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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Feb 20, 2025 |
#R1# Shelton lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Meyer backs up against the cage.
A big right from Meyer misses. #TD# Shelton shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat. Shelton is standing up over Meyer. Meyer looks to escape but Shelton dives into side control.
#REVB# Meyer pushes Shelton away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Shelton gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.#SU# Shelton decides to stand back up. Shelton steps back and let's Meyer get back to his feet. A combination from Shelton does no damage. A little jabbing left from Meyer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target. Shelton darts in looking for a takedown but Meyer gets double underhooks and turns Shelton into the cage. #BC# Shelton's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Meyer swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Shelton takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Shelton fails with an attempt to clinch.
A little jabbing left from Meyer on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.#CL# Shelton clinches up with Meyer and pushes him back against the cage. Meyer misses with an elbow strike.
Shelton takes an elbow to the forehead. Shelton dodges an elbow strike from Meyer.
#T1# Shelton misses with some punches.
Meyer lands an elbow inside. Meyer throws an elbow but it's blocked.
With the fighters up against the cage, Meyer throws an elbow but misses. #BC# Shelton breaks the clinch.
Shelton gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Meyer. Shelton dives in and grabs Meyer's left leg, looking for a takedown. Meyer pushes down on Shelton's head and hops out.#TD# Meyer gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Shelton stops Meyer from standing up. #SU# Meyer is working an open guard so Shelton takes the opportunity to get back to his feet. Sloppy strikes from Shelton. Those never looked like landing. Shelton shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Meyer sprawls well. Meyer wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Shelton gets slowly back to his feet. That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Milton Shelton. That's going to take a lot out of him. A jab from Meyer does it's job there.#T2# Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!#TD# Shelton looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Shelton stops Meyer from getting back to his feet.
Shelton could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely. Meyer tries to push off, looking to stand up, but Shelton manages to move to mount!
Meyer wants to use the cage to get back to his feet here.
#SU# Shelton get's back to his feet. A jab from Meyer finds it's way through Shelton's defenses. Meyer lands with a right hand. #T3# Meyer dodges the punch combination from Shelton.
Nice uppercut lands for Meyer. That snapped Shelton's head back.
Milton Shelton seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout. Shelton shoots in for a double leg but Meyer sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy. Meyer scores with a jab. Shelton tries to clinch but Meyer moves out of range. Lucas Meyer is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs. Meyer swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shelton. Shelton misses with a takedown attempt - Meyer sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses. Shelton is breathing heavily. Shelton shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Meyer eats them both and turns towards Shelton to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo. Shelton tries for a takedown but Meyer circles away easily and Meyer counters with a right hand to the body. #T4# Shelton shoots in and drives through. Meyer sprawls well. Shelton takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor. This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff! Shelton takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Meyer looks to score with a combo but nothing lands. Meyer lands a jab to the nose. Meyer listening to his corner there, landing a nice uppercut.#ROC2#Shelton is rocked! Meyer lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head. Oh Shelton is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!! Some wild striking there from Shelton.
A countering left hand to the body from Meyer misses. Meyer lands a slapping body shot.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Lucas Meyer dominated that round. That's time! Back to the action!#R2# Meyer cracks Shelton with an open hand slap. Shelton takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. Meyer has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#TD# Shelton closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Meyer's guard. Meyer is looking to stand back up but Shelton counters by passing into half guard. Oops... bit sloppy there by Meyer. Meyer is trying to stand up here but Shelton is controlling him well. Shelton seems to have got his legs back now.#ES2# Meyer makes some distance and scrambles quickly back to his feet. Nice work! Shelton closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so. Meyer lands with an uppercut that bounces Shelton off the cage and back into range. We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out! Meyer tests Shelton's chin there with a solid looking shot. Meyer scores with the left hand. Shelton knows he should have avoided that one. Shelton has his head snapped back a nice jab. A little nod from Shelton there as he acknowledges the shot. Shelton throws a shot from downtown. Meyer moves away and avoids it.#KD2# Meyer cracks Shelton with a big right hand that sends him crashing to the floor. Meyer has the opportunity to follow him to the ground but instead he's beckoning Shelton to stand back up! Shelton looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.#T1# Meyer lands an uppercut out of nowhere! Shelton falls backwards - clearly groggy! Meyer dives in and finishes the fight with more strikes for a TKO finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:10 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Lucas Meyer! A very excited looking Lucas Meyer made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. The defeated Milton Shelton had this to say: 'I was a mighty little man.'. |
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