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Play by Play - Manager's Fight Commentary
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Event:
TGC 14 Shakhbulatov v Chestner
Date: Jul 29, 2017 |
#R1#
Evans avoids the head kick by Ronaldo.
Evans tries to counter with a takedown but Ronaldo is quick to defend against it.
Evans defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo shoots in for a double leg but Evans sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Evans attempts a counter takedown but Ronaldo avoids it well and moves away.
Ronaldo misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Evans appears to be looking for a counter takedown.#TD#
Ronaldo gets caught flat footed, as Evans shoots in with a quick takedown into guard.
Evans wants to pass the guard but Ronaldo is keeping the position.
Ronaldo wants to sweep here but Evans controlling him for the moment.
Ronaldo keeping moving, preventing Evans from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Evans is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Ronaldo is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Evans advances to half guard.
Ronaldo wants to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Evans is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
#T1##SUB#
Evans is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Ronaldo is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Evans wants to free his trapped foot but Ronaldo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Ronaldo really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Evans. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ronaldo tries to kick Evans off but Evans keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
Evans trying to control from half guard but Ronaldo is working away. #SUB#
Evans is working for a kimura but Ronaldo is defending it quite comfortably.
#SUB#
Evans is looking for a kimura here.
Evans is controlling the pace.
#T2##SUB#
Evans is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ronaldo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Evans.
Ronaldo trying to control from the bottom.
Evans looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #SUB#
Evans is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Ronaldo defends it well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T3#
Evans is keen to just control but Ronaldo is a slippery customer.
We've been hearing good reports from Evans's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.#SUB#
Evans is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Ronaldo doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Evans. #SUB#
Evans seems to be working for a kimura but Ronaldo defends the submission attempt.
Ronaldo wants to get back to his feet.
#SUB#
Evans in half guard on the top. He's looking for a kimura... He's got it locked and he's managed to free his trapped foot. Ronaldo tries to escape but it's on too tight and he has to tap! Great BJJ skills there from Evans!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). John Evans!
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Event:
TGC 9: Rollins vs Glatt
Date: Jun 24, 2017 |
#R1#
A really sloppy takedown attempt there from Ronaldo.#TD#
Zakherenkoff throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Ronaldo tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Zakherenkoff is in Ronaldo's guard.#ES2#
Ronaldo scrambles and gets back to his feet.
Ronaldo misses with a wild combination.
Ronaldo shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Zakherenkoff cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.#TD2#
Ronaldo shoots in and scores a nice double leg takedown into half guard.
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!
Ronaldo working the head and body with strikes. #T1#
Zakherenkoff regains full guard. Nicely done.
Zakherenkoff trying to keep a closed guard but Ronaldo is proving a slippery customer.
Ronaldo won't allow Zakherenkoff to sweep him here.
Ronaldo wants to control from the top but Zakherenkoff keeps moving.
Zakherenkoff definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Zakherenkoff keeping full guard, as Ronaldo tries to pass.
Zakherenkoff trying to keep a closed guard but Ronaldo is proving a slippery customer.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Zakherenkoff is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.#T2#
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.
Ronaldo wants to stand but Zakherenkoff is controlling his posture from full guard. #REF3#
The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.#CL2#
Ronaldo moves into the clinch.
Ronaldo controlling the action here for a moment.
Ronaldo works for underhooks and lands a body shot in the process.
#T3#
Zakherenkoff looking to throw knees to the head but Ronaldo is blocking nicely.
Zakherenkoff tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Ronaldo avoids it.
Ronaldo works on Zakherenkoff's body with a couple of short punches.
Zakherenkoff keeps control of Ronaldo as he tries to wriggle out of the double underhooks.
Zakherenkoff misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Zakherenkoff has a couple of punches blocked by Ronaldo.
#TD2#
Ronaldo has picked Zakherenkoff up - he's going for a ride! Ronaldo dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Ronaldo working his ground and pound in the gym. So far it seems to be working well.
