 |
Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
|
Event:
MMAHelsinki - 28
Date: Mar 29, 2016 |
#R1##CL#
Gajewski fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Fowler, pushing him back against the cage.
Fowler wants to stall.
Gajewski tries to land a knee to the head but Fowler blocks with his arms.
Gajewski avoids a wild elbow strike from Fowler.
Gajewski controlling the action here for a moment.
#BC#
Gajewski escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#CL2#
Fowler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gajewski tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Fowler avoids it.
Gajewski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
#BC#
Gajewski breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Fowler takes the fight into the clinch.
Fowler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gajewski backwards.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Fowler. #BC#
Gajewski breaks the clinch.
Some wild striking there from Fowler.
#T1#
Gajewski tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Fowler defends well and Gajewski ends up having to push Fowler into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.#CL2#
Fowler moves into the clinch successfully.
Fowler blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Gajewski prevents a body shot from Fowler.
Fowler makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fowler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fowler lands a right uppercut that snaps the head of Gajewski backwards. #BC2#
Fowler manages to break the clinch.
Gajewski swinging wildly here.
#CL2#
Fowler moves into the clinch.
A left hand lands to the body for Fowler.
Gajewski blocks a punch to the side of the head.
#BC#
Gajewski manages to break the clinch.
Fowler lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#CL2#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
A short right from Fowler on the inside. #T2#
Fowler stalling the fight.
Gajewski throws an elbow but it's blocked.
Fowler lands a glancing elbow in the clinch.
Fowler blocking some punches.
Gajewski is looking to control Fowler's arms but Fowler gets an underhook and turns him. Now Gajewski has his back to the cage.
Fowler tries to stall but Gajewski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gajewski throws a knee to the head but misses.
#BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lars Fowler seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Fowler moves into range and clinches up with Gajewski.
Gajewski is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.#BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
No joy there for Gajewski, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
#TD#
Gajewski fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Fowler sprawls well initially but Gajewski persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Gajewski working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Gajewski working Fowler over with strikes. #T3##ES2#
Fowler kicks off Gajewski and gets to his feet.
Gajewski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gajewski misses with a few strikes there.
A little jabbing left from Fowler on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Fowler scores with a leg kick.
#TD#
Fowler gets caught flat footed, as Gajewski shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.#ES2#
Fowler kicks Gajewski off and gets to his feet.
Gajewski is breathing heavily.
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!#CL2#
Fowler closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Gajewski wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Fowler has him pressed against the cage.
Gajewski with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Gajewski misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gajewski tries to land a knee to the head but Fowler blocks with his arms.
#BC2#
Fowler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gajewski throws a nice looking combination but Fowler bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.#CL2#
Fowler has taken the fight to the clinch.
Fowler tries a shoulder strike but it doesn't do any damage.
Gajewski wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Gajewski tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
#T4##BC2#
Fowler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL2#
Fowler has managed to clinch.
Gajewski tries a knee to the head but Fowler blocks it.
Gajewski landing some nice looking knees to the body.
Gajewski lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Gajewski misses with a knee strike.
Fowler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
#BC#
Gajewski manages to break the clinch.
Fowler tests Gajewski's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Fowler scoring well with a low kick there.
#CL2#
Fowler closes the distance and clinches.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Fowler has Gajewski pressed against the cage.
The fighters are starting to get sweaty, which will make takedowns a bit more tricky.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Fowler creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Fowler misses with some punches.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lars Fowler dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
#R2#
Gajewski looks to land a combination but Fowler avoids it well. #CL#
Gajewski closes the distance and pushes Fowler back into the cage.
Fowler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Gajewski with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head. #BC2#
Fowler's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Gajewski tries to bum rush Fowler with a series of wild strikes but Fowler uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Fowler is looking for the big counter here.
Gajewski has a takedown stuffed.#CL2#
Fowler has managed to clinch.
Gajewski wants to break free but Fowler has control.
Gajewski lands a good knee to the midsection. Fowler won't want to take too many of those.
Lars Fowler seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fowler prevents a takedown attempt there.
Fowler keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gajewski's efforts to push away.
Gajewski tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
#BC2#
Fowler manages to break the clinch.
#T1#
Gajewski closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Fowler connects with a jab.#CL2#
Fowler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.#BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch.
Gajewski throws a right and a left that Fowler avoids nicely. #CL2#
Fowler darts in and clinches Gajewski up against the cage.
Fowler has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gajewski throws a knee to the head but misses.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Fowler tries to stall but Gajewski uses the opportunity to gain a better position.
Gajewski is looking to break free of the clinch but Fowler has double underhooks.
Gajewski is trying to break the clinch but Fowler is controlling him.
Fowler managing to block the knees to the body from Gajewski.
Fowler on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Gajewski missing with knees to the body.
Gajewski looking to throw knees to the head but Fowler is blocking nicely.
#BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch.
#CL2#
Fowler gets in close and instigates a clinch. #T2#
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!#BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Gajewski misses with a double jab.
#CL2#
Fowler rushes Gajewski and presses him up against the cage.#BC#
Gajewski breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Lars Fowler seems to be getting the better of the standup.#CL#
Gajewski moves into the clinch.
Fowler misses with a short punch on the inside.
Gajewski throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Fowler blocks it with crossed arms. #BC2#
Fowler breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Fowler gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Fowler is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Gajewski tries to land knees in the clinch but Fowler avoids the damage to the body. #BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Fowler bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Gajewski's head.
Fowler bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Gajewski's head backwards.#CL2#
Fowler moves into range and clinches up with Gajewski.
Gajewski drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Fowler gets the underhooks and prevents it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Izaak Gajewski. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Gajewski's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!#T3#
Fowler lands with a short shot to the head.
Gajewski has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Gajewski misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Fowler.
Fowler throws a nice elbow but it doesn't land.
Gajewski unloads a knee to the mid-section. Fowler lets out a prehistoric sounding urrrrgh.
Gajewski using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Fowler has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Fowler lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Fowler doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Fowler stays in close to his opponent and throws a right hand to the body.#BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Fowler has Gajewski up against the cage in a clinch.
#BC2#
Fowler breaks from the clinch.
#T4##CL2#
Fowler gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Fowler working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Gajewski with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Gajewski looking to throw knees to the head but Fowler is blocking nicely.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Fowler just misses with a elbow thrown towards Gajewski's brow.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fowler throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Gajewskis head.
Gajewski can't get the takedown.
Fowler lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage. #BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Fowler clinches. #BC2#
Fowler breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #CL2#
Fowler rushes Gajewski and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Fowler throws an elbow but it misses.
Gajewski tries to score a body lock takedown but Fowler shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Gajewski blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Lars Fowler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
A punch combination from Fowler misses.
Fowler throws a right and a left that both miss.
Gajewski fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gajewski lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Fowler circles away quickly and effectively.
Fowler misses with a double jab.
Izaak Gajewski is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#KD2#
Oooooh!!! Fowler has knocked Gajewski down with a huge combo! Fowler steps away and waves a wobbly Gajewski back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!#ROC2#
Gajewski is rocked!#CUT2#
It looks like Izaak Gajewski has been cut.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Fowler feints with a left and delivers a massive head kick! Gajewski collapses like a ragdoll! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 3, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Lars Fowler!
A victorious Lars Fowler thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
