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Event:
IVT Friday 2
Date: Mar 15, 2019 |
#R1#
Yonic takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Escobar throws an off balance right hand
#TD#
and Yonic counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Escobar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Yonic scoring with punches to the head and body.
Yonic stands up over Escobar, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Yonic with a nice head shot there.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Escobar can do anything to dispel that myth.
Yonic prevents Escobar from getting back to his feet.
Escobar really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Yonic. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Yonic passes into half guard.
Escobar trying to control from the bottom.
Escobar is looking for a sweep. Yonic is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Yonic is taking a breather. Escobar says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Yonic lands with a punch from half guard.
Yonic scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
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!
Escobar wants to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Yonic is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Escobar is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Marcus Yonic!
During a confident post fight interview, Marcus Yonic thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
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Event:
IVT Friday
Date: Mar 08, 2019 |
#R1#
Escobar takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Bennett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Bennett swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.
Escobar misses with a body punch
and Bennett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Bennett paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Bennett lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Bennett lands a nice shot to the body.
Luiz Escobar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Bennett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Escobar takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Bennett displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Escobar throws out the jab.
Bennett clobbers Escobar with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Escobar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Bennett slips under a jab from Escobar.
Escobar throws a big shot that misses.
Bennett slips a straight right by Escobar.
Escobar doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Bennett lands a really nice looking cross but Escobar seems unphased.
Escobar takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Bennett keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Bennett scores with a jab.
Escobar has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Escobar drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Escobar thows a leg kick but Bennett checks it
and Escobar takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #ROC#
Escobar is rocked!
Bennett uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Escobar.
Escobar is still on wobbly legs! Can Bennett finish him?#T1#
Bennett wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Escobar seems to have recovered his senses.
Bennett slips under a jab.
Escobar misses with a body punch
and Bennett connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
A looping hook to the body misses from Escobar. Bennett does a little dance to reset his feet.
Escobar missing with a left hand there. Bennett was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Bennett dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Escobar misses with an uppercut.
Escobar's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Bennett connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Escobar scrambles back to his feet.#CL#
Bennett clinches with his opponent.
Bennett lands with a right to the head.
Bennett lands a nice uppercut.
Escobar working aggressively here.
Bennett looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Bennett prevents Escobar from breaking the clinch.
Escobar tries to circle away but Bennett has him pinned against the cage.
A nice right hand lands inside from Bennett.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Bennett lands a body punch in the clinch.
Escobar looks winded!
Bennett lands a nice uppercut.
Bennett softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#T2#
A short right from Bennett on the inside.
Bennett lands a left hand that snaps the head of Escobar backwards.
Escobar misses with a body punch.
#KD#
Bennett drops Escobar onto one knee with a big uppercut from the clinch! Escobar is propped up by the cage and works his way back to his feet!
Bennett unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Escobar! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Bennett is unloading with more strikes now! Escobar drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:26 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). John Bennett!
A relieved looking John Bennett thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
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Event:
IVT 3
Date: Feb 23, 2019 |
#R1#
Escobar tries for a takedown but Jahr sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.#TD#
Jahr fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Escobar to the ground. Jahr is now in Escobar's guard.
Escobar is looking to stand back up but Jahr counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Escobar. #REVB#
Escobar is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Jahr scores with a couple of nice shots.
We've been hearing good reports from Jahr's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Jahr seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Jahr looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Escobar with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Jahr is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Jahr looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Escobar wants to control but Jahr is keeping busy.
Escobar is trying to stand.
Jahr 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.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jahr controlling the action here.
Jahr scoring with strikes to the body and head. #T1#
Jahr is nestled in close to Escobar, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Escobar missing with punches from the bottom.
Ground and pound from Jahr.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jahr is controlling the pace.
Nice strikes from Jahr there.
Jahr lands with a punch from half guard.
Escobar is trying to get back to full guard.
Jahr stops Escobar from getting back to his feet.
#T2#
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Escobar on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Jahr lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Jahr keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Escobar wants to sweep but Jahr has passed to side control!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Escobar is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Jahr working the ground and pound.
Jahr working the ground and pound from side control.#ROC#
Escobar is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Jahr scores with a big shot from side control... and another... and another! Oh Escobar is done here - save him referee! More strikes land and eventually the ref does step in and Jahr can finally stop beating on his defenseless opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Stig Jahr!
Stig Jahr bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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