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Event:
TOF 164
Date: Oct 26, 2024 |
#R1#
Katsuhito throws an overhand right that lands on Saint's shoulder, as Saint tries to avoid the shot. #CL2#
Saint drives through and clinches with Katsuhito against the cage.
Katsuhito misses with a punch to the body.
Saint tries to work over Katsuhito's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Saint lands a nice uppercut.
Katsuhito scores with a nice hook to the head.
Saint tries to land knees in the clinch but Katsuhito avoids the damage to the body.
Katsuhito managing to block the knees to the body from Saint.
Nice elbow from Saint.
Saint misses with a punch to the body.
Katsuhito scores with a shoulder strike.
Katsuhito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Saint misses with a hook to the ribs.
Katsuhito prevents a body shot from Saint.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Katsuhito.
Saint tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
A frustrated look appears on Katsuhito's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Katsuhito stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
A nice left hand lands by Katsuhito.
#T1#
Katsuhito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saint missing with knees to the body.
Saint blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
A short left from Saint.
Saint told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
A short right from Katsuhito.
Katsuhito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Katsuhito avoids it.
Katsuhito trying to control the position but instead, Saint has worked for underhooks and has pushed Katsuhito into the cage.
Saint missing with knees to the body.
Katsuhito lands a left hand.
Katsuhito blocks the elbow strike.
Saint lands a body punch in the clinch.
Saint misses with an elbow strike.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Saint.
Katsuhito misses with a hook from the clinch.
Saint swings wildly with an uppercut but Katsuhito uses good head movement to avoid it.
Saint blocks an uppercut.
#T2#
A head punch on the inside from Saint fails to land.
Saint doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Katsuhito swings away with an uppercut that misses.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Katsuhito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Katsuhito blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Katsuhito lands with a right to the head.
A body shot lands from Saint.
Saint can't find room to land a body shot as Katsuhito controls the action.
Saint misses with an elbow strike.
Katsuhito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Katsuhito takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saint tries to land knees in the clinch but Katsuhito avoids the damage to the body.
Katsuhito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Saint lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Katsuhito gets through Saint's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saint blocks an elbow strike from Katsuhito.
Saint tries to land a knee to the head but Katsuhito blocks with his arms.
Katsuhito makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Saint tries to land knees in the clinch but Katsuhito avoids the damage to the body. #T3#
Saint is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Katsuhito is defending well for now.
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saint. #CUT2#It looks like Koji Katsuhito has been cut.
Saint lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Katsuhito blocks an elbow strike.
Katsuhito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Katsuhito lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Katsuhito on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Katsuhito lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Saint.
Saint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Katsuhito scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Saint tries to land a knee to the head but Katsuhito blocks with his arms.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Saint just misses with a elbow thrown towards Katsuhito's brow.
Katsuhito lands a shoulder strike.
Katsuhito works on Saint's body with a couple of short punches.
Katsuhito blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Katsuhito misses with a punch to the body.
Saint trying to land knees to the body.
Saint throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Katsuhito digs a right hand underneath Saint's ribcage. Saint let out a lung full of air as it connected.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Katsuhito avoiding damage as Saint throws knees to the body.
#T4#
A nice glancing elbow lands by Saint.
Katsuhito lands a hook that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Saint throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Katsuhito lands a body shot in the clinch.
Saint tries to land knees in the clinch but Katsuhito avoids the damage to the body.
Saint throws an elbow that misses.
Saint takes a shot to the head.
Saint's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Katsuhito lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saint throws an elbow that misses.
Katsuhito blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Saint's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Saint scores with a shot to the side of Katsuhito's head.
Katsuhito stalls.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Saint unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Katsuhito is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Saint is keeping busy.
Saint can't find room to land a body shot as Katsuhito controls the action.
#T5#
Katsuhito's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Katsuhito fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Katsuhito lands a body shot in the clinch.
Saint tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
Saint blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Katsuhito lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saint misses with a punch on the inside.
Katsuhito lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Saint.
Katsuhito lands a body shot.
Saint lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Katsuhito is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Saint looks winded!
Katsuhito leaning his opponent against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Katsuhito.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Katsuhito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Saint is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Katsuhito is defending well for now.#T6#
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Katsuhito creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Saint tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Katsuhito avoids it.
Katsuhito lands a left hand that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Saint struggles to land a body shot inside as Katsuhito controls his hands.
A head punch on the inside from Katsuhito fails to land.
Katsuhito avoids a wild elbow strike from Saint.
A hook to the body from Katsuhito.
Saint lands a hook that snaps the head of Katsuhito backwards.
