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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jul 28, 2017 |
#R1#
Nice jab there from Baracus. #CL#
Santos gets tackled into the cage by Baracus. Baracus maintains the clinch.
Santos is trying to maintain a safe position but Baracus gets an underhook and turns Santos into the cage.#BC2#
Santos breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Santos misses with a two punch combination.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Santos misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
#CL#
Santos gets tackled into the cage by Baracus. Baracus maintains the clinch.
Baracus tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
Santos taking a breather.
Baracus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Baracus's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Baracus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Baracus is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.#T1#
Baracus tries to break the clinch but Santos is controlling the position.
Baracus is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
With the fighters up against the cage, Baracus throws an elbow but misses.
Santos looking to slow down the pace here.#BC2#
Santos's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.#CL#
Baracus forces Santos back against the cage and clinches.
Santos stalling in the clinch.
#BC2#
Santos pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Baracus with a jab.#CUT#
It looks like Leonardo Santos has been cut.
Baracus blocks a head kick by Santos.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
#CUT2#
It looks like Bosco Baracus has been cut.#T2##CL#
Baracus has closed the distance and engaged Santos in a clinch.
Baracus wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Baracus blocks an elbow strike.#TD#
Baracus manages to pull guard.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!#ES#
Baracus has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Santos off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Santos tries to score with a low kick but Baracus moves his leg out of the way.
Baracus blocks a head kick by Santos.
Baracus throwing a counter right hand but Santos manages to avoid it.
Santos stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Santos wants it to stay on the feet.#CL#
Baracus closes the distance and clinches. #BC2#
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A head kick misses from Baracus.
Baracus misses with a double jab.
Baracus fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Santos avoids it really well and circles away.#T3#
Baracus tries to clinch but Santos moves out of range.
Santos scores with a kick to the midsection.
Baracus is breathing heavily.
Santos works over Baracus's head and body with a nice combination.
Leonardo Santos is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Santos misses with a double jab.
#CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Baracus is trying to pull guard but Santos has him pressed against the cage.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bosco Baracus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Santos throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Baracus blocks it with crossed arms.
Santos gets underhooks to prevent Baracus's takedown attempt.
Baracus is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.#BC2#
Santos escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
#T4#
Baracus misses with a series of wild punches.
Leonardo Santos seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Left hook, right uppercut from Baracus.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Santos throws a right and a left that both miss.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Santos throws a leg kick which misses Baracus's front leg but catches the back leg as Baracus tries to avoid it.
Santos thumps Baracus with a low kick.
Santos misses with a head kick.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Baracus connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Santos buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Baracus lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Baracus. Baracus gets slowly back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close round but Leonardo Santos will probably get the nod.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
A chopping leg kick lands by Santos.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Baracus pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the cage. Baracus follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Santos fails to land with a series of punches.
Santos misses with a jab, cross combination.
Santos takes one to the chin there.
Santos on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Santos motions for Baracus to come forward. Santos throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Baracus looks to land a body kick but Santos moved away.
Santos throws a head kick that misses.
Baracus dives in and grabs Santos's left leg, looking for a takedown. Santos pushes down on Baracus's head and hops out.
Baracus tries to close the distance and clinch but Santos swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Santos scores with a head kick. Baracus tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Santos is breathing heavily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Santos takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
#CL#
Baracus closes the distance and clinches.#T1##BC2#
Santos breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Santos throws a head kick but Baracus moves out of range.
Baracus is looking for a counter combo.
Bosco Baracus is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#CL#
Baracus clinches.
Santos keeps control of Baracus as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Baracus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Baracus has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Santos prevents Baracus from breaking the clinch.
Baracus jumps guard but Santos turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Baracus tries to break free but Santos pushes him back against the cage.#TD#
Baracus successfully pulls guard.
#T2#
Santos wants to stand and escape but instead Baracus has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVR#
Santos really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Baracus. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#SU#
Baracus stands up and waves to Santos to follow him.
