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Event:
ACE20 Gracie vs Bongrips
Date: Jan 03, 2020 |
#R1#
Dervisevic gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
Dervisevic connects with a good right hand that stumbles Ennis. Ennis circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Dervisevic has a takedown stuffed.
Dervisevic fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Ennis! But no joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adis Dervisevic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Dervisevic shoots in for a takedown but Ennis shows good takedown defense.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dervisevic misses with a takedown
and Ennis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Ennis avoids the head kick by Dervisevic.
Dervisevic misses with a few strikes there.
#T1#
Dervisevic misses with a double jab
and Dervisevic takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. #CUT2#
It looks like Adis Dervisevic has been cut.
Dervisevic tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Ennis counters with a nice low kick that buckles Dervisevic's knee momentarily.
Dervisevic tries to close the distance and clinch but Ennis swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Dervisevic could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Dervisevic throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ennis counters with a series of strikes. Dervisevic will be more careful next time no doubt.
Dervisevic is breathing heavily.
Dervisevic doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ennis counters with a stiff right hand.
Ennis checks the leg kick nicely there.
Dervisevic looks to clinch
and Ennis counters with a nice body shot.
Dervisevic tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Ennis defends well and Dervisevic ends up having to push Ennis into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Dervisevic wants to clinch
enabling Ennis to counter with a crisp jab. #T2#
Dervisevic misses with a takedown
and Ennis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dervisevic fails to land with a series of punches.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Dervisevic pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Ennis now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Dervisevic tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Ennis counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Dervisevic darts in trying to clinch
and Ennis counters with a thumping low kick. #T3#
Ennis keeps the fight on the outside.
As Dervisevic backs off Ennis throws a huge counter combo but Dervisevic manages to avoid it all.
Ennis keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Ennis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dervisevic moves to clinch but Ennis breaks away
and Ennis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dervisevic shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Ennis defends it nicely.
Ennis doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Dervisevic throws a combination that misses
enabling Ennis to counter with a crisp jab.
Dervisevic throws a left and a right that both miss
letting Ennis counter with a right hand.
Dervisevic has a takedown stuffed.#T4#
Ennis avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Ennis is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Dervisevic had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into pâté.
Dervisevic misses with a takedown
and Ennis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#CUT2#
Adis Dervisevic's cut is getting worse.
Frank Ennis is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Dervisevic throws a combination that misses
and Ennis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Nice sprawl there from Ennis as Dervisevic shoots in.
Adis Dervisevic seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Dervisevic with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ennis counters with a two punch combo.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Dervisevic fails with a takedown attempt.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Frank Ennis dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Adis Dervisevic's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Dervisevic misses with a straight right.
Dervisevic tries to clinch
and Ennis counters with an inside leg kick.
The crowd cheers as Dervisevic lands an impressive looking overhand right. Ennis doesn't seem phased though.
Dervisevic falls off balance throwing a combination
and Ennis counters with a nice uppercut.
Dervisevic misses with a takedown
and Ennis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Adis Dervisevic is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Dervisevic throws the kick towards the body but Ennis avoids it.
Ennis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dervisevic tries to clinch
and Ennis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
No joy there for Dervisevic, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Ennis avoids a kick to the body.
Ennis is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.#T1#
Dervisevic tries to score a power double leg takedown but Ennis sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Dervisevic somewhat.
Ennis lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Ennis displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Dervisevic.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Adis Dervisevic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ennis stuffs the takedown.
Dervisevic tries to clinch up
and Ennis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dervisevic goes for a double leg but Ennis avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Ennis continues to drive forward.
Ennis let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Dervisevic misses with a kick to the body.
Ennis looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.#T2#
Dervisevic shoots in looking for a takedown but Ennis manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Dervisevic's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ennis looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Dervisevic throws a lazy right hand but Ennis sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Dervisevic misses with a takedown attempt
letting Ennis counter with a right hand.
Dervisevic fails in his attempt to clinch.
Dervisevic throws a lazy uppercut
and Ennis counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Dervisevic tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Ennis is looking for the big counter here.
Ennis circles away from the clinch attempt
and Ennis counters with a left and a right that stings Dervisevic.
Dervisevic throws a hook but Ennis blocks it.#T3#
Dervisevic looks to clinch
and Ennis connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Dervisevic swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Ennis throws out a counter right but Dervisevic avoids it with no problem.
Ennis avoids a punch combination nicely.
Ennis swats away the attempt to clinch by Dervisevic.
A little jabbing left from Ennis on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Dervisevic misses with a double jab
and Ennis cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Dervisevic with a lazy takedown attempt
and Ennis counters with a stiff right hand. #ROC2#
Dervisevic is rocked!
Dervisevic tries for a takedown but Ennis circles away easily
and Ennis counters with a straight punch to the midsection.
Oh Dervisevic is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Dervisevic looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Dervisevic doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Ennis counters with a huge left! Dervisevic is in big trouble! He's backing up but Ennis isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save Dervisevic from any more damage. A dominating finish by Ennis!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Frank Ennis!
Frank Ennis spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant.
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