Katsuhito scores with a hook to the body.
Nice body punch from Katsuhito.
Katsuhito throws an elbow but it misses.
Saint takes a shot to the head.
Saint blocks an uppercut.
Katsuhito taking a breather.
Katsuhito prevents a body shot from Saint.
Katsuhito lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saint lands a right hand.
Saint misses with a knee to the head.
Katsuhito blocks the elbow strike.
#T7#
A short uppercut from Katsuhito.
Saint misses with a hook from the clinch.
Katsuhito stalling the fight.
Saint goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Katsuhito managing to block the knees to the body from Saint.
Saint takes a shot to the head.
Katsuhito lands a left hand.
Still in the clinch, Katsuhito scores with a nice short uppercut.
A short uppercut from Katsuhito.
Katsuhito lands a hook that snaps the head of Saint backwards. #ROC#Saint is rocked!
Saint throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Saint is still on wobbly legs! Can Katsuhito finish him?
Katsuhito lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
The referee is keeping an eye on Katsuhito - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Saint takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Katsuhito stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Katsuhito lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Katsuhito unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Saint! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Katsuhito is unloading with more strikes now! Saint drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Koji Katsuhito!
Koji Katsuhito bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. |
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Event:
TOF 156
Date: Sep 29, 2024 |
#R1#
Wiggins checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Saint shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Wiggins sprawls well. Wiggins wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Saint gets slowly back to his feet.
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Wiggins!
#CUT2#It looks like Leon Saint has been cut.
Saint fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Wiggins manages to avoid it.#TD#
Saint shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Saint was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Wiggins can't do much from the bottom here.
Saint content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though. #T1#
Wiggins is looking to reverse the position.
Saint tries to advance to mount but can't.
Wiggins struggling a bit here.
Wiggins is trying to improve his position.#T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Saint wants to control but Wiggins is keeping him busy. #SUB#
Saint is trying to get an arm triangle but Wiggins is defending well.
Wiggins tries to improve position but can't.
Saint working the ground and pound but Wiggins is defending the strikes.
Saint tries to advance to mount but can't.
Saint fails to land a wild elbow strike.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T3#
Wiggins is trying to get back to half guard.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Saint working away.#REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Wiggins walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Saint checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Wiggins throws a jab when Saint was well out of range.
Saint throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saint is looking to clinch.
Wiggins looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Wiggins feints a jab promting Saint to slip. Wiggins then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Saint slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.#T4#
Wiggins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saint seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.#TD#
Wiggins gets caught flat footed, as Saint shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Wiggins managing to control the position.
Wiggins wants to sweep here but Saint controlling him for the moment.
Wiggins has control of Saint's left arm, preventing Saint from doing any damage.
Saint trying to control the position from guard on top but Wiggins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T5#
Wiggins 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.#SU#
Saint gets to his feet. Wiggins looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
Saint shoots in looking for a takedown. Wiggins tries to sprawl out of it but Saint keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Wiggins manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Saint tries to clinch but Wiggins moves out of range.
Wiggins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Saint.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Saint. That's going to take a lot out of him.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint looks like he's thinking about clinching though.#T6#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Saint misses with a head kick.
Ernesto Wiggins is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Saint throws a sloppy head kick
and Wiggins counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Wiggins misses with a straight left.
Wiggins misses with a lunging right hand
#TD#
and Saint counters with a shoot takedown into half guard.
Saint prevents Wiggins from improving his position.#SU#
Saint escapes and gets back to his feet.
Saint shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Wiggins as he avoids it easily. #TD#
Saint feints and as Wiggins raises his hands in defense, Saint changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Wiggins pulls Saint in close to prevent any damage. #SU#
Saint gets to his feet - Wiggins follows without any prompting. #T7#
Wiggins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Wiggins throws a body shot but no joy.
Saint tries to score with a low kick but Wiggins moves his leg out of the way.
Wiggins wants to counter the offense by Saint and move into the clinch position.
Wiggins pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Saint has a takedown stuffed.
Wiggins throws out a counter right but Saint avoids it with no problem.
Wiggins stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Wiggins wants it to stay on the feet.
Wiggins looks to land a left hand but Saint moved out of range nicely.
It looked like Saint was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Wiggins.
Saint slips a jab from Wiggins.
Wiggins throws a leg kick but he was too far away and it doesn't land.#T8#
Saint misses with a jab to the body
and Wiggins counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Saint uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Wiggins.#TD#
Saint gets a takedown into half guard.
Wiggins won't allow Saint to pass to mount.
