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SSG 138 Barnes vs Dew 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Yuri Prochazka! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Matthieu Lefevre!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Columbo Gatti and Franklyn Lucas.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Lefevre with a poor takedown
and Prochazka counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Prochazka could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Lefevre fails to pull guard.
Lefevre is trying to pull guard but Prochazka has him pressed against the cage.
Yuri Prochazka has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Matthieu Lefevre.
Prochazka goes for a takedown attempt but Lefevre pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Prochazka closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Lefevre quickly recovers to half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Prochazka (2) vs (0) Lefevre
Prochazka controlling the pace.
Prochazka has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lefevre wants to get back to full guard but Prochazka has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Prochazka (5) vs (0) Lefevre
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lefevre stops Prochazka from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Prochazka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Lefevre tries to reverse the position but Prochazka maintains control.
Prochazka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lefevre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Prochazka controlling the pace for now.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka avoids the attempt from Lefevre to control.
Prochazka controlling the position easily from mount.
Prochazka seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Lefevre for as long as he can get away with.
Prochazka is looking to work his way around to Lefevre's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Prochazka takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lefevre sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka slows the pace down in half guard.
Lefevre trying to control here.
Prochazka slows the pace down in half guard.
Lefevre tries to roll over but Prochazka keeps him under control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka controlling the action here.
Prochazka passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Prochazka (8) vs (0) Lefevre
Prochazka tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Lefevre sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Prochazka is taking a breather. Lefevre says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka is thwarting Lefevre's attempts to control the position.
Prochazka controlling the pace.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lefevre tries to get to full guard but Prochazka has control of the leg.
Prochazka perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Lefevre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lefevre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Prochazka looking to pass the guard.
Prochazka preventing the sweep.
Lefevre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Prochazka (11) vs (0) Lefevre
Lefevre trying to remain calm as Prochazka controls from the top position.
Lefevre is looking to regain half guard here but Prochazka keeps moving and retains side control.
Prochazka controlling the position.
Lefevre can't do much from the bottom here.
The referee asks Prochazka politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Prochazka prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka tries to move to mount but Lefevre blocks the move with his legs.
Lefevre tries to improve position but can't.
Prochazka tries to advance to mount but Lefevre instead regains half guard.
Lefevre wants to get back to full guard.
Well, if Prochazka 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.
Lefevre is pressing down on Prochazka's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Prochazka not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Lefevre working a defensive guard here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka tries to free his leg and advance position but Lefevre is retaining full guard.
Prochazka slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Lefevre wants to improve his position but instead Prochazka has moved into half guard.
Lefevre is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Lefevre trying to control but Prochazka postures up.
Prochazka sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Prochazka trying to mount his opponent but Lefevre defends it.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Lefevre is looking to improve his position.
Lefevre tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Prochazka has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Prochazka (14) vs (0) Lefevre
Prochazka controlling from the full mount.
Prochazka continues to stall.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka fails to take his opponent's back.
Prochazka takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Lefevre is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Lefevre working to try and regain half guard.
Prochazka sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Prochazka's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Lefevre tries to hold on but Prochazka pushes him away.
Prochazka looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Prochazka avoids the attempt from Lefevre to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Prochazka takes the fight on points by 14 to 0.
During a confident post fight interview, Yuri Prochazka thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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