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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 29, 2023 |
#R1# Gyllenhall dives in and grabs Johannes's left leg, looking for a takedown. Johannes pushes down on Gyllenhall's head and hops out. Johannes drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Gyllenhall defends it well. A punch combination from Johannes misses. Gyllenhall is looking to take this fight into the clinch. Johannes now looks to counter with a shot at the body. Gyllenhall tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Johannes defends well and Gyllenhall ends up having to push Johannes into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch. Gyllenhall keeps control of Johannes as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks. #TD2# Johannes jumps guard and drags Gyllenhall to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. Gyllenhall really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape. Gyllenhall throwing strikes from guard but Johannes blocks nicely. Johannes preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. Gyllenhall throws a big right hand that misses. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Gyllenhall throws a big right hand that misses. Johannes wants to get back to his feet but Gyllenhall is in a dominant position and won't allow it. Gyllenhall throwing strikes but missing. Gyllenhall trying to control the position from guard on top but Johannes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T1# Johannes looking to control.
#SUB# Gyllenhall drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Johannes manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Gyllenhall has Johannes in his guard.#REVB# Gyllenhall looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Gyllenhall bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Johannes's guard. #REVR# Johannes bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gyllenhall's guard. #REVB##SUB# Johannes has a momentary lapse of concentration, allowing Gyllenhall to throw up a leg and lock on what appears to be a pretty tight triangle! Johannes is fighting it off but it's all too little too late - Gyllenhall pulls down on the head and he's put Johannes to sleep! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Jake Gyllenhall! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 29, 2023 |
#R1# A telegraphed takedown attempt from Johannes is defended easily by Perez. Johannes lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Perez rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Johannes moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Perez throws a big shot that misses. Johannes throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle. Johannes has a takedown stuffed. Johannes lands with a straight right. Perez didn't see that one coming. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Johannes dives in and grabs Perez's left leg, looking for a takedown. Perez pushes down on Johannes's head and hops out. Manuel Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johannes. Perez slaps away a takedown attempt from Johannes, before circling back to the center of the mat. Perez throws a series of punches but Johannes avoids them all with ease. #T1# Perez misses with a two punch combination.
Johannes will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Horrible takedown attempt by Johannes or perhaps it was just good defense by Perez, which made it look bad. Perez looks to land a combination but Johannes avoids it well. Perez is breathing heavily. Perez displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Johannes. Perez tries to clinch but Johannes moves out of range. Johannes on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Perez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Johannes. A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Johannes. Perez tries to clinch up. Johannes slips a jab and a cross from Perez.
Johannes looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it. Perez misses with the combination.
#T2##CL2# Johannes moves into the clinch successfully.
Perez working hard to break the clinch.#BC2# Johannes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. Perez pushing out the jab but it's not landing. Nice takedown defense from Perez. No joy for Johannes on that attempt. Perez tries to counter by clinching up but Johannes breaks away and moves out of range. Perez misses with a two punch combination.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show! Perez misses with a few strikes there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Johannes. Perez defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Johannes. Johannes looks for a takedown but Perez sprawls well.#T3# Johannes slips a jab and a cross from Perez.
Johannes fails with a takedown attempt. #CL2# Johannes clinches up with Perez and pushes him back against the cage. Johannes has Perez pushed against the cage. Come on Johannes - let's have some action - none of this stalling nonsense.
Johannes receives a warning from the referee for stalling.#BC2# Johannes manages to break the clinch.
Johannes keeps the fight on the outside. Johannes feints the counter takedown. Perez tries to clinch there but Johannes circles away.
As Perez backs off Johannes throws a huge counter combo but Perez manages to avoid it all.#T4# Johannes dodges the punch combination from Perez.
Perez throws a right hand that Johannes ducks under and follows up with a left that Johannes also avoids with ease. Perez fails to land with a series of punches.
#CL2# The fight moves into the clinch position.#BC2# Johannes manages to break the clinch.
Johannes tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Perez swivels and escapes. Johannes fails with a takedown attempt from distance. Johannes rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Perez moves out of range and avoids them all easily. Manuel Perez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2# Johannes gets in close and instigates a clinch. This has been an exciting period of action!#BC2# Johannes escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
Perez misses with a series of wild punches.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Manuel Perez dominated that round. The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2# Some wild striking there from Johannes.
As Johannes tries to get set, Perez tries to push him back and clinch up but Johannes manages to avoid the attempt. Perez is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Johannes can do to turn this around? Johannes shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Perez sprawls well. Perez wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Johannes gets slowly back to his feet. Perez feinted with a counter takedown. Johannes tries to clinch up. No joy there for Perez, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Perez throws a right and a left that Johannes avoids nicely. Perez looks to land a left hand but Johannes moved out of range nicely. Perez tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Johannes paws at him with a jab and circles away. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Johannes shoots in and drives through. Perez sprawls well. Horrible takedown attempt by Johannes or perhaps it was just good defense by Perez, which made it look bad. Manuel Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johannes. Johannes dodges the punch combination from Perez.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.#T1# Perez misses with a double jab
enabling Johannes to counter with a crisp jab. Perez leaves Johannes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Nice takedown defense from Perez. No joy for Johannes on that attempt. Johannes darts in looking for a takedown but Perez gets double underhooks and turns Johannes into the cage. Perez scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction. Perez throws a series of punches but Johannes avoids them all with ease. #CL2# Perez tries to keep at a distance but Johannes has taken the fight into the clinch. Johannes scores with a knee to the head.
