 |
Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
|
Event:
QFC Tournament 791 Round 2
Date: Oct 06, 2017 |
#R1#
McCarthy throws a head kick that misses.
McCarthy lands a head kick!
Zappacosta scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Zappacosta scores with a hook to the body. McCarthy takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Zappacosta works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
McCarthy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
It looked like Zappacosta was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from McCarthy.
McCarthy misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
A counter left hand to the body from Zappacosta misses its target.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
McCarthy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Zappacosta counters with a huge left! McCarthy is in big trouble! He's backing up but Zappacosta isn't giving him chance to recover. Under a barage of punches the ref has to step in to save McCarthy from any more damage. A dominating finish by Zappacosta!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Giacomo Zappacosta!
After winning the bout, Giacomo Zappacosta thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility.
Conor McCarthy spoke after the fight, saying 'I'll be back.'.
|
|
|
|
Event:
QFC Tournament 791 Round 1
Date: Oct 05, 2017 |
#R1##TD#
Basayev shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Basayev showed some decent athleticism there.
McCarthy gets back to full guard.
#ES2#
McCarthy has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Basayev off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds.
Basayev will need to close the distance a bit before he attacks - that leg kick was thrown from too far away.
McCarthy is loading up here, looking for a big counter of his own.
McCarthy lands a head kick!
#CUT2#
It looks like Shamil Basayev has been cut.
McCarthy looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
McCarthy throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Basayev.
This has been an exciting period of action!#TD2#
McCarthy shoots in and bounces Basayev off the cage to secure the takedown into guard.
McCarthy forces his way into half guard.#T1##SUB#
Basayev looking for submissions off his back.
Basayev wants to improve his position but McCarthy is controlling well.
Nice strikes from McCarthy there.
McCarthy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Basayev knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for McCarthy on the ground.#SUB#
Basayev looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Basayev on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Basayev tries to get out of the position.
McCarthy lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. #T2#
Basayev is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
McCarthy is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Basayev defends it well. #SUB#
Basayev looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Basayev looking for submissions off his back.#T3##SUB#
Basayev is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but McCarthy pulls his head out easily.
McCarthy is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. #SUB#
Basayev actively working from the bottom here.
McCarthy is trying to control the action in half guard but Basayev is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. #SUB#
Basayev looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB#
Basayev looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#T4#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.#SUB#
Basayev looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB2#
McCarthy seems to be working for a kimura but Basayev defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Basayev is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but McCarthy pulls his head out easily. #SUB2#
McCarthy has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Basayev defend it? McCarthy steps over the head and cranks it - Basayev is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for McCarthy!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Conor McCarthy!
A relieved looking Conor McCarthy thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
