
Hadley rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Martin moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Martin goes for a double leg but Hadley avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Hadley continues to drive forward.#CL2#
Hadley has taken the fight to the clinch.
#TD#
Martin jumps guard.
Hadley must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Hadley forces his way into half guard.
Hadley looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Martin with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Hadley really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Martin. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#T4#
Martin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Martin is not content to let Hadley control the position.
Hadley has decided to stand back up but his arm is trapped. Whilst he's worrying about his arm, Martin works to full guard.
Martin keeping moving, preventing Hadley from controlling successfully.
Hadley looking to sit in guard and control but Martin gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
And that's the end of the fight!
Ryan Hadley comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Hadley winning every round here. Surely the decision will go his way and he'll pick up a well deserved decision victory. 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 William Gold scores the fight 27:30
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 27:30
Judge Daniel Bishop scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ryan Hadley!
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