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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 14, 2020 |
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Balaev gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Eljinsson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Eljinsson is stalling in the full guard.
Eljinsson works over Balaev with some ground and pound from guard.
Balaev preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Eljinsson stays in close to Balaev's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Eljinsson stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Balaev throws a front kick that sends Eljinsson stumbling back into the cage.
Balaev lands a nice looking kick to the body. Eljinsson takes a step back to recover.
Balaev pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balaev is looking to clinch but Eljinsson is avoiding it.
Marat Balaev is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Balaev throws a quick inside leg kick.
Eljinsson closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Eljinsson drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
A lull in the action here.
Balaev knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Eljinsson on the ground.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balaev is pushing Eljinsson's head away, looking to escape. Eljinsson manages to hold on to the position though.
Eljinsson slows the pace down.
Eljinsson scoring with punches from side control.
Eljinsson passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Balaev!
Balaev takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Eljinsson takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Eljinsson cracks Balaev with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Eljinsson has hold of Balaev's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Balaev manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Eljinsson with shots to the head and body - Balaev looks very uncomfortable down there.
Balaev is looking to get back to his feet - it's going to be hard from this position.
Eljinsson controlling from the full mount.
Balaev is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Eljinsson is working on an americana here. Ooh, that looks pretty nasty! Nope, Balaev has managed to escape the submission attempt.
Eljinsson controlling from the full mount.
Eljinsson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Eljinsson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Balaev manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Eljinsson lands a decent elbow from side control.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Ragnar Eljinsson dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
Balaev gets caught on his heels momentarily as he allows Eljinsson to score an easy takedown into full guard.
Balaev can't keep his opponent in guard - Eljinsson advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Eljinsson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Eljinsson seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Balaev is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:51 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). Ragnar Eljinsson! |
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