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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Dec 31, 2022 |
#R1##TD#
Solomon closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Ze trying to control but Solomon postures up.
Solomon lands strikes from half guard.
Solomon lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Solomon passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Ze !
Ze tries to reverse the position but Solomon maintains control.
Ze is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ze is desperately trying to improve his position but Solomon has a good base and remains in mount.
Solomon lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Ze is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Solomon lands with some strikes.#T1#
Ze tries to lock up and control but Solomon gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.#SUB#
Solomon is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Ze is surviving well by controlling Solomon's body position as best he can.
Solomon lands a heavy elbow.
Ze tries to lock up and control but Solomon gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Solomon dominating with strikes here.#SUB#
Solomon working for a guillotine from mount but Ze is in no mood to give up. #SUB#
Solomon jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Ze manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Ze is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.#SUB#
Solomon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Solomon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought! #SUB#
Solomon is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Ze knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Solomon 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.#T2#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Solomon lands a few punches from side control.#SUB#
Solomon tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though. #SUB#
Solomon tries for a kimura but Ze is defending well.
Ze is trying to control Solomon's posture but Solomon avoids it.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ze is trying to improve his position.#T3#
Solomon looks up at the clock and then as Ze takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Solomon smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Solomon scores with punches from side control.
Ze really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Solomon. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.#SUB#
Solomon tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Solomon has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Ze is trying to control Solomon's posture but Solomon avoids it. #SUB#
Solomon has an Americana. Ze didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Solomon is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Solomon hooks up with any of them at the after show party.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:49 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Wojciech Solomon! |
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Apr 18, 2020 |
#R1#
Romero lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Dos Santos really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Romero tries to clinch up.
Dos Santos tries to counter with a takedown but Romero is quick to defend against it.
Dos Santos stuffs the takedown attempt from Romero. Romero gets slowly back to his feet.
Dos Santos appears to be looking for a counter takedown.#CL#
Dos Santos closes the distance and pushes Romero back into the cage.#TD#
Dos Santos tightens his grip and picks Romero up, before dumping him to the ground. Romero manages to land in guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Dos Santos's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Dos Santos is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
Dos Santos pushing down on Romero's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Ground and pound from Dos Santos.
Romero has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Dos Santos is working away from the top position though.
Romero is looking to get back to full guard here but Dos Santos has managed to pass to side control instead.#T1##SUB#
Dos Santos in side control, working for a kimura. He's got hold of an arm and he's torquing it... Romero is tapping! That's the end of the fight!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Darren Dos Santos!
Darren Dos Santos bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Feb 20, 2018 |
#R1##CL2#
Klein clinches.
Klein drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Klein changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Rios fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Rios avoids a kick to the body.
Klein keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rios.
Klein fails to land with a series of punches.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A jab from Rios misses.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Klein.
Shawn Rios has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Troy Klein.
Klein tries to clinch up
and Rios counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work. #T1##CL2#
Klein gets a clinch.
Rios is pressed up against the cage. Klein has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Rios down to the mat. Rios avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Rios tests Klein's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Rios digs a good body shot into Klein's ribs.
Klein tries to clinch but fails miserably
enabling Rios to counter with a crisp jab. #CL2#
Rios gets tackled into the cage by Klein. Klein maintains the clinch.
Klein leaning against his opponent.
#T2#
Rios is trying to stall.
Klein tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Rios just stands there and leans against the cage.
Klein is trying to pull guard but Rios has him pressed against the cage.
Kneeeeees! The crowd are calling for knees to the body. Klein obliges.
Klein tries to score a body lock takedown but Rios shows good agility there to stay on his feet.#BC2#
Klein breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Klein staying out of range there.
Rios lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Rios misses the body punch #CL2#
and Klein holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. #T3#
Klein jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Rios walks away with a smile on his face. Klein gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Rios thuds a left hand into Klein's body.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Klein is defended easily by Rios.
It looked like Rios wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
A telegraphed right hand from Rios misses the target.
Klein throws a front kick aimed at Rios's knee but Rios avoids it well.
Shawn Rios is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Rios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klein was well out of range. Poor timing from Rios.
