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Event:
APEX 7
Date: Oct 22, 2023 |
#R1##CL#
Roberts tries to keep at a distance but Novak has taken the fight into the clinch.
Roberts gets through Novak's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Novak is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Novak drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Roberts gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Roberts lands a shot to the body.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Roberts. #BC#
Novak manages to break the clinch.
Novak throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
#CL#
Novak forces Roberts back against the cage and clinches.
Roberts working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Novak is trying to force a seperation but Roberts has the dominant position.
Roberts lands a shot to the body.#BC2#
Roberts manages to break the clinch.
#TD#
Novak gets the takedown into side control.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Novak postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
Novak throwing strikes but missing, from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T1#
Novak is looking to take a break and control but Roberts is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Roberts can do anything to dispel that myth.
You can see the frustration on Roberts's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Roberts defending against the ground and pound.
Roberts is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Roberts parries the strikes from Novak easily there. Novak is wary of posturing up too much because it might enable Roberts to escape.
Novak scores with punches from side control.
Roberts takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Novak trying to control the position but Roberts is working away.
Roberts dodges the ground and pound from Novak.#T2#
Novak scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Roberts to see if he's OK.
Novak tries to land with some ground and pound but misses.
Novak postures up a little and throws a couple of hammerfists but they don't connect properly.
A lull in the action here as Novak stalls from top position.
Novak looking to punish the body of his opponent here but Roberts is avoiding damage well.
Roberts is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Roberts manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. #T3#
Novak is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Novak lands a nice short elbow.
Novak tries to pass the half guard into mount. Roberts knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Roberts is refusing to be controlled, as Novak sits in half guard.
Novak throwing shots but Roberts is blocking nicely.
Roberts taking some punishment here, with Novak in his half guard.
Novak sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Roberts defending well though.
Novak working Roberts over with strikes. #ROC#Roberts is rocked!#T4#
Novak lands a big elbow - Roberts is out of it! He's waving his arms around but his eyes are closed and he's not intelligently defending himself - the ref has no choice but to jump in and stop the fight! This one is in the books! A TKO win for Novak!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:21 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Alfonz Novak! |
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Event:
APEX 2
Date: Sep 16, 2023 |
#R1#
Roberts looks to throw the jab but Mei is out of range. #KD#
Mei drops Roberts with a nice combination! Mei dives into Roberts's guard, looking to finish!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Roberts has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Mei has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#T1#
Roberts looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Roberts trying to control the position here. #SU#
Mei gets to his feet - Roberts follows without any prompting.
Roberts uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Mei.
A nice side step and Roberts releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
Roberts on the wrong end of a nice low kick. He's acting like it's no big deal but he doesn't want to take many more of those.
Mei scores with a shot to the body.
#T2#
Mei lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Mei misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Mei connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe. #ROC#Roberts is rocked!
Roberts ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Mei moves away.
Roberts is still on wobbly legs! Can Mei finish him?
Mei lands a monster head kick that reverborates around the arena! The crowd goes wild as Roberts crumples to the floor! Mei milks the crowd's applause and if that isn't knockout of the night, I will be very surprised!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:23 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Chen Mei! |
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Event:
SCRAP FC 6
Date: Feb 25, 2023 |
#R1#
Magomedsharipov misses with a straight left. #CL#
Roberts clinches up with Magomedsharipov and pushes him back against the cage.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberts.
Roberts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
I was talking to Roberts's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Roberts lands a left hand.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Magomedsharipov has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Roberts lands on the inside with an uppercut.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Roberts throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Magomedsharipovs head.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Roberts.#T1#
Roberts stalls.
Roberts lands with a short shot to the head.
Magomedsharipov wants to break free but Roberts has control.
Roberts is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Magomedsharipov gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Roberts gets through Magomedsharipov's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Roberts lands a left hand that snaps the head of Magomedsharipov backwards.
Magomedsharipov working hard to break the clinch.
Roberts lands a shot to the body.
A nice left hand lands by Roberts.
Roberts lands with a left to the head. #T2#
A frustrated look appears on Magomedsharipov's face as he tries to break the clinch.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Roberts.
Magomedsharipov takes a shot to the head.
Roberts prevents Magomedsharipov from breaking the clinch.
Roberts lands a nice uppercut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Roberts's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Roberts creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Roberts lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Roberts scores with a shoulder strike. #T3#
A right hand to the body from Roberts.
Roberts working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Roberts lands an uppercut.
Roberts lands a body punch.
Magomedsharipov tries to circle away but Roberts has him pinned against the cage.
Roberts scores with a shot to the side of Magomedsharipov's head.
Magomedsharipov wants to break free but Roberts has control.
A right hand to the body from Roberts.
Roberts presses Magomedsharipov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roberts lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Magomedsharipov.#BC#
Roberts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #T4##CL#
Roberts darts in and clinches Magomedsharipov up against the cage.
