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Event:
WCF 19: Hradek vs Dirk
Date: May 02, 2020 |
#R1##CL#
Tupp instigates a clinch. #TD#
Tupp has picked Baker up - he's going for a ride! Tupp dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Baker has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tupp is working away from the top position though.
Baker is looking for a sweep. Tupp is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Tupp slows the pace down in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Baker tries to get to full guard but Tupp has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker trying to control from the bottom.
Baker tries to get to full guard but Tupp has control of the leg.
Tupp blocks the strikes from Baker.
#T1#
Tupp sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Baker has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Tupp is working away from the top position though.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Baker dodges the punch combination from Tupp.
#CL#
Tupp moves into the clinch.#BC#
Tupp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Tupp.
A little jabbing left from Baker on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#TD#
Tupp scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. #T2#
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Baker punching from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Baker is pressing down on Tupp's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Baker wants to sweep but no luck.
Tupp looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Baker wants to sweep here but Tupp controlling him for the moment.
Baker has control of Tupp's left arm, preventing Tupp from doing any damage. #T3#
Tupp sitting in guard, not really doing much.
We must be close to a standup if these guys don't pick up the pace.
Baker is striking from the bottom but Tupp uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.
Tupp performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Baker wants to improve his position but Tupp is controlling well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
#T4#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Baker wants to get back to full guard.
Tupp winds up and cracks Baker with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Baker trying to control from the bottom.
Tupp seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Tupp has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Tupp shoots in but Baker avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Baker looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tupp dives in for a single leg takedown but Baker sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jack Tupp. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baker throws a series of punches but Tupp avoids them all with ease.
Baker looks to land a left hand but Tupp moved out of range nicely.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Tupp dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
#R2#
Tupp looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Baker is fending him off so far but Tupp persists. Nope, Baker circles away and we're back to standing.
Tupp darts in trying to clinch
enabling Baker to counter with a crisp jab. #CL#
Tupp rushes Baker and presses him up against the cage.
Baker is looking to break free of the clinch but Tupp has double underhooks.
We've been informed that Baker has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.#BC#
Tupp breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Baker ducks right into an uppercut from Tupp. #CL#
Tupp has closed the distance and engaged Baker in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker is working for takedown but Tupp is calmly controlling the position for now.
Baker wants to break the clinch but can't.
Tupp is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Baker can do to turn this around?#TD#
Tupp tightens his grip and picks Baker up, before dumping him to the ground. Baker manages to land in guard.
Tupp is standing up over Baker. Baker looks to escape but Tupp dives into side control.
#REVB#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baker throws an elbow to the body but it doesn't land. #T1##SU#
Tupp decides to stand back up. Tupp steps back and let's Baker get back to his feet.#TD#
Tupp shoots in and bounces Baker off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
Baker wants to get back to his feet but he's too absorbed in his own little project and Tupp manages to pass to side control. #REVB#
Baker slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Baker is striking from the bottom but Tupp uses the opportunity to pass into half guard.#T2#
Baker is looking to get back to full guard here but Tupp has managed to pass to side control instead.
Tupp remains in side control and seems content to stay there. It's a versatile position from which he can work both strikes and submissions, whilst maintaining that control, so maybe he'll sit here for a while.
Tupp scoring with punches from side control.
Baker is looking for a sweep.
Tupp controlling from side mount. #T3#
Baker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Baker is working hard to escape and get back to his feet. After a battle for position, Tupp asserts his dominance and retains side control.
Baker tries to buck Tupp off but Tupp is having none of it.
Baker is being controlled here.
Baker sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Baker throws a strike from the bottom but Tupp passes into side control!
Tupp is putting a hurting on Baker here, landing some big shots from side control. #T4##SU#
Tupp decides to stand back up.
Jack Tupp is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#TD#
Baker gets caught flat footed, as Tupp shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Baker is breathing heavily.
Tupp lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Tupp not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Baker will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Tupp showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Tupp.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jack Tupp dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Tupp wants to clinch up but Baker keeps it at a distance.
Baker feints the counter takedown.#TD#
Tupp shoots in and bounces Baker off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.#ES2#
Baker has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Tupp has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
Baker is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Tupp is defending well.#BC#
Tupp breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #KD#
Tupp drops Baker with a beautiful combination! Baker stares up at his opponent, who ushers him back to his feet - Tupp is looking for the KO!#CUT#
It looks like James Baker has been cut.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Tupp shakes his hands by his side, trying to relax. Baker takes his eyes off the ball for a moment - Tupp sees the opportunity and cracks him with a massive hook! Baker bends double and collapses on top of himself - he's out! The crowd are going absolutely nuts! Wow, what a knockout!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Jack Tupp!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 979 Round 2
Date: Apr 15, 2020 |
#R1#
Baker throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a straight right hand.
