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Event:
QFC Tournament 1035 Round 4
Date: Jan 27, 2021 |
#R1#
Delgado shoots for a double leg takedown but Ambercrombie sprawls well. He's pushed Delgado's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Ambercrombie throws a leg kick #TD#
and Delgado counters with a takedown into side control.
You can see the frustration on Ambercrombie's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Ambercrombie tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Delgado misses with the ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The ground and pound from Delgado seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
Ambercrombie is looking to regain half guard here but Delgado keeps moving and retains side control.
Delgado is looking to take a break and control but Ambercrombie is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ambercrombie is trying to get back to half guard.#T1#
Ambercrombie manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Ambercrombie won't allow Delgado to pass to mount.
Delgado seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Ambercrombie avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Delgado.
Delgado is stalling here. Ambercrombie is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Delgado seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ambercrombie has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Ambercrombie is chipping away with strikes.
Delgado is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Ambercrombie sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Delgado is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
#T2#
Delgado tries to improve position but can't.
The ground and pound from Ambercrombie seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent. #SUB2#
Ambercrombie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Delgado is trying to get back to half guard.
Delgado gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Delgado manages to get to full guard.
#T3#
Ambercrombie tries to free his leg and advance position but Delgado is retaining full guard.
Ambercrombie landing with the ground and pound.
Ambercrombie lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Delgado can't keep his opponent in guard - Ambercrombie advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Delgado is in trouble now - Ambercrombie has advanced to mount!
Delgado is squirming around, avoiding Ambercrombie's attempts to control the action. #T4#
Ambercrombie lands a nice shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ambercrombie working the ground and pound effectively.
Delgado keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Ambercrombie pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Delgado is looking to get to half guard.
Ambercrombie can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Delgado is looking to escape.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Delgado tries to hold on but Ambercrombie pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Wayne Ambercrombie dominated that round.
That's time! Delgado's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2#
Ambercrombie tried to score with a low kick but Delgado checks it.
Delgado lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Ambercrombie does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy. #TD2#
Ambercrombie drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Ambercrombie has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#SUB#
Ambercrombie got a little sloppy there for a moment and Delgado has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Ambercrombie has managed to get both his arms back between Delgado's legs - danger averted.#SUB#
Delgado has managed to work for a loose triangle. I think Ambercrombie should be able to defend this one pretty easily though. Oh, Delgado has tightened it up now! Ambercrombie should have reacted faster there - he's in big trouble and yes, he's tapped out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:44 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Marcus Delgado! |
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Event:
QFC Tournament 1035 Round 3
Date: Jan 26, 2021 |
#R1#
Delgado tries to work over Wong's front leg with a kick but Wong checks it.
Wong with a poor takedown #CL2#
and Delgado moves into the clinch.
Wong is looking to take this one to the mat.
Wong blocking some punches.
#TD2#
Delgado has Wong pressed up against the cage. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Delgado pulls back from the cage and twists to the side, sending Wong tumbling to the mat - Delgado dives into Wong's guard.
Wong looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Delgado stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wong swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Delgado trying to control the position from guard on top but Wong is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delgado trying to move into half guard but instead Wong has managed to sweep!#REVR#
Delgado looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T1#
Wong slips nicely into half guard.
Wong drops an elbow to the side of Delgado's head.
Wong wants to control but Delgado is keeping him busy. #SUB#
Wong wants to work for an arm triangle but Delgado is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Delgado trying to control here.
Wong is stalling here. Delgado is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Wong seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Delgado has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Delgado working the ground and pound but he's contacting the mat, not the fighter.
Wong takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.#T2#
Wong wants to control but Delgado postures up.
Delgado moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Wong manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Wong controlling the action here.
Delgado is looking to improve his position.
Wong throwing shots but Delgado is blocking nicely. #T3#
Delgado tries to get to full guard but Wong has control of the leg.
Wong wants to stand up but Delgado has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Wong is keen to just control but Delgado is a slippery customer.
Delgado is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wong is nestled in close to Delgado, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Wong has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. #T4#
Wong looking to control but Delgado is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Delgado is wriggling around trying to escape.
Wong lands with some strikes.
Wong wants to control the pace but Delgado is squirming around nicely.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wong punishing his opponent with strikes.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Chiang Ching Wong will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Wong throws a left and a right that both miss
#TD2#
and Delgado counters with a takedown into side control! That could mean trouble for Wong!
Wong tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Delgado wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Delgado working the head and body with strikes.
Wong pushes Delgado away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Delgado gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.
Wong gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Delgado is looking to advance position but Wong won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wong tries to roll over but Delgado keeps him under control.
