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Event:
QFC Tournament 1030 Round 2
Date: Dec 25, 2020 |
#R1#
Morientes shoots in but no luck this time.
Dos Santos fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.#TD2#
Dos Santos is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Morientes's half guard.
Morientes trying to control from the bottom.
Dos Santos wants to pass the guard but Morientes is defending well.
Morientes is looking for a sweep. Dos Santos is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Dos Santos is trying to control. Morientes wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos works his way into full mount!
We're hearing some news coming in from back stage. It's official - Dos Santos has eaten all the pies!
Dos Santos sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. #T1#
Morientes tries to hold on but Dos Santos postures up.
Dos Santos trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Dos Santos lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Morientes hang on?
Morientes on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Morientes tries to get out of the position.
Dos Santos controlling the pace for now.
Dos Santos looking to control but Morientes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos controlling from mount.
Morientes regains half guard.
Dos Santos working Morientes over with strikes.
Dos Santos is keen to just control but Morientes is a slippery customer.
Still in half guard, Dos Santos seems content to control.#T3#
Dos Santos is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
Morientes wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Morientes is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Dos Santos is just content to waste time from the top position. Morientes takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Dos Santos stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morientes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Dos Santos is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.#REF3#
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
Morientes closes this distance looking for a takedown but Dos Santos circles away.#T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Dos Santos throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Morientes.
As Dos Santos looks to move away, Morientes throws a big counter combo but Dos Santos just gets out of the way.#CL#
Morientes closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
Dos Santos tries to score a body lock takedown but Morientes shows good agility there to stay on his feet.#BC#
Morientes breaks the clinch.
#TD#
Morientes shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Dos Santos napping and manages to drive through into side control!
Dos Santos is looking to reverse the position.
Morientes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dos Santos keeps working.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Dos Santos gets back to half guard.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Rafael Dos Santos dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Dos Santos.
No luck for Dos Santos with that takedown attempt.
Morientes circles away from the clinch attempt.
#CL#
Dos Santos tries to keep at a distance but Morientes has taken the fight into the clinch.
Dos Santos looking to throw knees to the head but Morientes is blocking nicely.
Morientes can't find room to land a body shot as Dos Santos controls the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dos Santos trying to control the position but instead, Morientes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dos Santos into the cage.
Dos Santos tries for a takedown. No joy.
Alejandro Morientes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rafael Dos Santos.#T1##BC#
Morientes breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dos Santos has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Dos Santos displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Morientes.
And Dos Santos tries to counter it with a takedown but Morientes pushes his down on his head and steps out.
Morientes pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dos Santos shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Morientes sprawls well. Morientes wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Dos Santos gets slowly back to his feet.
A punch combination from Dos Santos misses. #TD#
Morientes closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Morientes lands in his opponent's guard.
Dos Santos has a closed guard, preventing Morientes from standing up. #T2#
Dos Santos looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Morientes wants to control from the top but Dos Santos keeps moving.
Dos Santos trying to keep a closed guard but Morientes is proving a slippery customer.
Dos Santos wants to sweep but no luck.
Dos Santos is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. #REVB##T3#
Dos Santos tries to stand and escape but Morientes actually recovers to full guard.
Dos Santos stops Morientes from standing up.
Morientes keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Dos Santos is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Morientes wants to stand but Dos Santos is controlling the position. #T4#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Dos Santos pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morientes is keeping the position for now.
Morientes pulls Dos Santos in to control the position.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Dos Santos wanted to stand there but Morientes had control of the position. #REF3#
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.#CL#
Morientes moves into range and clinches up with Dos Santos.#BC#
Morientes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#CL2#
Dos Santos has taken the fight to the clinch.
Dos Santos misses with a knee to the head.
Morientes tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Dos Santos smiles and moves away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Alejandro Morientes will probably get the nod.
That's time! Morientes's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!#R3##TD2#
Dos Santos feints and as Morientes raises his hands in defense, Dos Santos changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard.
Dos Santos trying to control but Morientes is working from the bottom.
Dos Santos looking to sit in guard and control but Morientes gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. #REVR#
Dos Santos wants to stand up but Morientes is controlling him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morientes trying to control the position from guard on top but Dos Santos is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morientes landing some decent shots from guard. #T1#
Dos Santos has a closed guard, preventing Morientes from standing up.
Dos Santos looking to control.
Morientes looking to pass the guard.
Morientes's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morientes will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Dos Santos is controlling Morientes's posture.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.#T2#
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Dos Santos tries to land a sweep but no joy. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.#TD#
Morientes looking to score a takedown here. Dos Santos is defending well but Morientes drives through and ends up in Dos Santos's guard.
Morientes knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Dos Santos on the ground.#SUB2#
Dos Santos pushes a forearm under Morientes's chin to create some space. He's escaped his hips and pivoted quickly for an armbar! Can he extend the arm? Yes, Morientes is tapping out! Damn, that was fast!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rafael Dos Santos! |
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Event:
QFC Tournament 1030 Round 1
Date: Dec 24, 2020 |
#R1#
Santos tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Morientes swivels and escapes.
Santos throws a looping left and ducks down for a takedown. He's got his arms around Morientes's waist but Morientes gets an underhook and avoids the takedown by throwing Santos off to one side. #TD#
Santos gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Morientes to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Morientes stays in close to Santos's body and controls the position.
