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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 03, 2023 |
#R1#
Onedro jabs Roh to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Onedro scores with a hook to the body. Roh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Onedro jabs Roh to the body, keeping him at a distance.#CL#
Roh moves into the clinch successfully.
Roh creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Roh comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Roh misses with an elbow over the top.
Roh missing with knees to the body.
Roh misses with an elbow strike.
Roh tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Onedro avoids it.
Onedro tries to stall but Roh uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Roh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Roh lands an elbow that stopped Onedro in his tracks for a moment.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roh as Onedro tries to tie him up.
Roh swings away with an uppercut that misses.
I was talking to Roh's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Onedro blocks an elbow strike from Roh.
Roh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
#T1#
Onedro blocks an elbow strike.#BC2#
Onedro breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Roh forces Onedro back against the cage and clinches.
Roh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Onedro is defending well for now.#BC2#
Onedro breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Onedro digs a good body shot into Roh's ribs.
Onedro scores with a jab to the body.
Onedro jabs at Roh's body.
Onedro shoots in looking for a takedown. Roh tries to sprawl out of it but Onedro keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Roh manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
Onedro scores with a hook to the body. Roh takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roh is breathing heavily.
Onedro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Roh doesn't seem bothered though.
Roh tries to close the distance and clinch up but Onedro swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Onedro scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Roh doesn't seem bothered though.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Nice body punch from Onedro.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Onedro fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Roh looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Onedro has eaten all the pies!
Onedro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Onedro comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.#T2#
Onedro connects with a body shot.
Onedro lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roh at a distance.
Roh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Onedro connects with a body shot that sends Roh's belly button to the back.
Sun-Ji Roh is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Roh takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Roh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Sun-Ji Roh seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Roh doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Onedro stuns Roh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Onedro fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Roh doesn't manage to clinch there - Onedro circles away.
Onedro fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.#CL#
Roh clinches with his opponent.
Roh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Onedro can't break the clinch.
Roh misses with a knee strike.
Roh is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Onedro is defending well for now.#T3#
A nice glancing elbow lands by Roh.
Onedro holding his opponent close, against the cage.
Roh throws an elbow but it misses.
Roh throws a knee to the head but misses.
Onedro blocks an elbow strike from Roh.
Onedro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Roh is keeping busy.
Roh misses with a knee to the head.
Onedro is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Roh throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Onedro stalls. #T4#
Roh tries a knee to the head but Onedro blocks it.
Roh creates a bit of space for himself and sneaks an elbow through Onedro's defenses.
Onedro tries to circle away but Roh has him pinned against the cage.
Onedro wants to stall.
Roh throws an elbow but it misses.
Roh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roh tries to land a knee to the head but Onedro blocks with his arms.
Roh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roh missing with knees to the body.
Onedro tries to break free but Roh pushes him back against the cage.
Roh tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Onedro blocks an elbow strike from Roh.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Onedro dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!#R2##CL#
Onedro gets tackled into the cage by Roh. Roh maintains the clinch.
Onedro blocking some punches.
Roh letting Onedro take a breather here.
Roh misses with a knee to the head.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Onedro's brow.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Sun-Ji Roh has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Roh tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Roh with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
#TD2#
Onedro jumps guard and drags Roh to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Onedro pulls Roh in to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Onedro works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #SUB2#
Roh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
#T1#
Onedro is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#SUB2#
Onedro escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Roh gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Onedro working a defensive guard here.
#SUB2#
Roh avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Roh knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Onedro on the ground.
Onedro lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB#
Onedro throwing strikes from guard but Roh blocks nicely.
Onedro throws a big elbow that misses.
Onedro has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#T2#
Roh is trying to keep Onedro in close.
Onedro works over Roh with some ground and pound from guard.
Onedro wants to control from the top but Roh keeps moving.
Onedro throws a big elbow that misses.
Roh on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Roh tries to get out of the position.
Onedro trying to control the position from guard on top but Roh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Onedro controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Onedro wants to control from the top but Roh keeps moving. #T3#
Onedro controlling from the top position.
Roh looking for a sweep. Not yet Roh, not yet.
Onedro trying to control the position from guard on top but Roh is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Onedro passes Roh's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Onedro takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.#SUB2#
Onedro is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
#T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Roh trying to control but Onedro postures up.
Onedro stalling. #SUB2#
Roh is defending against the submission attempts here by Onedro.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Onedro thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Roh's head.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Andrew Onedro 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. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.#R3##CL#
Roh closes the distance and clinches.