Roberts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Roberts controlling the action here for a moment.
Roberts prevents Magomedsharipov from breaking the clinch.
A nice left hand lands by Roberts.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roberts lands a nice shot to the body.
Magomedsharipov looks winded!
Roberts lands a nice uppercut.
A nice right hand lands inside from Roberts.
A short body shot lands from Roberts as the two fighters clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Roberts dominated that 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.#R2#
Magomedsharipov misses the body punch
enabling Roberts to counter with a crisp jab. #CL#
Roberts clinches with his opponent.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Magomedsharipov in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Nice body punch from Roberts - that landed with a thud.
Roberts lands with a left to the head.
Roberts lands with a short shot to the head.
Roberts presses Magomedsharipov against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
Roberts is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Magomedsharipov can do to turn this around?
Magomedsharipov takes a shot to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roberts effectively controlling the action here.
Magomedsharipov's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Roberts lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. #T1##BC#
Roberts manages to break the clinch.
Roberts dips to his left and cracks Magomedsharipov with an uppercut!
Roberts dodges the punch combination from Magomedsharipov.
Magomedsharipov circles away from the clinch attempt.
#KD#
Roberts sends Magomedsharipov crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Roberts is motioning to the referee to let Magomedsharipov up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!#ROC#Magomedsharipov is rocked!#CUT#It looks like Islam Magomedsharipov has been cut.
Tom Roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roberts lands with a big right hook that stumbles Magomedsharipov - he's out on his feet here! Roberts follows up with another monster hook that separates Magomedsharipov from consciousness! Magomedsharipov falls, almost in slow motion to the canvas! Roberts stands and admires his work as the crowd go wild.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:49 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Tom Roberts!
A less than humble Tom Roberts misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 10, 2022 |
#R1#
Woodthorpe changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Roberts tries to avoid it but Woodthorpe manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Roberts to the ground. Roberts escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
Roberts tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Woodthorpe paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Roberts tries to clinch up.#CL#
Roberts moves into the clinch successfully.
#BC#
Roberts's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Roberts misses with a wild combination.
Roberts has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Woodthorpe finds it's way round the side to connect with Roberts's head.
No luck for Woodthorpe with that takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Woodthorpe.
Tom Roberts has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ramsey Woodthorpe.
Woodthorpe scores with a hook to the body. Roberts takes a step back and tries to catch his breath. #T1#
Woodthorpe shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Roberts but Roberts pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Roberts fails in his attempt to clinch.
It seemed like Woodthorpe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Jab by Woodthorpe.#CL#
Roberts has managed to clinch.
Roberts throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Woodthorpes head.
Roberts lands a body punch.
Woodthorpe has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Roberts is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Roberts scores with a shoulder strike.
A right hand to the body from Roberts.
Woodthorpe looks winded!
Roberts scores with a shot to the side of Woodthorpe's head.
Roberts lands with a short punch from the clinch.
#T2##BC#
Roberts breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A hook to the body from Roberts.
Roberts digs a right hand underneath Woodthorpe's ribcage. Woodthorpe let out a lung full of air as it connected.#BC#
Roberts breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Roberts missing with a left hand there. Woodthorpe was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roberts lands a body shot.
#CL#
Roberts forces Woodthorpe back against the cage and clinches.
Roberts lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Woodthorpe.
Roberts stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
A short right from Roberts. #T3#
A right hand to the body from Roberts.
Roberts presses Woodthorpe against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A body shot lands from Roberts.
Roberts lands a body shot.
A right hand to the body from Roberts.
#BC#
Roberts breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Roberts moves into range and clinches up with Woodthorpe.
Roberts makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.#TD#
Roberts has picked Woodthorpe up - he's going for a ride! Roberts dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
Woodthorpe wants to improve his position but Roberts is controlling well.
Roberts is taking a breather. Woodthorpe 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.#T4#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Tom Roberts dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2#
Roberts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Roberts walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Roberts doesn't manage to clinch there - Woodthorpe circles away.
Roberts defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Woodthorpe.#CL#
Roberts clinches with his opponent.
Roberts gets underhooks to prevent Woodthorpe's takedown attempt.
Roberts is leaning against Woodthorpe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Roberts avoiding damage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A right hand to the body from Roberts.
Woodthorpe is breathing heavily.
A short right from Roberts.
Roberts dips a shoulder and cracks Woodthorpe with a mighty uppercut! Woodthorpe falls back against the cage and Roberts unloads with a barrage of strikes! Woodthorpe is completely out with his eyes open, only supported by the cage! Save him ref! Eventually the ref decides to do his job and jumps in - Roberts screams abuse at the incompetent official before going over to celebrate with his corner. Brutal stuff!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tom Roberts! |
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