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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 14, 2023 |
#R1#
Silva darts in looking for a takedown but Slabakov gets double underhooks and turns Silva into the cage.
Silva avoiding damage as Slabakov throws knees to the body.
Silva is looking to break free of the clinch but Slabakov has double underhooks. #BC2#
Slabakov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Slabakov misses with a head kick.
Slabakov throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
#CUT2#It looks like Anderson Silva has been cut.
Slabakov tries a head kick but it misses.
#CL#
Silva closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Slabakov tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.
Slabakov is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Slabakov wants to get back to striking at distance but Silva won't allow it.
Silva wants to get back to striking at distance but Slabakov won't allow it.
Silva is trying to break the clinch but Slabakov has him pressed against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva goes for a takedown in the clinch but Slabakov prevents it.
Slabakov is trying to break the clinch but Silva is controlling him.
Silva lands with a right to the head.
Slabakov tries to circle away but Silva has him pinned against the cage.#TD#
Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back. #T1#
Slabakov throwing strikes but missing.
Slabakov wanted to stand there but Silva had control of the position.
Slabakov must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Silva holds on and takes a little breather.
Silva manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Slabakov manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVR##SU#
Silva gets to his feet - Slabakov follows without any prompting.
A head kick misses from Slabakov.
Silva tries to counter with a takedown but Slabakov is quick to defend against it.#CL#
Silva clinches.
Silva is pushing Slabakov up against the cage, for a bit of lean and pray action. Action being used the in the loosest possible sense of the word. #T2#
Silva is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Slabakov pulls him back up using the underhooks.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slabakov is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage. #TD#
Silva jumps into guard, dragging Slabakov to the mat.
Slabakov looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Silva throws a big right hand that misses. #SUB#
Silva thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silva with a flurry of punches that miss. #T3#
Silva sitting in guard here, content to control.
Silva pushing down on Slabakov's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Silva controlling the action here.
Silva works his foot free and advances to mount. #T4#
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Silva breaks from Slabakov's wrist control and lands an elbow. #SUB#
Silva looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Silva cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
The referee warns Slabakov that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Silva working the ground and pound effectively.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
That's time! Back to the action!#R2##CL#
Slabakov gets tackled into the cage by Silva. Silva maintains the clinch. #BC2#
Slabakov breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Evgen Slabakov seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Slabakov lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
Slabakov throws a head kick but Silva moves out of range.
Slabakov throws a sloppy head kick
and Silva counters with a series of strikes. Slabakov will be more careful next time no doubt.
Slabakov throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. #CL#
Silva closes the distance and clinches. #TD#
Silva jumps guard and drags Slabakov to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva keeping full guard, as Slabakov tries to pass.
Silva is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Slabakov is breathing heavily.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Slabakov's guard. #REVR##T1#
Slabakov is trying to keep Silva in close.
Anderson Silva overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.#SU#
Silva gets to his feet - Slabakov follows without any prompting.
Slabakov lands a head kick. Silva smiles back at him and beckons him forward. #CL#
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Slabakov can't break the clinch.
#TD#
Silva jumps guard.
#ES#
Silva pushes Slabakov off for just long enough to get back to his feet. Very athletic spring there.
Slabakov throws a head kick that misses
and Silva counters with a left and a right that stings Slabakov.
Slabakov leaves Silva with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.#T2#
Slabakov misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Slabakov just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromSilva.
Silva is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Slabakov can do to turn this around?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Silva shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Slabakov defends it nicely.#CL#
Silva moves into the clinch.
Slabakov gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Silva.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Anderson Silva. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Slabakov tries to break free but Silva pushes him back against the cage.#TD#
Silva gets control of Slabakov's arms and successfully pulls guard. Silva will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVR#
Silva content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. #T3#
Silva moves into full mount! Slabakov won't be happy about that!
Silva controlling from mount. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Silva with the ground and pound from mount. #SUB#
Silva is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Slabakov is surviving well by controlling Silva's body position as best he can.
Silva raining down hammerfists from mount.#SUB#
Slabakov defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Silva.
Slabakov really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Silva. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Silva sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Anderson Silva dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on Anderson Silva's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!#R3#
Silva looks to land a body kick but Slabakov moved away.
Slabakov gets off balance looking for a body kick#CL#
and Silva counters by moving into the clinch.
Silva is trying to force a seperation but Slabakov has the dominant position.
Slabakov is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Silva is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Silva takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Slabakov looking to throw knees to the head but Silva is blocking nicely.
Slabakov is trying to break the clinch but Silva has him pressed against the cage.
Slabakov has had enough of the clinch but Silva keeps him there for the moment.
Slabakov tries to break the clinch but Silva is controlling the position.
Silva pressing his opponent against the cage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Silva misses with a knee strike.
#TD#
Silva manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Silva wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. #T1#
Silva is looking to sweep but instead, Slabakov has passed into half guard.
Silva regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Slabakov.
Slabakov looking to sit in guard and control but Silva gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Silva slips nicely into half guard.
Silva is figuring out what he wants to do next.#T2#
Slabakov tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Silva has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
Slabakov takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.#SUB#
Silva is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Slabakov can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
#SUB#
Silva looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Silva controlling the position easily from mount. #T3#
Slabakov tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva sends his fist crashing into the mat - the crowd let out a collective ooooooh. Let's hope he's not broken it!#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.
Silva with shots to the head and body - Slabakov looks very uncomfortable down there. #SUB#
Silva looking to secure an arm triangle but Slabakov defends it well.
Silva throwing sloppy strikes here. Perhaps if he tightened up his striking from such a dominant position, he'd be able to finish easier.
#SUB#
Silva has hold of Slabakov's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Slabakov manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Silva lands a big shot there that rocks Slabakov but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Evgen Slabakov has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Anderson Silva is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Anderson Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Silva, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Jack Bonds scores the fight 30:27
Judge Don Winkell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Anderson Silva! |
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