Roh throws an elbow that misses.
Roh using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Onedro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roh throws an elbow but misses.
Roh throws a knee to the head but misses.
#BC2#
Onedro escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL#
Roh darts in and clinches Onedro up against the cage.
Roh pushes off an throws an elbow but Onedro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Roh pushes off an throws an elbow but Onedro leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Onedro avoids the elbow strike from Roh, against the cage.
Onedro dodges an elbow strike from Roh.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Onedro is trying to break free.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
The two fighters are working to gain dominance in the clinch.
Roh lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Onedro is looking to break free of the clinch but Roh has double underhooks. #T1#
Roh looking to throw knees to the head but Onedro is blocking nicely.
Onedro blocks a body shot from Roh.
Roh throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Roh using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Onedro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Roh looking to throw knees to the head but Onedro is blocking nicely.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Roh using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Onedro has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Onedro is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Onedro blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Onedro on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Onedro is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Roh is keeping busy.
Onedro managing to block the knees to the body from Roh.
Onedro taking a breather.#T2#
Roh misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Onedro.
Onedro looking to stall.
Roh prevents Onedro from breaking the clinch.
Onedro managing to block the knees to the body from Roh.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Roh just misses with a elbow thrown towards Onedro's brow.
With the fighters up against the cage, Roh throws an elbow but misses.
Roh looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Roh looking to throw knees to the head but Onedro is blocking nicely.
Roh lands a nice looking hook to the body, against the cage.
Roh trying to land knees to the body.
A head punch on the inside from Roh fails to land.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Roh as Onedro tries to tie him up. #T3#
Onedro trying to control the position but instead, Roh has worked for underhooks and has pushed Onedro into the cage.
Onedro is trying to slow the pace down but that's a couple of times in a row that he's tried to get underhooks and Roh has denied him.#TD2#
Onedro has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Roh uses from the top position.
Onedro avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Sun-Ji Roh has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Andrew Onedro is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Onedro 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#
Roh is not content to let Onedro control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Onedro moves nicely into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T4#
Onedro trying to control the action but Roh is working from the bottom.
Andrew Onedro has got the better of the ground game so far.
Onedro controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Onedro trying to control the action but Roh is working from the bottom.
Onedro takes a little break here. Roh wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun-Ji Roh showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Onedro 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 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andrew Onedro!
Andrew Onedro looked relieved post fight as he said the following; 'This man taunted me in the dm’s and hes a top manager in this game but today he ate my left foot and for that i am truly happy!'. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 22, 2023 |
#R1#
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up but Roh swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Roh is looking to counter the offense by Reynolds and move into the clinch.
Roh circles away from the clinch attempt.
Roh keeps the fight on the outside.
Roh appears to be looking for a counter takedown.
Reynolds fails in his attempt to clinch.
Reynolds fails with an attempt to clinch.
Reynolds tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Roh manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Reynolds tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Roh paws at him with a jab and circles away.#TD#
Roh fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Reynolds to the ground. Roh is now in Reynolds's guard.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reynolds working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roh.
Roh scoring with some ground and pound.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roh throwing strikes from guard but Reynolds blocks nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roh trying to control but Reynolds is working from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roh trying to move into half guard but instead Reynolds has managed to sweep!#REVB##T1#
Roh looking for a sweep. Not yet Roh, not yet.
Roh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Reynolds accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Reynolds working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reynolds throws a big elbow that misses.
Reynolds working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Reynolds won't allow Roh to sweep him here.
Reynolds postures up in Roh's guard and throws a big left but Roh blocks it.
Roh tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Roh is working hard here to advance position.
Roh avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reynolds is one step ahead there.
Reynolds missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Reynolds preventing the sweep. #T2#
Roh seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Roh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roh pulls Reynolds in close to his closed guard and prevents Reynolds from doing any damage or advancing position.
The referee must be thinking about standing these guys back up.
Roh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reynolds is one step ahead there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Reynolds's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Reynolds has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Reynolds throws a big elbow that misses.
Roh wants to sweep here but Reynolds controlling him for the moment.
Roh preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roh 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.
Roh is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Reynolds is looking to control Roh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reynolds avoid being mounted?#T3#
Roh throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Roh thows a huge punch but Reynolds dodges it nicely.
Reynolds is looking to control Roh's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Reynolds avoid being mounted?
Reynolds looks winded!
Roh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roh lands strikes from half guard.
Roh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roh missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Roh is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Roh sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Reynolds defending well though.
