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Event:
SPFT #12
Date: Jan 20, 2024 |
#R1# Syaiful swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Syaiful looks to land a left hand but Morrell moved out of range nicely. Morrell looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights. Morrell comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range. Syaiful misses with a hook. Morrell ducked under it nicely. Morrell just misses with a punch to the body.
Morrell defending well as Syaiful loads up on a big left hand. Morrell jabs at Syaiful's body. Syaiful ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Syaiful misses with a looping left. Morrell lands a jab to the head.
Syaiful waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Morrell. Morrell throws out a loose jab but Syaiful uses good head movement to avoid it. Syaiful bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Morrell's head. Syaiful lands an overhand right. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Syaiful connects with the punch. Syaiful throws a hook but Morrell avoids it easily. Morrell walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head. Morrell throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
#T1# Syaiful misses with a looping left. Syaiful throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Morrell stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly. Syaiful throws a lazy right hand but Morrell sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily. Syaiful cracks Morrell with a right hand to the side of the head. Syaiful is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all. Syaiful lands a really nice looking cross but Morrell seems unphased.
Morrell misses with an uppercut. Syaiful seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym. Morrell lands a jab. Morrell thuds a left hand into Syaiful's body. Morrell wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection. Morrell is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Syaiful. Syaiful jabbing away but nothing is landing. Nice defenses there by Syaiful. Nice uppercut lands for Syaiful. That snapped Morrell's head back.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Syaiful throws out a token jab with nothing on it. Syaiful ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Morrell moves away. Morrell lands with a nice body punch. #T2# Morrell dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Morrell jabs at Syaiful's body. Syaiful is breathing heavily. Syaiful misses with a hook. Morrell ducked under it nicely. Morrell is clearly trying to counter these attacks from Syaiful with a body shot. Syaiful takes a shot right to the bread basket. A big left from Morrell misses. Morrell swings for the body but Syaiful moves out of range.
Ahmad Syaiful seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Syaiful takes a body punch but keeps moving. Syaiful misses with an uppercut
and Morrell counters with a stiff right hand. Morrell swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Syaiful misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Morrell.
Syaiful ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Morrell throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Morrell fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Syaiful looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath. Jab, jab by Morrell - just one landing. Morrell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Morrell bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes. Morrell now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Morrell scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.#ROC2#Syaiful is rocked!#T3# Syaiful defending well as Morrell loads up on a big left hand. Oh Syaiful is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Morrell lands a right hook to the body.
Syaiful seems to have got his legs back now. Syaiful avoids the body shot from Morrell.
Morrell throws out a loose jab but Syaiful uses good head movement to avoid it. Syaiful slips a jab from Morrell. Syaiful throwing a counter right hand but Morrell manages to avoid it. Morrell displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Syaiful throws out the jab. Syaiful takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Morrell connects with a single shot there. Morrell swings widly with a right hand
letting Syaiful counter with a right hand. Morrell punishes Syaiful's body with a nice straight punch. Syaiful gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Morrell gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Syaiful is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:44 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). David Morrell! A victorious David Morrell thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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Event:
Tancred vs Borisov - SPFT #8
Date: Dec 09, 2023 |
#R1# Rhodes fails to land with a series of punches.
Rhodes gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Syaiful's coach down at Champion Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Syaiful's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight. Syaiful rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Rhodes connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle. Rhodes avoids a lazy jab quite easily. Rhodes goes for a spinning back kick but it misses. Rhodes looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple. Syaiful scores with a hook. Rhodes displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Syaiful throws out the jab. Rhodes throws a decent looking leg kick but it doesn't land clean. Syaiful dips down and scores with a jab to the body. Rhodes throws a right and a left that Syaiful avoids nicely. Syaiful looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Syaiful swings widly with a right hand
enabling Rhodes to counter with a crisp jab. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Rhodes takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Rhodes takes a jab right on the kisser.
Syaiful swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Rhodes. Syaiful with a hook.#T1# Syaiful lands with a good body shot. Rhodes staying out of range there. Rhodes takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness. Rhodes doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body. Syaiful lands a glancing blow to the side of Rhodes's head. Syaiful lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin. Syaiful scores with a crisp jab that stopped Rhodes in his tracks. Syaiful is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Rhodes had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush. Syaiful connects with a nice looking jab.
#ROC2#Rhodes is rocked! Syaiful cracks Rhodes with a big right hand that sees him stumbling back against the cage! Rhodes falls to his knees and Syaiful doesn't need a second invitatation - he rushes in and fires off several unanswered shots that force the referee to stop the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:43 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ahmad Syaiful! Ahmad Syaiful seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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Event:
CFL - 3
Date: Nov 05, 2023 |
#R1# Covington ducks under a wild hook from Syaiful. Covington ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face. Covington fails to land with a series of punches.
