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TWGC 40 (185lbs, D2): Helsinki Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Stanley Yelnats! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Ola Badmus!
The judges for this bout are Johanna Lukiainen, Anni Minnemäki and Matti Vanhoillinen.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#CL2#
Badmus moves into range and clinches up with Yelnats.
Badmus is trying to pull guard but Yelnats turns him against the cage and we stay in the clinch.
Badmus fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Yelnats tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Badmus just stands there and leans against the cage.
Badmus jumps guard but Yelnats turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Stanley Yelnats has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Ola Badmus.
Yelnats looking for a takedown.
Yelnats tries to pull guard but can't drag his opponent to the mat. Badmus just stands there and leans against the cage.#TD#
Yelnats gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Badmus regains guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Yelnats (2) vs (0) Badmus
Yelnats trying to control but Badmus is working from the bottom.
Yelnats passes Badmus's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Yelnats keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Badmus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Badmus trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Yelnats manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Yelnats (5) vs (0) Badmus
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T1#
Badmus is working to get back to half guard.
Yelnats tries to control but Badmus wriggling away.
Badmus is trying to escape the mount.
Yelnats looking to control but Badmus is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Badmus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Badmus is desperately trying to improve his position but Yelnats has a good base and remains in mount.#T2#
Yelnats tries to control but Badmus wriggling away.
Badmus tries to hold on but Yelnats pushes him away.
Badmus is desperately trying to improve his position but Yelnats has a good base and remains in mount.
Yelnats controlling the pace for now.
Yelnats looking to control but Badmus is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Badmus can't escape the position.
#T3#
Yelnats wants to control the action but instead Badmus gets a body lock and reverses into Yelnats's guard! Nice work! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Yelnats (5) vs (2) Badmus#SUB#
Yelnats working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Badmus has passed into half guard!
Yelnats tries to roll over but Badmus keeps him under control.
Badmus with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Badmus wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yelnats keeps working.
Still in half guard, Badmus seems content to control.#T4#
Yelnats tries to roll over but Badmus keeps him under control.
Badmus wants to take a breather but Yelnats is having none of it.
Badmus is thwarting Yelnats's attempts to control the position.
Yelnats works his way to full guard. Good work.
Badmus wants to pass the guard but Yelnats is keeping the position.
Yelnats looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Yelnats is trying to control the position but Badmus postures up.
Badmus stands and throws Yelnats's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Yelnats (5) vs (5) Badmus
The referee asks Badmus politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Badmus prefers to stall for the moment though.#T5#
Yelnats manages to work his way to half guard, despite Badmus's best efforts.
Yelnats wants to get back to full guard.
Yelnats trying to control here.
Well, if Badmus is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Badmus wants to control but Yelnats is keeping him busy.
Badmus passes into side control, despite Yelnats's attempt to control the position.
Score +3 for passing guard: Yelnats (5) vs (8) Badmus
Yelnats is not content to let Badmus control the position. #T6#
Yelnats wants to control but Badmus postures up.
Badmus trying to control the position but Yelnats is working away.
Badmus tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
A lull in the action here as Badmus stalls from top position.
Yelnats is looking to reverse the position.#T7#
Badmus tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Badmus happy to just control the position for now.
Yelnats is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Yelnats's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Yelnats regains half guard.#T8##SUB2#
Badmus is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Yelnats sees it coming and defends easily.
Yelnats moves into full guard.
Badmus wants to pass the guard but Yelnats is keeping the position.
Badmus trying to control the position from guard on top but Yelnats is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yelnats keeping full guard, as Badmus tries to pass.
Yelnats looking to control.
#T9#
Yelnats keeping moving, preventing Badmus from controlling successfully.
Yelnats keeping full guard, as Badmus tries to pass.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yelnats is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Yelnats (7) vs (8) Badmus#SUB2#
Yelnats avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Badmus keeping full guard, as Yelnats tries to pass. #T10#
Yelnats trying to control but Badmus is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Badmus looking for a guillotine here but Yelnats defends easily.
Our spies down at at CHECMATE PRIME MMA inform us that Badmus has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Yelnats pushing down on Badmus's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. #SUB2#
Badmus looking for submissions from an awkward position here.#T11#
Badmus is looking for a sweep. Yelnats is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Badmus is refusing to be controlled, as Yelnats sits in half guard.
