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Event:
QFC Tournament 949 Round 3
Date: Jan 22, 2020 |
#R1#
Wonder fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Pyke slips a jab from Wonder.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder is having none of it.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it. #CUT2#
It looks like Balon Pyke has been cut.
Pyke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Wonder doesn't fully commit to the body shot counter.
Pyke tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Wonder misses with an uppercut.
Wonder takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Wonder throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke moves away from the strike by Wonder.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pyke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wonder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt
and Wonder counters with a nice uppercut. #T1#
A swing and a miss from Wonder.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
Pyke darts in trying to clinch#KD2#
and Wonder counters with a crisp right hand that drops Pyke! Wonder lets Pyke back up to his feet, looking for a finish!#ROC2#
Pyke is rocked!
Wonder ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Pyke moves away.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Wonder looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wonder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Wonder throws out a counter right but Pyke avoids it with no problem.
Pyke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pyke fails with an attempt to clinch.
A looping hook to the body misses from Pyke. Wonder does a little dance to reset his feet.
Wonder walks into a left hand.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Wonder keeps the fight on the outside.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.
#T2#
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke wants to clinch.
Wonder connects with the punch.
Wonder connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.
Pyke is looking to clinch but Wonder is avoiding it.
Wonder throws a jab when Pyke was well out of range.
A counter left hand to the body from Pyke misses its target.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder moves out of range.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder moves away
and Wonder counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Oh Pyke is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!#CUT2#
Balon Pyke's cut is getting worse.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
Pyke seems to have got his legs back now.
Pyke avoids the body shot from Wonder.
A quick step to the side and Pyke tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Wonder misses with a hook. Pyke ducked under it nicely. #T3#
Pyke is looking to clinch but Wonder is avoiding it.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Wonder looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Pyke fails with an attempt to clinch.
Pyke is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Pyke lands with a nice body punch.
Pyke slips under a jab from Wonder.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch but Wonder swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder is having none of it.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wonder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A little jabbing left from Wonder on the counter but it doesn't find it's target.
Pyke scores with a hook to the body. Wonder takes a step back and tries to catch his breath.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Wonder throws a good cross that connects.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke wants to clinch up but Wonder keeps it at a distance.
Balon Pyke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#T4#
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Pyke tries to clinch there but Wonder circles away.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wonder throws out a counter right but Pyke avoids it with no problem.
Pyke fails in his attempt to clinch.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
A countering left hand to the body from Wonder misses.
A big left from Wonder misses.
A big right from Pyke misses.
Wonder throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Wonder defending well as Pyke loads up on a big left hand.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Wonder misses with a body shot.
Wonder lands a nice hook to Pyke's body. Pyke takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Wonder swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Pyke tries to clinch there but Wonder circles away.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Pyke is looking to clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
One Wonder dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Balon Pyke's cut.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action.
#R2#
Pyke tries to clinch up.
Wonder avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Pyke tries to clinch up but Wonder circles away and keeps his distance.
Wonder swats away the attempt to clinch by Pyke.
Wonder throws a hook but Pyke blocks it.
Pyke tries to clinch up.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Wonder! But no joy.
Wonder lunges at Pyke with a hook that half lands and is half blocked by Pyke's hand.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.
Pyke moves in looking to clinch but Wonder pushes him off.
Wonder misses with a body shot.
Wonder is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Pyke.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Good standup being displayed there by Wonder as he connects with a hook.
This entire fight has taken place on the feet so far and you wonder whether Pyke might be better served trying to take this one to the ground because he's losing the standup battle so far.
Wonder keeps the fight on the outside.
Pyke moves in looking to clinch but Wonder pushes him off.
Pyke tries to clinch but Wonder moves away
and Pyke takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Pyke doesn't manage to clinch there - Wonder circles away.
Pyke tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Wonder manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.#T1#
The fighters circling - Wonder throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up but Wonder swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Pyke tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Wonder was well out of range. Poor timing from Pyke.#KD2#
Wonder lands a big uppercut and Pyke crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Pyke looks OK. Wonder waves Pyke back to his feet!#CUT2#
Balon Pyke's cut is bleeding quite badly. He's got to try and protect it.
Wonder throws a shot from downtown. Pyke moves away and avoids it.
Wonder has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Wonder circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wonder throws out a counter right but Pyke avoids it with no problem.
Pyke tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Wonder paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Pyke closes the distance looking to clinch
and Wonder scores with a counter punch that sends Pyke to the canvas! Wonder smells blood - he's punishing Pyke with more strikes and the ref has stopped it! Pyke has no idea where he is - he's tackled the ref... oh dear, poor guy, the crowd is in hysterics!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). One Wonder!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 949 Round 2
Date: Jan 21, 2020 |
#R1#
Pyke throws a poor cross that misses
#TD2#
and Okada counters with a nice double leg into side control. Pyke won't be happy with that.
Okada working the ground and pound from side control.
Pyke struggling a bit here.
Okada working the head and body with strikes.
Okada is putting a hurting on Pyke here, landing some big shots from side control.
Pyke tries to bench press Okada off him but Okada keeps the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Pyke is trying to control Okada's posture but Okada avoids it.
Okada in side control lands a decent elbow.
Pyke sneaks back into half guard.#SUB#
Pyke looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T1##SUB#
Pyke actively working from the bottom here.#SUB#
Pyke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Okada lands with a punch from half guard. #SUB#
Pyke actively working from the bottom here.
Nice strikes from Okada there.
Okada tries to pass the half guard into mount. Pyke knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Okada looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Okada lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Pyke trying to control from the bottom.
#T2##SUB2#
Pyke is defending against the submission attempts here by Okada.
