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Event:
StrikeForce Union #26
Date: Sep 18, 2016 |
#R1#
Salazar avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Aymara wants to clinch but Salazar slips to the side#TD#
and Salazar counters with a nice shoot takedown that brings the fighters to the ground.
Aymara preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Aymara can do anything to dispel that myth.
Salazar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Salazar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Salazar trying to control but Aymara is working from the bottom.
Salazar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Aymara works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Salazar postures up and lands a big shot to Aymara's brow.
Salazar lands a couple of digs.
Salazar throws a big right hand that misses.
Salazar trying to control the position from guard on top but Aymara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salazar landing with the ground and pound.
Salazar is working Aymara over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes. #T1#
Salazar stands up over Aymara, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
Salazar scoring with punches to the head and body.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Aymara keeping moving, preventing Salazar from controlling successfully.
Salazar content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Salazar with a nice head shot there.
Salazar trying to control the position from guard on top but Aymara is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salazar advances to half guard.
Salazar works his foot free and advances to mount.
Salazar pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Aymara looks winded!
Salazar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aymara is looking to escape.
Salazar with good strikes from the mount here!
Salazar fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
#T2#
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Salazar breaks from Aymara's wrist control and lands an elbow. #ROC#
Aymara is rocked!
Salazar postures up and throws a massive shot that knocks Aymara out cold! Two more strikes to his unconscious opponent for good luck and this one is all over! Salazar goes absolutely crazy with his corner! Wow, you can see how much that win means to him!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Juan Salazar!
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Event:
StrikeForce Union #18
Date: Jul 23, 2016 |
#R1#
Salazar walks into a jab.#CL2#
Funnie gets a clinch.
Funnie presses Salazar against the cage and delivers a mid-strength body shot.
A short uppercut from Funnie.
Funnie lands with a light punch inside.
Funnie fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
#TD#
Salazar is trying to trip Funnie. He has hold of a leg but Funnie is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Salazar persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Funnie is pulling down on Salazar's head. It's preventing any offense from Salazar, at least for the moment.
Funnie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Funnie wants to stand but Salazar is controlling the position.
Salazar throwing elbows and punches but not connecting, as Funnie works some decent striking defense from the bottom.
Salazar throwing strikes from guard but Funnie blocks nicely.
Salazar is fighting to break Funnie's control of his arms but Funnie is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Salazar loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry. #T1#
Salazar throwing strikes from guard but Funnie blocks nicely.
Salazar trying to control the position from guard on top but Funnie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salazar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Salazar looking to pass the guard.
Salazar is fighting to break Funnie's control of his arms but Funnie is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Funnie preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Salazar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Salazar throws a big elbow that misses.
Salazar throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Salazar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Salazar distracts Funnie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.#T2#
Salazar postures up in Funnie's guard and throws a big left but Funnie blocks it.
A big thud reverberates around the arena there as Salazar accidentally thumps the mat. Hopefully he's not broken his hand.
Funnie pulls Salazar in close to prevent any damage.
Salazar has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Salazar distracts Funnie with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Funnie pulls Salazar in close to prevent any damage.
Salazar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Funnie pulls Salazar in close to prevent any damage.
Salazar with a nice head shot there.
Salazar wants to control from the top but Funnie keeps moving.
Salazar lands a couple of elbows.
Salazar throwing strikes from guard but Funnie blocks nicely. #T3#
Salazar trying to control the position from guard on top but Funnie is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Salazar scoring with some ground and pound.
Salazar in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Salazar postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Salazar is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact. #ES2#
Funnie has his feet on Salazar's hips. He pushes off and gets to his feet. Nice work.
Funnie scores with a nice body kick.
Nice takedown defense from Funnie. No joy for Salazar on that attempt.
Funnie throws a head kick that misses #TD#
and Salazar counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Salazar. #ES2#
Funnie uses the cage to get back to his feet.
#T4#
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Salazar closes the distance and clinches up with Funnie, looking for a takedown. Salazar pushes Funnie against the cage but Funnie circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Funnie lands a head kick!
#CUT2#
It looks like Juan Salazar has been cut.
Doug Funnie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Salazar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Funnie feints a counter leg kick.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Salazar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Funnie lands an overhand right.
Funnie lands with an uppercut that bounces Salazar off the cage and back into range.
Salazar looks for a takedown but Funnie sprawls well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Doug Funnie dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Juan Salazar's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
#R2#
Funnie looking to land some kicks to the body here.
Salazar takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Salazar dives in for a single leg takedown but Funnie sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Both fighters are looking to counter, which isn't making for the most exciting fight in the world.
