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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
VTFC: Proving Grounds 4
Date: Jun 29, 2016 |
#R1#
Heartoway misses with a kick to the body #TD2#
so New counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Heartoway controls New momentarily but New frees himself.
New won't allow Heartoway to get back to his feet.
New throwing strikes but missing.
New lands a nice shot whilst sitting in his opponent's guard.
Heartoway wants to get back to his feet but New is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Heartoway is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
New postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heartoway wants to stand but New is controlling the position.
Heartoway working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from New.
Heartoway preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage. #T1#
New is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
My spies in The Foundry inform me that New has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Heartoway bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in New's guard. #REVR#
New is pulling down on Heartoway's head to control his posture.
Heartoway knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for New on the ground.
New looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Heartoway wants to control from the top but New keeps moving.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now New is on top in guard.
#REVB#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB2#
New thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
New is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #T2#
Heartoway is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst New is controlling him.
Heartoway keeping moving, preventing New from controlling successfully.
New postures up and scores with a shot to the body and a follow up elbow to the head.
New controls from within his opponent's guard.
New landing some decent shots from guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
New slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
New content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots. #T3#
Heartoway wants to stand up but New is controlling him.
New slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
New working some strikes from top position.
New connects with a couple of short punches.
Heartoway not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
New slips nicely into half guard.
Heartoway wants to get back to his feet.
New winds up and cracks Heartoway with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Heartoway is looking for a sweep. New is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.#T4#
New landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
New drops an elbow to the side of Heartoway's head.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with New in particular looking to stall.
New is nestled in close to Heartoway, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
New drops an elbow to the side of Heartoway's head.
New controlling the action here.
New slips a nice elbow through Heartoway's hands, connecting with Heartoway's forehead.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
New controlling the action here.
Heartoway tries to kick New off but New keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy New dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.
#R2#
Heartoway scores with a spinning back kick!
Maple Heartoway seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
New fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! New crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Heartoway - the referee stops the clock and New gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Heartoway. New manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
New fails to land the takedown.
New just manages to avoid a counter high kick fromHeartoway.
Heartoway fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Heartoway. New shrugs it off though.
Heartoway lands a leg kick that knocks New off balance momentarily.
Heartoway scores with a nice head shot.#CUT#
It looks like Tommy New has been cut.
New on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A thudding body kick lands there by Heartoway!
New is breathing heavily.
Heartoway lands with a nice body kick.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Heartoway scores with a nice head shot.
New steps to his left, right into the path of a big body kick from Heartoway. That one must have hurt.#T1#
Heartoway pushes New away with a front kick.
Heartoway scores with a head kick. New tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Heartoway throws a nice outside leg kick.
Heartoway and New are patiently standing in front of each other looking for an opening. Heartoway throws a head kick. It's landed, knocking New into next week! Ooooh that was huge! Heartoway knows it - he's on the cage flexing is biceps. That's a bit weird considering he won by kick but whatever.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:22 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Head Kick). Maple Heartoway!
A victorious Maple Heartoway thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.
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Event:
VTFC: Proving Grounds 3
Date: May 31, 2016 |
#R1#
Laraque fails to land with a series of punches.
New misses with a takedown attempt
and Laraque counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Laraque jabs at New's body.
Laraque lands with a straight right. New didn't see that one coming.#CUT2#
It looks like Tommy New has been cut.
New takes a swing at Laraque's ribcage but misses.
Laraque lands with a nice body punch.
Laraque stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
New fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from Laraque.
New tries to counter with a takedown but Laraque is quick to defend against it.
Laraque pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.#KD2#
Oooooh!!! Laraque has knocked New down with a huge combo! Laraque steps away and waves a wobbly New back to his feet! This one might not go much longer!#ROC2#
New is rocked!
New 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.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Laraque cracks New with a brutal left hook that knocks him out cold! This one is over in a flash! Game over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of KO (Punch). Georges Laraque!
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Mar 08, 2016 |
#R1#
Heartoway throws a head kick but New moves out of range.
#TD#
New drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
New controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
New postures up in Heartoway's guard and throws a big left but Heartoway blocks it.
New pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Heartoway is keeping the position for now.
New scoring with some ground and pound.
New postures up in Heartoway's guard and throws a big left but Heartoway blocks it.
Heartoway is trying to control the position but New postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
New throwing strikes from guard but Heartoway blocks nicely.
New works over Heartoway with some ground and pound from guard.
Heartoway looking to hit a scissor sweep but New is one step ahead there.
New trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #T1#
Heartoway working a defensive guard here.
New scores with a decent looking elbow strike.
New works over Heartoway with some ground and pound from guard.
Heartoway is controlling New's posture.
New landing with the ground and pound.
New throws a big elbow that misses.
New controls from within his opponent's guard.
Heartoway wants to stand and escape but New is having none of it.
New is stalling in the full guard. #T2#
New trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
Heartoway keeping moving, preventing New from controlling successfully.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Heartoway can do anything to dispel that myth.
New throwing strikes from guard but Heartoway blocks nicely.
New seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
New throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
New trying to land body shots but he keeps hitting the mat.
New postures up.
#REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
New slips under a jab from Heartoway.
Heartoway displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from New. #T3#
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Heartoway is defended easily by New.
A low kick from New misses
and Heartoway counters with a solid body kick. #TD2#
Heartoway shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches New napping and manages to drive through into side control!
New can't do much from the bottom here.
New is breathing heavily.
Heartoway creates some space and throws a big elbow, but New sees it coming and moves his head just enough to avoid the strike.
New gets back to half guard.
New moves into full guard.
#T4#
There's a bit of a scramble here and now New is on top in guard.
#REVR#
Hammerfist, elbow! yells New's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
New stands up over Heartoway, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
New prevents Heartoway from getting back to his feet.
New lands a couple of elbows.
New lands a couple of digs.
New with a nice head shot there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
New sitting in guard here, content to control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Heartoway pulls New in to control the position.
Heartoway wants to stand but New is controlling the position.
New won't allow Heartoway to sweep him here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Tommy New dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2##TD#
New decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
New is thwarting Heartoway's attempts to control the position.
Still in half guard, New seems content to control.
New is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
New lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt. #SUB#
New is working for a kimura but Heartoway is defending it quite comfortably.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Heartoway is trying to defend against the ground and pound but New scores with a couple of nice shots.
New is nestled in close to Heartoway, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.#T1#
New winds up and cracks Heartoway with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
New lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears. #SUB#
New is looking for a kimura but Heartoway is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for New to get the leverage.
Heartoway taking some punishment here, with New in his half guard.
Tommy New overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
New is keen to just control but Heartoway is a slippery customer.
New is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Heartoway can do to turn this around?
New seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
New lands strikes from half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
New is keen to just control but Heartoway is a slippery customer.
New lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
New content to control rather than advance. #T2#
New moves into full mount! Heartoway won't be happy about that!
Heartoway squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
New pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
New dominating with strikes here.
New drops a big elbow. That's hurt Heartoway! More shots from New and the ref steps in! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Tommy New!
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