Baker misses with a double jab
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.
White throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Baker has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from White finds it's way round the side to connect with Baker's head.
White drops his hands momentarily and Baker takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. #CUT2#
It looks like Vernon White has been cut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Baker's hands.
Baker connects with a looping right hand.
#T1#
White connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
James Baker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Baker rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
White lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Baker drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Donk. White catches Baker right on the button with a cross.
The fighters circling - Baker throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Baker misses with a hook to the body
and White counters with a straight right hand.#T2#
Baker misses with a combination
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Baker on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Baker tries to move into range but White moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baker throws a right hand that misses
and White counters with a nice low kick that buckles Baker's knee momentarily.
Baker misses with a double jab.
White swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
White scores with the left hand. Baker knows he should have avoided that one. #T3#
White uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Baker swinging wildly here.
Baker lands with a straight right. White didn't see that one coming.
Baker throws a combination but it was largely blocked by White.
White swung with a counter punch to the body but it didn't connect.#T4#
Baker throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Baker swings widly with a right hand
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
Baker lands a nice shot to the body.
Baker misses with a combination
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Baker looks winded!
Baker misses with a left hand
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Baker misses with an uppercut
letting White counter with a right hand.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vernon White dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Vernon White's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
White lands a leg kick that knocks Baker off balance momentarily.
Baker throws a lazy uppercut
and White makes him pay by landing a thudding low kick.
White comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Baker on the wrong end of a nice hook.
White lands a nice looking body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Baker misses with a takedown
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.#T1#
Baker misses with a right hand
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
Baker falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Baker might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Baker is breathing heavily.
Baker throws an off balance right hand
and White counters with a nice uppercut.
Baker throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a body kick that brings a smile to the face of both fighters.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
White lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.#T2#
Baker on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by White. White obviously looking to wear him down.
Vernon White is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Nice shot by White.
White connects with the punch.
White tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baker's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
A nice leg kick lands there from White.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Baker falls off balance throwing a combination
and White counters with a slapping leg kick. #T3#
White lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Baker looks to land a combination but White avoids it well.
And White counters with a quick kick to the body but Baker blocks it.
James Baker is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Baker throws a poor cross that misses
and White counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
White lands a body shot.
White scores with a head kick. Baker tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.#T4#
Baker misses with a right hand
and White connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
White tests Baker's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Baker misses with a combination
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Baker throws a left and a right that both miss
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White throws a nice head kick!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Vernon White dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Vernon White's cut.
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#
White is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Baker misses with a hook to the body
enabling White to counter with a crisp jab.
White lands a nice shot to the body.
Baker misses with an uppercut.
White with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White thuds a left hand into Baker's body.
Baker takes a body punch but keeps moving. #T1#
White lands a lovely overhand right.
White connects with a solid leg kick.
Baker has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from White.
White looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Baker throws a right hand that misses
and Baker takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by White.
#T2#
Baker misses with a double jab
and White counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
White thows a left - swing and a miss!
Baker misses with a lunging right hand
and White counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
White lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
Baker misses with a right hand
and White counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but Baker might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, White has got the better of the exchanges.#T3#
White lands a really nice looking cross but Baker seems unphased.
Baker fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Baker misses with a right hand
and White counters with a stiff right hand.
Baker misses with a combination
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vernon White is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
White sizes up Baker with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle. #T4#
Nice shot by White.
Baker swings away with a body shot that misses
and White cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
White moves out of range of the strikes.
White scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
Baker getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Baker changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vernon White showed his dominance in that final round.
Well White has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Steve Erwin scores the fight for Vernon White!
Judge Ben Hemmingworth scores the fight for Vernon White!
Judge Ben Watson scores the fight for Vernon White!
Vernon White wins by unanimous decision!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 979 Round 1
Date: Apr 14, 2020 |
#R1#
A slow jab from Baker misses its intended target. #CL#
Hughes drives through and clinches with Baker against the cage.
Baker taking a breather.
Hughes takes a shot to the head. #BC#
Hughes manages to break the clinch.
Hughes throws a wild hook but Baker just manages to duck under it and - ooooh! Hughes gets nailed by a brutal uppercut which crumples him back against the cage! The referee jumps in - Baker raises his hands in celebration and walks away!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). James Baker!
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