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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 30, 2024 |
#R1# Goyal will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts. Goyal dives in and grabs Sadulaev's left leg, looking for a takedown. Sadulaev pushes down on Goyal's head and hops out.#TD# Sadulaev dives in and scores a takedown into Goyal's guard. Sadulaev slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Sadulaev with a flurry of punches that miss. Sadulaev might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground. Goyal manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Sadulaev manages to get himself to full guard.
#REVB# Goyal wants to control from the top but Sadulaev keeps moving. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB# Sadulaev is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Goyal is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two. Goyal trying to control but Sadulaev is working from the bottom. Goyal wants to stand and escape but instead Sadulaev has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard. #REVR##T1# Sadulaev trying to control but Goyal is working from the bottom. Sadulaev sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Goyal's guard. Sadulaev content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. Sadulaev'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. Sadulaev seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. Goyal is looking for a sweep. Sadulaev is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T2# The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so. Sadulaev missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. Sadulaev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Sadulaev seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Goyal does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. Goyal wants to get back to full guard. Sadulaev is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound. Sadulaev keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Sadulaev 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. Sadulaev is pressing down on Goyal's thigh, looking to free his foot. Goyal is holding on for now. Sadulaev working over Goyal with some ground and pound. Goyal looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.#SUB2# Goyal looking for submissions from an awkward position here. Sadulaev passes to side control. Goyal is looking to reverse the position.#T3# Goyal takes an elbow right on the bridge of the nose and winces in pain.
#SUB# Sadulaev is trying to get an arm triangle but Goyal is defending well. Sadulaev works a knee to the body and follows up with a nice elbow to the head. Sadulaev cracks Goyal with an elbow. That is naaassty. Sadulaev lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face. #SUB# Sadulaev tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sadulaev has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! Sadulaev moves into full mount! Sadulaev breaks from Goyal's wrist control and lands an elbow. #T4# Sadulaev raining down hammerfists from mount.#CUT#It looks like Govind Goyal has been cut. Sadulaev lands a big elbow. Sadulaev postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Goyal looks a forlorn figure.
#ROC#Goyal is rocked! Goyal looks winded! Sadulaev working Goyal over with strikes here. Goyal is still in real trouble! Can Sadulaev finish him?#CUT#The cut above Govind Goyal's eye is starting to cause him problems now. Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd. Sadulaev postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Goyal out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Sadulaev goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Abdulrashid Sadulaev! |
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