Rios tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Klein was well out of range. Poor timing from Rios.#T4#
Rios throws a shot from downtown. Klein moves away and avoids it.
Rios lands with a straight right. Klein didn't see that one coming.
Klein fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Rios avoids it really well and circles away.#CL2#
Klein moves into the clinch successfully.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Klein misses with a punch to the body.
Rios wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shawn Rios dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
#R2#
Klein takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #CL2#
Klein has taken the fight to the clinch.
#BC2#
Klein breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
A shot to the body from Rios misses #CL2#
and Klein counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Rios is trying to break free.#BC2#
Klein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Klein tries to close the distance and clinch but Rios swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Rios half commits to a counter takedown before pushing away, out of range.
Shawn Rios is winning the standup battle so far.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#CL2#
Klein gets a clinch. #TD2#
Klein pulls Rios into guard.
#ES2#
Klein manages to wriggle out and sneak his way back up to his feet, so the fighters are now clinched up against the cage.#T1##BC2#
Klein breaks from the clinch.
#CL2#
Klein moves into the clinch.
A battle for position here, against the cage.#BC2#
Klein pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Klein tries to clinch but Rios is having none of it.
Rios swats away the attempt to clinch by Klein.
Rios throws an off balance right hand
and Klein counters with a nice body kick.
Klein misses with a series of wild punches.
#T2#
Klein uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Rios.#CL2#
Klein has Rios up against the cage in a clinch.
Rios is trying to push Klein away but Klein has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Klein keeps control of Rios as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Klein is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Rios is defending well for now.
Both guys are working to get underhooks.
Rios is trying to break free.#T3##TD2#
Klein pulls guard successfully.
Rios looking to sit in guard and control but Klein gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB##SUB2#
Klein drops back looking for a leg! Rios is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rios manages to kick Klein off! Klein jumps back into Rios's guard.
Rios can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Klein controls the pace.
Klein throwing strikes from guard but Rios blocks nicely. #T4##SUB2#
Klein drops back looking for a leg! Rios is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Rios manages to kick Klein off! Klein jumps back into Rios's guard.
Klein controlling from the top position.
Klein prevents Rios from getting back to his feet.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Troy Klein showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!
#R3#
Rios misses with a hook.#CL2#
Klein rushes Rios and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.#TD2#
Klein jumps guard and drags Rios to the mat. He's obviously going to be looking for submissions off his back. #SU#
Rios stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Klein avoids the body shot from Rios.
Troy Klein is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Rios bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.#CL2#
Klein gets a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#TD2#
Klein manages to pull guard.
Klein has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Klein pulls Rios in close to prevent any damage. #T1#
Rios trying to control the position from guard on top but Klein is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #ES2#
Klein pushes Rios off and gets back to his feet.
Rios throws a body punch but Klein moves out of range.
Klein throws out a counter right but Rios avoids it with no problem.#CL2#
Klein fakes with an overhand right and moves in to clinch with Rios, pushing him back against the cage.
Klein creates a bit of distance and throws an elbow that only just misses.
Rios wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Klein has him pressed against the cage.#T2##TD2#
Klein jumps into guard, dragging Rios to the mat.
#ES2#
Klein uses the cage to get back to his feet.
Rios throws a jab when Klein was well out of range.
Klein avoids the body shot from Rios.
#CL2#
Klein clinches with his opponent.
Klein prevents Rios from breaking the clinch.
Klein is trying to pull guard but Rios turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
The referee is keeping an eye on Klein - much more stalling and he will separate the fighters.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!#TD2#
Klein successfully pulls guard.
#T3#
Rios looking to sit in guard and control but Klein gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVB#
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Klein 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.
Rios wants to get back to his feet but Klein is in a dominant position and won't allow it. #T4#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Klein 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.
Klein trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Rios wants to stand but Klein is controlling the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Klein slips effortlessly into side control - very nice.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Klein trying to control the action but Rios is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Troy Klein comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
I think Klein has won this one but let's see whether the judges agree with me. 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 Saam Ante scores the fight 28:29
Judge Patrick Alders scores the fight 28:29
Judge Aafke Stam scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Troy Klein!
A very excited looking Troy Klein rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed.
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