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Event:
WFC Tokyo 1
Date: May 07, 2023 |
#R1#
Pamblo tries to clinch up.
Pamblo fails in his attempt to clinch.
Franko Pamblo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pamblo looks to clinch
and Stuber counters with a two punch combo.
Stuber keeps the fight on the outside.#CL2#
Stuber instigates a clinch.
Pamblo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Pamblo as Stuber tries to tie him up. #BC#
Pamblo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Stuber gets tackled into the cage by Pamblo. Pamblo maintains the clinch. #BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Pamblo tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Stuber manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Stuber is defended easily by Pamblo.
As Stuber backs away, Pamblo returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pamblo tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Stuber to counter with a crisp jab.
Pamblo fails in his attempt to clinch. #CL#
Pamblo fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Stuber, pushing him back against the cage.#BC#
Pamblo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Stuber fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Pamblo, pushing him back against the cage.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Stuber misses with a knee to the head. #T1##BC#
Pamblo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL#
Pamblo moves into the clinch.#BC#
Pamblo manages to break the clinch.
#CL#
Pamblo drives through and clinches with Stuber against the cage.
Stuber has had enough of the clinch but Pamblo keeps him there for the moment.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch.
#TD2#
Stuber looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Pamblo is trying to stand up here but Stuber is controlling him well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Stuber is working for a submission here. He's got hold of the far side arm and he's looking for a kimura. He's cranking on the arm and he's got it! Pamblo is tapping out! Ouch, that looked like it hurt!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). TJ Stuber! |
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Event:
WFC New York 3
Date: Apr 30, 2023 |
#R1#
Pamblo tries to clinch up.
Stuber throws a series of punches but Pamblo avoids them all with ease.
Stuber circles away from the clinch attempt.
#CL#
Pamblo moves into range and clinches up with Stuber.
Stuber is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Stuber tries to pull guard but Pamblo won't allow it.
Stuber wants a takedown but no success here.
Franko Pamblo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of TJ Stuber.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC#
Pamblo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL#
Stuber gets tackled into the cage by Pamblo. Pamblo maintains the clinch.
Stuber taking a breather.
A short right from Stuber on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Stuber is trying to pull guard but Pamblo turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.#BC#
Pamblo manages to break the clinch.
Pamblo is looking to clinch but Stuber is avoiding it.
#CL#
Pamblo rushes Stuber and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pamblo gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Stuber.
Stuber wants to get back to striking at distance but Pamblo won't allow it.
#T1#
Stuber tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Pamblo just stands there and leans against the cage.
Stuber tries to pull guard but Pamblo won't allow it.
#BC#
Pamblo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Pamblo wants to clinch up but Stuber keeps it at a distance.
Pamblo tries to close the distance and clinch but Stuber swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pamblo fails in his attempt to clinch. #CL#
Pamblo rushes Stuber and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Pamblo keeps control of Stuber as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #BC#
Pamblo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Pamblo clinches. #BC#
Pamblo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Franko Pamblo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pamblo is looking to clinch.
Stuber is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
Stuber shoots in but Pamblo avoids the takedown attempt easily.#CL#
Pamblo closes the distance and pushes Stuber back into the cage.
Pamblo stops a takedown attempt from Stuber.
#T2##TD2#
Stuber lands a takedown into guard.
Pamblo keeping full guard, as Stuber tries to pass.
Stuber looks winded!
Stuber won't allow Pamblo to get back to his feet.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Stuber scoring with some ground and pound.
Pamblo is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Stuber is controlling him.
Pamblo is looking to stand back up but Stuber counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Pamblo.
Pamblo is trying to stand up here but Stuber is controlling him well.
Pamblo looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Pamblo scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Stuber manages to mount him!
Stuber looking to control but Pamblo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Pamblo is trying to stand but he's not in a good position to be doing that! Stuber has taken his back!#T3#
Pamblo is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet.
Pamblo knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Stuber on the ground.
Stuber tries to keep control of the position but Pamblo is staying busy.
Pamblo is trying to stand back up. #SUB2#
Stuber is cranking Pamblo's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Pamblo! He's tightened the choke and Pamblo is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). TJ Stuber! |
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Event:
WFC Las Vegas 3
Date: Apr 22, 2023 |
#R1##CL#
Pamblo clinches with his opponent.
#BC#
Pamblo manages to break the clinch.
#CL#
Pamblo gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL#
Pamblo has taken the fight to the clinch.