Roh working the head and body with strikes. #T4#
Reynolds keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Roh looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Roh scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Ground and pound from Roh.
Roh lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Roh throwing shots but Reynolds is blocking nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Reynolds has hold of Roh's hands but Roh slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Roh is controlling the pace.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sun-Ji Roh dominated that round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action.#R2##TD#
Roh 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.
Sun-Ji Roh overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Roh postures up in Reynolds's guard and throws a big left but Reynolds blocks it.
Roh with a nice head shot there.
Roh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Roh throws an elbow that misses. Reynolds uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roh's guard. Nice move by Reynolds!#REVB#
Roh is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Reynolds can do to turn this around?
Roh working a defensive guard here.
Reynolds stopping the sweep attempt from Roh.
Roh is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Roh wants to sweep here but Reynolds controlling him for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Reynolds trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Roh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Roh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roh has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.#T1#
Roh stands up over Reynolds, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Reynolds is breathing heavily.
Roh is stalling in the full guard.
Roh is working Reynolds over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Roh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roh working some strikes from top position.
Roh chips away with some ground and pound.
Roh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reynolds works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Roh in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. #T2#
Roh chips away with some ground and pound.
Reynolds keeping moving, preventing Roh from controlling successfully.
Roh throws an elbow that misses. Reynolds uses the momentum to reverse the position. He's now in Roh's guard. Nice move by Reynolds!#REVB#
Roh looking to hit a scissor sweep but Reynolds is one step ahead there.
Roh lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Roh landing some decent shots from guard.
Roh working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reynolds's head.
Roh throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Roh keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reynolds's head.#T3#
Roh slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Roh lands a couple of elbows.
Roh postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Roh postures up in Reynolds's guard and throws a big left but Reynolds blocks it.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Roh's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Roh is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Roh scoring with punches to the head and body.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roh postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
Roh lands a couple of elbows.
Roh distracts Reynolds with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Roh lands a couple of digs.#T4#
Roh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Roh with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Roh postures up in Reynolds's guard and throws a big left but Reynolds blocks it.
Reynolds working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Roh.
Roh working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Roh working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Roh trying to control but Reynolds is working from the bottom.
Roh lands a couple of elbows.
Roh with a nice head shot there.
Roh is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roh is in close to Reynolds's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roh trying to control but Reynolds is working from the bottom.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sun-Ji Roh dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.#R3##TD#
Roh gets the takedown into side control.
Reynolds takes a couple of big shots there - the referee warns him that he has to defend himself better.
Roh working the strikes but Reynolds uses the opportunity to regain half guard.
Roh thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Roh is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Roh working the head and body with strikes.
Roh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Roh controlling the pace.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Roh seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Roh is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Reynolds takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Roh looks to land a strike but Reynolds avoids it nicely and regains full guard.#T1#
Roh lands a couple of elbows.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Roh accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Roh is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Reynolds is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Reynolds preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roh loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Reynolds avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roh chips away with some ground and pound.
Roh is in close to Reynolds's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Roh content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Roh landing with the ground and pound. #T2#
Reynolds preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Roh postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Roh landing some decent shots from guard.
Roh postures up in Reynolds's guard and throws a big left but Reynolds blocks it.
Roh makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roh throwing strikes but missing.
Roh landing some decent shots from guard.
Reynolds has momentary wrist control but Roh slips an elbow through the middle.
Roh lands a couple of digs.#T3#
Roh lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Roh working some strikes from top position.
Roh landing with the ground and pound.
Roh works over Reynolds with some ground and pound from guard.
Roh throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Reynolds works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Roh working some strikes from top position.
Reynolds avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Roh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Reynolds is keeping the position for now.
Roh makes a bit of distance and scores with some ground and pound, still in guard.
Roh sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Roh working some strikes from top position.#T4#
Roh stands up over Reynolds, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Roh trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Roh lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Roh scoring with punches to the head and body.
Roh working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Reynolds's head.
Roh trying to control the position from guard on top but Reynolds is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Roh cracks Reynolds with a solid left hand.
Roh missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roh is looking to work some ground and pound but Reynolds has wrist control.
Argus Reynolds has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Roh keeps in close for a moment and lands a decent shot to the side of Reynolds's head.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun-Ji Roh showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Roh has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Kenichi Hosakawa scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 30:27
Judge Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun-Ji Roh!
Sun-Ji Roh gave a mention to ZERO Fightwear in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales). |
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Event:
GFC 1: Manaitpasov vs Lune
Date: Jul 31, 2023 |
#R1#
Roh connects with a crisp jab.
