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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
MMAHelsinki - 5
Date: Aug 11, 2018 |
#R1##CL2#
Knack darts in and clinches Chaplin up against the cage.
Chaplin misses with a punch to the body.
Chaplin lands a body shot.
Knack is trying to pull guard but Chaplin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Chaplin struggles to land a body shot inside as Knack controls his hands.
Chaplin 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.
Chaplin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
A body shot lands from Chaplin.
Chaplin leaning against his opponent.
Chaplin presses Knack against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Chaplin stalling in the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Chaplin.
Knack working hard to break the clinch.
Chaplin misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chaplin misses with a punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Knack jumps guard but Chaplin stands there with Knack around his waist. Knack gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Chaplin stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Knack goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chaplin makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#T1#
Chaplin can't find room to land a body shot as Knack controls the action.
Chaplin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Knack wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Chaplin tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #TD#
Chaplin decides to pull guard.
Chaplin looking for a sweep. Not yet Chaplin, not yet.
Chaplin has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Chaplin has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Chaplin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Chaplin tries to get out of the position.
Knack loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Chaplin managing to control the position.
Chaplin 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.
Chaplin is pulling down on Knack's head. It's preventing any offense from Knack, at least for the moment.#T2#
Knack trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Knack stopping the sweep attempt from Chaplin.
Chaplin 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#
Chaplin is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Chaplin takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Chaplin passes the guard and advances to mount!
Chaplin looking to ground and pound but Knack is blocking nicely.
Chaplin misses with a head shot.
BOOM! Chaplin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Chaplin tries to control but Knack wriggling away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3#
BOOM! Chaplin connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Chaplin sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
A nice elbow there by Chaplin.
Chaplin connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Chaplin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chaplin is landing with some decent strikes but Knack is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.#ROC#
Knack is rocked!
Knack tries to reverse the position but Chaplin maintains control.
Chaplin tries to control but Knack wriggling away.
Knack tries to hold on but Chaplin postures up.
Chaplin trying to control but Knack is having none of it. #T4#
Chaplin lands with some strikes.
Chaplin unloads with some shots from mount but Knack bucks and avoids them well.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Chaplin cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Chaplin throws some wild stikes that Knack manages to avoid easily.
Knack tries to hold on but Chaplin pushes him away.
Chaplin 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.
Chaplin tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Knack is squirming around, avoiding Chaplin's attempts to control the action.
Knack wants to control but Chaplin is having none of it.#SUB#
Chaplin has hold of Knack's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Knack manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Chaplin looking to control but Knack is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Chaplin dominated that round.
That's time! Chaplin's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Chaplin tests Knack's chin there with a solid looking shot.#CL2#
Knack rushes Chaplin and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Chaplin - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Knack wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Knack is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Chaplin is working Knack over against the cage.
Chaplin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Knack is still on wobbly legs! Can Chaplin finish him?
Chaplin stops a takedown attempt from Knack.
Chaplin stalls.
Knack seems to have recovered his senses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Knack tries to take the fight to the ground by pulling guard but can't manage it.
Stalling in the clinch from Chaplin.
Knack is trying to pull guard but Chaplin turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Charlie Chaplin has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Nick Knack.
Chaplin blocks an elbow strike.
Chaplin lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Knack.#T1#
Chaplin goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Knack is working for takedown but Chaplin is calmly controlling the position for now.
Knack is breathing heavily.
Chaplin leaning his opponent against the cage.
A short right from Chaplin on the inside.
Chaplin lands a shot to the body.
Some stalling of biblical proportions here from Chaplin.
Chaplin lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Chaplin lands a shoulder strike.
Chaplin lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Chaplin gets through Knack's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Chaplin throws a big uppercut that drops Knack! More strikes from Chaplin and the referee jumps in to stop the fight! Knack lies dazed against the cage as Chaplin celebrates with his cornermen!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Charlie Chaplin!
Charlie Chaplin is the new lightweight champion!
Charlie Chaplin decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way.
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Event:
MMAHelsinki - 2
Date: Jul 21, 2018 |
#R1#
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Knack.
Chaplin ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Knack slips a straight right by Chaplin.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Chaplin swings wildly with an uppercut but Knack uses good head movement to avoid it. #TD#
Knack ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Knack no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Chaplin works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Chaplin is figuring out what he wants to do next.#SUB2#
Chaplin is looking for a kimura here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chaplin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Chaplin seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Knack does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #T1#
Chaplin sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Knack is not content to let Chaplin control the position.
Chaplin keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Chaplin sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Knack defending well though.
Knack keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Still in half guard, Chaplin seems content to control.
Knack throws a strike from the bottom that misses.
Chaplin controlling the pace.
Chaplin works his foot free and advances to mount.
Knack holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Chaplin tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
#T2#
Chaplin throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
Knack wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Chaplin.
Chaplin wants to control the pace but Knack is squirming around nicely.
Chaplin throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for Knack because Chaplin loaded up on that one.
Chaplin lands with some strikes.
Chaplin wants to control the pace but Knack is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Chaplin looking to finish with strikes here!
Chaplin thowing shots but they're missing.
Knack is desperately trying to improve his position but Chaplin has a good base and remains in mount.
Chaplin working the ground and pound effectively.
Chaplin throws some wild stikes that Knack manages to avoid easily.
#T3#
Chaplin sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Chaplin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Knack is squirming around, avoiding Chaplin's attempts to control the action.
Chaplin looking to finish with strikes here!
Knack on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Knack tries to get out of the position.
Chaplin dominating with strikes here.
Knack blocking the ground and pound.
Chaplin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Knack is breathing heavily.
The referee warns Knack that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Chaplin thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
Chaplin throws some wild stikes that Knack manages to avoid easily.
Chaplin unloads with some shots from mount but Knack bucks and avoids them well.
Chaplin with good strikes from the mount here!
Chaplin 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.
Knack wriggling around on the bottom manages to avoid the strikes thrown by Chaplin.
Chaplin tries to control but Knack wriggling away. #T4#
Knack is looking to improve his position but Chaplin isn't that keen on the idea.
Chaplin controlling the pace for now.
Chaplin looking to ground and pound but Knack is blocking nicely.
Chaplin throwing sloppy strikes, which aren't doing any damage.
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!
Chaplin punching from mount but Knack doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Chaplin trying to control but Knack is having none of it.
Chaplin punching from mount but Knack doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Chaplin takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Chaplin misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Chaplin landing strikes, looking to finish!
Knack avoids a series of strikes thrown by Chaplin.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Charlie Chaplin dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Knack on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Knack!
A solid leg kick lands there for Chaplin.
Knack blocks a low kick nicely.
Knack tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Chaplin swivels and escapes.
Charlie Chaplin seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Knack walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! Chaplin swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Charlie Chaplin!
After the fight, Charlie Chaplin 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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