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EMP Monday Madness PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Roger De Santos (ranked 5123 p4p, 517 weight class) and Shawn Jones (ranked 4442 p4p, 469 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 2 losses; Roger De Santos! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Sydney, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Shawn Jones!
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, James Ackerman and Donald Grub.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Jones darts in and clinches De Santos up against the cage.
Jones is defending well against a takedown attempt.
De Santos has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Jones after a bit of a struggle.
De Santos has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Jones is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Roger De Santos. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Jones gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, De Santos regains guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: De Santos (0) vs (2) Jones
Jones looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
De Santos throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
De Santos had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jones defends it easily.
Jones passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: De Santos (0) vs (5) Jones
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jones trying to control the action but De Santos is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones working away.
Jones controlling the position.
De Santos tries to control but Jones manages to take his back. Score +3 for taking back: De Santos (0) vs (8) Jones
De Santos trying to control the position but Jones manages to sink in the hooks.
Jones has the hooks in. De Santos is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
De Santos trying to control the hands but Jones breaks the grip.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones is hanging on to De Santos's back as he tries to escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Santos tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
De Santos is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
De Santos regains half guard.
De Santos actively working from the bottom here.
De Santos is staying active underneath Jones, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. De Santos knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jones is trying to control the action in half guard but De Santos is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
De Santos has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jones is working away from the top position though.
De Santos wants to improve his position but Jones is controlling well.
De Santos looking for a kimura from the bottom but Jones passes into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: De Santos (0) vs (11) Jones
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but De Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Santos is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
De Santos looking for subs from the bottom but Jones mounts him! Score +3 for passing guard: De Santos (0) vs (14) Jones
Jones wants to take De Santos's back but he can't do it this time.
De Santos has given up his back.
Score +3 for taking back: De Santos (0) vs (17) Jones
De Santos can't escape the position.
De Santos turns into Jones and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: De Santos (2) vs (17) Jones
De Santos sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jones's guard.
De Santos is trying to control. Jones wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Santos is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Jones wants to control but De Santos is keeping busy.
Jones looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
De Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Jones keeps working.
Jones is defending against the submission attempts here by De Santos.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Santos is working for a kimura but Jones is defending it quite comfortably.
De Santos is looking for a kimura but Jones is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for De Santos to get the leverage.
De Santos is looking to advance position but Jones won't allow it.
De Santos wants to work for an arm triangle but Jones is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
De Santos is thwarting Jones's attempts to control the position.
De Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Jones defends the submission attempt.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De Santos seems to be working for a kimura but Jones defends the submission attempt.
De Santos prevents Jones from improving his position.
Jones works his way to full guard. Good work.
Jones looking for a sweep. Not yet Jones, not yet.
De Santos got a little sloppy there for a moment and Jones has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, De Santos has managed to get both his arms back between Jones's legs - danger averted.
Jones keeping moving, preventing De Santos from controlling successfully.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jones manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. De Santos manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: De Santos (2) vs (19) Jones
De Santos looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
De Santos is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Jones trying to control but De Santos is working from the bottom.
De Santos throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Jones escapes and throws De Santos's legs to the side, diving into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: De Santos (2) vs (22) Jones
Jones wants to control but De Santos is keeping him busy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jones might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control De Santos haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
De Santos can't do much from the bottom here.
Jones wants to lay and pray for a moment but De Santos keeps working.
De Santos wants to control but Jones postures up.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control but De Santos is keeping him busy.
De Santos manages to work his way to half guard, despite Jones's best efforts.
Jones trying to control from half guard but De Santos is working away.
Jones is looking to advance position but De Santos won't allow it.
De Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Jones wants to control but De Santos is keeping him busy.
Jones 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.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
De Santos is controlling Jones's position as best he can from this difficult position.
De Santos trying to control here.
De Santos looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
De Santos trying to control here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Jones content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jones wants to take a breather but De Santos is having none of it.
De Santos looking for submissions off his back.
Jones is looking to take a break and control but De Santos is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
De Santos looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
De Santos is trying to get back to full guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
De Santos looking for submissions off his back.
De Santos wants to get back to full guard.
Jones trying to pass the guard but De Santos defending well.
De Santos trying to control but Jones postures up.
De Santos is not content to let Jones control the position.
Jones seems to be working for a kimura but De Santos defends the submission attempt.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Jones is thwarting De Santos's attempts to control the position.
Jones prevents De Santos from improving his position.
Jones performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
De Santos looking for subs from the bottom but Jones mounts him! Score +3 for passing guard: De Santos (2) vs (25) Jones
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Santos is trying to escape the mount.
Jones content just to control the position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jones wins on points by 25 to 2.
An out of breath and clearly excited Shawn Jones thanked Amped Performance ($200/160q) for their help and support (and free stuff they sent him).
Roger De Santos spoke after the fight, saying 'He is a great fighter and a very good man and he won fair and square but I will be back soon for my fans!'. |
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