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by Play - Fighter's Fight Commentary
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Event:
EFL 9 - Midget v Mitchell
Date: Jun 24, 2018 |
#R1##TD2#
Schlimen closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. #SUB2#
Schlimen is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Cruz sees it coming and defends easily.
Still in half guard, Schlimen seems content to control.
Schlimen has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. #SUB2#
Schlimen jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Cruz manages to avoid the submission attempt. #SUB2#
Schlimen looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#SUB2#
Schlimen thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #T1#
Schlimen just content to control the position.
You can see the frustration on Cruz's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Schlimen advances to full mount.
Schlimen controlling his opponent.
Cruz has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Schlimen biding his time, controlling Cruz. #T2#
Cruz trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble. #SUB2#
Schlimen is cranking Cruz's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Cruz! He's tightened the choke and Cruz is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Bruce Schlimen!
After the fight, Bruce Schlimen was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly.
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