Funnie misses with an uppercut. Salazar saw that one coming.
Salazar defending well as Funnie loads up on a big left hand.
Funnie uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Funnie has Salazar up against the cage in a clinch.
Funnie works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
#T1#
Salazar throws a head punch that misses.
Funnie misses with the head strike.
Funnie lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.
Funnie lands a body punch.
Funnie misses with the head strike.
Funnie lands a hook that snaps the head of Salazar backwards.
Funnie tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A left hand lands to the body for Funnie.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Funnie lands a left hand.
Salazar drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Funnie lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Salazar or not.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Funnie.
Funnie is leaning against Salazar and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
Funnie softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.#ROC2#
Salazar is rocked!
Funnie misses with some punches.
A right hand to the body from Funnie.
Doug Funnie seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Funnie makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Oh Salazar is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Salazar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Funnie working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Funnie.
Funnie throws a head punch that misses.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Funnie.
Funnie throws a punch but it's blocked by Salazar. #T2#
Funnie swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Funnie throws a punch but it's blocked by Salazar.
Funnie swings wildly with an uppercut but Salazar uses good head movement to avoid it.
Funnie misses with a punch on the inside.
Salazar blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Funnie misses with a short punch on the inside.
Funnie throws a punch but it's blocked by Salazar.
Funnie throws a punch but it's blocked by Salazar.
Salazar goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Salazar blocking some punches.
Salazar fails to pull the fight into his guard.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Juan Salazar. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Salazar blocks a punch to the side of the head.
Funnie misses with a punch on the inside.
Salazar seems to have got his legs back now.
Funnie throws a blind hook that connects with the side of Salazars head.
Funnie lands with a left to the head.
Salazar tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Funnie lands a body punch.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Funnie.
Funnie pushes Salazar against the cage. Funnie is working some dirty boxing. Funnie pushes off with a quick right hook! Salazar goes down! Salazar tries to stand but stumbles back to his kness! Funnie moves in to finish and the ref steps in to prevent any more damage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:42 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Doug Funnie!
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Event:
StrikeForce Union #14
Date: Jun 25, 2016 |
#R1#
Hitchcock pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Salazar half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.#CL#
Salazar has managed to clinch.
Salazar prevents a body shot from Hitchcock. #TD#
Salazar has hold of one of Hitchcock's legs. Hitchcock is fighting the takedown attempt but Salazar gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Salazar landing with the ground and pound.
Salazar missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Salazar wants to control from the top but Hitchcock keeps moving.
Salazar working some strikes from top position.
Hitchcock has momentary wrist control but Salazar slips an elbow through the middle.
Salazar chips away with some ground and pound.
Hitchcock avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Salazar postures up and lands some nice ground and pound. #ROC#
Hitchcock is rocked!
Salazar stands up over Hitchcock, holding on to his feet. Salazar throws the legs to one side and dives in with a huge shot that lands flush on the chin! Hitchcock is out cold! Salazar lands a couple more shots and the ref tackles him out of the way! What a brutal finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Juan Salazar!
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Event:
StrikeForce Union #11
Date: May 14, 2016 |
#R1##TD2#
Salazar looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Hitchcock!
Hitchcock is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
Salazar trying to control the action but Hitchcock is working from the bottom.
Salazar lands some shots froms side control.
Salazar cracks Hitchcock with a big elbow.
Salazar landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Salazar cracks Hitchcock with a big right hand but Hitchcock just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
#ROC2#
Hitchcock is rocked!
Salazar cracks Hitchcock with a big elbow. Oh, he's hurt! Salazar immediately mounts and start dropping bombs! Hitchcock is done! The referee jumps in and saves him from any more punishment - a quick and decisive finish by Salazar!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Salazar!
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Event:
StrikeForce Union #9
Date: Apr 16, 2016 |
#R1#
Salazar leaves Hernandez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.#TD2#
Salazar closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Salazar lands in his opponent's guard.
Hernandez is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Salazar is controlling him.
Salazar is in close to Hernandez's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Salazar working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound. #SUB#
Hernandez has his foot on Salazar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Salazar works his way back into a safe position though.
Salazar with a nice head shot there.
Salazar scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
Salazar advances position into side control!
Salazar is putting a hurting on Hernandez here, landing some big shots from side control.
Salazar in side control here. He's dropped a big elbow there and Hernandez looks hurt! Oh, he is hurt! Salazar turns on the heat and pounds him out for a TKO victory! Good killer instinct there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Juan Salazar!
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