Wong regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Delgado.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T1#
Wong keeping moving, preventing Delgado from controlling successfully.
Wong will have to put a bit more behind his punches if he's going to do any damage from this position.
Chiang Ching Wong overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Wong trying to keep a closed guard but Delgado is proving a slippery customer.
Delgado working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Wong's head.
Wong wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Delgado throwing strikes from guard but Wong blocks nicely.
Delgado landing some decent shots from guard. #T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Delgado throws a big elbow that misses. #SUB#
Wong has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Delgado can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Delgado stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wong swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Delgado in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
If this pace continues, the referee will definitely step in and force a standup.
Delgado is pushing down on Wong's leg trying to pass to half guard. Wong is fighting to maintain full guard but Delgado has managed to sneak the leg through.
Wong has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Delgado is working away from the top position though.#T3#
Wong is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Delgado is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Delgado working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Delgado is looking to stall here but Wong recovers full guard.
Delgado postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Delgado makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Wong seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Wong is trying to control the position but Delgado postures up. #T4#
Wong is looking to stand up but Delgado isn't so interested in that idea.
Wong has his hands on Delgado's head, controlling the position.
Delgado makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Delgado accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Wong controlling the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Delgado with a flurry of punches that miss. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Wong throws a body shot but no joy.
Delgado steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Wong.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Delgado showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.#R3#
Wong goes for a double leg but Delgado avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Delgado continues to drive forward.
Delgado misses with the head strike.
Delgado is struggling to control the position.#TD2#
Delgado has clasped his hands together around Wong's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done.
Wong is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Delgado working the head with strikes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Delgado working the head with strikes.
Wong wants to control but Delgado postures up.
Delgado is putting a hurting on Wong here, landing some big shots from side control.
Delgado throws an elbow but Wong slips to the side and avoids it well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T1#
Wong regains half guard.
Wong wants to get back to his feet.
Wong is trying to control but can't.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Wong is concentrating on defense, preventing Delgado from advancing position.
Delgado slips a nice elbow through Wong's hands, connecting with Wong's forehead.
Delgado is looking to advance position but Wong won't allow it.
Wong is looking to escape.
Wong tries to roll over but Delgado keeps him under control.
Marcus Delgado is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.#T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Delgado content to control rather than advance.
Delgado landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Delgado is nestled in close to Wong, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Delgado takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.#SUB#
Wong looking for submissions off his back.
Delgado has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wong wants to control but Delgado is keeping busy.
#T3#
Delgado winds up and cracks Wong with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Wong is trying to get back to full guard.
Delgado is looking to take a break and control but Wong is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wong taking some punishment here, with Delgado in his half guard.
Delgado drops an elbow to the side of Wong's head.
Delgado passes to full mount!
Delgado in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
#T4#
Delgado landing shots from mount.
Wong is squirming around, avoiding Delgado's attempts to control the action.
Wong keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
#SUB2#
Delgado is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Wong can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Wong is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Wong is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcus Delgado comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Delgado has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Francis DeMontford scores the fight for Marcus Delgado!
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight for Marcus Delgado!
Judge Topper Green scores the fight for Marcus Delgado!
Marcus Delgado wins by unanimous decision! |
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Event:
QFC Tournament 1035 Round 2
Date: Jan 25, 2021 |
#R1#
Douglas feints and then cracks Delgado's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Delgado down.
Douglas scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Delgado takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Delgado throws a leg kick but Douglas sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Douglas throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
#CL#
and Delgado moves into the clinch.
Douglas lands an uppercut.#TD#
Delgado is trying to trip Douglas. He has hold of a leg but Douglas is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Delgado persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Delgado postures up and lands a big shot to Douglas's brow.
Delgado sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Delgado with a flurry of punches that miss.
Delgado working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Delgado tries to free his leg and advance position but Douglas is retaining full guard.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Delgado preventing the sweep.
Delgado lands a couple of elbows.#T1#
Delgado is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #SUB2#
Douglas has an active guard here but Delgado has managed to pass into half guard.
Ground and pound from Delgado.
Delgado prevents Douglas from improving his position.
Delgado working over Douglas with some ground and pound. Douglas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Douglas trying to control here.
Delgado not doing much here.
#T2#
Delgado working over Douglas with some ground and pound. Douglas looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Still in half guard, Delgado seems content to control.
Delgado 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.
Douglas is trying to get back to full guard.
Douglas makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Douglas.
Delgado with a nice head shot there.
Delgado with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.#SUB2#
Douglas working for a triangle but Delgado defends it easily.
Delgado advances to half guard. #T3#
Delgado winds up and cracks Douglas with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Delgado prevents Douglas from improving his position.