Syaiful moves into range and connects with a jab. #CUT#It looks like Ashley Covington has been cut. Syaiful lands with a hook. Covington tried to avoid it but it clipped the top of his head. Syaiful lands a jab to Covington's midsection. Covington tries to clinch but Syaiful moves away and Covington takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles. Syaiful punishes Covington's body with a nice straight punch. Ahmad Syaiful seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Covington fails with a takedown attempt. Covington closes the distance and clinches up with Syaiful, looking for a takedown. Covington pushes Syaiful against the cage but Syaiful circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Covington moves away from the strike by Syaiful. Syaiful ducks under a wild hook from Covington. 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! Syaiful loads up on a big right hand but Covington slips the punch. Covington dives in for a single leg takedown but Syaiful sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage. Ahmad Syaiful has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ashley Covington. Covington wants to clinch.#T1# Covington drops his hands momentarily and Syaiful takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head. Syaiful dodges the punch combination from Covington.
Covington slips under a jab from Syaiful.#CL2# Covington gets in close and instigates a clinch. A short uppercut from Syaiful. #ROC#Covington is rocked! Syaiful unloads with a big right hand that wobbles Covington! He's leaning against the cage trying to keep his feet but Syaiful is unloading with more strikes now! Covington drops to his knees and the referee stops the fight for a TKO!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ahmad Syaiful! Ahmad Syaiful decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
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Event:
CFL - The Beginning
Date: Oct 01, 2023 |
#R1# Syaiful uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Pawelek. Pawelek moves out of range of the strikes. Syaiful's coach down at Champion Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Syaiful's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.#CL# Syaiful gets tackled into the cage by Pawelek. Pawelek maintains the clinch. Syaiful lands a shoulder strike. Syaiful is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage. Syaiful lands a shoulder strike. Syaiful effectively controlling the action here. Syaiful throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Paweleks head. Pawelek misses with some punches.
Pawelek keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Syaiful's efforts to push away. Pawelek displaying some good clinch control by pressing Syaiful up against the cage. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Pawelek lands with a left to the head. Pawelek's corner are urging him to control the action in the clinch for a moment, rather than mount any serious offense. I'm sure the crowd appreciate those instructions... not. Pawelek tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked. #T1# Pawelek throws a head punch that misses. Syaiful scores with a shoulder strike. A head punch blocked on the inside by Syaiful. #BC2# Syaiful pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat. Pawelek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Syaiful paws at him with a jab and circles away. Syaiful avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
#CL# Pawelek takes the fight into the clinch. Pawelek working some nice short punches in the clinch. Pawelek throws a punch but it's blocked by Syaiful. Syaiful blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#BC2# Syaiful breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
No joy there for Pawelek, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Pawelek looks to have improved his striking defense since last time we saw him fight. Syaiful connects with a body shot. Syaiful swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target. Pawelek appears to be looking for a counter takedown. Pawelek lands a two punch combo.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Syaiful missing with a left hand there. Pawelek was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one. Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Syaiful, as that shot connected.
Pawelek takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. Syaiful connects with a looping right hand.
#T2# Syaiful is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Pawelek. Pawelek tries to clinch up but Syaiful circles away and keeps his distance. Syaiful slips a jab from Pawelek. Syaiful looks to land a combination but Pawelek avoids it well. Syaiful swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Pawelek. Jab, jab by Syaiful - just one landing. Pawelek misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Syaiful uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Pawelek.
Pawelek fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pawelek on the wrong end of a nice hook. Pawelek throws a right hand that Syaiful ducks under and follows up with a left that Syaiful also avoids with ease. Pawelek is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Pawelek tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Syaiful paws at him with a jab and circles away. Syaiful misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Pawelek.
Syaiful lands a body shot.
Pawelek keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Pawelek throws out a token jab with nothing on it. A lazy left from Syaiful finds it's target. Syaiful connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.#T3# Syaiful lands a really nice looking cross but Pawelek seems unphased.
#ROC2#Pawelek is rocked! Syaiful cracks Pawelek with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage. Oh Pawelek is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Pawelek tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. Pawelek gets clipped by a big right hand and goes down spinning to the canvas! Syaiful gets the back mount and begins to drop bombs on his rocked foe! Pawelek is too out of it to defend against the strikes and the referee jumps in to save him from the beatdown!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Ahmad Syaiful! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Sep 06, 2023 |
#R1##TD# Syaiful gets caught flat footed, as Schmidt shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Schmidt is standing up over Syaiful. Syaiful looks to escape but Schmidt dives into side control.
#REVB# Schmidt is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Syaiful's shoulder. That is not cool. #SUB# Schmidt has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Syaiful is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Schmidt yanks on the arm and Syaiful is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Schmidt.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Xavier Schmidt! |
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