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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Checkmate The Crowning Finale
Date: May 09, 2020 |
#R1# Jones tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. De Costa manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat. Jones fails miserably with a takedown attempt. Jones moves to clinch but De Costa breaks away and De Costa counters with a nice body kick. Jones closes the distance but De Costa moves to the side and De Costa counters with a slapping leg kick. Jones on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
De Costa fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt Jones. Jones tries to close the distance and clinch up but De Costa swats him away and circles back towards the center. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. A thudding body kick lands there by De Costa!
Jones tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Jones misses with a leg kick and De Costa counters with a nice low kick that buckles Jones's knee momentarily. De Costa lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range. Jones is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Jones tries to clinch up.#T1# De Costa just misses with a punch to the body.
A solid body kick from De Costa. Jones looks winded!#KD# De Costa lands a big head kick that sends Jones tumbling to the mat! De Costa takes a step backwards and waves Jones back to his feet - he wants the finish!#ROC# Jones is rocked! Jones walks into a straight right, dropping him to the canvas! De Costa swarms him and finishes the fight with a hail of punches! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Cesar De Costa! A very excited looking Cesar De Costa rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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Event:
Checkmate Fight Night 6
Date: Apr 11, 2020 |
#R1##CL# Imendos has closed the distance and engaged Jones in a clinch.
Imendos is defending well against a takedown attempt. Jones lands with a short punch from the clinch.
#BC# Imendos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Jones misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.#TD2# Imendos gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.#ES# Imendos pushes Jones off and gets back to his feet.
Imendos misses with a head kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Imendos avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jones displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination. #CL# Imendos darts in and clinches Jones up against the cage. Imendos crunches a lovely knee into Jones's ribcage.#T1# Jones throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Jones can't get the takedown.
Jaxorus Imendos has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jone Jones.#BC# Imendos breaks from the clinch.
Jones blocks a head kick by Imendos.
#CL2# Jones closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC# Imendos breaks the clinch.
Jones doesn't manage to clinch there - Imendos circles away.
A decent looking cross lands there for Jones. Jones doesn't succeed with the takedown#CL# and Imendos moves into the clinch.#TD# Imendos pulls guard. Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Imendos is keeping the position for now. #SUB# Imendos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T2# Imendos controlling Jones's posture. Imendos manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jones manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVR# 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! Imendos is stalling in the full guard. #T3##SUB2# Imendos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jones has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Imendos has managed to get both his arms back between Jones's legs - danger averted. Imendos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#SU# Imendos stands up from guard. Let's bang! Imendos takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.#TD2# Jones looking for a takedown here - he's got it.#ES# Imendos pushes Jones off and gets back to his feet.
Jones looks winded!#T4# Jones shoots and misses letting Imendos counter with a right hand. Jones blocks a head kick by Imendos.
Jones tries to clinch #TD# and Imendos counters with a single leg into guard. Jones didn't expect that. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Imendos looking to control the position here, rather than advance. Imendos landing some decent shots from guard. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaxorus Imendos dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action! #R2##TD# Imendos manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Jones on his heels. He'll look to pass Jones's guard now, I'm sure. Imendos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Imendos with a nice head shot there. Imendos engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. #SU# Jones is working an open guard so Imendos takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Imendos is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around? We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD# Imendos closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Jones quickly recovers to half guard. Jones wants to control but Imendos passes into side.
#T1# A lull in the action here. Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't. Imendos gets to mount! Jones was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. Imendos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Imendos has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#T2# A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd. Jones tries to reverse the position but Imendos maintains control.#SUB# Imendos is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jones can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Imendos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. #T3##SU# Imendos is standing up, even though he is in mount. #CL# Imendos instigates a clinch. #TD2# Jones drags the fight down to the ground.
Imendos landing some decent shots from guard. Imendos stays in close to Jones's body and controls the position. Imendos won't allow Jones to get back to his feet. Jones is breathing heavily.#T4# Imendos lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard. Imendos slips nicely into half guard. Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Imendos in particular looking to stall.#SU# Imendos postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Jones to stand up. #CL# Imendos moves into the clinch successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Jones wants to take the fight to the mat but Imendos manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.#TD# Imendos is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Jones can't fight it off and eventually Imendos manages to take the fight to the floor. Jones looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard. Jones is looking to stand back up but Imendos counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Jones. And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jaxorus Imendos dominated that second round. That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round! #R3##TD# Imendos shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Imendos showed some decent athleticism there. Jones is trying to escape back to his feet but Imendos uses the scramble to pass into side control.
You can see the frustration on Jones's face, being in this tough position on the bottom. Jones manages to get back to half guard. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Imendos working the head and body with strikes. Jones trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#T1# Imendos controlling the pace for now. Jones working to try and regain half guard.
Imendos controlling the position easily from mount. Imendos's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.#T2# The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Imendos scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Jones?
Imendos looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
#ROC# Jones is rocked!#T3##SUB# Imendos jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jones manages to avoid the submission attempt. Jones is still in real trouble! Can Imendos finish him? Imendos scores with a couple of short elbows. A big shot lands for Imendos! That's hurt Jones! Will he recover? Imendos fires away with more strikes and the referee has to step in to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:24 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jaxorus Imendos!
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