Okada lands with a punch from half guard. #SUB#
Pyke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Okada lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Okada not doing much here.
Okada working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Okada working Pyke over with strikes.
Okada scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Okada trying to control the pace. #T3##SUB#
Pyke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Okada trying to control from half guard but Pyke is working away.
Okada wants to pass to mount but Pyke is defending the position.
Okada working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Okada working over Pyke with some ground and pound. Pyke looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
#SUB#
Pyke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Pyke looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#SUB#
Pyke is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Okada pulls his head out easily. #T4##SUB#
Pyke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Okada looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Pyke with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Okada working Pyke over with strikes. #SUB2#
Okada looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Nice strikes from Okada there.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Ground and pound from Okada.
Okada looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Okada scores with a couple of good hammerfists.#ROC2#
Pyke is rocked!
Okada looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Shinjo Okada dominated that round.
That's time! Pyke's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
#R2#
Pyke thuds a left hand into Okada's body.
Okada misses the shot to the body.
Pyke throws a shot to the body.
A big right from Pyke misses.
Pyke bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.#TD2#
Okada shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Pyke napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Okada lands a few punches from side control.
Okada cracks Pyke with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Pyke struggling a bit here.
Pyke takes a nasty elbow to the side of the head.
Pyke wants to control but Okada postures up.#SUB2#
Okada goes for an armbar here - this could be all over! But no, Pyke has escaped beautifully and is now on top in side control! Oh, that's unlucky for Okada but great work by Pyke.
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!
Okada is trying to improve his position.#T1#
Okada is not content to let Pyke control the position.
Okada has been the more effective fighter overall so far.#SUB#
Pyke is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Okada knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB#
Pyke is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Okada is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. #SUB#
Pyke looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #T2#
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.#SUB#
Pyke tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pyke has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Pyke moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Pyke trying to control the action but Okada is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Pyke thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #T3#
Okada isn't going anywhere.#SUB#
Pyke is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Okada has escaped the position, nice work there. #SUB#
Pyke has hold of Okada's arm here. He's working for an Americana. It looks like he might have it! Okada tries to escape but he's just digging himself in deeper - Pyke cranks the arm and Okada screams in pain! The ref makes a decision and ends the fight before the tap - no complains from Okada, who is just happy to have his arm attached to his body.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Balon Pyke!
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Event:
QFC Tournament 949 Round 1
Date: Jan 20, 2020 |
#R1#
Pyke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wagner.
It looked like Wagner was trying to counter with a body shot coming off that last attack from Pyke.
Wagner has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Pyke finds it's way round the side to connect with Wagner's head.
Wagner is looking to clinch but Pyke is avoiding it.
The fight stays on the outside here - Wagner looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
A punch lands to the side of Pyke 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Wagner with poor footwork there. He got himself in a bit of a tangle, enabling Pyke to score with a decent uppercut.
Pyke scores with a jab to the body.
Balon Pyke seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Pyke lands a jab to the head.
Wagner throws a body punch but Pyke moves out of range.
Pyke fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Wagner throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Wagner tries to clinch but Pyke is having none of it.
A slow jab from Pyke misses its intended target.
Wagner went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Wagner tries to clinch up but Pyke circles away and keeps his distance.
Wagner tries to clinch but Pyke moves out of range.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Pyke connects with a slap. Keep your fist closed son.#T1#
Wagner avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Wagner takes one to the side of the head.
Pyke misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Wagner.
Pyke lands with a straight right. Wagner didn't see that one coming.
Pyke scores with a jab to the head.
Pyke swats away the attempt to clinch by Wagner.
Nice uppercut lands for Pyke. That snapped Wagner's head back.
Pyke lands with a straight right. Wagner didn't see that one coming.
Pyke showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Wagner.
Pyke misses with a looping right.
Wagner doesn't react quick enough there as he takes a shot to the body.
A slow jab from Wagner misses its intended target.
A looping hook to the body misses from Wagner. Pyke does a little dance to reset his feet.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Wagner takes one on the chin but keeps coming.
#T2#
Pyke dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Pyke circles away from the clinch attempt.
Wagner tries to clinch up.
Pyke takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Pyke lands a nice shot that snaps Wagner's head back.
Pyke takes a swing at Wagner's ribcage but misses.
As Pyke looks to move away, Wagner throws a big counter combo but Pyke just gets out of the way.
Pyke connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Wagner tries to bum rush Pyke with a series of wild strikes but Pyke uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Jab by Pyke.
Nice uppercut lands for Pyke. That snapped Wagner's head back.
Wagner is breathing heavily.
Wagner tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Pyke was well out of range. Poor timing from Wagner.
Balon Pyke is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Wagner ducks right into an uppercut from Pyke.
Pyke takes a swing at Wagner's ribcage but misses.
Wagner throwing a counter right hand but Pyke manages to avoid it.
Pyke lands with a good body shot.
Pyke moves into range and connects with a jab.
Pyke fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Pyke throws out a powerful jab.#T3##TD#
Wagner shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Wagner was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
You can see the frustration on Pyke's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wagner knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Pyke on the ground.
Pyke manages to get one leg in to regain half guard. #SUB2#
Pyke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.#SUB2#
Pyke looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#T4#
Pyke wants to control but Wagner is keeping busy.
#SUB2#
Pyke has hold of a guillotine but he's not going to be able to crank on it really with only half guard, so it's no trouble for Wagner. Oh but Pyke has got full guard now! Oh boy! This one could be over very soon! Wagner goes limp - he's gone! Pyke jumps up and celebrates with the crowd - fantastic submission finish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:50 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Balon Pyke!
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