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baracus scores with a nice strike.
Leonardo Santos seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Baracus lands a right hook to the body.
Baracus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baracus blocks a head kick by Santos.
Santos's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Baracus connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Santos scrambles back to his feet.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#CL#
Baracus gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Baracus is looking to break free of the clinch but Santos has double underhooks.
Baracus looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.#T3#
Baracus is trying to push Santos away but Santos has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Santos has Baracus pressed against the cage, preventing Baracus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Baracus working hard to break the clinch.
Santos keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Baracus's efforts to push away.
Baracus is trying to pull guard but Santos turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bosco Baracus. That's going to take a lot out of him.#TD#
Baracus ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Baracus no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Santos wants to get up but he can't break Baracus's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Santos must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Baracus is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Baracus looking for a sweep. Not yet Baracus, not yet. #T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Santos wants to get up but he can't break Baracus's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Baracus bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Santos's guard. #REVR#
Baracus throwing strikes from guard but Santos blocks nicely.
Santos is looking to stand up but Baracus isn't so interested in that idea. #ES2#
Santos manages to escape and get back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Bosco Baracus dominated that second round.
Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!
#R3#
Santos dodges the punch combination from Baracus.
Santos throws a counter combo.
Santos throws the kick towards the body but Baracus avoids it.
Baracus pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Santos back to the cage. Baracus follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.
Santos throws a head kick but Baracus moves out of range.
Santos tries to move into range but Baracus moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Baracus pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Baracus shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Santos as he jumps to the side.
Baracus displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Baracus throws a right hand that Santos ducks under and follows up with a left that Santos also avoids with ease.
A head kick misses from Santos.
Baracus takes a push kick to the midsection and stumbles backwards.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Baracus tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
It really doesn't seem like the step up in weight is hurting Baracus here at all. He's more than holding his own against the bigger man.
Santos throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. #T1#
Santos throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Santos scores with a one two! Baracus had his feet all tangled up there and couldn't avoid the strikes.
Santos throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Danga de danga de dang - Santos scores with a four punch combination!
Baracus looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Baracus takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Santos throws a leg kick but Baracus sees it coming and moves out of range.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Baracus, as that shot connected.
Baracus scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jab, cross, leg kick. Nice combination by Santos!
Baracus swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Baracus steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Santos. That one must have hurt.
Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Baracus. Baracus gets slowly back to his feet. #T2#
Santos tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Baracus shoots in looking for a takedown. Santos tries to sprawl out of it but Baracus keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the cage. Santos manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Bosco Baracus. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Baracus misses the shot to the body.
Santos lands a head kick!
Santos throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Baracus connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Baracus misses with a jab, cross combination.
Baracus throws a combination that misses
and Santos counters with a series of strikes. Baracus will be more careful next time no doubt.
Santos throws a sloppy head kick and Baracus moves out of range easily.
Santos has worked on his takedown defense in the runup to this fight and it is paying off so far.
Baracus scores with a shot to the body.
The fighters circle momentarily. Baracus darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Baracus looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Santos unleashes a big counter combination but Baracus bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.#T3##CL#
Baracus rushes Santos and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Baracus is trying to force a seperation but Santos has the dominant position.
Santos is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Santos struggles to land a body shot inside as Baracus controls his hands.
Santos has Baracus pressed against the cage, preventing Baracus from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Santos takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Baracus can't break the clinch.
#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Santos looking to stall.
Baracus is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Santos to keep the fight standing.
Baracus lands a hook that snaps the head of Santos backwards. #BC2#
Santos manages to break the clinch.
Baracus throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Baracus misses with a wild combination.
Santos dodges the punch combination from Baracus.
And that's the end of the fight!
I would just about give that final round to Leonardo Santos.
I think Santos has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge Peter Branson scores the fight 28:29
Judge Bart Greer scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Leonardo Santos!
A less than humble Leonardo Santos misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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