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Event:
SPPS Resurrection 003
Date: Sep 07, 2024 |
#R1#
Nicolau misses with a hook.
Igor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Igor throws a head kick but Nicolau moves out of range.
Igor moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Nicolau throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Donk. Nicolau catches Igor right on the button with a cross.#CUT2#It looks like Alexander Igor has been cut.
Igor bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.#CL2#
Nicolau has managed to clinch.
Nicolau takes an elbow to the temple.
Nicolau lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Igor digs a right hand into Nicolau's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Nicolau's gas tank.
Igor blocks an uppercut.
Nicolau misses with a punch on the inside.
Nicolau misses with a hook to the ribs.
I was talking to Igor's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nicolau misses with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolau is pushing Igor up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Igor tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T1#
Nicolau takes an elbow to the temple.
Nicolau scores with an uppercut up the middle.
A short right from Nicolau.
Igor tries to work over Nicolau's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Nicolau can't find room to land a body shot as Igor controls the action.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Nicolau.
Nicolau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
A right hook to the body lands for Nicolau.
Igor softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Igor pushes off an throws an elbow but Nicolau leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.#BC#
Igor breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Igor is looking to clinch.
Nicolau misses with a body shot.
Igor takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Eftihios Nicolau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Igor throws a head kick that misses.
Nicolau scores with a jab.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Igor throws a push kick but Nicolau slaps the foot to one side.
Igor looks for the body kick but Nicolau saw that one coming.
Nicolau is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Igor.
Igor throws a counter high kick but Nicolau was just alert enough to avoid it.#T2#
Igor throws a hook but Nicolau avoids it easily.
Nicolau lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Nicolau scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Nice straight punches there by Nicolau. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Nicolau.
Nicolau throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Nicolau scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.#ROC2#Igor is rocked!
Nicolau closes the distance and lands a vicious right hand that drops Igor! Nicolau dives in looking to finish! Igor is still trying to defend himself but he's taking too many shots and the referee has no choice but to stop the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:29 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Eftihios Nicolau! |
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Event:
SPPS Resurrection 001
Date: Aug 17, 2024 |
#R1##TD#
Nicolau gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Till to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Till won't allow Nicolau to get back to his feet.
Till trying to control but Nicolau is working from the bottom.
Nicolau is looking to stand up but Till isn't so interested in that idea.
Till chips away with some ground and pound.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nicolau wants to get back to his feet but Till is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Till is stalling in the full guard.
Till is standing up over Nicolau. Nicolau looks to escape but Till dives into side control.
#T1#
Till slows the pace down.
Till lands a nice forearm strike.
Till trying to control the position but Nicolau is working away.
Nicolau is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Till throws a knee to the body but it doesn't do much damage.
Nicolau stops Till from passing to mount.
Till wants to take a breather but Nicolau manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Till. #T2#
Till pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Nicolau is keeping the position for now.
Nicolau wants to sweep but no luck.
Till is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Till wants to stand but Nicolau has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
Till stops Nicolau from standing up.
Till trying to control the position from guard on top but Nicolau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.#T3#
Nicolau tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Till was well out of range. Poor timing from Nicolau.
Nicolau missing with a left hand there. Till was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Till bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Nicolau's head.
Eftihios Nicolau seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Nicolau throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Good shot there by Nicolau.
Till slips under a jab from Nicolau.
Nicolau misses with a wild body shot.
Till appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Nicolau swings and misses with a hook to the body.
#TD#
Till gets a double leg takedown into Nicolau's guard.
Till stays in close to Nicolau's body and controls the position.
Till with a flurry of punches that miss.
Till stops Nicolau from standing up.
Till is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #T4#
Nicolau is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Till is controlling him.
Till trying to control the position from guard on top but Nicolau is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Nicolau wants to get back to his feet but Till passes into half guard.
Nicolau is trying to stand.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Till not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Till in particular looking to stall.#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#CL#
Till rushes Nicolau and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Neo Till dominated that round.
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#
Nicolau takes one to the side of the head.
Till slips under a jab from Nicolau.
Nice body punch from Nicolau. #TD#
Till shoots in and gets a takedown into Nicolau's guard.
Nicolau throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
Till prevents Nicolau from getting back to his feet.
Nicolau keeping moving, preventing Till from controlling successfully.
Till content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Till is working Nicolau over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Till is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nicolau can do to turn this around?
Nicolau is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB##T1#
Nicolau tries to stand but can't do so whilst Till controls his leg. #SUB#
Till looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nicolau wants to stand up but Till has a hold of him and won't allow it.
