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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 01, 2020 |
#R1#
Horrible takedown attempt by Calub or perhaps it was just good defense by Draxler, which made it look bad.
Danga de danga de dang - Calub scores with a four punch combination!#CL#
Calub moves into the clinch.
Draxler prevents a takedown attempt there.
Calub softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Calub taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Draxler is trying to pull guard but Calub turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draxler is defending well against a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jose Carlos Calub. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Calub is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Draxler misses with an elbow strike.
Calub missing with knees to the body.
Draxler wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.#T1#
Draxler content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Draxler wants to break free but Calub has control.
Calub tries to break free but Draxler pushes him back against the cage.
Calub trying to land knees to the body.
Calub is defending well against a takedown attempt.
Calub blocks an uppercut.
Draxler gets underhooks to prevent Calub's takedown attempt.
#TD#
Calub pulls guard successfully.
Calub lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.#REVR#
Draxler looking to control.
Calub passes into half guard. #T2#
Draxler is looking to escape.
Draxler is looking for a sweep. Calub is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Calub wants to lay and pray for a moment but Draxler keeps working.
Draxler makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Draxler.
Draxler throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Calub working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Calub trying to control the position from guard on top but Draxler is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T3#
Calub trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Draxler wants to sweep here but Calub controlling him for the moment.
Draxler is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Draxler is looking to sweep but instead, Calub has passed into half guard.
Draxler gets back to full guard.
Draxler really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Calub. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Draxler wants to control the position but Calub says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard. #T4#
Draxler is trying to maintain the position but Calub is very close to passing his half guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Calub is keen to just control but Draxler is a slippery customer.#REF3#
The ref stands the fighters back up due to a lack of activity.#CL#
Calub closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Draxler wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Calub has him pressed against the cage.
Calub can't get the takedown.
#BC#
Calub breaks from the clinch.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Draxler keeps the fight on the outside.
Calub blocks a head kick by Draxler.
Draxler tries to clinch but Calub is having none of it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jose Carlos Calub dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
#R2#
Draxler is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Draxler slaps away a takedown attempt from Calub, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Draxler avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Draxler throws a fast counter high kick but Calub manages to duck under it in time.
Calub dives in for a single leg takedown but Draxler sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Draxler throws a sloppy head kick and Calub moves out of range easily.
Calub went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Draxler tries to work over Calub's front leg with a kick but Calub checks it.
Calub is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Calub dips down and scores with a jab to the body.#TD2#
Draxler closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Draxler prevents Calub from escaping the position.#T1#
Draxler is looking to take a break and control but Calub is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Calub is trying to control Draxler's posture but Draxler avoids it.
Calub is looking for a sweep.
Draxler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Calub keeps working.
Calub is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Draxler can do to turn this around?
Draxler advances to full mount. #T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Draxler postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Calub looks a forlorn figure.
Calub working to try and regain half guard.
Draxler connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Draxler wants to control the pace but Calub is squirming around nicely.
Draxler is looking to stand but Calub has his arms wrapped tightly around him, looking to prevent the damage.
Draxler wants to control the action but instead Calub gets a body lock and reverses into Draxler's guard! Nice work! #T3#
Calub passes Draxler's left leg - he's now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Draxler tries to get to full guard but Calub has control of the leg.
Calub stops Draxler from getting back to his feet.
Draxler tries to strike from the bottom but it doesn't land.
Draxler is looking for a sweep. Calub is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Calub takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Draxler scrambles, trying to get to his feet, but Calub manages to mount him!
Calub can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Draxler is looking to escape. #T4#
Draxler is wriggling around trying to escape.
Draxler manages to regain half guard. Good work. #SUB2#
Draxler looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Draxler tries to roll over but Calub keeps him under control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
A close second round but Vlad Draxler will probably get the nod - 10:9.
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. And we move into the final round!
#R3##TD2#
Draxler closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Calub to the mat! Calub manages to get full guard.
Calub is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Draxler looking to sit in guard and control but Calub gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Draxler not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Draxler keeping moving, preventing Calub from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Draxler wants to stand up but Calub is controlling him.
Calub trying to control but Draxler is working from the bottom. #T1##SUB2#
Draxler looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Calub advances position into side control!
Calub gets to mount! Draxler was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly.
Calub tries to control but Draxler wriggling away. #T2#
Draxler is trying to escape the mount.
Draxler is squirming around, avoiding Calub's attempts to control the action.
Calub manages to capitalize on a mistake by Draxler to take his back!
Jose Carlos Calub overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Draxler wants to get back to his feet.
Draxler is in bad spot here.
#T3#
Calub misses with punches from the back.
Draxler trying to control the hands but Calub won't let him.
Draxler breaks Calub's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Calub wants to sweep but no luck.
Calub working a defensive guard here.
Draxler wanted to stand there but Calub had control of the position.
Draxler's corner is telling him to maintain position.#T4#
Draxler's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Draxler tries to stand but Calub is controlling from the bottom.
Draxler wants to control from the top but Calub keeps moving.
Calub 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#
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Calub is keen to just control but Draxler is a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jose Carlos Calub showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Calub has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 29:28
Judge Shirou Masuda scores the fight 29:28
Judge Hirohito Nitta scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jose Carlos Calub!
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