Saint is thwarting Wiggins's attempts to control the position.
Saint content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Wiggins works his way to full guard. Good work.#T9#
Wiggins is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Wiggins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wiggins is trying to hold Saint in close to prevent damage but Saint has managed to pass into half guard.
Wiggins gets back to full guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SU#
Saint stands and steps away. Wiggins gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Ernesto Wiggins will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Leon Saint's cut.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2#
A shot to the liver by Saint. Beautiful body shot.
Wiggins missing with a left hand there. Saint was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Saint will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Saint uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Wiggins.
Wiggins throws a right hand that misses
#CL#
and Saint counters by moving into the clinch.
Wiggins looking to stall.
#BC2#
Wiggins breaks from the clinch.
Wiggins connects with a body shot.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD#
Saint looking to score a takedown here. Wiggins is defending well but Saint drives through and ends up in Wiggins's guard.
Wiggins has scooted to the edge of the canvas and used the cage to get back to his feet. Saint has stuck on his opponent and is forcing him back against the cage.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Wiggins has had enough of the clinch but Saint keeps him there for the moment.
Saint looking to throw knees to the head but Wiggins is blocking nicely.
#T1#
Wiggins lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Saint lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Saint misses with a knee to the head.
Saint lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Wiggins.
Saint misses with a hook to the ribs.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Wiggins 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.
Saint tries to land knees in the clinch but Wiggins avoids the damage to the body.
Still in the clinch, Wiggins scores with a nice short uppercut.
Wiggins goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
#BC2#
Wiggins manages to break the clinch.
Saint tries a head kick but it misses.
Ernesto Wiggins seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Wiggins leaves Saint with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Wiggins throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Saint shoots in looking for a takedown but Wiggins manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Saint's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Leon Saint. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Wiggins throws a poor cross that misses
and Saint counters with a one-two to the body. #T2#
Wiggins defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Saint.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Saint will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint throws a head kick that misses
and Wiggins counters with a two punch combo.
Wiggins waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Saint.
Saint throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Wiggins throws a body punch but Saint moves out of range.
Wiggins misses with a few strikes there.
Wiggins scores with a hook.
Wiggins scores with a jab. Saint acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
Wiggins rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Saint counters with a series of strikes. Wiggins will be more careful next time no doubt. #T3##CL#
Saint moves into range and clinches up with Wiggins.
Wiggins lands a right hand that snaps the head of Saint backwards.
Wiggins blocks a body shot from Saint.
Saint tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Wiggins's elbow. #BC2#
Wiggins's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Saint pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Saint tries to clinch but Wiggins is having none of it.
Wiggins tries to counter by closing the distance.
Saint with a lazy takedown attempt
and Wiggins counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Saint fails with the takedown
and Wiggins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Saint keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Wiggins.
Saint misses with a jab, cross combination.
#T4#
Wiggins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Wiggins with a hook.#ROC2#Saint is rocked!
Saint tries to clinch
and Wiggins counters with a huge right that knocks Saint out cold! Wiggins is running around with a crazed look on his face - you can see how much that meant to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Ernesto Wiggins!
Ernesto Wiggins decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 28, 2024 |
#R1#
Bitok on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
#TD2#
Saint looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Bitok!#SUB2#
Saint is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Bitok knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB2#
Saint tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Saint has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bitok defending against the ground and pound. #SU2#
Saint decides to stand back up. Saint steps back and let's Bitok get back to his feet.#T1#
Saint lands with a nice body punch. #TD2#
Saint decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Saint sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Bitok controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Saint controlling the action here.#T2#
Bitok avoiding damage under a succession of punches from Saint.
Saint missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Saint stalling.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Bitok blocks a head kick by Saint.
Leon Saint seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T3##TD2#
Saint closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Bitok's guard.
Saint working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Bitok is breathing heavily.
Saint not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Saint is pushing down on Bitok's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bitok is fighting to maintain full guard but Saint has managed to sneak the leg through.
Saint controlling the action here.
Let's hope that Saint has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.#T4#
Saint passes to full mount!
Saint controlling the position easily from mount.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Saint.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saint pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Saint dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2##TD2#
Saint fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Bitok to the ground. Saint is now in Bitok's guard.
Saint is pushing down on Bitok's leg trying to pass to half guard. Bitok is fighting to maintain full guard but Saint has managed to sneak the leg through.
Saint works his way into side control.
Bitok being controlled for a moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The ground and pound from Saint seems to be hitting the mat more than his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Saint works to advance to full mount. Bitok defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. #T1##SU2#
Saint is standing up, even though he is in mount.
