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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
QFC Tournament 781 Round 2
Date: Aug 12, 2017 |
#R1#
Norton misses with a body shot.
Norton is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Norton misses the body punch
and Desimpedidos counters with a flying knee. Nice.
Norton lands a right hook to the body.
#CL#
Desimpedidos forces Norton back against the cage and clinches.#TD#
Desimpedidos jumps into guard, dragging Norton to the mat.
Desimpedidos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Norton pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Desimpedidos is keeping the position for now.
Desimpedidos trying to control the position.
#T1#
Norton sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Norton is continuing to stall.
We may be looking at a referee standup if the pace doesn't pick up soon.
Norton wants to pass the guard but Desimpedidos is keeping the position.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Norton ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Desimpedidos moves away.
Norton 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.
Norton throws a body punch but Desimpedidos moves out of range.
Desimpedidos blocks a jab.
Norton scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
#T2#
Desimpedidos misses with a takedown attempt - Norton sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Desimpedidos looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
A big left from Norton misses.
Desimpedidos is on the wrong end of a nice combination from Norton.#ROC2#
Desimpedidos is rocked!
Desimpedidos goes for a double leg but Norton avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Norton continues to drive forward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Chico Desimpedidos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Desimpedidos is breathing heavily.
Norton throws a right hand that Desimpedidos ducks under and follows up with a left that Desimpedidos also avoids with ease.
Norton misses with a few strikes there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Norton lands a head shot.
Oh Desimpedidos is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Norton works the jab nicely.
Norton lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Desimpedidos falls backwards - clearly groggy! Norton dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Norris Norton!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 781 Round 1
Date: Aug 11, 2017 |
#R1#
Agapov fails with the takedown.
Agapov looks to land a combination but Desimpedidos avoids it well.
Desimpedidos connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Agapov wants to clinch but Desimpedidos slips to the side
and Desimpedidos counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Agapov shoots in looking for a takedown but Desimpedidos manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Agapov's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.#TD#
Desimpedidos 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.
Agapov can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Desimpedidos controls the pace.
Desimpedidos passes into half guard.
Desimpedidos slows the pace down in half guard.
Desimpedidos uses his free foot to push down on Agapov's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Agapov. #T1##SUB#
Desimpedidos looking to secure an arm triangle but Agapov defends it well.
Desimpedidos misses with a series of strikes from mount. He'll no doubt be working on his ground and pound when he gets back to the gym.
Desimpedidos throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Agapov is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Agapov has given up his back here.
#SUB#
Desimpedidos has the rear naked choke here! This is very bad for Agapov! Can he survive? No! He's out! Desimpedidos gets to his feet and celebrates with his cornermen. He looks absolutely delighted. In the post fight interviews he takes time to thank his parents and everyone who has believed in him from the start. How sweet.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Chico Desimpedidos!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 09, 2017 |
#R1##TD2#
Costa closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Payne to the mat! Payne manages to get full guard. #ES#
Payne pushes Costa off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there. #CL2#
Payne tries to keep at a distance but Costa has taken the fight into the clinch.
Costa is looking to control Payne's arms but Payne gets an underhook and turns him. Now Costa has his back to the cage. #TD#
Payne tightens his grip and picks Costa up, before dumping him to the ground. Costa manages to land in guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Payne throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Costa works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Costa preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Payne is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Payne accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Costa is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Payne scoring with punches to the head and body. #T1#
Payne stopping the sweep attempt from Costa.#SUB2#
Costa looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Payne scoring with some ground and pound.
Costa controls Payne momentarily but Payne frees himself.
Payne 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.
Payne is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Costa looking to sweep here. No luck so far. #T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.#SUB2#
Costa throws his legs up looking for a submission but Payne uses it to pass to side control.
Costa looks winded!
Payne misses with a strike but at least he's keeping busy, looking to cause some damage - that will still help him when it comes to the judges scorecards.
Payne trying to control the action but Costa is working from the bottom.
Payne tries to score with some ground and pound. Costa controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
Costa looks to move to half guard but instead Payne has passed into mount! Damn!
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Payne looking to finish Costa with some ground and pound. This is bad for Costa!#T3#
Costa is looking to get to half guard.#SUB#
Payne is working close to his opponent, looking to work a submission by the looks of things. Oh, he's managed to get a guillotine from mount as his opponent reached up! That looks tiiiiight! Will he tap? YES, he's tapped! Impressive submission by Payne!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Kendall Payne!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Aug 07, 2017 |
#R1#
Martinez fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Martinez goes for a double leg but Medrano avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Medrano continues to drive forward.
Medrano pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Medrano doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
Martinez fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Junior Martinez. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinez tries to score a power double leg takedown but Medrano sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Martinez somewhat.
Medrano has a takedown stuffed.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Martinez throws a nice inside leg kick.
Medrano fails to land with a series of punches.
#CL2#
Medrano moves into the clinch.
Medrano 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.
Medrano stops a takedown attempt from Martinez.
#T1#
Martinez has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Medrano avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Martinez is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
Medrano is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Martinez to keep the fight standing.
Medrano prevents the takedown attempt.
#TD2#
Medrano decides to pull guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Martinez wants to stand but Medrano has a closed guard, so he can't escape. #SUB2#
Medrano has his feet on Martinez's thighs here. He's pushed Martinez off and worked for a very quick armbar from the bottom! He's flipped onto his stomach and he's cranking hard on the arm! Martinez screams in pain and taps out! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:51 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Anthony Medrano!
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