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CWC 344 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 42 wins and 33 losses; Moldy Jello! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 19 wins and 4 losses; Mapuche Matariki!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Matheus Silva and Seu Braga.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Matariki moves into the clinch successfully.
Jello pulls guard effortlessly.
Jello manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Matariki manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jello (2) vs (0) Matariki
Matariki working a defensive guard but Jello manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Jello (5) vs (0) Matariki
Matariki 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.
Matariki is looking to regain half guard here but Jello keeps moving and retains side control.
We've been hearing good reports from Jello'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.
You can see the frustration on Matariki's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jello advances to mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Jello (7) vs (0) Matariki
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Matariki prevents Jello from taking his back.
Matariki wants to hold on but Jello pushes him away.
Matariki really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Matariki is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Matariki working to try and regain half guard.
Jello tries to control but Matariki wriggling away.
Matariki is trying desperately to improve position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jello can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Matariki is looking to escape.
Matariki tries to control Jello's body but Jello pushes him off. Matariki squirms to his side and now Jello has his back! Score +3 for taking back: Jello (10) vs (0) Matariki
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Matariki wants to escape the position.
Jello controls the position.
Matariki tries to break free.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jello has good solid back control here.
Matariki controlling the position well but he knows he's in a bad spot.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Matariki tries to escape but Jello has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Matariki is still trying to improve position.
Jello keeps control of the position easily here as Matariki tries to buck him off.
Matariki tries to break free.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jello has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Matariki's body.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Jello has the hooks in. Matariki is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Matariki turns into Jello and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jello (10) vs (2) Matariki
Jello keeping full guard, as Matariki tries to pass.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jello is trying to keep Matariki in close.
Matariki tries to free his leg and advance position but Jello is retaining full guard.
Matariki trying to control the position from guard on top but Jello is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jello trying to control the position here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Matariki is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Matariki slips nicely into half guard.
Jello has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Matariki is working away from the top position though.
Jello is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Matariki is looking to stall here but Jello recovers full guard.
Jello trying to keep a closed guard but Matariki is proving a slippery customer.
Jello keeping moving, preventing Matariki from controlling successfully.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Jello wants to sweep here but Matariki controlling him for the moment.
Matariki looking to sit in guard and control but Jello gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jello (12) vs (2) Matariki
Jello trying to control but Matariki is working from the bottom.
Matariki tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Jello advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Jello (15) vs (2) Matariki
What's Matariki going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Matariki manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jello (15) vs (4) Matariki
Matariki controlling the pace.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Matariki working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Jello's thigh. Jello counters though and makes it back to full guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Jello trying to control the position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Matariki postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jello takes the fight on points by 15 to 4.
Moldy Jello retains his light heavyweight title!
During a confident post fight interview, Moldy Jello thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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