Perez stalling the fight.
#T2# Perez has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Johannes is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet. Johannes lands a shot to the body.#BC2# Johannes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. Johannes connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Perez's hands. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Johannes changes levels and looks for a double leg takedown. Perez tries to avoid it but Johannes manages to keep hold of a leg and drag Perez to the ground. Perez escapes though and pops straight back up to his feet. Perez misses with a jab, cross combination.
Johannes shoots in but Perez avoids the takedown attempt easily.#CL# Perez gets in close and instigates a clinch. Perez fails to pull the fight into his guard.
#TD2# Johannes has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Perez uses from the top position. #T3# The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily. Johannes trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage. Johannes manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Perez manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVB# Johannes pushes down on Perez's leg and manages to get into half guard. Perez tries to get to full guard but Johannes has control of the leg. Perez is working hard here to advance position. Johannes keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.#T4# Johannes throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man. Johannes is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen. Johannes trying to pass the guard but Perez defending well. Johannes performing his best blanket impression for a moment. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Johannes not landing any meaningful shots this time. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Manuel Perez will probably get the nod. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3##CL2# Johannes rushes Perez and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch. Johannes stalling.
Perez is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Johannes is defending well. Perez tries to pull guard but Johannes forces him back to his feet, against the cage. Perez is trying to break the clinch but Johannes is controlling him. Johannes looking for a takedown. Johannes changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Perez fights it off and pushes away nicely.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Johannes. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2# Johannes moves into the clinch successfully.
Both fighters are breathing heavily. Johannes wants to take the fight to the mat but Perez manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch. Manuel Perez has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of John Johannes. Perez tries to score a body lock takedown but Johannes shows good agility there to stay on his feet.#T1# Johannes is looking to take this one to the mat.#BC2# Johannes breaks the clinch.
Perez wants to clinch up but Johannes keeps it at a distance. Perez leaves Johannes with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt. Perez stuffs the takedown. Left hook, right uppercut from Perez. Johannes fails with a takedown attempt. Perez wants to clinch up but Johannes keeps it at a distance. Johannes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Johannes! But no joy.#CL2# Perez tries to keep at a distance but Johannes has taken the fight into the clinch.#T2##TD2# Johannes ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Johannes no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard. Perez has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Johannes throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land. #SUB2# Johannes working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Perez doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Perez manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Johannes utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound. Johannes managing to control the position. #T3# Perez is pushing down on Johannes's leg trying to pass to half guard. Johannes is fighting to maintain full guard but Perez has managed to sneak the leg through. Johannes flails away from the bottom but he's not doing any damage.
Johannes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Perez's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Perez's back! The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2# Johannes has his opponent's back and is working for the choke. #SUB2# Johannes has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Perez has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
#T4# Johannes throwing wild punches that miss their target. #SUB2# Johannes is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Perez is defending well though. Johannes let's go of the attempt for now. Perez wants to control his opponent's hands but Johannes gets his hands free. John Johannes has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Manuel Perez 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!#SUB2# Johannes looking for the choke from the back.
And that's the end of the fight! John Johannes comfortably won the final round on my scorecard. I think Perez has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29 Judge Ren Mimura scores the fight 29:28 Judge Yukihiro Shimada scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Manuel Perez! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jun 28, 2023 |
#R1# Jones avoids a punch combination nicely.
Jones moves in looking to clinch but Johannes pushes him off. Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johannes pinned against the cage. Johannes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Johannes is looking to counter the offense by Jones and move into the clinch.#TD# Johannes scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground. The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Johannes lands a nice short elbow. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Johannes content to control rather than advance. Johannes prevents Jones from improving his position.#T1# Johannes throwing shots but Jones is blocking nicely. Johannes thows a huge punch but Jones dodges it nicely.
#SU# Johannes decides to return to a standing position. Johannes shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Jones defends it nicely. Jones shoots in but no luck this time. Johannes shoots for a double leg takedown but Jones sprawls well. He's pushed Johannes's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily. #CL# Johannes clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage.#TD# Johannes pulls guard. Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Johannes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR# The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T2# Johannes throws a big elbow that misses. #SUB2# Jones is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. Jones trying to strike off his back.