Pamblo definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Yao is trying to break the clinch but Pamblo has him pressed against the cage. #BC#
Pamblo breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Pamblo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC#
Pamblo's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL#
Yao tries to keep at a distance but Pamblo has taken the fight into the clinch.#BC#
Pamblo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Pamblo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #BC#
Pamblo breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Pamblo takes the fight into the clinch. #TD#
Pamblo pulls guard effortlessly.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Pamblo holds on and takes a little breather. #SUB2#
Yao drops back looking for a leg! Pamblo is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Pamblo manages to kick Yao off! Yao jumps back into Pamblo's guard. #T1#
Yao preventing the sweep. #SU2#
Yao gets to his feet - Pamblo follows without any prompting. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Yao fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Pamblo has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Yao is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.#CL#
Pamblo closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage. #TD#
Pamblo manages to pull guard.
Yao wants to control from the top but Pamblo keeps moving. #SUB#
Pamblo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Yao is aware though and is defending well.
Pamblo might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#T2#
Pamblo looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Pamblo looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Yao puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Yao prevents Pamblo from improving his position.
Pamblo has a hand on Yao's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Yao takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Yao prevents Pamblo from getting the reversal.
Yao trying to control but Pamblo is having none of it.
Yao prevents Pamblo from getting the reversal.#T3#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Yao sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Yao can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pamblo is looking to escape.
Pamblo is desperately trying to improve his position but Yao has a good base and remains in mount.
Pamblo is working hard here to advance position.
Yao looking to finish with strikes here!
Pamblo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
#SU2#
Yao stands up from the dominant position, so we're back on the feet. #CL#
Pamblo pushes Yao up against the cage in a clinch.#T4#
Yao misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Yao stalling in the clinch but Pamblo improves position.
Yao is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Pamblo is defending well.#BC#
Pamblo manages to break the clinch.
#CL#
Pamblo takes the fight into the clinch. #BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
Pamblo rushes Yao and presses him up against the cage.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch.
Franko Pamblo seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Yao misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.#CL#
Pamblo clinches with his opponent.
Yao tries a body shot but Pamblo blocks it.
#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Franko Pamblo 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#
Nice takedown defense from Pamblo. No joy for Yao on that attempt.
Yao fails to land the takedown.#CL#
Pamblo moves into the clinch.#BC#
Pamblo manages to break the clinch.
#CL#
Pamblo instigates a clinch.
Yao has Pamblo pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Pamblo manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Franko Pamblo has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tsuki Yao.#TD#
Pamblo pulls guard effortlessly. #SUB#
Pamblo throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Yao escapes and throws Pamblo's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Pamblo is looking to regain half guard here but Yao keeps moving and retains side control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pamblo manages to get back to half guard.
Yao 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. #T1#
Pamblo tries to roll over but Yao keeps him under control.#SU2#
Yao decides he's had enough of the ground and stands up. #CL#
Pamblo has closed the distance and engaged Yao in a clinch.
Yao has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Pamblo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Pamblo is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Yao can do to turn this around?#TD#
Pamblo gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Yao regains guard.
Tsuki Yao has got the better of the ground game so far.
Pamblo stays in close to Yao's body and controls the position. #SUB2#
Yao escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pamblo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Pamblo sitting in guard, not really doing much. #T2#
Pamblo is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Pamblo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Pamblo scoring with some ground and pound.
Pamblo throws a big right hand that misses. #SUB2#
Yao looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Pamblo not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Pamblo is working Yao over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. #T3#
Pamblo controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pamblo lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Yao 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#
Pamblo is trying to get back to full guard.
Pamblo has a hand on Yao's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Yao takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!#SUB2#
Yao is working for a guillotine from mount but Pamblo frees his head quite easily.
Pamblo is in all sorts of trouble here.
#T4#
Yao looking to control but Pamblo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #SUB2#
Yao is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Pamblo to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Pamblo shrugs it off.
Pamblo is working to get back to half guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pamblo tries to hold on but Yao pushes him away.
Yao can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pamblo is looking to escape.
Pamblo is trying to escape the mount.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Franko Pamblo dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3##CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL#
Pamblo closes the distance and pushes Yao back into the cage.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
Pamblo closes the distance and clinches.#BC#
Pamblo breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Yao throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. #CL#
Pamblo forces Yao back against the cage and clinches.#BC#
Pamblo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL#
Pamblo darts in and clinches Yao up against the cage.#BC#
Pamblo pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Pamblo moves into the clinch.#BC#
Pamblo escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL#
Pamblo moves into the clinch.
