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SSG 154 Dew vs Ulatov 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 6 wins and 3 losses; Martino Frederick! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 0 losses; Anderson Da Silva!
The judges for this bout are Yves DeLean, Alec Ball and Dillan Fox.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Da Silva with a poor takedown
and Frederick counters with a driving takedown into guard. Nice work there by Frederick. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Frederick (2) vs (0) Da Silva
Frederick preventing the sweep.
Da Silva wants to control but Frederick passes easily into half guard.
Da Silva tries to get to full guard but Frederick has control of the leg.
Da Silva is trying to control but can't.
Da Silva is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Frederick is staying active.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Frederick is looking to advance position but Da Silva won't allow it.
Frederick is trying to control. Da Silva wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Frederick trying to control the pace.
Frederick trying to mount his opponent but Da Silva defends it.
Da Silva wants to get back to full guard.
Frederick is trying to control the action in half guard but Da Silva is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Da Silva wants to improve his position but Frederick is controlling well.
Frederick will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Da Silva tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Frederick has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Frederick (5) vs (0) Da Silva
Frederick controlling from the full mount.
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.
Da Silva is looking to get to half guard.
Da Silva tries to hold on but Frederick pushes him away.
Frederick sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Da Silva is looking to improve his position but Frederick isn't that keen on the idea.
Frederick wants to control the pace but Da Silva is squirming around nicely.
Da Silva bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Frederick (5) vs (2) Da Silva
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Frederick wants to sweep here but Da Silva controlling him for the moment.
Da Silva is looking to advance position but Frederick has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Frederick (9) vs (2) Da Silva
Da Silva is squirming around, avoiding Frederick's attempts to control the action.
Da Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Frederick controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Da Silva defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Frederick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is looking to improve his position but Frederick isn't that keen on the idea.
Frederick controlling his opponent.
Frederick has control of Da Silva's right arm, working for a kimura. It's a bit of a token attempt though and Da Silva regains control of the situation pretty easily.
Da Silva is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Frederick trying to control but Da Silva is having none of it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is wriggling around trying to escape.
Frederick with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Da Silva tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Da Silva is trying to reverse the position but instead Frederick has taken his back - oops! Score +3 for taking back: Frederick (12) vs (2) Da Silva
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva just trying to survive but Frederick is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Da Silva wants to escape the position.
Frederick is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Da Silva is defending well though. Frederick let's go of the attempt for now.
Da Silva tries to break free.
Da Silva trying to control the action but Frederick just sinks the hooks in.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Frederick keeps control of the position as Da Silva tries to break free.
Frederick controlling from the back.
Frederick avoiding Da Silva 's attempts to control his hands.
Da Silva turns into Frederick and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Frederick (12) vs (4) Da Silva
Frederick is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Frederick seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Frederick keeping moving, preventing Da Silva from controlling successfully.
Frederick is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Da Silva advances to half guard.
Frederick gets full guard.
Da Silva won't allow Frederick to sweep him here.
Frederick controlling Da Silva's posture.
Da Silva trying to control but Frederick is working from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Frederick is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Frederick controlling Da Silva's posture.
Da Silva wants to pass the guard but Frederick is keeping the position.
Frederick looking for a sweep. Not yet Frederick, not yet.
Frederick is trying to control the position but Da Silva postures up.
Frederick is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Frederick (14) vs (4) Da Silva
Da Silva wants to control but Frederick is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Frederick is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Frederick (17) vs (4) Da Silva
Frederick looking to control but Da Silva is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Da Silva is just holding on here. Frederick manages to take his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Frederick (20) vs (4) Da Silva
Frederick is looking for the choke from the back position but Da Silva is controlling his hands well.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva wants to control his opponent's hands but Frederick gets his hands free.
Frederick is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Da Silva is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Frederick gets his way!
Frederick has the hooks in. Da Silva is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Da Silva trying to control the hands but Frederick won't let him.
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 twelve minutes gone in the round.
Da Silva is in bad spot here.
Da Silva is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
I really don't envy Da Silva right now.
Frederick not allowing Da Silva to control his hands.
Da Silva has hold of Frederick's leg, trying to break free but it's let Frederick lock up a rear naked choke! This could be big trouble! Da Silva is turning an unusual color here… he's out! Frederick throws him to one side and jumps onto the cage to celebrate with his fans.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 13:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Martino Frederick! |
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