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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Feb 02, 2023 |
#R1#
Da Silva misses with a hook.
Da Silva fails with a takedown attempt. #TD2#
Histler shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Histler was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Da Silva tries to improve position but can't.
Da Silva regains half guard.
Da Silva wants to get back to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Histler is trying to get back to his feet now but his leg is trapped.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva trying to control but Histler postures up.
Histler controlling the action here.
Da Silva wants to improve his position but Histler is controlling well.
#T1#
Da Silva is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Histler jumps into side control!
Histler working the ground and pound.
Histler lands a nice forearm strike.
Da Silva is not content to let Histler control the position.
Histler sitting in side control, looking to soften his opponent up with elbows and hammerfists but Da Silva is avoiding damage well and looking to escape the position.
#T2#
Histler wants to stand but Da Silva has his arm trapped.
Histler trying to control the action but Da Silva is working from the bottom.
Da Silva struggling a bit here.
Histler takes a little break here. Da Silva wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Histler throwing strikes but Da Silva manages to buck up and roll into a nice reversal - now he's on top in side control!
Histler is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Da Silva trying to control the position but Histler is working away. #T3#
Histler wants to control but Da Silva postures up.
Histler is trying to buck Da Silva off.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB#
Da Silva thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Histler is trying to control Da Silva's posture but Da Silva avoids it. #SUB#
Da Silva tries for a kimura but Histler is defending well. #T4#
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.#SUB#
Da Silva looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Histler manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Histler wants to lay and pray for a moment but Da Silva keeps working.
Histler working Da Silva over with strikes.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Histler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #SUB2#
Histler is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Da Silva defends it well.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Albert Histler dominated that 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.#R2#
Da Silva misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
#TD2#
Histler closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Histler tries to stand and escape but Da Silva is controlling the position.
Histler missing with some ground and pound from the half guard. #SUB#
Da Silva looking for a kimura from the bottom but Histler passes into side control!
Da Silva manages to get back to half guard.
Histler prevents Da Silva from improving his position.
Histler content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Histler prevents Da Silva from improving his position.#T1#
Histler content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Histler prevents Da Silva from improving his position.#T2#
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Histler slows the pace down in half guard.
Da Silva trying to control from the bottom.
Histler trying to control the pace. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up.
Da Silva fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Histler avoids it really well and circles away.
A nice side step and Histler releases a counter shot to the body, but it doesn't find it's home.
A punch combination from Da Silva misses.
Edson Da Silva is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.#TD2#
Histler gets a takedown into half guard.#T3#
Histler seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.
Histler content to control rather than advance. #SUB#
Da Silva looking for submissions off his back.
Histler is trying to control. Da Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time. #SUB2#
Histler is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Da Silva doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Histler.
Histler controlling the action here. #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.
Da Silva trying to hold on to Histler's head to control him but Histler postures up.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Histler trying to control from half guard but Da Silva is working away.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Albert Histler showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare each other down, ready to get back to the action. So, we enter the final round. Let's see if either fighter can bring us a finish, or whether we're going to the judges scorecards.#R3#
Histler keeps the fight on the outside.
Da Silva fails in his attempt to clinch.
Histler steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Da Silva.#TD2#
Histler closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Histler tries to stand but Da Silva is controlling his head.
Da Silva gets back to half guard.
Da Silva tries to roll over but Histler keeps him under control.
Da Silva slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Da Silva 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##SUB2#
Histler is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Da Silva pulls his head out easily. #T1#
Da Silva sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Histler defending well though. #SUB#
Da Silva 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.
Histler is not content to let Da Silva control the position.
Histler has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Da Silva is working away from the top position though.#T2#
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Ground and pound from Da Silva. #SUB#
Da Silva is looking for a kimura here.
Da Silva seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Histler does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Histler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Histler keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Histler gets back to full guard.
#T3#
Da Silva advances position into side control!
A control attempt from Histler but he's now mounted!
Da Silva manages to capitalize on a mistake by Histler to take his back!
Histler tries to roll but Da Silva sticks to his back.
#SUB#
Histler fending off the submission attempt from Da Silva.
Histler is trying to get back to his feet but he's not managed it yet. #T4#
Da Silva has Histler flattened out and is raining down punches.
Histler is trying to break free.
#SUB#
Histler defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Histler trying to control the hands but Da Silva breaks the grip.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Da Silva's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Edson Da Silva has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Albert Histler is fighting for a decision - hopefully he's judged it right and he's actually winning the fight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB#
Da Silva patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
And that's the end of the fight!
Edson Da Silva showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Histler 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 Michael Johnstone scores the fight 28:29
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 28:29
Judge David Hoff scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Albert Histler! |
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