Nicolau tries to pass the half guard into mount. Till knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Till is pressing down on Nicolau's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Till wants to get back to his feet but Nicolau is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Nicolau has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Till is proving hard to escape from. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Till avoids the body shot from Nicolau.
Nicolau lands with a good body shot.
Till throws a head kick that half lands.
Nicolau misses with a hook
and Till counters with a left and a right that stings Nicolau. #ROC#Nicolau is rocked!
Nicolau catches Till with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Nicolau is still on wobbly legs! Can Till finish him?
Till darts in and out, connecting with a jab. #CL#
Till closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nicolau. #T3##BC#
Till breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Nicolau tries to clinch up but Till circles away and keeps his distance.
Nicolau circles away from the clinch attempt.
Nicolau gets caught by a brutal right hook which buckles his knees! Nicolau tries to backpedal with his spaghettilegs but Till is headhunting and goes for the kill. A jab and a right hook connect and Nicolau buckles badly as his eyes roll back. The referee steps in and saves Nicolau!! Nicolau is complaining but he was clearly out on his feet. Till throws his mouthpiece into the crowd. Mmmm spit-tastic.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Neo Till! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 03, 2022 |
#R1#
Nicolau lands with a hook. Olatunji tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
A punch combination from Olatunji misses.
Olatunji steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nicolau.
Nicolau misses with a lunging right hand
and Olatunji counters with a stiff right hand.
Olatunji gets cracked there but stands up to it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Nicolau. Olatunji does a little dance to reset his feet.
Nicolau uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Olatunji.
A quick step to the side and Nicolau tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.#CL2#
Olatunji clinches up with Nicolau and pushes him back against the cage.
Nicolau has Olatunji pressed against the cage, preventing Olatunji from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Nicolau misses with a hook from the clinch. #BC2#
Olatunji breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Olatunji misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
#CL2#
Olatunji has closed the distance and engaged Nicolau in a clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nicolau keeps control of Olatunji as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Olatunji has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Nicolau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Nicolau struggles to land a body shot inside as Olatunji controls his hands.
Nicolau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolau tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage. #T1##BC2#
Olatunji breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Olatunji moves into range and clinches up with Nicolau.
Nicolau tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Olatunji's elbow.
Nicolau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Nicolau.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Olatunji struggles to land a body shot inside as Nicolau controls his hands.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olatunji.
Olatunji is trying to break the clinch but Nicolau is controlling him.
Still in the clinch, Olatunji scores with a nice short uppercut.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Olatunji.
Nicolau misses with a body punch.
Olatunji is trying to break the clinch but Nicolau has him pressed against the cage.
Nicolau fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Nicolau has a couple of punches blocked by Olatunji.
Olatunji lands a shot to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Nicolau fails to land. #BC2#
Olatunji manages to break the clinch.
Nicolau throws the left hand but Olatunji avoids the punch easily.#T2#
Nicolau throws an ugly left hook that misses
and Olatunji counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Nicolau misses with a looping right.
Nicolau just misses with a punch to the body.
Nicolau cracks Olatunji with a good jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Olatunji moves out of range of the strikes.
Nicolau waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Olatunji.
Olatunji moves out of range of the strikes.
Good shot there by Nicolau.
Good standup being displayed there by Nicolau as he connects with a hook.
Olatunji connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.#ROC2#Nicolau is rocked!#CL2#
Olatunji takes the fight into the clinch.
Oh Nicolau is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Olatunji lands a body shot.
Nicolau doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Olatunji cracks Nicolau with a nice body shot.#BC2#
Olatunji pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#T3#
Olatunji fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Nicolau looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Nicolau seems to have got his legs back now.#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Nicolau really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Nicolau lands a hook to the side of the head.
Olatunji blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
A shot in the inside from Olatunji.
Nicolau working aggressively here.
Nicolau misses with a hook to the ribs.
#BC2#
Olatunji breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Nicolau lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Olatunji at a distance.
#CL2#
Olatunji moves into range and clinches up with Nicolau.
Nicolau lands a right hand.
A head punch on the inside from Nicolau fails to land.
Olatunji working some nice short punches in the clinch.#BC2#
Olatunji breaks the clinch.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Olatunji takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
#CL2#
Olatunji drives through and clinches with Nicolau against the cage.
#T4##BC2#
Olatunji pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Olatunji stuns Nicolau with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Nicolau throws a lazy uppercut
and Olatunji counters with a crisp right that sends Nicolau to the canvas! Olatunji follows up with punches from the mount and this one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:17 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Deji Olatunji!
In his post fight interview, Deji Olatunji gave a big smile as he said 'no we dont take no Ls'. |
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