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Stepping Stone 51 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 5 losses; LLoyd Christmas! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 7 losses; Nori Tatewaki!
The judges for this bout are Stewart Dunkirk, Daniel Franklin and Chris Downing.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Christmas shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Tatewaki manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Christmas (2) vs (0) Tatewaki
Tatewaki looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Christmas passes Tatewaki's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Christmas trying to control the action but Tatewaki is working from the bottom.
Christmas uses his free foot to push down on Tatewaki's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Tatewaki. Score +3 for passing guard: Christmas (5) vs (0) Tatewaki
Christmas tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Tatewaki wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Christmas (8) vs (0) Tatewaki
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Christmas keeps control of the position as Tatewaki tries to break free.
Christmas tightening his grip on Tatewaki, looking for the choke.
Christmas has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Tatewaki's body.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Tatewaki defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Tatewaki tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Christmas has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Tatewaki is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:41 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). LLoyd Christmas!
During a confident post fight interview, LLoyd Christmas thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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