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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 04, 2024 |
#R1#
Ayers fails in his attempt to clinch.
Olawandi plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Ayers slaps away a takedown attempt from Olawandi, before circling back to the center of the mat.#TD2#
Ayers closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Olawandi can't do much from the bottom here.
Ayers lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. #SU2#
Ayers decides to stand back up. Ayers steps back and let's Olawandi get back to his feet.#CL#
Olawandi clinches up with Ayers and pushes him back against the cage.
Olawandi prevents a takedown attempt there.
#BC#
Olawandi breaks from the clinch.
#T1#
Olawandi goes to the watering hole and comes back with a big thumbs up from the judges as he scores a three punch combo.#CL2#
Ayers gets in close and instigates a clinch. #BC#
Olawandi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
Olawandi has taken the fight to the clinch.
Olawandi fails to pull the fight into his guard.
#TD#
Olawandi pulls Ayers into guard.
Ayers seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Olawandi knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Ayers on the ground.
Olawandi doesn't do any damage with a couple of strikes from the bottom.
#T2#
Ayers controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#ES#
Olawandi has his feet on Ayers's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work. #TD2#
Ayers 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#SUB#
Olawandi working for a triangle but Ayers defends it easily.
Ayers trying to control but Olawandi is working from the bottom. #T3#
Ayers stays in close to Olawandi's body and controls the position.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Olawandi tries to strike from the bottom.
#ES#
Olawandi manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.#T4##BC#
Olawandi breaks the clinch.
Olawandi tries to clinch up.
Olawandi is looking to slow Ayers down with leg kicks. #CL#
Olawandi has managed to clinch.
Olawandi lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards. #BC2#
Ayers manages to break the clinch.
Ayers wants to clinch up but Olawandi keeps it at a distance.#CL#
Olawandi gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Olawandi tries for a takedown. No joy.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Olawandi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Olawandi stalling in the clinch.
#TD#
Olawandi successfully pulls guard.
Ayers is standing up over Olawandi. Olawandi looks to escape but Ayers dives into side control.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Ayers moves into full mount!
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Michael Olawandi dominated that round.
That's time! Olawandi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.#R2##TD2#
Ayers shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Ayers was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Ayers is staying tight to Olawandi's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Olawandi is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Ayers is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Olawandi slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ayers controlling the action here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SU2#
Ayers decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet. #T1#
Olawandi lands the left hand.
Ayers shoots in looking for a takedown but Olawandi manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ayers's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ayers slips a jab and a cross from Olawandi.
Olawandi scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
Ayers tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Ayers takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Olawandi takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Olawandi lands a nice shot to the body.
#CL#
Olawandi clinches up against the cage.
Olawandi tries to pull guard but Ayers forces him back to his feet, against the cage.#BC#
Olawandi escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Olawandi wants to clinch up but Ayers keeps it at a distance.
Olawandi blocks a low kick nicely.#T2#
Olawandi tries to close the distance and clinch but Ayers swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #TD2#
Ayers scores with a takedown into Olawandi's guard.
Olawandi wants to get back to his feet but Ayers passes into half guard.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.#REVR#
Ayers takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Olawandi punching from the bottom.
Ayers is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! #SUB2#
Ayers has hold of Olawandi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Olawandi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
#T3#
Olawandi is working to get back to half guard.
Ayers punching from mount but Olawandi doing a good job of avoiding damage.
Ayers wants to control the pace but Olawandi is squirming around nicely.
Olawandi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. #T4#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Ayers thowing shots but they're missing.
Ayers lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Ayers sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!
Ayers lands a nice shot to the head.
Olawandi tries to lock up and control but Ayers gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Ayers wants to control the pace but Olawandi is squirming around nicely.
Olawandi tries to hold on but Ayers pushes him away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Cameron Ayers showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
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. 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#
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Ayers is defended easily by Olawandi.#CL#
Olawandi gets a clinch.
Olawandi tries for a takedown. No joy.
Ayers can't break the clinch.
#TD#
Olawandi manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ayers not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Ayers should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Ayers advances to half guard. #T1#
Ayers with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Ayers is trying to control the action in half guard but Olawandi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Ayers sitting and controlling from the half guard. #ES#
Olawandi makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work!#TD2#
Ayers throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Olawandi was covering up waiting for the punch and Ayers finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Olawandi has momentary wrist control but Ayers slips an elbow through the middle.#T2#
Ayers trying to control but Olawandi is working from the bottom.
Ayers advances to half guard.
Ayers seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense. #SU2#
Ayers postures up and decides to stand up, from the half guard. The ref calls for Olawandi to stand up.
Ayers throws a sloppy head kick and Olawandi moves out of range easily. #T3##CL#
Olawandi rushes Ayers and presses him up against the cage.#BC#
Olawandi breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Olawandi looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Ayers is fending him off so far but Olawandi persists. Nope, Ayers circles away and we're back to standing.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Olawandi wants to clinch.
Michael Olawandi is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#TD2#
Ayers manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Olawandi on his heels. He'll look to pass Olawandi's guard now, I'm sure.
Ayers trying to control but Olawandi is working from the bottom. #ES#
Olawandi has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Ayers is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.#T4#
Ayers has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Ayers is working for takedown but Olawandi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Olawandi has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ayers avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michael Olawandi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ayers drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Olawandi misses with a knee strike.
Ayers fails to pull guard.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#BC#
Olawandi manages to break the clinch.
Olawandi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Olawandi throws a series of punches but Ayers avoids them all with ease.
Ayers appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Michael Olawandi showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Olawandi has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Daniel Blasius scores the fight 29:28
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 29:28
Judge Paul Aken scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Michael Olawandi! |
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