Di Agostino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Di Agostino tests Roh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Di Agostino fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Roh ducks under a wild hook from Di Agostino.
Roh keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Di Agostino walks into a left hand.
Di Agostino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roh moves away.
Roh looks to land a right hand but Di Agostino moved out of range.
Roh walks into a jab.
Roh misses with a few strikes there.
Roh connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Di Agostino misses with a hook. Roh ducked under it nicely.
Di Agostino lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Roh at a distance.
A telegraphed right hand from Di Agostino misses the target.
Roh is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Di Agostino with a body shot.
Di Agostino throws a body punch but Roh moves out of range.
Di Agostino drops his hands momentarily and Roh takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Roh takes one to the chin there.
Di Agostino throws a jab when Roh was well out of range.
Di Agostino throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Di Agostino thuds his right hand into Roh's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Roh lands an overhand right.
Di Agostino swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Roh tests Di Agostino's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Roh scores with a nice right hand.
#T1#
Roh waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Di Agostino.
No joy there for Roh, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Di Agostino throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Roh with a hook.
Di Agostino slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Roh looks to land a left hand but Di Agostino moved out of range nicely.
Di Agostino throws a body shot but no joy.
Roh might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Di Agostino takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roh takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
Roh lands a glancing blow to the side of Di Agostino's head.
Roh jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Roh scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Di Agostino cracks Roh with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Di Agostino throws a hook but Roh blocks it.
Roh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Agostino manages to avoid it.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roh. Di Agostino does a little dance to reset his feet.
A looping hook to the body misses from Di Agostino. Roh does a little dance to reset his feet.
Roh fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Di Agostino lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Di Agostino avoids the body shot from Roh.
A swing and a miss from Di Agostino.
Roh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Roh scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.#T2#
Roh throws a body punch but Di Agostino moves out of range.
Di Agostino misses with a looping left.
Roh is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Di Agostino had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Roh with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Di Agostino to score with a decent uppercut.
Di Agostino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roh.
Roh drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
Roh takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Nice uppercut lands for Roh. That snapped Di Agostino's head back.
A lazy left from Di Agostino finds it's target.
Di Agostino misses with a wild body shot.
Di Agostino is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Di Agostino moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Roh getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Di Agostino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Di Agostino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roh.
Di Agostino misses with a body shot.
Roh lands with a good body shot.
Di Agostino throws a big shot that misses.
Di Agostino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roh moves away.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
A jab from Di Agostino finds it's way through Roh's defenses.
Roh gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Di Agostino.
Di Agostino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roh manages to avoid it.
Di Agostino misses with a few strikes there.
#T3#
Di Agostino looks to score with a jab to the body but Roh is just out of range.
Di Agostino lands with an overhand left.
A jab from Roh finds it's way through Di Agostino's defenses.
Roh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roh connects with a body shot.
A slow jab from Di Agostino misses its intended target.
Roh blocks a jab.
Roh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Roh looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Di Agostino throws a hook to the side of Roh's head but Roh sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Roh moves out of range of the strikes.
Roh lets it all go there with a big combo counter but none of the punches connected.
Roh darts in and out, connecting with a jab.
Roh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roh keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Di Agostino scores with a jab to the body.
Di Agostino swings for the body but Roh moves out of range.
Di Agostino lands a slapping body shot.
Di Agostino tests Roh's chin there with a solid looking shot.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
A looping hook to the body misses from Roh. Di Agostino does a little dance to reset his feet.
Di Agostino takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Roh uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Di Agostino.
Di Agostino works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Di Agostino waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roh.
Di Agostino throws a body shot but no joy. #T4#
Di Agostino on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Roh blocks a jab.
Roh connects with a jab.
Roh with a jab.
Roh fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Di Agostino throws a body shot but no joy.
Roh connects with a nice looking jab.
Roh swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Di Agostino.
A punch lands to the side of Di Agostino 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Di Agostino misses with a series of wild punches.
A decent looking cross lands there for Roh.
Di Agostino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roh manages to avoid it.
Roh lands with a good body shot.
Di Agostino takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Di Agostino thows a left - swing and a miss!
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Di Agostino takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Di Agostino throws the left hand but Roh avoids the punch easily.
Di Agostino throws the left hand but Roh avoids the punch easily.
Di Agostino walks into a stiff left hand from Roh.
