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Oil Check 4: PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 0 losses; Saad Sadiq ! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Phillip Barker!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, William Gold and Donald Grub.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Sadiq darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Sadiq (2) vs (0) Barker
Sadiq wants to free his trapped foot but Barker is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Barker trying to control but Sadiq postures up.
Sadiq seems to be looking for submissions.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sadiq wants to pass the guard but Barker is defending well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sadiq 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.
Barker trying to control here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sadiq is looking for a kimura but Barker is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sadiq to get the leverage.
Sadiq seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sadiq frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Sadiq (5) vs (0) Barker
Sadiq controlling from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sadiq fails to take his opponent's back.
Barker tries to control Sadiq 's body but Sadiq pushes him off. Barker squirms to his side and now Sadiq has his back! Score +3 for taking back: Sadiq (8) vs (0) Barker
Sadiq trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Barker doesn't escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sadiq has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Sadiq has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Barker has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Barker just trying to survive but Sadiq is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Sadiq controlling the positon.
Sadiq is persistently looking for the submission but Barker is defending it well.
Sadiq is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Barker defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
We've been informed that Barker has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sadiq working for the choke.
Sadiq gets his hands free as Barker looks to control.
Sadiq is persistently looking for the submission but Barker is defending it well.
Sadiq has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barker defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Barker trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Sadiq is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Barker has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Sadiq is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Barker has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barker defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Barker defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barker is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Sadiq gets his way!
Sadiq working for a choke but Barker is defending well.
Sadiq really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Barker.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Sadiq has got one arm under Barker's chin. This could be trouble... Barker trying to control the other hand but Sadiq gets it free and sqeezes tight - just a matter of time now! Yep, Barker has tapped out! The fight is over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 10:42 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Saad Sadiq !
Saad Sadiq decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little. |
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