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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: Jan 21, 2022 |
#R1#
Traficante getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Traficante scores with a nice strike.
Briedis on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Briedis tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Traficante manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Briedis looks to clinch
and Traficante counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Traficante fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.
Briedis showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Traficante.
Traficante dips to his left and cracks Briedis with an uppercut!
Briedis wants to clinch but Traficante slips to the side
and Traficante connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.#ROC2#Briedis is rocked!
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!
Traficante with a jab.
Oh Briedis is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Traficante stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Traficante wants it to stay on the feet.
Briedis seems to have got his legs back now.
Briedis tries to clinch but Traficante is having none of it. #T1#
Traficante lands with an overhand left.
Mairis Briedis seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Briedis tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Briedis is looking to clinch.
Briedis moves in looking to clinch but Traficante pushes him off.
Traficante jabs Briedis to the body, keeping him at a distance.
Briedis with a poor takedown
and Traficante cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Briedis tries a head kick but it misses.
Traficante throws out a counter right but Briedis avoids it with no problem.
Briedis closes the distance but Traficante moves to the side
and Traficante counters with a straight right hand.
A jab lands there for Traficante.
Traficante lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
#T2#
Briedis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
Briedis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Traficante connects with a jab.
Traficante might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Briedis walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Traficante ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Traficante scores with a nice strike.
Traficante takes a thudding leg kick, right into the meat of the thigh.
Briedis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Traficante moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Traficante swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Briedis.
Briedis takes one on the chin but seems OK.
#T3#
Briedis throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Briedis is breathing heavily.
Briedis takes an uppercut right on the button but keeps his composure.
Traficante throws a nice looking combination but Briedis bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Briedis has a takedown stuffed.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mairis Briedis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Briedis tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Briedis scores with a head kick. Traficante tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Briedis's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Traficante connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Briedis scrambles back to his feet.
Briedis looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Briedis walks into a stiff left hand from Traficante.
Briedis lands a head kick!
#T4#
Briedis throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Traficante counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Briedis takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Traficante fails with a takedown attempt.
Briedis went nuts there looking for a big combo counter but none of the flurry connected.
Nice uppercut there from Traficante.
Briedis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Traficante with a body punch. A glancing blow.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marcolino Traficante dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.#R2#
Traficante jabs at Briedis's body.
Briedis fails with a takedown attempt.
Briedis on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Briedis misses with an uppercut
and Traficante counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Traficante scores with a hook.
Traficante digs a good hook to Briedis's body.
Mairis Briedis is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Briedis fails with an attempt to clinch.
Traficante throws out a powerful jab.
Traficante lands an overhand right.
Marcolino Traficante seems to be getting the better of the standup.#T1#
Traficante scores with a jab.
Briedis slips a jab and a cross from Traficante.
Traficante blocks a head kick by Briedis.
Briedis throws a sloppy head kick
and Traficante counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Traficante circles away from the clinch attempt
letting Traficante counter with a right hand.
Briedis takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Briedis throws a body kick that misses
and Traficante counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Briedis takes a body punch but keeps moving. #T2#
Traficante shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Briedis but Briedis pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Jab by Traficante.
A head kick misses from Briedis.
Briedis tries to clinch up.
Briedis misses with a double jab
and Traficante connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Traficante blocks a head kick by Briedis.
Briedis tries to clinch
and Traficante counters with a nice uppercut. #T3#
Briedis wants to clinch
and Traficante counters with a nice uppercut.
Traficante sizes up Briedis with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Briedis throws a head kick that Traficante semi-blocks.
Nice jab there from Traficante.
Briedis moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Traficante takes a kick to the side of the head.
Briedis has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Traficante finds it's way round the side to connect with Briedis's head.
Briedis ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Briedis shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it. #T4#
Traficante scores with a jab.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Briedis throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Briedis is looking to clinch.
Briedis tries to clinch but Traficante moves away
and Traficante counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Briedis gets his takedown attempt stuffed easily
and Traficante counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Briedis goes for a high kick. It partially lands.
Briedis misses with a double jab
and Traficante cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Marcolino Traficante showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!#R3#
Briedis wants to clinch
and Traficante counters with a lovely straight right hand!
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Briedis.
Briedis does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Traficante wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Briedis pulls out of a head kick attempt.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Traficante scores with a jab to the body.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Briedis is looking to clinch.
Briedis throws a sloppy head kick
enabling Traficante to counter with a crisp jab.
Traficante scores with a nice strike.#T1#
Traficante scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Briedis will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Briedis takes a big uppercut there. He seems a bit wobbly but no, he's OK.
Traficante connects with a single shot there.
Traficante lands a right hook to the body.
Briedis takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Briedis ducks right into an uppercut from Traficante.
Traficante throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Briedis on the side of the head.
Briedis takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Traficante throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Briedis stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.#T2#
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Traficante wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Traficante with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Briedis shoots and misses
and Traficante counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Mairis Briedis. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Traficante fails with the takedown.
Traficante moves into range and connects with a jab.
Briedis has a takedown stuffed.#T3#
Briedis misses with the combination.
Traficante scores with a sloppy punch to the body. Not much technique there but it did the business.
This is turning into a torrid day at the office for Briedis. He's trying desperately to land a takedown but he's failing miserably and getting slapped silly on the feet to compound his misery.
Briedis is trying hard to land a takedown here. Traficante sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Traficante lands a really nice looking cross but Briedis seems unphased.
Briedis misses with a hook
and Traficante counters with a nice uppercut.
Traficante shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Briedis as he jumps to the side.
Briedis throws a counter high kick but Traficante was just alert enough to avoid it.
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Briedis.#T4#
Traficante paws at his opponent with the jab and then lunges in with a straight, right on the button.
Traficante feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Briediss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Briedis darts in looking for a takedown but Traficante gets double underhooks and turns Briedis into the cage.
Traficante has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Traficante.
Briedis wants to take the fight to the mat but Traficante manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Traficante content to slow the pace in the clinch.
Briedis blocks an uppercut.
A real battle for position is taking place between these two warriors.
Mairis Briedis has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Briedis lands a left hand.
And that's the end of the fight!
Marcolino Traficante comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Traficante has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Peter Branson scores the fight 27:30
Judge Winston Alpacca scores the fight 27:30
Judge Sandra Marshall scores the fight 27:30
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcolino Traficante! |
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