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SSG 149 Jagonoy vs Philbert 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 Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 20 losses; Thammy Jagonoy! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 8 losses; Van Dyke Philbert! The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious? Philbert drives through and clinches with Jagonoy against the cage.
Philbert has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Jagonoy regains guard immediately. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Jagonoy (0) vs (2) Philbert Jagonoy seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission. Philbert looking to sit in guard and control but Jagonoy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jagonoy (2) vs (2) Philbert Philbert seems keen to control Jagonoy's posture. Jagonoy has gone for a leg lock! Philbert slips out almost immediately though and dives into Jagonoy's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jagonoy (2) vs (4) Philbert Jagonoy wants to sweep but no luck. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Philbert wants to pass the guard but Jagonoy is keeping the position. Jagonoy keeping moving, preventing Philbert from controlling successfully. Jagonoy keeping full guard, as Philbert tries to pass. The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round. Jagonoy is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Philbert looking to pass the guard. Jagonoy manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Philbert manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jagonoy (4) vs (4) Philbert Jagonoy tries to free his leg and advance position but Philbert is retaining full guard. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Philbert is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jagonoy (4) vs (6) Philbert Philbert looking to sit in guard and control but Jagonoy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jagonoy (6) vs (6) Philbert
That's two minutes gone in the round. Philbert is pulling down on Jagonoy's head to control his posture. Philbert keeping moving, preventing Jagonoy from controlling successfully. Jagonoy wants to pass the guard but Philbert is keeping the position. The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work. A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Philbert holds on and takes a little breather. Philbert has his foot on Jagonoy's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jagonoy works his way back into a safe position though. Jagonoy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Philbert swivels though and keeps the full guard. Philbert not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Philbert throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Philbert keeping moving, preventing Jagonoy from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round. Jagonoy controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Jagonoy wants to pass the guard but Philbert is keeping the position. Philbert has thrown up a leg looking for a triangle. Jagonoy doesn't defend quickly enough and Philbert has managed to lock this one up! Can Jagonoy escape?! NO! He's tapping out! Damn, that was a quick submission - congrats to Philbert on a fantastic submission victory.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle). Van Dyke Philbert! Van Dyke Philbert seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. The defeated Thammy Jagonoy had this to say: 'Once Again I ded Tried my Best but I Guess it's not good enough or might be it's just his body's too slippery'. |
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