Leon Saint is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#CL2#
Bitok gets tackled into the cage by Saint. Saint maintains the clinch.
Bitok's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Saint landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Saint lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Nice elbow from Saint.
Saint lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saint lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Saint landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Saint lands a knee to the body.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Saint landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Knees to the body from Saint.
#T2#
Saint lands an elbow that stopped Bitok in his tracks for a moment.
Bitok takes an elbow to the forehead.
Saint lands a nice shot to the body.
Saint lands an elbow inside that Bitok shrugs off.
Saint is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nice body punch from Saint.
Saint crunches a lovely knee into Bitok's ribcage.
Bitok takes an elbow to the temple.
Saint softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
A left hand lands to the body for Saint.
Saint lands an elbow that stopped Bitok in his tracks for a moment.
Saint unloads a knee to the mid-section.
Saint lands a good knee to the midsection. Bitok won't want to take too many of those.
Knees to the body from Saint.
#T3#
Saint using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
A body shot lands from Saint.
Saint lands a body punch in the clinch.
Nice body punch from Saint - that landed with a thud.
Leon Saint seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Saint lands with a short shot to the head.
Saint is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Saint.
Saint lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saint gets through Bitok's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Saint lands a good knee to the midsection. Bitok won't want to take too many of those.
Saint putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bitok in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Saint lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Bitok or not.
Saint lands a nice elbow from the clinch. #T4#
Saint lands a hook that snaps the head of Bitok backwards.
Saint landing knees to the body.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Saint obliges.
Saint with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. #ROC2#Bitok is rocked!
Saint lands an elbow inside.
Oh Bitok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saint lands a knee to the body.
Saint lands a nice shot to the body.
Saint digs a right hand into Bitok's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Bitok's gas tank.
Saint lands a knee to the body.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saint.
Saint lands a nice knee to the body.
Bitok seems to have got his legs back now.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Saint cracks Bitok with a nice body shot.
Saint lands a body shot in the clinch.
Saint lands a damaging elbow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Saint showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. This is the final round!#R3##CL2#
Saint has taken the fight to the clinch.
#CUT2#It looks like Kulata Bitok has been cut.
Saint has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saint.
Saint lands a shot to the body.
Bitok takes an elbow to the temple.
Nice body punch from Saint - that landed with a thud.
Saint jerks Bitok's head down, straight into the path of a devastating knee! Bitok drops to the floor in a crumpled heap! Saint goes to throw a finishing haymaker but pulls out - good sportsmanship from Saint because Bitok was completely out of it. That was a nice finish - just the right level of brutality to send everyone home happy.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:34 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Knee). Leon Saint! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 08, 2024 |
#R1##CL2#
Saint closes the distance and clinches.
Saint lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Saint putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Bitok in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Saint lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
Saint scores with a knee to the head.
Saint lands a body punch.
Saint lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bitok.
Saint told us before the fight that he's been working on his elbows. An under utilised technique these days - let's see if it can sway the outcome of the fight.
Bitok is breathing heavily.
A hook to the body from Saint.
Saint working Bitok over with knees to the body.
Saint lands a glancing elbow in the clinch. #CUT2#It looks like Kulata Bitok has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bitok takes a knee to the side of the body.
Saint works on Bitok's body with a couple of short punches.
Saint landing knees to the head.
Saint lands an elbow that stopped Bitok in his tracks for a moment.
A shot in the inside from Saint.
Saint lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Bitok.#T1#
Saint is working Bitok over against the cage.
A short uppercut from Saint.
Saint lands a knee to the head.
Saint lands a body punch in the clinch.
Saint lands a good knee to the midsection. Bitok won't want to take too many of those.
Saint crunches a lovely knee into Bitok's ribcage.
A short right from Saint on the inside.
Saint lands a nice elbow from the clinch.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saint.
Bitok takes a shot to the head.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Knees to the body from Saint.
Saint lands a nice elbow. #ROC2#Bitok is rocked!
Saint lands a nice elbow.
Oh Bitok is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Saint scores with a nice hook to the head.#T2#
Saint lands an uppercut in the clinch that drops Bitok to his knees! Saint keeps firing more shots against his stricken opponent and the referee jumps in to save him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:12 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Saint! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 30, 2024 |
#R1#
Saint moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Nucombe takes a kick to the side of the head.#ROC#Nucombe is rocked!
Nucombe takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Saint steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Nucombe.#TD#
Saint shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Saint showed some decent athleticism there.
Nucombe trying to control but Saint postures up.
