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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
QFC Tournament 995 Round 1
Date: Jul 20, 2020 |
#R1#
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Storm misses with a head kick.
#CL#
Martinelli clinches up with Storm and pushes him back against the cage.
Storm blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.#BC#
Martinelli breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
#CL2#
Martinelli gets tackled into the cage by Storm. Storm maintains the clinch. #BC#
Martinelli's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Storm tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion. #CL#
Martinelli closes the distance and pushes Storm back into the cage.
Martinelli jumps guard but Storm stands there with Martinelli around his waist. Martinelli gives up and drops back to his feet. We remain in the clinch.
Storm jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Martinelli walks away with a smile on his face. Storm gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Storm swings for the body but Martinelli moves out of range.
Martinelli really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.#CL2#
Storm clinches up with Martinelli and pushes him back against the cage.
Martinelli is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Storm gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD2#
Storm has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Martinelli uses from the top position.
Martinelli loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Martinelli sitting in guard here, content to control.
Martinelli missing there with some ground and pound from the guard. #T1#
Martinelli controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Martinelli's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.#SU#
Martinelli decides to stand up and beckons his opponent to follow.
Storm is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Martinelli.
Martinelli tries to close the distance and clinch but Storm swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC#
Martinelli breaks the clinch.
Martinelli misses with a takedown attempt - Storm sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Felipe Martinelli. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Martinelli looks for a takedown but Storm sprawls well.#T2##KD2#
Oooooh!!! Storm has knocked Martinelli down with a huge combo! Storm steps away and waves a wobbly Martinelli back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!#ROC2#Martinelli is rocked!#CUT2#It looks like Felipe Martinelli has been cut.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Storm throws a powerful right kick. Martinelli tried to block low but the kick was high! Martinelli was taken right off of his feet! Storm jumps in to finish the job and the ref tackles him! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:14 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Leo Storm! |
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