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CACC 192: Huhrera vs Halli PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 16 wins and 15 losses; Ishiihara Sakuraba! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 9 losses; Lemony Snicket!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Timothy Bukovac.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Sakuraba shoots in from a long way out. He's driving through with the takedown attempt and he eventually gets it, landing in Snicket's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Sakuraba (2) vs (0) Snicket
Sakuraba sitting in guard here, content to control.
Snicket throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Sakuraba escapes and throws Snicket's legs to the side, diving into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Sakuraba (5) vs (0) Snicket
Snicket is trying to escape the position but Sakuraba is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snicket tries to bench press Sakuraba off him but Sakuraba keeps the position.
Snicket seems a little lost for a moment, as Sakuraba dominates the positioning.
Sakuraba has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Sakuraba.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba moves into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Sakuraba (7) vs (0) Snicket
Sakuraba content just to control the position here.
Sakuraba wants to take Snicket's back here but Snicket is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Sakuraba controlling his opponent.
Snicket regains half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sakuraba seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Snicket for as long as he can get away with.
Sakuraba'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.
Snicket actively working from the bottom here.
Sakuraba trying to control the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Further stalling from Sakuraba.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Sakuraba is stinking the place up with his stalling.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba continues to hold on tight.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Snicket looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Snicket looking for submissions off his back.
Sakuraba content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Snicket looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sakuraba looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Snicket sees it coming and defends easily.
Sakuraba is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Snicket actively working from the bottom here.
Sakuraba controlling the action here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Sakuraba is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Snicket is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Sakuraba seems to be looking for submissions.
Sakuraba perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Snicket is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sakuraba pulls his head out easily.
Sakuraba looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Snicket tries to get to full guard but Sakuraba has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sakuraba sitting and controlling from the half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sakuraba takes the fight on points by 7 to 0.
Ishiihara Sakuraba decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little. |
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