Roh scores with a jab to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Sun Ji Roh will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.#R2#
Di Agostino misses with a looping left.
Roh connects with a right hand. Di Agostino shakes it off.
Roh with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Di Agostino throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Roh sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Di Agostino gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Roh takes one to the side of the head.
Di Agostino lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
A telegraphed right hand from Di Agostino misses the target.
Di Agostino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roh manages to avoid it.
Di Agostino dodges the punch combination from Roh.
Di Agostino thows a left - swing and a miss!
It seemed like Roh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roh ducks under a wild hook from Di Agostino.
Sloppy strikes from Di Agostino. Those never looked like landing.
It seemed like Roh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roh just misses with a punch to the body.
Di Agostino looks to land a right hand but Roh moved out of range.
Roh dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
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!
Di Agostino's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Roh connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Di Agostino scrambles back to his feet.
A jab from Di Agostino does it's job there.
Roh digs a good hook to Di Agostino's body.
Di Agostino misses with a straight left.
Di Agostino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roh was well out of range. Poor timing from Di Agostino.
Roh cracks Di Agostino with an open hand slap.#T1#
Roh cracks Di Agostino with an open hand slap.
Di Agostino throws an overhand right that lands on Roh's shoulder, as Roh tries to avoid the shot.
A little jabbing left from Roh on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Roh throws a good cross that connects.
Di Agostino looks to land a combination but Roh avoids it well.
Di Agostino looks to land a left hand but Roh moved out of range nicely.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roh.
Roh fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Di Agostino manages to avoid it.
Roh cracks Di Agostino with a right hand to the side of the head.
Roh cracks Di Agostino with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Roh lands a slapping body shot.
Roh jabs Di Agostino right on the nose. Di Agostino blinks but takes it well.
Di Agostino throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Di Agostino jabbing away but nothing is landing.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roh avoids the body shot from Di Agostino.
Di Agostino throws a body punch but Roh moves out of range.
Roh scores with a jab to the head.
Di Agostino throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Di Agostino takes a swing at Roh's ribcage but misses.
Good exchange - Roh coming out on top.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Di Agostino might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Roh slips under a jab.
Di Agostino looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Roh lands with a good body shot.
Nice straight punches there by Roh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roh.#T2#
Roh lands a really nice looking cross but Di Agostino seems unphased.
Roh stuns Di Agostino with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Roh avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Roh lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Roh defending well as Di Agostino loads up on a big left hand.
Roh works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Roh thuds his right hand into Di Agostino's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Di Agostino takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Di Agostino scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Roh lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.
Roh fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Roh stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Roh jabs Di Agostino to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Di Agostino missing with a left hand there. Roh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Di Agostino throws a body shot but no joy.
Roh cracks Di Agostino with a hook to the jaw. Both fighters smile at eachother and high-five before getting back down to business.
Roh ducks right into an uppercut from Di Agostino.
Roh defending well as Di Agostino loads up on a big left hand.
Di Agostino walks into a straight right hand from Roh.
Di Agostino keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Roh misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Di Agostino.
#T3#
Di Agostino waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roh.
Roh lands a nice looking body shot.
Di Agostino fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Roh manages to avoid it.
Di Agostino stuns Roh with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Good standup being displayed there by Roh as he connects with a hook.
Roh cracks Di Agostino with a right hand to the side of the head.
Roh cracks Di Agostino with a right hand to the side of the head.
Roh takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Roh ducks under a wild hook from Di Agostino.
Roh moves out of range as Di Agostino strikes.
Roh sizes up Di Agostino with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Roh bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Nice body punch from Roh.
Roh sizes up Di Agostino with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Di Agostino takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Di Agostino is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Di Agostino ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Roh moves away.
Roh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Di Agostino's corner calls for a 1-2. Di Agostino obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
Di Agostino throws a body punch but Roh moves out of range.
Roh with a jab.
Di Agostino misses with an uppercut. Roh saw that one coming.#T4#
Di Agostino connects with a right hand. Roh shakes it off.
Roh has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Di Agostino finds it's way round the side to connect with Roh's head.
Nice defenses there by Roh.
Roh moves out of range as Di Agostino strikes.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roh.
Roh scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Di Agostino doesn't seem bothered though.
Roh connects with a single shot there.
Roh takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Di Agostino missing with a left hand there. Roh was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Roh is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Di Agostino takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Roh misses with a body shot.
Nice body punch from Di Agostino.
Roh takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Roh ducks under a wild hook from Di Agostino.
