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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 13, 2021 |
#R1##KD#
Martin lands a left and a right that send Gambino crashing to the mat, dazed. Martin thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!#CUT#It looks like Mario Gambino has been cut.
Martin doesn't manage to clinch there - Gambino circles away.
Martin shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Gambino as he avoids it easily.
Martin fails in his attempt to clinch.
Gambino 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.#CL2#
Martin gets tackled into the cage by Gambino. Gambino maintains the clinch.
Martin is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Gambino keeps control of Martin as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Gambino dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gambino has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Martin is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.#BC2#
Gambino pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Martin shoots for a double leg takedown but Gambino sprawls well. He's pushed Martin's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Martin tries to clinch up#TD2#
so Gambino counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Martin is looking to stand back up but Gambino counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Martin. #T1##REVR#
Gambino controlling the pace.
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Gambino has eaten all the pies!
Martin is trying to control but Gambino passes into side control!
The referee asks Gambino politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Gambino prefers to stall for the moment though.
Martin is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Gambino is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Gambino controlling the pace for now.
Martin on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Martin tries to get out of the position.
Martin looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back!#T2##SUB2#
Gambino looking for the RNC.
Martin knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Gambino on the ground.#SUB2#
Martin defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
What can Martin do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
#SUB2#
Martin preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Gambino. #T3#
Gambino lands a shot to the head.
Gambino is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Gambino lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Martin.
Gambino just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
#SUB2#
Martin is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
#T4#
Martin tries to escape the position.
Martin is breathing heavily.
Gambino lands with a nice looking elbow that stuns Martin.
Martin is really stuck here.
Gambino is punishing Martin with some ground and pound.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Gambino dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Mario Gambino's cut.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!#R2#
Gambino shoots in but no luck this time.
Gambino fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Gambino stuffs the takedown attempt from Martin. Martin gets slowly back to his feet. #TD2#
Gambino drives through with a takedown into Martin's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Martin looking to control but Gambino passes into half guard.
Gambino slips a nice elbow through Martin's hands, connecting with Martin's forehead.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gambino is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Gambino wants to take a breather but Martin is having none of it. #T1#
Gambino 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.
Gambino works his way into side control.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Gambino tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily.
Martin is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Gambino is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Martin is in a horrible position here. Gambino smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
#SUB2#
Gambino is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Martin can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
Martin tries to hold on but Gambino postures up.
Gambino has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.#T2#
Gambino dominating with strikes here.
Gambino looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
#SU2#
Gambino is standing up, even though he is in mount. #TD2#
Gambino closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Martin quickly recovers to half guard.
Martin scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Gambino manages to mount him!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Gambino controlling from mount. #T3##SUB2#
Gambino wants to finish this one by submission but Martin is holding onto his waist, trying to prevent any attacks from Gambino.
Mario Gambino has got the better of the ground game so far.
Gambino raining down hammerfists from mount.
Gambino controlling the position easily from mount. #SUB2#
Gambino looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. #SUB2#
Gambino looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. #T4#
Gambino sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gambino punishing his opponent with strikes.
Gambino controlling his opponent.
Gambino wants to stand but Martin is holding on to him, trying to stop him posturing up.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mario Gambino showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Mario Gambino's cut.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!#R3##CL2#
Gambino has taken the fight to the clinch.
Gambino drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Gambino looking to throw knees to the head but Martin is blocking nicely.
Gambino avoiding damage as Martin throws knees to the body.
#TD2#
Gambino jumps guard.
Martin throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent. #SUB2#
Martin throws a sloppy strike and Gambino has hooked up an armbar on the loose arm! He's turned and extended fully! Martin is forced to tap! Great BJJ from Gambino!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Mario Gambino! |
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