Jones lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVB# Jones wants to get up but he can't break Johannes's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here. Johannes 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# Johannes 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.#T3# Well, if Johannes is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Johannes sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Jones defending well though. Johannes trying to control the pace. Johannes works his way into side control. #SUB# Johannes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #T4# The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight. Johannes just content to control the position. Jones tries to get back to half guard but can't.#SU# Johannes decides to take the fight back to the feet. Jones shoots in but Johannes avoids the takedown attempt easily. Mohammed Johannes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bender Jones. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#CL# Johannes forces Jones back against the cage and clinches. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed Johannes dominated that round. The cut man is working on Bender Jones's cut. The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!#R2##CL# Johannes clinches up against the cage. Jones tries to pull guard but Johannes holds him up against the cage and eventually Jones drops back down to his feet.
Jones is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Johannes to keep the fight standing. Jones fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Mohammed Johannes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Bender Jones. Johannes tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Jones avoids it. Jones stops a takedown attempt from Johannes.
Jones wants a takedown but no success here.
#TD# Johannes tightens his grip and picks Jones up, before dumping him to the ground. Jones manages to land in guard. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB# Johannes postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Jones is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Johannes, into his guard. #REVB# Jones trying to control but Johannes is working from the bottom. #T1##ES# Johannes has butterfly guard. He's looking to stand up here. He pushes Jones off him and springs to his feet nicely. The crowd applauds. Jones fails to land the takedown. Jones shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Johannes pinned against the cage. Johannes gets the underhooks and manages to circle away. Jones is breathing heavily.#CL# Johannes instigates a clinch. Johannes tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position. #T2# Johannes is trying to force a seperation but Jones has the dominant position. Johannes is clearly stalling here... Pick up the pace son.
Johannes is looking for a takedown up against the cage. Jones gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt. Johannes tries to break the clinch but Jones is controlling the position. Johannes tries for a takedown but Jones manages to get underhooks.
Jones tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Johannes's elbow. #TD# Johannes pulls Jones into guard.
Jones looking to sit in guard and control but Johannes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR# Johannes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#SU# Johannes gets to his feet. Jones looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son! #T3# Jones tries to clinch but Johannes is having none of it. A nice combination there by Jones.
#CUT2#It looks like Mohammed Johannes has been cut. Jones thows a body kick. Johannes tries to catch it but that hurt him. Jones looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Johannes is fending him off so far but Jones persists. Nope, Johannes circles away and we're back to standing. Johannes goes for a double leg but Jones avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Jones continues to drive forward. Jones is working for a takedown up against the cage. He can't get it on this occasion though. Jones looking to slow down the pace here.#TD# Johannes manages to pull guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. Johannes is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage. #SUB# Johannes looking for a guillotine here but Jones defends easily.
#T4# Johannes pulls Jones in to control the position. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Jones wants to pass the guard but Johannes is keeping the position. And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Mohammed Johannes dominated that second round. Both fighters have cut men working on them during the interval. The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!#R3# Jones shoots in but Johannes avoids the takedown attempt easily. Johannes looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Jones is fending him off so far but Johannes persists. Nope, Jones circles away and we're back to standing.#CL# Johannes moves into the clinch successfully.
#TD# Johannes has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Jones uses from the top position. #SUB# Johannes has his foot on Jones's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jones works his way back into a safe position though. Jones looking to pass the guard. Jones trying to control but Johannes is working from the bottom. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#T1# Jones in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time. #SUB# Johannes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Johannes tries to land a sweep but no joy. #REF3# The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity. Johannes shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Jones as he jumps to the side. #CL# Johannes clinches up with Jones and pushes him back against the cage. Johannes wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#BC# Johannes breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat. #T2# Jones misses with a jab, cross combination.
Jones wants to clinch up but Johannes keeps it at a distance. Mohammed Johannes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things. Johannes has a takedown stuffed. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mohammed Johannes. That's going to take a lot out of him. Johannes tries to close the distance and clinch but Jones swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away. Horrible takedown attempt by Jones or perhaps it was just good defense by Johannes, which made it look bad. #CL# Johannes drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
#TD2# Jones gets control of Johannes's arms and successfully pulls guard. Jones will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.#SU# Johannes stands and steps away. Jones gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game. Jones takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired. Jones fails with an attempt to clinch.
Johannes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Jones can do to turn this around?#T3# Jones is looking to clinch but Johannes is avoiding it.
#CL2# Jones darts in and clinches Johannes up against the cage. Johannes goes for a takedown attempt but Jones pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Johannes throws a half hearted mid kick. Johannes has a takedown stuffed. No luck with that takedown attempt from Jones. Johannes throws a low kick but Jones moves out of range easily. #TD# Johannes shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Johannes works his way into full mount! #T4# Johannes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Jones sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though. Mohammed Johannes overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far. Jones is looking for a sweep. Johannes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. The crowd thankful this round is nearly over. Johannes is taking a breather. Jones says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Bender Jones has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here! Mohammed Johannes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
And that's the end of the fight! Mohammed Johannes showed his dominance in that final round. Well I reckon that's a shut out for Johannes, 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 Micheangelo Fripello scores the fight 30:27 Judge Roger Salmon scores the fight 30:27 Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Mohammed Johannes! |
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