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SSG 114 Waterman vs Rhodeo 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 London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 3 losses; Mark Skells! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Frank Lesnar !
The judges for this bout are Jorge Garcia, Lou da Vinci and Franklyn Lucas.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Lesnar clinches up against the cage.
Lesnar jumps guard.
Skells trying to control the position from guard on top but Lesnar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lesnar not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Skells wants to control from the top but Lesnar keeps moving.
Lesnar looking for a sweep. Not yet Lesnar , not yet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Skells looking to sit in guard and control but Lesnar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Skells (0) vs (2) Lesnar
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Skells controls Lesnar momentarily but Lesnar frees himself.
Lesnar sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Lesnar trying to control but Skells is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Skells looking to control.
Lesnar wants to control from the top but Skells keeps moving.
Lesnar content to stall in guard here.
Skells looking to control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lesnar advances to half guard.
Lesnar is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Lesnar wants to pass to mount but Skells is defending the position.
Lesnar is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Skells looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Skells is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Skells is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lesnar wants to control from the top but Skells keeps moving.
Skells being controlled here, momentarily.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar trying to control but Skells is working from the bottom.
Skells being controlled here, momentarily.
Skells is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Lesnar 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Lesnar passes Skells's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Lesnar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Skells knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lesnar in particular looking to stall.
Skells is trying to get back to full guard.
Skells is staying active underneath Lesnar , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Skells looking for submissions off his back.
Skells is trying to maintain the position but Lesnar is very close to passing his half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar is looking to take a break and control but Skells is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lesnar is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Lesnar moves nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Skells (0) vs (5) Lesnar
Lesnar slows the pace down.
Skells tries to improve position but can't.
Lesnar tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Lesnar has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Lesnar working away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Skells is trying to escape the position but Lesnar is controlling the position.
Lesnar is looking to take a break and control but Skells is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Skells struggling a bit here.
Lesnar trying to control the position but Skells is working away.
Skells tries to buck Lesnar off but Lesnar is having none of it.
Skells can't do much from the bottom here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Skells is not content to let Lesnar control the position.
Lesnar thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Skells is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Lesnar 's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Skells actively working from the bottom here.
Lesnar is thwarting Skells's attempts to control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar tries to pass the half guard into mount. Skells knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Lesnar trying to control from half guard but Skells is working away.
Skells is holding on to half guard well.
Skells on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Skells tries to get out of the position.
Well, if Lesnar 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.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Skells keeping control of the position.
Lesnar is stalling here. Skells is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Lesnar seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Skells has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Skells (4) vs (5) Lesnar
Skells is trying to get an arm triangle but Lesnar is defending well.
Skells tries to advance to mount but can't.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Lesnar is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Lesnar is trying to control Skells's posture but Skells avoids it.
Lesnar sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Skells wants to pass to mount but Lesnar is defending the position.
Skells not doing much here.
Skells moves into full mount! Lesnar won't be happy about that! Score +3 for passing guard: Skells (7) vs (5) Lesnar
Lesnar is wriggling around trying to escape.
Skells wants to take Lesnar 's back but he can't do it this time.
Skells tries to control but Lesnar wriggling away.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar working to try and regain half guard.
Lesnar gets back to half guard.
Skells prevents Lesnar from improving his position.
Lesnar trying to hold on to Skells's head to control him but Skells postures up.
Skells wants to pass to mount but Lesnar is defending the position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Skells working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Lesnar 's thigh. Lesnar counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Lesnar trying to keep a closed guard but Skells is proving a slippery customer.
Lesnar is pulling down on Skells's head. It's preventing any offense from Skells, at least for the moment.
Skells looking to pass the guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Lesnar throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Skells stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lesnar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Skells sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Lesnar 's guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Skells wants to pass to mount but Lesnar is defending the position.
Skells is stalling here. Lesnar is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Skells seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Lesnar has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Skells (7) vs (9) Lesnar
And that's the end of the fight!
Lesnar wins on points by 9 to 7. |
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