Sun Ji Roh seems to be getting the better of the standup.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Di Agostino connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The fighters circling - Di Agostino throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Roh lands with an overhand left.
Roh throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Roh displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Di Agostino throws out the jab.
Di Agostino lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Sun Ji Roh showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Roh looks to land a combination but Di Agostino avoids it well.
Di Agostino moves forwards but Roh connects with a nice, crisp jab.
Roh tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Di Agostino was well out of range. Poor timing from Roh.
Roh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Di Agostino takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Roh has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Di Agostino moves into range and connects with a jab.
Di Agostino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roh was well out of range. Poor timing from Di Agostino.
Di Agostino just misses with a punch to the body.
Di Agostino swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Di Agostino connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Roh momentarily.
Decent striking displayed by Di Agostino there.
Di Agostino pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Roh scores with a crisp jab that stopped Di Agostino in his tracks.
A jab from Roh does it's job there.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Roh avoids the body shot from Di Agostino.
Di Agostino lands with an overhand left.
Roh connects with a body shot.
Di Agostino scores with a jab to the body.
Roh moves away from the strike by Di Agostino.
Roh is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Di Agostino with a body shot.
Di Agostino throws a looping overhand right but Roh ducks down to avoid it.
Roh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Di Agostino looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Di Agostino with a nice cross.#T1#
Di Agostino lands a body shot.
Roh takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Di Agostino waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Roh.
A cross from Roh lands.
Roh scores with a hook to the body. Di Agostino takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Roh defending well as Di Agostino loads up on a big left hand.
Roh throws a series of punches but Di Agostino moves out of range.
Roh blocks a jab.
Di Agostino ducks right into an uppercut from Roh.
Roh ducks under a wild hook from Di Agostino.
Roh scores with a jab to the body.
Roh on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Roh scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Roh lands a really nice looking cross but Di Agostino seems unphased.
Roh scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Di Agostino scores with a body shot.
Roh connects with the punch.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Roh.
Roh walks straight into an uppercut. Luckily it didn't land flush.
Roh defending well as Di Agostino loads up on a big left hand.
Jab by Roh.#T2#
Jab from Di Agostino.
Roh takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Roh avoids the body shot from Di Agostino.
Roh works the jab nicely.
Di Agostino takes a shot right to the bread basket.
Di Agostino needs to keep his hands up - Roh had a free shot at his head there.
Roh changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Di Agostino takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Roh lands a jab to the nose.
Roh slips under a jab.
Di Agostino moves into range and connects with a jab.
Roh scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Di Agostino misses the jab.
Roh fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Di Agostino looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
Roh lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Roh lands with a hook. Di Agostino tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head.
Roh lands with a cross.
Roh's jab looks to have found its range, popping Di Agostino under the eye.
Di Agostino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Roh takes a shot to the body in his stride.
#T3#
Roh slips a jab from Di Agostino.
It seemed like Roh was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Roh slips under a jab from Di Agostino.
Di Agostino misses with a hook. Roh ducked under it nicely.
Roh takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Di Agostino connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Roh's hands.
Di Agostino takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Nice defenses there by Roh.
Roh connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Di Agostino throws a hook but Roh avoids it easily.
Di Agostino connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.
Roh lands with a good body shot.
Di Agostino is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Roh.
Roh cracks Di Agostino with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Di Agostino misses with a straight right.
Roh scores with a body shot.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Di Agostino lands with a shot to the body.
Di Agostino takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Roh listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.
Di Agostino lands with an overhand left.
Roh blocks a jab.
Roh connects with a single shot there.#T4#
Di Agostino misses the shot to the body.
Di Agostino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roh was well out of range. Poor timing from Di Agostino.
Di Agostino takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Roh keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Di Agostino.
Roh throws out a powerful jab.
Di Agostino misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Roh.
Nice straight punches there by Roh. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Roh.
Di Agostino throws a big shot that misses.
Roh blocks a jab.
Di Agostino swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Roh.
Roh scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Roh scores with a punch to the head.
Di Agostino scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Roh throws a right and a left that both miss.
Di Agostino just misses with a punch to the body.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Roh throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Di Agostino looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Di Agostino throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Di Agostino tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Roh was well out of range. Poor timing from Di Agostino.
Mikey Di Agostino has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Di Agostino takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sun Ji Roh comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Roh has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 27:30
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 27:30
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Sun Ji Roh!
Sun Ji Roh managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, ZERO Fightwear, into his post fight interview. |
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