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Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 15, 2018 |
#R1#
Fernandez tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Pierce throws a body punch but Fernandez moves out of range. #TD2#
Fernandez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.#ES#
Pierce makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!#CL#
Fernandez tries to keep at a distance but Pierce has taken the fight into the clinch.
Pierce leaning against his opponent.
#TD2#
Fernandez decides to pull guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fernandez holds on and takes a little breather. #SUB2#
Fernandez working for a triangle but Pierce defends it easily.
Pierce preventing the sweep. #T1##SU#
Pierce stands up from Fernandez's guard - Pierce perhaps looking for a knockout. #TD2#
Fernandez shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Fernandez not doing much here.
Pierce is controlling Fernandez's position as best he can from this difficult position.#SU2#
Fernandez decides to stand and escape the position.
Pierce just misses with a punch to the body.
#TD2#
Fernandez feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.#T2#
Pierce keeping full guard, as Fernandez tries to pass.
Fernandez postures up in Pierce's guard and throws a big left but Pierce blocks it.
Fernandez sitting in guard, not really doing much. #SUB#
Pierce throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Fernandez advances position into side control!
Pierce is trying to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T3##SU2#
Fernandez has had enough of the ground for now and decides to stand.
Fernandez avoids the head kick by Pierce.
Pierce really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.#TD2#
Fernandez throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Pierce tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Fernandez is in Pierce's guard.
Fernandez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #SUB#
Pierce has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fernandez can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fernandez won't allow Pierce to sweep him here.
Pierce can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fernandez controls the pace.
Pierce will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.#T4#
Pierce looking to control.
Pierce keeping full guard, as Fernandez tries to pass.
Fernandez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#CL2#
Fernandez clinches with his opponent.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pierce tries to stall but Fernandez uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Pierce effectively controlling the action here.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacobo Fernandez dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Pierce looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Fernandez misses with a body kick.
Pierce misses with a combination
and Fernandez counters with a two punch combo. #TD2#
Fernandez looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pierce works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fernandez won't allow Pierce to sweep him here.
Fernandez pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Pierce is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pierce is trying to control the position but Fernandez postures up.
Fernandez is pushing down on Pierce's leg trying to pass to half guard. Pierce is fighting to maintain full guard but Fernandez has managed to sneak the leg through.
Fernandez throwing shots but Pierce is blocking nicely.
Fernandez slows the pace down in half guard. #T1#
Pierce desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Fernandez is looking to advance position but Pierce won't allow it.
Pierce is trying to control but can't.
Fernandez is trying to control the action in half guard but Pierce is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Pierce has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fernandez is working away from the top position though.
Fernandez missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pierce wants to control but Fernandez is keeping busy.
#T2#
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.
Pierce tries to get to full guard but Fernandez has control of the leg.
Jacobo Fernandez has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pierce trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Fernandez manages to pass to mount!
Fernandez has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#SUB2#
Fernandez with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Pierce is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fernandez looking to control and managing it successfully.
Fernandez blocks Pierce's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom. #T3#
Pierce is in all sorts of trouble here.
Fernandez throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Pierce wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
#SUB2#
Fernandez working for a choke but Pierce is defending well.
Pierce can't escape the position.
#SUB2#
Fernandez is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Pierce knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Pierce for a finish. #T4##SUB2#
Fernandez has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Pierce tries to escape the position.
Fernandez is trying to stick to Pierce's back but Pierce is turning into Fernandez. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Fernandez's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Pierce.
Pierce has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Fernandez has Pierce pulled in close to control his posture.
Fernandez thows some rabbit punches from the bottom but they don't do any damage.
Pierce not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Pierce accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Pierce content to stall in guard here.
Pierce wants to stand but Fernandez has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jacobo Fernandez showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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#
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Pierce, as that shot connected.
#TD2#
Fernandez shoots in and bounces Pierce off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.#SU2#
Fernandez stands up and waves to Pierce to follow him. #TD2#
Fernandez shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Pierce's guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fernandez looking to control the position here, rather than advance. #T1#
Fernandez wants to control from the top but Pierce keeps moving.
Pierce is trying to keep Fernandez in close.
#SU2#
Fernandez gets to his feet. Pierce looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Pierce throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Jacobo Fernandez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pierce will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Fernandez looks like he wanted to counter with a high kick but didn't throw it.
Fernandez fails with an attempt to clinch.
#TD2#
Fernandez closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Pierce quickly recovers to half guard.
Fernandez is looking to take a break and control but Pierce is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T2#
Pierce keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Pierce blocking the ground and pound attempt from Fernandez.
Pierce is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pierce trying to hold on to Fernandez's head to control him but Fernandez postures up.
#SU2#
Fernandez postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Pierce to stand up.
Fernandez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Pierce paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pierce just misses with a punch to the body.
Fernandez is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Fernandez tries to clinch but Pierce moves out of range. #T3#
Fernandez dodges the punch combination from Pierce.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Pierce takes a swing at Fernandez's ribcage but misses.
Fernandez is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.#TD2#
Fernandez gets the takedown into side control.
Pierce bucks up and tries to throw Fernandez off but instead Fernandez has got his back!#SUB2#
Fernandez is looking for the choke from the back position but Pierce is controlling his hands well. #SUB2#
Pierce showing good submission defense here.
Fernandez missing with strikes.
Pierce just trying to survive but Fernandez is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish. #T4#
Pierce is in bad spot here.
#SUB2#
Pierce preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Fernandez. #SUB2#
Fernandez is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Fernandez controlling from the back.
Pierce manages to reverse the position and now he's in Fernandez's guard. Nice work there by Pierce.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#ES2#
Fernandez kicks Pierce off and gets to his feet.
Adrian Pierce has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Jacobo Fernandez is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Pierce ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jacobo Fernandez comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I've got Fernandez 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 27:30
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 27:30
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jacobo Fernandez!
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