Delgado thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Douglas wants to get back to full guard.
Douglas is trying to maintain the position but Delgado is very close to passing his half guard.
Douglas is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Delgado jumps into side control!#T4#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Delgado scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Douglas to see if he's OK.
Delgado landing a few strikes.
Douglas looks to move to half guard but instead Delgado has passed into mount! Damn!
Delgado lands a nice shot to the head.
Douglas wants to control but Delgado is having none of it.
Delgado with good strikes from the mount here!
Delgado looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
Delgado pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Douglas tries to hold on but Delgado postures up.
Delgado landing strikes from the mount and Douglas is in trouble!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Delgado dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2#
Douglas misses with a jab, cross combination.
Douglas lands with a right hand.
Douglas checks a low kick from Delgado.
Delgado swings and misses with a hook to the body.
#TD#
Delgado scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Delgado passes to side control.
Delgado working the ground and pound.
Delgado lands some shots froms side control.
Marcus Delgado overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Delgado wants to control but Douglas is keeping him busy.
Delgado in side control lands a decent elbow.
Douglas is trying to control Delgado's posture but Delgado avoids it. #T1#
Delgado has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Douglas!
Douglas tries to lock up and control but Delgado gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Delgado can't control as he wanted to and Douglas manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Delgado prevents Douglas from improving his position.
Douglas is looking to control Delgado's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Douglas avoid being mounted?
Delgado is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Douglas can do to turn this around?
Douglas wants to get back to full guard.
Delgado is figuring out what he wants to do next.#T2#
Douglas wants to get back to full guard but Delgado has mounted him!
Delgado avoids the attempt from Douglas to control.
Delgado looking to finish Douglas with some ground and pound. This is bad for Douglas!
Delgado is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Delgado scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Douglas?
#SUB#
Delgado with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Delgado landing shots from mount. #T3#
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Delgado cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Douglas is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
The referee warns Douglas that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Delgado tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Delgado has his opponent pinned against the cage, landing some nasty ground and pound that is really making a bit of a mess out of Douglas's face.
Delgado lands a big elbow.
Delgado cracks Douglas with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Delgado is landing with some decent strikes but Douglas is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Delgado lands a heavy elbow. #ROC#Douglas is rocked!
Delgado lands a couple of good shots and Douglas has given up his back, trying to escape the position!
Douglas is still in real trouble! Can Delgado finish him?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Delgado landing with strikes.
Delgado loading up with punches from the back mount - how long can Douglas hold on?
#T4#
Delgado is raining down hard shots and and Douglas has had enough - he's tapped out due to the strikes!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:20 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Marcus Delgado! |
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Event:
QFC Tournament 1035 Round 1
Date: Jan 24, 2021 |
#R1#
Tukhgov shoots in for a double leg but Delgado sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Delgado stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Delgado wants it to stay on the feet.
Delgado is looking to chop away at Tukhgov's legs.
Delgado slaps away a takedown attempt from Tukhgov, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Marcus Delgado has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Magomed Tukhgov.
Tukhgov tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Delgado defends well and Tukhgov ends up having to push Delgado into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
No luck for Tukhgov with that takedown attempt.
A looping hook to the body misses from Delgado. Tukhgov does a little dance to reset his feet.
It seemed like Tukhgov was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tukhgov checks the leg kick nicely there.
Tukhgov gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily #TD#
and Delgado counters with a single leg into guard. Tukhgov didn't expect that.
Delgado with a flurry of punches that miss. #T1#
Delgado stands up over Tukhgov, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Delgado pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tukhgov is keeping the position for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Delgado postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. #SUB2#
Tukhgov looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Delgado passes into side control.
Delgado lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Tukhgov sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Delgado wants to pass to mount but Tukhgov is defending the position. #SUB2#
Tukhgov actively working from the bottom here.
Tukhgov tries to roll over but Delgado keeps him under control.
Tukhgov looks winded!
Tukhgov taking some punishment here, with Delgado in his half guard. #T2#
Delgado prevents Tukhgov from improving his position.
Tukhgov is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Delgado scores with a couple of nice shots.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Delgado connects with a nice short shot to Tukhgov's temple. #SUB2#
Tukhgov looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tukhgov on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Delgado looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Delgado looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Tukhgov with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. #ROC#Tukhgov is rocked!
Well, if Delgado is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Tukhgov is staying active underneath Delgado, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Delgado lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Tukhgov is still in real trouble! Can Delgado finish him?
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Delgado is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Delgado scores with a big shot! Tukhgov's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Tukhgov! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:18 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Marcus Delgado! |
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