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Event:
HFA 16
Date: Sep 07, 2024 |
#R1##TD#
Rice looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Rice uses his free foot to push down on Giles's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Giles.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Giles is in a horrible position here. Rice smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Rice breaks from Giles's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Rice lands a nice shot to the head. #ROC#Giles is rocked!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Giles is in all sorts of trouble here.
Giles is still in real trouble! Can Rice finish him?
Giles regains half guard.
Giles seems to have recovered his senses.
Rice working over Giles with some ground and pound. Giles looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Rice passes the guard and advances to mount!
Rice has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.#SUB#
Rice looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Giles looks winded!#T1#
Rice unloading with bombs!
Rice definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
A big strike lands for Rice! That's really hurt Giles and he's turned his back - Rice keeps firing away and the ref dives in to stop the fight! Rice jumps to his feet to celebrate the victory!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Xavier Rice!
Dustin Giles was interviewed post fight and said 'I just want to thank Dana White and my opponent for giving me this opportunity.. that's it.'. |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 11, 2024 |
#R1#
Hinckley gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Giles counters with a lovely straight right hand!#TD2#
Giles looking to score a takedown here. Hinckley is defending well but Giles drives through and ends up in Hinckley's guard.
Hinckley trying to control the position here.
Hinckley is trying to control the position but Giles postures up.
Giles is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.#SUB#
Hinckley working for a triangle but Giles defends it easily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hinckley tries to strike from the bottom.
#T1#
Hinckley 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#
Hinckley trying to control from Giles's half guard. Giles has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Hinckley trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. #SUB2#
Hinckley avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Giles keeping moving, preventing Hinckley from controlling successfully. #T2#
Giles is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Giles can do anything to dispel that myth.
Hinckley wants to control from the top but Giles keeps moving.
Giles controlling Hinckley's posture. #SUB2#
Giles working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Hinckley doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Hinckley manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #T3#
Giles trying to control the position here.
Giles is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far. #REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Hinckley looks to land a body kick but Giles moved away.
Giles misses with a low kick.
#TD2#
Giles fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Hinckley to the ground. Giles is now in Hinckley's guard.
Giles is pushing down on Hinckley's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hinckley is fighting to maintain full guard but Giles has managed to sneak the leg through.#T4#
Giles looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Giles prevents Hinckley from standing back up.
Giles not landing any meaningful shots this time.
Giles works his foot free and advances to mount.
Hinckley tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hinckley wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back.
Hinckley wants to control his opponent's hands but Giles gets his hands free.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dustin Giles dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.#R2#
Hinckley shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Giles cracks Hinckley with a good jab.#CUT2#It looks like Mikey Hinckley has been cut.#CL2#
Giles closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Giles scores with a shot to the side of Hinckley's head. #TD2#
Giles lands a takedown into guard.
Giles is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Giles wants to stand but Hinckley is controlling his posture from full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hinckley keeping moving, preventing Giles from controlling successfully.
Giles looking to control the position here, rather than advance. #T1#
Giles slips nicely into half guard.
Giles thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Hinckley is trying to get back to full guard.
Hinckley is trying to defend against the ground and pound but Giles scores with a couple of nice shots.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Giles perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Giles is stalling here. Hinckley is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Giles seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hinckley has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work.
Hinckley in side control lands a decent elbow.
Giles tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Giles manages to get back to half guard.#T3#
Hinckley is keen to just control but Giles is a slippery customer.
Giles has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Hinckley content to control rather than advance.
Hinckley is thwarting Giles's attempts to control the position.
Giles is looking to escape.
The referee is asking the fighters to pick up the pace.#T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.
Giles doesn't manage to clinch there - Hinckley circles away.
Giles tries a head kick but it misses.
Giles swats away the attempt to clinch by Hinckley.
Hinckley avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Giles tries for a takedown but Hinckley sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Hinckley looks for a takedown but Giles sprawls well.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Giles throws a head kick but Hinckley moves out of range.
Hinckley dives in and grabs Giles's left leg, looking for a takedown. Giles pushes down on Hinckley's head and hops out.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mikey Hinckley. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hinckley throws a right hand that Giles ducks under and follows up with a left that Giles also avoids with ease.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Dustin Giles showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mikey Hinckley's cut.
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#
Hinckley doesn't succeed with the takedown#CL2#
and Giles counters by moving into the clinch.
Hinckley is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Giles gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Giles effectively controlling the action here.
Giles stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.
Giles misses with a hook to the ribs.
#TD2#
Giles gets control of Hinckley's arms and successfully pulls guard. Giles will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.#SUB2#
Hinckley got a little sloppy there for a moment and Giles has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Hinckley has managed to get both his arms back between Giles's legs - danger averted.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hinckley sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Giles throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
#T1#
Giles wants to sweep here but Hinckley controlling him for the moment.
Giles manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Hinckley manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVB#
Giles is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Hinckley working a defensive guard but Giles manages to pass into side control anyway.
Giles is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hinckley will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.#T2#
Hinckley tries to control but Giles manages to take his back.
Giles trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Giles landing with strikes.
Giles lands shots from the back.
Giles punches Hinckley on the ear. #T3##SUB2#
Hinckley is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Giles gets his way!
#SUB2#
Hinckley showing good submission defense here.
#SUB2#
Hinckley defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Giles controls the position.#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Giles trying to control momentarily.
Hinckley is trapped and Giles is scoring with shots to the head and body.
Hinckley tries to escape the position.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hinckley tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dustin Giles comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Giles 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 Chris Downing scores the fight 26:30
Judge Cecil Peabody scores the fight 26:30
Judge Alan Glass scores the fight 26:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Dustin Giles!
Our winner, Dustin Giles, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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