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CACC 70 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Rodney Holzken (ranked 14816 p4p, 429 weight class) and Balbus Michael (ranked 5441 p4p, 374 weight class). Holzken comes to the ring accompanied by Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 11 losses; Rodney Holzken! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 3 losses; Balbus Michael!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Don Winkell.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
The fight moves into the clinch position.
Michael is pressed up against the ropes. Holzken has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Michael down to the mat. Michael avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Holzken seems to be moving with more speed, compared to his last bout. He must have been working on that in the gym.
Holzken looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Michael is fending him off so far but Holzken persists. Nope, Michael circles away and we're back to standing.
Holzken misses with a takedown
and Michael counters by clinching up.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Holzken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Michael has hold of one of Holzken's legs. Holzken is fighting the takedown attempt but Michael gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Holzken (0) vs (2) Michael
Michael sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Michael trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Michael is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holzken managing to control the position.
Holzken is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Michael won't allow Holzken to sweep him here.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Michael from controlling successfully.
Holzken keeping full guard, as Michael tries to pass.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Michael stays in close to Holzken's body and controls the position.
Michael wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Michael passes into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Michael works his foot free and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (0) vs (5) Michael
Michael wants to control the pace but Holzken is squirming around nicely.
Michael controlling his opponent.
Holzken slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Michael trying to control from half guard but Holzken is working away.
Michael looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Michael wants to control but Holzken is keeping him busy.
Michael tries to pass the half guard into mount. Holzken knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Michael seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holzken does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Michael controlling the action here.
Michael is pressing down on Holzken's thigh, looking to free his foot. Holzken is holding on for now.
Holzken is refusing to be controlled, as Michael sits in half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Michael might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Holzken haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Holzken works his way to full guard. Good work.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Michael from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Michael looking to pass the guard.
Michael pushing down on Holzken's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Holzken slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Michael's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Michael is continuing to stall.
Michael trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Michael wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Michael trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Holzken wants to sweep here but Michael controlling him for the moment.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Michael from controlling successfully.
Holzken pulls Michael in to control the position.
Holzken's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
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.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Further stalling from Holzken.
Michael trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Michael pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holzken is keeping the position for now.
Michael is still trying to improve position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Michael looking to sit in guard and control but Holzken gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Holzken (2) vs (5) Michael
Michael is trying to keep Holzken in close.
Michael is pulling down on Holzken's head. It's preventing any offense from Holzken, at least for the moment.
Michael can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Holzken controls the pace.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Michael not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Michael is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Michael is looking to sweep but instead, Holzken has passed into half guard.
Michael controlling the position for now.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Holzken 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.
Michael trying to control from the bottom.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Michael trying to get back to full guard but Holzken takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (5) vs (5) Michael
Michael is wriggling around trying to escape.
Holzken tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Michael wants to control but Holzken is having none of it.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Michael manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Michael tries to get to full guard but Holzken has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Holzken is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points and both fighters attempted the same number of subs, we will decide the bout based on the toss of a coin! Holzken is heads and Michael is tails.
The coin is in the air and it lands... heads!
Holzken takes the fight on points by 6 to 5.
Rodney Holzken retains his featherweight title!
A relieved looking Rodney Holzken 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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