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Stepping Stone 38 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 Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 9 losses; Lance Walker! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 1 losses; Gino Gambini!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gambini shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Gambini showed some decent athleticism there. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Walker (0) vs (2) Gambini
Gambini wants to pass the guard but Walker is defending well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gambini in particular looking to stall.
Gambini looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Walker is trying to control but Gambini passes into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Walker (0) vs (5) Gambini
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
A bit of a lull in the action. I'm sure it will pick up again soon... even if the ref has to physically pick them up and put them back on their feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Walker is trying to improve his position.
Gambini taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Walker tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gambini is staying tight to Walker's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Walker can't do much from the bottom here.
A lull in the action here.
Walker is looking for a sweep.
Gambini is staying tight to Walker's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Walker gets back to half guard.
Walker wants to control but Gambini is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gambini slows the pace down in half guard.
Gambini prevents Walker from improving his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gambini seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
It looks like Gambini might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Gambini wants to pass the guard but Walker is defending well.
Gambini not doing much here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Walker is in trouble now - Gambini has advanced to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Walker (0) vs (8) Gambini
Gambini sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Walker tries to reverse the position but Gambini maintains control.
Gambini controlling his opponent.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gambini is continuing to stall.
Gambini is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Walker prevents Gambini from taking his back.
Walker working to try and regain half guard.
Gambini controlling the pace for now.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Walker wants to control but Gambini is having none of it.
Walker is trying desperately to improve position.
Walker is working hard here to advance position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gambini looking to control and managing it successfully.
The adventures of Gambini the control monster continue. Boring.
Gambini is trying to take his opponent's back.
Gambini controlling the pace for now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Walker is working to get back to half guard.
Walker tries to lock up and control but Gambini gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gambini controlling his opponent.
Gambini wants to take Walker's back but he can't do it this time.
Gambini controlling the position easily from mount.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gambini moves to back control. Score +3 for taking back: Walker (0) vs (11) Gambini
Gambini has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Walker's body.
Gambini's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Walker manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gambini's guard. Nice work there by Walker.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Walker (2) vs (11) Gambini
Walker stays in close to Gambini's body and controls the position.
Gambini keeping moving, preventing Walker from controlling successfully.
Walker is fighting to break Gambini's control of his arms but Gambini is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Walker trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Walker trying to control but Gambini is working from the bottom.
Walker preventing the sweep.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gambini pulls Walker in to control the position.
Walker wants to control from the top but Gambini keeps moving.
Gambini tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Well,Walker is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Gambini keeping moving, preventing Walker from controlling successfully.
Gambini wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Walker trying to control the position from guard on top but Gambini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gambini is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Walker trying to control but Gambini is working from the bottom.
Walker not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Gambini is pulling down on Walker's head. It's preventing any offense from Walker, at least for the moment.
Walker preventing the sweep.
Walker has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Walker trying to control but Gambini is working from the bottom.
Gambini keeping full guard, as Walker tries to pass.
Walker trying to control the position from guard on top but Gambini is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gambini controlling the position.
Walker wants to pass the guard but Gambini is keeping the position.
Gambini is pulling down on Walker's head to control his posture.
Walker stands and throws Gambini's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Walker (5) vs (11) Gambini
Gambini is looking for a sweep.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gambini sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gambini wins on points by 11 to 5.
An out of breath Gino Gambini thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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