This has been an exciting period of action!#TD#
Pamblo has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Yao uses from the top position. #T1#
Pamblo looking for a sweep. Not yet Pamblo, not yet.
Yao trying to control but Pamblo is working from the bottom.
Yao slips nicely into half guard.
Pamblo is trying to control but can't.
Yao passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Pamblo! #SUB2#
Yao working for a guillotine from mount but Pamblo is in no mood to give up.
Pamblo is looking to get to half guard.
Yao can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pamblo is looking to escape. #T2#
Yao might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Pamblo haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Yao misses with a head shot.
Pamblo can't escape the position.
Yao wants to control the pace but Pamblo is squirming around nicely.
Yao looking to ground and pound but Pamblo is blocking nicely. #T3#
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Yao cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Pamblo is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Pamblo wants to control but Yao is having none of it.
Pamblo working to try and regain half guard.
#SUB2#
Yao is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Pamblo can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Pamblo is looking to get to half guard.#T4##SUB2#
Yao is working for a guillotine from mount but Pamblo frees his head quite easily.
Pamblo is trying desperately to improve position.
Tsuki Yao has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that's the end of the fight!
Franko Pamblo showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Pamblo, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Dennis scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franko Pamblo! |
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Event:
EEE
Date: Jan 27, 2023 |
#R1#
Pamblo dives in and grabs Dubble 's left leg, looking for a takedown. Dubble pushes down on Pamblo's head and hops out.
Pamblo looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Dubble buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dubble stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dubble wants it to stay on the feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Franko Pamblo. That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD#
Pamblo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dubble is not content to let Pamblo control the position.
Dubble is trying to get back to full guard.
Dubble moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dubble keeping moving, preventing Pamblo from controlling successfully.
Dubble is trying to control the position but Pamblo postures up.
Pamblo postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect. #T1##SUB2#
Dubble throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Pamblo postures up in Dubble 's guard and throws a big left but Dubble blocks it. #SUB2#
Dubble looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Dubble pulls Pamblo in close to prevent any damage.
Dubble looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pamblo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pamblo sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Dubble defending well though.
Pamblo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dubble keeps working.
Pamblo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Pamblo throwing shots but Dubble is blocking nicely.
Pamblo seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Dubble does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #SUB#
Pamblo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Dubble has managed to free his arm - good work. #T2#
Dubble gets back to full guard.
Pamblo trying to control the position from guard on top but Dubble is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Dubble is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Dubble wants to sweep but no luck. #SUB2#
Dubble escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Pamblo gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
The referee claps his hands together and tells the fighters to work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dubble is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Dubble keeps trying to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Franko Pamblo showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pamblo has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Topper Green scores the fight 10:9
Judge Summer Carpenter scores the fight 10:9
Judge Chris Dean scores the fight 10:9
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franko Pamblo! |
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Event:
DDD
Date: Jan 23, 2023 |
#R1#
Krauchter Schyder misses with a body kick.#TD2#
Pamblo feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Pamblo sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Krauchter Schyder's guard.
Krauchter Schyder trying to control from the bottom.
Pamblo controlling the pace.
Krauchter Schyder tries to roll over but Pamblo keeps him under control.
Pamblo trying to control the action but Krauchter Schyder is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pamblo is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Krauchter Schyder is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T1#
Pamblo throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Krauchter Schyder tries to get to full guard but Pamblo has control of the leg.
Krauchter Schyder trying to control but Pamblo postures up.
Pamblo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pamblo missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Pamblo wants to take a breather but Krauchter Schyder is having none of it. #REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.#TD#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Krauchter Schyder.
Pamblo is looking to reverse the position.#T2#
Krauchter Schyder throwing ground and pound but whilst doing so, he forgets to control position and Pamblo works his way back to half guard. Good composure under pressure.
Krauchter Schyder is thwarting Pamblo's attempts to control the position.
Pamblo is not content to let Krauchter Schyder control the position.#SUB#
Krauchter Schyder is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Krauchter Schyder wants to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Franko Pamblo comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Pamblo has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1 round of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Donatello Bradman scores the fight 9:10
Judge Damien Edna scores the fight 9:10
Judge Darius Henderson scores the fight 9:10
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Franko Pamblo! |
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