Zakherenkoff is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Ronaldo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Zakherenkoff sees it coming and defends easily.
Ronaldo is controlling the pace.
#T4#
Zakherenkoff works his way to full guard. Good work.
Zakherenkoff is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Zakherenkoff looking for a sweep. Not yet Zakherenkoff, not yet.
Zakherenkoff pulls Ronaldo in to control the position.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Zakherenkoff working the defensive guard well to avoid strikes from Ronaldo.
Ronaldo is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long. #REF3#
The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Zakherenkoff throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Cristiano Ronaldo dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!
#R2#
Ronaldo is looking to clinch but Zakherenkoff is avoiding it.
#TD2#
Ronaldo shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Ronaldo showed some decent athleticism there.
Zakherenkoff moves into full guard.
Ronaldo wants to control from the top but Zakherenkoff keeps moving.
Ronaldo postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ronaldo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Zakherenkoff 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#
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Ronaldo can do anything to dispel that myth.#T1#
Zakherenkoff is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Ronaldo has hold of Zakherenkoff's hands but Zakherenkoff slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Ronaldo wants to get back to full guard.
Ronaldo regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Zakherenkoff.
Ronaldo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Zakherenkoff working some strikes from top position.
Zakherenkoff throwing strikes but missing.
Zakherenkoff throws a big elbow that misses. #T2#
Zakherenkoff trying to control but Ronaldo is working from the bottom.
Ronaldo managing to control the position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Zakherenkoff won't allow Ronaldo to sweep him here.
Zakherenkoff trying to control the position from guard on top but Ronaldo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ronaldo utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Cristiano Ronaldo has got the better of the ground game so far.
Ronaldo avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Ronaldo working a defensive guard but Zakherenkoff passes into half guard.
Ronaldo wants to control but Zakherenkoff is keeping busy and won't allow it. #T3#
Zakherenkoff working the head and body with strikes.
Ground and pound from Zakherenkoff.
Ronaldo is looking to control Zakherenkoff's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ronaldo avoid being mounted?
Zakherenkoff working the head and body with strikes.
Zakherenkoff perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Zakherenkoff wants to free his trapped foot but Ronaldo is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Zakherenkoff winds up and cracks Ronaldo with a swinging punch to the side of the head. #ROC#
Ronaldo is rocked!
Zakherenkoff scores with a big shot! Ronaldo's head bounced off the canvas with a huge thud! More strikes land and the referee has jumped in to save Ronaldo! He was hurt real bad - good stoppage!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Vladimir Zakherenkoff!
Vladimir Zakherenkoff managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, IniTech Nutrition , into his post fight interview.
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Event:
Quick Fight Championship
Date: May 30, 2017 |
#R1#
Punk shoots in but Carvalho avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Carvalho fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but Punk avoids it really well and circles away.
Carvalho misses with a takedown attempt - Punk sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Punk was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.#TD2#
Carvalho drives through with a takedown into guard.
Punk has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Punk throws a couple of weedy looking strikes off his back.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Punk 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#
Punk landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Punk thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Carvalho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound. #T1#
Punk missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
Punk working over Carvalho with some ground and pound. Carvalho looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Punk drops an elbow to the side of Carvalho's head.
Punk looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Punk throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Carvalho on the receiving end of some nice ground and pound.
Carvalho is looking to improve his position.
Carvalho is trying to stand up here but Punk is controlling him well.
Carvalho blocking the ground and pound attempt from Punk.
Ground and pound from Punk.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Punk is scoring with some nice ground and pound from the dominant position.
Punk takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Punk with a momentary lay and pray from half guard. #T2#
Carvalho slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Punk postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Punk with a nice head shot there.
Punk working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Punk is sitting in guard, working some ground and pound.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Carvalho has momentary wrist control but Punk slips an elbow through the middle.#SUB#
Punk postures up as if he's going to throw some strikes but drops back for an ankle! Carvalho is in big trouble! He looks ready to tap! But no, he's escaped and dives on top of Punk, into his guard. #REVB#
Punk 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#
Carvalho looks winded!#T3#
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Carvalho looks like he's trying to stand up.
