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TPG 002 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 2 losses; Jayilton Almeda! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 2 losses; Edward Sleon!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Phil Schofield and James Atkins.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Sleon gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Almeda jumps guard.
Sleon is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Sleon 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.
Sleon trying to control the position from guard on top but Almeda is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almeda working a defensive guard here.
Sleon wants to pass the guard but Almeda is keeping the position.
Sleon trying to control but Almeda is working from the bottom.
Sleon sitting in guard here, content to control.
Sleon pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Almeda is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Almeda is trying to keep Sleon in close.
Almeda bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Sleon's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Almeda (2) vs (0) Sleon
Almeda definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Almeda looking to pass the guard.
Almeda advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Almeda (5) vs (0) Sleon
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Sleon's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Almeda tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Almeda has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Almeda wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sleon, who protects the arm well.
Almeda tries to advance to mount but can't.
Almeda is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sleon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Almeda wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Sleon, who protects the arm well.
Sleon tries to bench press Almeda off him but Almeda keeps the position.
Almeda tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Almeda has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sleon is trying to control Almeda's posture but Almeda avoids it.
Almeda is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sleon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Sleon is not content to let Almeda control the position.
Almeda is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Sleon has escaped the position, nice work there.
Sleon wants to control but Almeda postures up.
Sleon is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Almeda's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Almeda perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sleon regains full guard. Nicely done.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Almeda trying to control the position from guard on top but Sleon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Almeda tries to free his leg and advance position but Sleon is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sleon is looking to cinch up a triangle. Almeda throws the leg off to one side though and gets in tight to Sleon's body to avoid the submission. Sleon has instead reached around Almeda's neck and now has a guillotine! Oh, this is biiiig trouble! Sleon arches his back and squeezes and forces the tap from his hapless opponent.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:20 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Edward Sleon!
Edward Sleon very nearly forgot to thank Silverguard Outfitters 🛡 amongst all the excitement of his win but just as the interview came to a close, he screamed their name. Hopefully he'll get a few nice freebies in the mail as a thank you.
Jayilton Almeda was interviewed post fight and said 'Thank you to my opponent and all the fans, my coaches and sponsors.'. |
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