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WPGC 7.5 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 13 losses; Boris Balkan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 31 losses; Ruben Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Micheangelo Fripello, Chris Saunders and Roger Salmon.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Balkan bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Balkan (4) vs (0) Gracie
Gracie manages to get back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Balkan seems content to control.
Balkan prevents Gracie from improving his position.
Gracie looking for a kimura from the bottom but Balkan passes into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (7) vs (0) Gracie
The referee asks Balkan politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Balkan prefers to stall for the moment though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie stops Balkan from passing to mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie is looking to regain half guard here but Balkan keeps moving and retains side control.
Balkan is staying tight to Gracie's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Gracie prevents Balkan from moving into mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to buck Balkan off but Balkan is having none of it.
Balkan advances to full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Balkan (9) vs (0) Gracie
Gracie keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Balkan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Balkan's attempts to control the action.
Gracie really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeps trying to improve his position.
Balkan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.
Balkan seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Gracie is holding on tight.
We've been hearing good reports from Balkan's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
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.
Gracie is wriggling around trying to escape.
Balkan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
Balkan tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries to improve his position but instead Balkan has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Balkan (12) vs (0) Gracie
Balkan trying to control.
Gracie holding both Balkan 's hands and preventing any damage.
Gracie tries to escape but he's let his defenses down in doing so and Balkan has slipped in the rear naked choke! Oh, that's tiiiiiiiiight! Gracie is tapping! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Boris Balkan!
During a confident post fight interview, Boris Balkan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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