|
|
WPGC 4.5 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 Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 53 wins and 31 losses; Judas Priest! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 43 wins and 25 losses; Malaki Fiso!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Priest closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Fiso quickly recovers to half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Priest (2) vs (0) Fiso
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Fiso has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fiso wants to improve his position but Priest is controlling well.
Priest passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Priest (5) vs (0) Fiso
Fiso wants to control but Priest postures up.
Fiso sneaks back into half guard.
Well, if Priest 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiso wants to improve his position but Priest is controlling well.
Fiso moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Priest will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Priest wants to pass the guard but Fiso is keeping the position.
Priest controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiso wants to sweep here but Priest controlling him for the moment.
Fiso looking to control.
Fiso keeping moving, preventing Priest from controlling successfully.
Priest looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Priest postures up.
Fiso has Priest pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiso wants to sweep but no luck.
Fiso is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Fiso keeping moving, preventing Priest from controlling successfully.
Fiso trying to control the position.
Fiso controlling Priest's posture.
Fiso wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiso looking to control.
Fiso wants to sweep but no luck.
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.
Priest looking to pass the guard.
Fiso is trying to keep Priest in close.
Priest wants to control from the top but Fiso keeps moving.
Priest controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fiso is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Fiso tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Priest controlling from the top position.
Fiso trying to control the position.
Priest controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fiso has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Priest has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Priest (8) vs (0) Fiso
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fiso tries to bench press Priest off him but Priest keeps the position.
Priest moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Priest wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fiso keeps working.
Fiso is letting Priest control him for a moment.
Fiso is looking for a sweep.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Priest has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Fiso! Score +2 for reaching mount: Priest (10) vs (0) Fiso
Priest trying to control but Fiso is having none of it.
Fiso is in all sorts of trouble here.
Priest trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Fiso slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fiso is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Priest controlling the action here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Priest wants to pass the guard but Fiso is defending well.
Fiso is looking to control Priest's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Fiso avoid being mounted?
Fiso tries to get to full guard but Priest has control of the leg.
Priest controlling the action here.
Fiso manages to get to full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fiso is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fiso wants to sweep here but Priest controlling him for the moment.
Priest is stalling in the full guard.
Priest wants to pass the guard but Fiso is keeping the position.
Priest's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Fiso manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Priest manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Priest (10) vs (2) Fiso
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Fiso stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Priest swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiso slips nicely into half guard.
Priest is not content to let Fiso control the position.
Priest is looking for a sweep. Fiso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Priest has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Fiso is working away from the top position though.
Fiso is looking for a kimura but Priest is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Fiso to get the leverage.
Fiso is looking to take a break and control but Priest is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Priest is trying to get back to full guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Fiso tries to pass the half guard into mount. Priest knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fiso trying to control the action but Priest is working from the bottom.
Fiso passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Priest (10) vs (5) Fiso
Priest is squirming around, avoiding Fiso's attempts to control the action.
Fiso sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Priest tries to lock up and control but Fiso gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Fiso trying to control but Priest is having none of it.
Priest looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Fiso controlling the position easily from mount.
Priest sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Fiso content to control rather than advance.
Priest looking for submissions off his back.
Priest wants to get back to full guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Priest is working hard here to advance position.
Well, if Fiso 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.
Fiso tries to pass the half guard into mount. Priest knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Fiso controlling the action here.
Fiso is trying to control the action in half guard but Priest is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Priest won't allow Fiso to pass to mount.
Priest controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Fiso moves nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Priest (10) vs (8) Fiso
Priest tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fiso wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Priest wants to control but Fiso postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Priest takes the fight on points by 10 to 8.
Judas Priest seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
|
|
|
|
|