Yelnats tries to pass the half guard into mount. Badmus knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Yelnats prevents Badmus from improving his position.
Badmus wants to control but Yelnats is keeping busy and won't allow it. #T12#
Yelnats passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Yelnats (10) vs (8) Badmus
Badmus prevents Yelnats from moving into mount.
Yelnats is looking to take a break and control but Badmus is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #SUB#
Yelnats thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Badmus is looking to reverse the position.#T13##SUB#
Yelnats working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Yelnats trying to control the position but Badmus is working away. #SUB#
Yelnats tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Yelnats working away.#T14#
Badmus is looking to regain half guard here but Yelnats keeps moving and retains side control.
Yelnats wants to control for a moment but Badmus uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB2#
Badmus looking for submissions off his back.
And that's the end of the fight!
Yelnats takes the fight on points by 10 to 8. |
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 35 wins and 7 losses; Gino Gambini! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Porthos Knox!
The judges for this bout are Marco Blurström, Tarja Halkonen and Ben Zyskovitsi.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Gambini is trying hard to land a takedown here. Knox sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet. #CL2#
Knox clinches up against the cage.#TD2#
Knox jumps into guard, dragging Gambini to the mat.
Gambini tries to free his leg and advance position but Knox is retaining full guard.
Gambini really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Gambini sitting in guard here, content to control.
Knox looking for a sweep. Not yet Knox, not yet.
Knox is controlling Gambini's posture.
Gambini won't allow Knox to sweep him here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gambini controls the pace of the fight for a moment.#T1#
Gambini passes into half guard. #SUB2#
Knox actively working from the bottom here.
Gambini is taking a breather. Knox says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Knox gets back to full guard.
Gambini trying to control the position from guard on top but Knox is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gambini sitting in guard, not really doing much. #T2#
Knox keeping moving, preventing Gambini from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gambini stays in close to Knox's body and controls the position.
Gambini seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Knox for as long as he can get away with.#T3#
Knox keeping moving, preventing Gambini from controlling successfully.
Gambini is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Gambini postures up.
Gambini tries to free his leg and advance position but Knox is retaining full guard.
Gambini will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Gambini is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gambini pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Knox is keeping the position for now. #T4#
Knox 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.
Knox looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Gambini advances to half guard. #SUB2#
Knox actively working from the bottom here.
Gambini trying to pass the guard but Knox defending well.
Gambini is taking a breather. Knox says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#T5#
Gambini uses his free foot to push down on Knox's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Knox. Score +3 for passing guard: Gambini (3) vs (0) Knox
Gambini controlling the pace for now.
Gambini trying to control but Knox is having none of it.
Knox is wriggling around trying to escape.
#T6#
Knox keeps trying to improve his position.
Gambini controlling his opponent.
Gambini tries to control but Knox wriggling away.
Gambini controlling his opponent.
Knox really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
#T7#
Gambini controlling the position easily from mount.
Gambini has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Knox is trying desperately to improve position.#T8#
Knox tries to hold on but Gambini postures up.
Gambini sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gambini can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Knox is looking to escape.
Gambini sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gambini avoids the attempt from Knox to control.#T9#
Gambini looking to control but Knox is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Knox has given up his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Gambini (6) vs (0) Knox
Gambini keeps control of the position as Knox tries to break free.
#T10#
Gambini has good solid back control here.
Gambini continues to stall.#T11#
More hug and hope from Gambini.#T12#
Gambini trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Gambini controls the position.
Will Gambini go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Knox rolls, trying to escape but Gambini keeps control of the position.
Gambini controlling from the back.
Gambini trying to control momentarily.
#T13#
Gambini is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Knox rolls, trying to escape but Gambini keeps control of the position.
Knox manages to reverse the position and now he's in Gambini's guard. Nice work there by Knox.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gambini (6) vs (2) Knox
Gambini 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.
Knox stands and throws Gambini's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Gambini (6) vs (5) Knox
Gambini tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Knox wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. #T14#
Gambini manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Knox is trying to control. Gambini wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gambini wants to control the action here but instead Knox manages to pass to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Gambini (6) vs (8) Knox
Gambini holds on for dear life, controlling Knox's posture momentarily.
Knox wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gambini is trying desperately to improve position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Knox wins on points by 8 to 6.
Porthos Knox seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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