Santos wants to get back to his feet but Morientes is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Santos is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Santos is looking to sweep but instead, Morientes has passed into half guard.
#T1#
Morientes content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Santos is trying to maintain the position but Morientes is very close to passing his half guard.
Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Morientes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Morientes stalling.
Morientes seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Santos for as long as he can get away with.#T2#
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
The referee wants the fighters to be more active or he's going to reset them on the feet.
Morientes is nestled in close to Santos, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Santos taking some punishment here, with Morientes in his half guard.
Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Morientes is working away from the top position though.
Morientes is keen to just control but Santos is a slippery customer.
Morientes seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime. #T3#
Santos trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Morientes 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.
Santos is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morientes sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Santos wants to hold on but Morientes pushes him away.
Morientes lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Morientes can't control as he wanted to and Santos manages to get the fight back to his half guard.
Santos trying to control but Morientes postures up.
#T4#
Santos is looking to get back to is feet but Morientes passes into side control.
Santos tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Morientes working away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morientes working the ground and pound.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morientes wants to stand but Santos has his arm trapped. #SUB#
Morientes is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santos has escaped the position, nice work there.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Morientes dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!#R2##TD#
Morientes scores with a takedown into Santos's guard.
Santos wants to get back to his feet but Morientes passes into half guard.
#REVB#
Morientes scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Morientes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos has hold of Morientes's hands but Morientes slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Morientes wants to stand but Santos has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Morientes takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.#T1#
Morientes has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Morientes is looking to stall here but Santos recovers full guard.
Morientes is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #SUB2#
Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Morientes defends it easily.#T2#
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.#SUB2#
Santos working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morientes doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morientes manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. #ES2#
Santos has managed to wall walk up one of the corner posts to get back to his feet. Morientes is pushing him up against the cage, looking to control the position.
Morientes goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Santos tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Morientes just stands there and leans against the cage.#BC#
Morientes's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Santos shoots for a double leg takedown but Morientes sprawls well. He's pushed Santos's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Morientes tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Santos manages to circle out of the way.#T3##TD#
Morientes shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Morientes was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Santos is trying to buck Morientes off.
Santos is breathing heavily.
Santos trying to remain calm as Morientes controls from the top position.
Santos throws a couple of strikes even though he's not really in a good position to do so.
#SUB#
Morientes is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Santos has escaped the position, nice work there. #SUB#
Morientes working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #T4#
Santos tries to bench press Morientes off him but Morientes keeps the position. #SUB#
Morientes is trying to get an arm triangle but Santos is defending well.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Santos is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Alejandro Morientes dominated that second round.
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. This is the final round!#R3#
Santos is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Morientes lifts his leg as if looking to counter with a high kick.
Santos misses with a takedown attempt - Morientes sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.#TD#
Morientes closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Morientes just content to control the position.
Morientes trying to control the position but Santos is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Santos tries to buck Morientes off but Morientes is having none of it.
Santos seems a little lost for a moment, as Morientes dominates the positioning.#T1#
Morientes trying to control the action but Santos is working from the bottom. #ES2#
Santos explodes and escapes back to his feet! Nice escape there!
Morientes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Santos wants to clinch up but Morientes keeps it at a distance.
Morientes leaves Santos with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Morientes fails with a takedown attempt.#T2#
Morientes fails in his attempt to clinch.
Morientes keeps the fight on the outside.#CL2#
Santos moves into the clinch.#BC#
Morientes breaks the clinch.
Santos closes this distance looking for a takedown but Morientes circles away.
Alejandro Morientes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Kevin Santos.
Morientes doesn't manage to clinch there - Santos circles away.
#CL2#
Santos clinches with his opponent.
Morientes is pressed up against the cage. Santos has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Morientes down to the mat. Morientes avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Santos takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Santos throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Morientes is trying to close the distance and clinch up, after that failed offence from Santos.
Alejandro Morientes is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Morientes tries a head kick but it misses.
#TD#
Morientes feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.#SUB2#
Santos looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Morientes passes into side control.
#T3#
Morientes tries to stand but Santos is controlling his head.
Santos is not in a great position here, taking some shots.
Morientes tries to stand but Santos is controlling his head.
Morientes cracks Santos with an elbow. That is naaassty.
Morientes tries to get to his feet but he's trapped momentarily. #T4#
There's not a lot going on here and the crowd are letting the fighters know they're not willing to tolerate a lack of action.
Morientes lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Morientes wants to stand but Santos is controlling his arm.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Check out the look on Morientes's face as he threw that strike - that's one determined fighter!
Morientes tries to stand but Santos is controlling his head.
Morientes is working Santos over with some ground and pound from side control.
Morientes is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Santos can do to turn this around?
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.#SUB#
Morientes is trying to get an arm triangle but Santos is defending well.
Kevin Santos has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Alejandro Morientes is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Morientes controlling the position from side mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Alejandro Morientes showed his dominance in that final round.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Morientes, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight for Alejandro Morientes!
Judge Gwen Towbar scores the fight for Alejandro Morientes!
Judge Wesley Smith scores the fight for Alejandro Morientes!
Alejandro Morientes wins by unanimous decision! |
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