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GFY 6 - Humphrey's Last Ride PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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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 4 wins and 2 losses; Humphrey Wellington! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 4 losses; Domingo The Flamingo!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
The Flamingo has his takedown stuffed#CL#
and Wellington counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
The Flamingo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Wellington to keep the fight standing.#TD#
Wellington successfully pulls guard.
The Flamingo looking to sit in guard and control but Wellington gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wellington (2) vs (0) The Flamingo
The Flamingo is trying to hold Wellington in close to prevent damage but Wellington has managed to pass into half guard.
Wellington works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Wellington (5) vs (0) The Flamingo
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wellington controlling the position from side mount.
Wellington will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Wellington has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for The Flamingo! Score +2 for reaching mount: Wellington (7) vs (0) The Flamingo#T1##SUB#
Wellington looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. #SUB#
Wellington looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Wellington content just to control the position here. #SUB#
Wellington jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but The Flamingo manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Wellington advances to mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Wellington (9) vs (0) The Flamingo#T2##SUB#
The Flamingo has left one of his arms exposed and Wellington doesn't need a second invitation. He's isolated it and locked on a tight armbar. The Flamingo screams and taps out, obviously in a lot of pain. Hopefully there isn't permanent damage to that arm.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:24 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Humphrey Wellington!
Humphrey Wellington bigged himself up after the win. The crowd seemed to love it. |
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Undercard bout
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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 45 wins and 41 losses; Pacer Dalton! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Filmore Everett!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Wesley Smith and Frank Dennis.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Dalton feints and as Everett raises his hands in defense, Dalton changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Dalton (2) vs (0) Everett
Dalton forces his way into half guard.
Dalton is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Dalton (5) vs (0) Everett
Dalton sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dalton seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Everett for as long as he can get away with.
Dalton is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Everett is in real trouble.
Score +3 for taking back: Dalton (8) vs (0) Everett
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dalton biding his time, looking for the opening.
Everett trying to control but not successfully.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Dalton controlling the positon.#T1##SUB#
Dalton is cranking Everett's head sideways - that looks painful. He's managed to get his other arm under the chin and this looks bad for Everett! He's tightened the choke and Everett is tapping out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Pacer Dalton!
A relieved looking Pacer Dalton thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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Co-main event
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 33 losses; Sirus Hughes! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 5 losses; Desi Kraag!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Alan Glass and Gwen Towbar.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Kraag tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Kraag tries to clinch but Hughes moves out of range.
Kraag tries to close the distance and clinch up but Hughes swats him away and circles back towards the center. #TD#
Hughes drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Hughes (4) vs (0) Kraag
Kraag should think about turning a few of those tyres round his middle into muscle if he wants people to take him seriously as an athlete.
Hughes working away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Kraag is not content to let Hughes control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Kraag is trying to get back to half guard.#SUB#
Hughes is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kraag knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Kraag wants to control but Hughes postures up.#T1#
Kraag is looking to reverse the position.
Hughes has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Hughes advances nicely into full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Hughes (6) vs (0) Kraag
Kraag is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Hughes moves to the back position. Score +3 for taking back: Hughes (9) vs (0) Kraag
Kraag really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Hughes. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Will Hughes go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Kraag is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Hughes.
#SUB#
Hughes is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Kraag tries to escape but Hughes has the hooks in and won't let him break free. #SUB#
Hughes is persistently looking for the submission but Kraag is defending it well.
Hughes gets his hands free as Kraag looks to control. #T2##SUB#
Kraag fending off the submission attempt from Hughes.
Kraag trying to control the hands but Hughes breaks the grip.
Kraag tries to escape the position.
Kraag wants to control his opponent's hands but Hughes gets his hands free. #SUB#
Hughes sinks in the hooks and is looking for the choke. He's got it! Kraag taps out!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Sirus Hughes!
Sirus Hughes retains his super heavyweight title! |
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Main event
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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 61 wins and 66 losses; Tobias Pancake! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 3 losses; Chad Strdoza!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Cecil Peabody and Wesley Smith.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Strdoza stuffs the takedown attempt from Pancake. Pancake gets slowly back to his feet.
Strdoza swats away the attempt to clinch by Pancake.
Strdoza is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Strdoza slaps away a takedown attempt from Pancake, before circling back to the center of the mat.#TD#
Pancake shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Strdoza napping and manages to drive through into side control! Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Pancake (4) vs (0) Strdoza
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB#
Pancake tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pancake has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Strdoza is trying to improve his position.
Strdoza manages to get back to half guard.#T1#
Strdoza trying to control but Pancake postures up.
#SUB#
Pancake is looking for a kimura here.
Strdoza is trying to maintain the position but Pancake is very close to passing his half guard.
Strdoza wants to improve his position but Pancake is controlling well.
Pancake wants to take a breather but Strdoza is having none of it.
Strdoza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Pancake is just content to waste time from the top position. Strdoza takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard. #T2#
Strdoza is trying to keep Pancake in close.
Strdoza being controlled here, momentarily.
Pancake has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Pancake trying to control the position from guard on top but Strdoza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Strdoza is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#SUB2#
Strdoza is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
#T3##SUB2#
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Strdoza working for a triangle but Pancake defends it easily.
Pancake tries to free his leg and advance position but Strdoza is retaining full guard.
Pancake seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Pancake stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Strdoza swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Strdoza 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.
Strdoza keeping moving, preventing Pancake from controlling successfully.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.#T4#
Pancake preventing the sweep.
Pancake tries to free his leg and advance position but Strdoza is retaining full guard.
Pancake trying to control but Strdoza is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Strdoza looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Pancake passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Pancake (7) vs (0) Strdoza
Pancake trying to control the action but Strdoza is working from the bottom.
Pancake is really struggling to control Strdoza but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Strdoza can't do much from the bottom here. #T5#
Strdoza is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Strdoza slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Strdoza controlling the position.
Strdoza trying to keep a closed guard but Pancake is proving a slippery customer.
Strdoza lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Pancake (7) vs (2) Strdoza
Strdoza trying to control but Pancake is working from the bottom. #SUB2#
Strdoza is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Pancake looking to control.
#T6#
Pancake keeping moving, preventing Strdoza from controlling successfully.
Strdoza passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Pancake (7) vs (5) Strdoza
A bit of a lull in the action here.#SUB2#
Strdoza is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pancake knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Pancake is trying to control Strdoza's posture but Strdoza avoids it. #SUB2#
Strdoza tries for a kimura but Pancake is defending well. #T7##SUB2#
Strdoza has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Pancake is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Strdoza yanks on the arm and Pancake is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Strdoza.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Chad Strdoza!
An out of breath Chad Strdoza 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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