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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
VFC 5 Legends are Born
Date: Jan 12, 2022 |
#R1# Athanasiadis wants to clinch. Seagull misses with a wild body shot. Seagull will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
It looked like Athanasiadis was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.#CL2# Seagull has closed the distance and engaged Athanasiadis in a clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Seagull's face as he tries to break the clinch. Seagull looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Seagull is looking to break free of the clinch but Athanasiadis has double underhooks. Seagull wants to get back to striking at distance but Athanasiadis won't allow it.
#TD2# Seagull tightens his grip and picks Athanasiadis up, before dumping him to the ground. Athanasiadis manages to land in guard. Seagull forces his way into half guard. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Seagull winds up and cracks Athanasiadis with a swinging punch to the side of the head. Athanasiadis is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Seagull scores with a couple of nice shots.#ROC2#Athanasiadis is rocked! The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Seagull lands a nice short elbow. Oh Athanasiadis is still in real trouble! Will he be able to recover?!! Seagull is pressing down on Athanasiadis's thigh, looking to free his foot. Athanasiadis is holding on for now. #T1# Seagull 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. Athanasiadis wants to sweep but Seagull has passed to side control! Athanasiadis struggling a bit here. Seagull lands a big elbow and you can see that really hurt Athanasiadis! Seagull senses the opportunity and scores with more strikes - he's put Athanasiadis out! The ref tackles him out of the way to prevent him landing more strikes - this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Steven Seagull! A victorious Steven Seagull thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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