Punk working Carvalho over with strikes.
Punk thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Carvalho's head.
Punk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Carvalho keeps working.
Carvalho taking some punishment here, with Punk in his half guard.
Punk lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Punk sitting in half guard, looking to land shots. Carvalho defending well though.
Punk trying to control the pace.
Punk looks to score some points with some ground and pound.#T4#
Punk lands with a punch from half guard.
Punk 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.
Punk drops an elbow to the side of Carvalho's head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Punk seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Punk throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Punk slips a nice elbow through Carvalho's hands, connecting with Carvalho's forehead.
Carvalho is trying to stand back up but Punk is controlling him
Punk 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.
Punk looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Carvalho with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position. #SUB#
Punk is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there. #SUB#
Punk seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Carvalho is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). CM Punk!
CM Punk thanked the fans post fight for their support.
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Event:
TGC 4: Knocksville vs Beaver
Date: May 20, 2017 |
#R1##CL#
Brown darts in and clinches Ronaldo up against the cage.
Ronaldo is trying to pull guard but Brown turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Ronaldo wants a takedown but no success here.
Ronaldo drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Mantice Brown has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Cristiano Ronaldo.
Ronaldo goes for a takedown attempt but Brown pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Ronaldo tries to clinch up.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Ronaldo.
Brown is looking to counter punch.
A head kick by Brown misses #CL2#
and Ronaldo moves into the clinch.#BC#
Brown's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown feints a jab promting Ronaldo to slip. Brown then demonstrates his capabilities by jabbing again. Ronaldo slips again and ducks right into an uppercut.#CL#
Brown moves into range and clinches up with Ronaldo.#TD#
Brown has clasped his hands together around Ronaldo's back... aaand, he's got a takedown into side control. Nicely done. #T1#
Ronaldo can't do much from the bottom here.
Ronaldo is positioning himself to get back to half guard. #SUB#
Brown tries for a kimura but Ronaldo is defending well.
Brown is putting a hurting on Ronaldo here, landing some big shots from side control.
Brown working away.
Brown working the head and body with strikes.
Ronaldo manages to work his way to half guard, despite Brown's best efforts.
Ronaldo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Brown is working away from the top position though.
Brown controlling the pace. #T2##SUB#
Brown 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.
Brown looks to score some points with some ground and pound.
Brown 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.
Still in half guard, Brown seems content to control.
Ronaldo is trying to get back to full guard.
Brown winds up and cracks Ronaldo with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
Brown seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Ronaldo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Brown tries to pass the half guard into mount. Ronaldo knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. #T3#
Ronaldo missing with punches from the bottom.
#SUB2#
Ronaldo actively working from the bottom here.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Brown slows the pace down in half guard.
Ronaldo keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Brown controlling the pace. #SUB#
Brown is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Ronaldo sees it coming and defends easily.
Brown tries to pass to full mount but Ronaldo defends it. #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.
Brown prevents Ronaldo from improving his position.
Ronaldo is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Brown working over Ronaldo with some ground and pound. Ronaldo looks like he wants out of this position, which is understandable.
Brown thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed Ronaldo's head.
Brown content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Brown moves into full mount! Ronaldo won't be happy about that!
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Brown controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Mantice Brown 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#
Brown pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Ronaldo swings and misses with a shot to the body#KD#
and Brown counters with a crisp one two that drops Ronaldo! Brown thinks about following him to the mat for a moment but instead steps back and waves Ronaldo to his feet! Ronaldo is in big trouble!#ROC#
Ronaldo is rocked!
Brown batters Ronaldo with a massive right followed by a huge left! Ronaldo is out on his feet looking like a zombie as Brown lands a final crushing right hand to drop Ronaldo to the mat with a gruesome thud! Brown is running around like a mad man after that fight and for good reason!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:15 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Strikes). Mantice Brown!
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