#T1##SU#
Saint stands up and beckons Nucombe to join him on the feet. #TD#
Saint scores with a takedown into Nucombe's guard.
Saint is working Nucombe over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Saint forces his way into half guard.
Saint content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Saint will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.#T2##SUB#
Saint is looking for a kimura but Nucombe is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Saint to get the leverage.
Nucombe really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Saint. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Still in half guard, Saint seems content to control.
Saint working over Nucombe with some ground and pound. Nucombe looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Saint is taking a breather. Nucombe 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.
Saint throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. #T3#
Nice strikes from Saint there.
Saint trying to control the pace.
Nucombe looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.#SU#
Saint gets to his feet - back to striking we go! #TD#
Saint throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Nucombe was covering up waiting for the punch and Saint finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Nucombe being controlled here, momentarily. #T4##SU#
Saint stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Crunch! Saint slams his shin into Nucombe's torso.
Nucombe looks winded!#TD#
Saint shoots in for a takedown and gets it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Saint looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Nucombe with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Saint controlling the pace.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Leon Saint 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#
Saint throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Saint changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Nucombe tries to avoid it but Saint manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Nucombe to the ground. Nucombe escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet.
It seemed like Nucombe was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.#CL#
Saint closes the distance and clinches.
Saint lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Nucombe throws a head punch that misses.
Nucombe misses with some punches.
Saint landing knees to the body.
A right hook to the body lands for Saint.
Saint lands a knee to the body.
Saint lands with a light punch inside.
A hook to the body from Saint.
Saint lands a body shot.
Saint is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Nucombe is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Saint comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Saint lands a nice shot to the body.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Saint unloads a knee to the mid-section. Nucombe lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Saint lands a nice shot to the body.
Good body shot from Saint.
#T1#
Saint is leaning against Nucombe and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Leon Saint has scored more points in the clinch so far.
A body shot lands from Saint.
Saint softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Saint lands with a light punch inside.
Saint lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Saint lands with a light punch inside.
Saint lands a body punch in the clinch.
Saint lands a good knee to the midsection. Nucombe won't want to take too many of those.
Saint lands a knee to the body.
Saint landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Saint lands an elbow that stopped Nucombe in his tracks for a moment.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Nice body punch from Saint - that landed with a thud.
Saint connects with a knee to the head.
Saint throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nucombes head.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Saint.
Saint lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Nucombe backwards.
Nucombe takes a knee to the side of the body.
Saint lands a hook to the side of the head.
Saint landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Saint is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Nucombe can do to turn this around?#T2#
Saint lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
Saint lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Nucombe takes a knee right on the jaw!
Nucombe is still on wobbly legs! Can Saint finish him?
A right handed body shot lands from Saint.
Saint lands a body punch.
Saint cracks Nucombe with a nice body shot.
Saint lands a nice elbow.
Saint lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down Nucombe.
Saint lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Saint lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Good body shot from Saint.
Saint throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Nucombes head.
Saint landing knees to the body.
Saint lands a right hand that snaps the head of Nucombe backwards.
Saint lands an elbow inside.
Saint scores with a knee to the head.
Saint lands a body punch.
Saint scores a nice knee to the body.
Saint gets an overhook and lands an elbow to the side of the head.
Saint creates some distance and fires off a vicious elbow that drops Nucombe! He pounces and finishes the fight with more strikes! Nice KO for Saint.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:08 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Leon Saint! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Feb 24, 2024 |
#R1#
Saint wants to clinch up but Schnapp keeps it at a distance.
Schnapp looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight.
Saint slips a jab and a cross from Schnapp.
Schnapp lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.#CUT#It looks like Leon Saint has been cut.
Saint shoots for a double leg takedown but Schnapp sprawls well. He's pushed Saint's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Saint walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Schnapp catches Saint with a nice straight right. He seems pissed - ooooh, it's on now! On like donkey kong!
Schnapp scores with a jab to the jaw.
Schnapp misses with a head kick.
Saint tries to counter by closing the distance.
Schnapp scores with a jab. Saint acknowledges it with a nod of the head.
The fight stays on the outside here - Saint looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A telegraphed right hand from Schnapp misses the target.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Schnapp's corner calls for a 1, 2 combination and Schnapp duly obliges. #ROC#Saint is rocked!
Schnapp lands hard precision jab right on the jaw that stiffens Saint up and sends him tumbling to the mat! The ref grabs Schnapp from behind before he can pounce. Some folks in the crowd didn't like that stoppage, but I saw Saint's eyes roll way back in his head, he was done.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:47 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Frank Schnapp!
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