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Play
by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 20, 2025 |
#R1##TD2#
A momentary lapse in concentration from Young enables Marcellus to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Young manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat.
Marcellus trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat. #SU2#
Marcellus stands up from Young's guard - Marcellus perhaps looking for a knockout. #CL#
Young has taken the fight to the clinch.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcellus has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Young avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Young as Marcellus tries to tie him up.
Young scores with a shot to the side of Marcellus's head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young landing knees to the head.
Marcellus jumps guard but Young stands there with Marcellus around his waist. Marcellus gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Marcellus is looking to break free of the clinch but Young has double underhooks.
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Marcellus has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Young is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Solomon Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Marcellus.#T1#
Marcellus looking for a takedown.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marcellus backwards.
Young pushes Marcellus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#BC#
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Marcellus drives through and clinches with Young against the cage.
#BC#
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
#CL#
Young gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marcellus backwards.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Young throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Marcellus blocks it with crossed arms.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Young landing knees to the body.
Young dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Marcellus tries to circle away but Young has him pinned against the cage.#BC#
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#T2##CL#
Young has managed to clinch.
Young leaning his opponent against the cage.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
#BC#
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL#
Marcellus gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
#CUT#It looks like Brandon Marcellus has been cut.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcellus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcelluss head.
Young lands with a left to the head.
Young lands a body shot in the clinch.
Young utilising his Muay Thai to score with a knee to the body.#T3#
Stalling in the clinch from Young.
Young lands a knee to the head.
Marcellus tries to break free but Young pushes him back against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
#BC#
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Young instigates a clinch.
Young lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Marcellus backwards. #BC#
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Marcellus dives in for a single leg takedown but Young sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Marcellus looks winded!#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Marcellus fails to pull guard.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.#T4#
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Marcellus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Young is defending well.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Young lands a left hand that snaps the head of Marcellus backwards.
Young lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
#BC#
Young breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Solomon Young seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL#
Young instigates a clinch.
Young is pushing Marcellus up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word.
Young makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Young is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Young really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
Young using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Solomon Young dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Marcellus's cut.
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##CL#
Young moves into range and clinches up with Marcellus.
Young connects with a nasty looking knee right to Marcellus's face.
Marcellus tries to pull guard but Young holds him up against the cage and eventually Marcellus drops back down to his feet.
Young lands an uppercut.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Young obliges.#BC#
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Marcellus gets a clinch.
Young pressing his opponent against the cage.
Young lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young stalling the fight.
Young displaying some good clinch control by pressing Marcellus up against the cage.#BC2#
Marcellus breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#T1##CL#
Young takes the fight into the clinch.
Young is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Young is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Young lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Marcellus has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Young after a bit of a struggle.
Solomon Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Marcellus.
Young landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Marcellus tries to pull guard but Young holds him up against the cage and eventually Marcellus drops back down to his feet.
Young lands a body punch.
Marcellus is breathing heavily.
Young managing to block the knees to the body from Marcellus.
#T2##BC#
Young manages to break the clinch.
#CL#
Marcellus gets tackled into the cage by Young. Young maintains the clinch.
Marcellus stalling in the clinch but Young improves position. #BC#
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Young lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook. #CL#
Young rushes Marcellus and presses him up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Marcellus wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Young has him pressed against the cage.
Marcellus is trying to maintain a safe position but Young gets an underhook and turns Marcellus into the cage.
Marcellus is working for takedown but Young is calmly controlling the position for now.
Young scores with a knee to the head.
Young stalling here - the referee won't stand for too much of that.
Marcellus tries to pull guard but Young won't allow it.
A frustrated look appears on Marcellus's face as he tries to break the clinch. #T3#
Young is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Marcellus tries to pull guard but Young forces him back to his feet, against the cage.#BC#
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL#
Young closes the distance and clinches.
Young pushes Marcellus back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.#BC#
Young's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Young lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Solomon Young is winning the standup battle so far.#CL2#
Marcellus has managed to clinch.
Young lands with a light punch inside.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Young is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
A short body shot lands from Young as the two fighters clinch.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#BC#
Young manages to break the clinch.
#T4##CL2#
Marcellus clinches up against the cage.
With the fighters up against the cage, Marcellus throws an elbow but misses.
Marcellus is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Young is defending well.
Marcellus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young slowing the pace effectively.
Solomon Young has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Knees in the clinch landing for Young.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Young with a knee to the head.
Young unloads a knee to the mid-section. Marcellus lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Marcellus is trying to pull guard but Young turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Young crunches a lovely knee into Marcellus's ribcage.
A hook to the body from Young.
Young lands with a short head shot on the inside.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Solomon Young dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Brandon Marcellus's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!#R3##CL#
Young has managed to clinch.
Marcellus tries to pull guard but Young holds him up against the cage and eventually Marcellus drops back down to his feet.
Come on Young - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
The referee is keeping an eye on Young - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Marcellus working hard to break the clinch.
Marcellus can't break the clinch.
Marcellus wants to break free but Young has control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Young scores with a nice hook to the head.
Young misses with a knee strike.
Young scores with a shoulder strike.
Marcellus wants to break free but Young has control.
Young prevents a takedown attempt there.
Marcellus takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
#T1#
Young lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Marcellus is looking for a takedown.
Solomon Young has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Brandon Marcellus.#BC#
Young breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL#
Marcellus tries to keep at a distance but Young has taken the fight into the clinch.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Young working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Young using the Thai clinch to land knees to the body.
Young is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Marcellus can do to turn this around?
A nice left hand lands by Young.
Young throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Marcelluss head.
Young scores with a shoulder strike. #BC#
Young breaks the clinch.
#CL#
Young gets a clinch. #T2#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
The referee is keeping an eye on Young - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
Young working Marcellus over with knees to the body.
Young landing knees to the body.
Young lands a right hand that snaps the head of Marcellus backwards.
Marcellus being controlled against the cage.
Young controlling the action here for a moment.
Marcellus fails to pull guard.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Young creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Young connects with a knee to the head.
Marcellus is struggling to control the position.#T3##BC#
Young breaks from the clinch.
#CL#
Young closes the distance and pushes Marcellus back into the cage.
Marcellus misses with a punch on the inside.
Young lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Marcellus with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
A quick uppercut on the inside from Young.
Young lands a left hand.
Marcellus has Young pressed up against the cage and is working for takedown. Young manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Young lands a shoulder strike.
Marcellus's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
Marcellus takes a shot to the head. #BC#
Young escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL#
Young has managed to clinch.
#T4#
Young lands a knee to the head there! That was nasty!
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Young working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Knees in the clinch landing for Young.
A short left from Young. #BC#
Young breaks from the clinch.
Solomon Young is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Young stuffs the takedown attempt from Marcellus. Marcellus gets slowly back to his feet. #CL#
Young instigates a clinch. #BC#
Young pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.#CL#
Young gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#BC#
Young breaks from the clinch.
Brandon Marcellus has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Solomon Young is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Young shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Marcellus eats them both and turns towards Young to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.
And that's the end of the fight!
Solomon Young showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Young, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:25
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:26
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Solomon Young! |
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