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SSG 211 Orion vs Tosanesti 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 7 wins and 3 losses; Raja Silalahi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Costa Yannou!
The judges for this bout are Eddie Farnsworth, Chad Campbell and Dean Styles.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Silalahi scores with a takedown into Yannou's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Silalahi (2) vs (0) Yannou
Silalahi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Silalahi wants to control from the top but Yannou keeps moving.
Silalahi preventing the sweep.
Yannou is looking for a triangle but Silalahi pushes his legs off easily.
Yannou wants to sweep but no luck.
Yannou is trying to control the position but Silalahi postures up.
Silalahi content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yannou throws his legs up looking for a submission but Silalahi uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Silalahi (5) vs (0) Yannou
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silalahi trying to control the action but Yannou is working from the bottom.
Yannou is trying to improve his position.
Yannou keeps trying to improve his position.
Silalahi controlling the position.
Yannou is trying to get back to half guard.
Silalahi wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Yannou, who protects the arm well.
Yannou tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yannou is being controlled here.
Yannou is trying to get back to half guard.
Yannou is trying to escape the position but Silalahi is controlling the position.
Silalahi trying to control the action but Yannou is working from the bottom.
Yannou can't do much from the bottom here.
Silalahi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Silalahi wants to control but Yannou is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yannou is trying to get back to half guard.
Yannou sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Silalahi is trying to control the action in half guard but Yannou is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Yannou is looking for a sweep. Silalahi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yannou actively working from the bottom here.
Yannou wants to get back to full guard.
Silalahi trying to control from half guard but Yannou is working away.
Yannou wants to improve his position but Silalahi is controlling well.
Yannou is not content to let Silalahi control the position.
Yannou is looking to improve his position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
We've been informed that Yannou has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Silalahi wants to pass to mount but Yannou is defending the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silalahi is working for a kimura but Yannou is defending it quite comfortably.
Yannou is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Silalahi pulls his head out easily.
Yannou trying to get back to full guard but Silalahi takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Silalahi (8) vs (0) Yannou
Silalahi is trying to take his opponent's back.
Yannou is looking to improve his position but Silalahi isn't that keen on the idea.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi is trying to take his opponent's back.
Yannou tries to hold on but Silalahi pushes him away.
Yannou is desperately trying to improve his position but Silalahi has a good base and remains in mount.
Silalahi wants to control the pace but Yannou is squirming around nicely.
Silalahi controlling his opponent.
Yannou is trying to escape the mount.
Yannou tries to hold on but Silalahi postures up.
Yannou working to try and regain half guard.
Silalahi takes Yannou's back. Score +3 for taking back: Silalahi (11) vs (0) Yannou
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yannou rolls, trying to escape but Silalahi keeps control of the position.
Yannou is still trying to improve position.
Silalahi biding his time, controlling Yannou.
Silalahi is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Yannou is defending well though. Silalahi let's go of the attempt for now.
Silalahi keeps control of the position as Yannou tries to break free.
Yannou trying to control the action but Silalahi just sinks the hooks in.
Yannou fending off the submission attempt from Silalahi.
Silalahi working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi tightening his grip on Yannou, looking for the choke.
Yannou can't escape the position.
Silalahi looking for the RNC.
Silalahi trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Yannou doesn't escape.
Silalahi keeps control of the position as Yannou tries to break free.
Silalahi tries to keep control of the position but Yannou is staying busy.
You can see the frustration on Yannou's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Silalahi controlling the positon.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yannou is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Silalahi is looking to control Yannou but Yannou is wriggling around and keeping busy.
You can see the frustration on Yannou's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Silalahi is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Yannou has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Yannou trying to control the position but Silalahi manages to sink in the hooks.
Silalahi just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Yannou can't escape the position.
Silalahi is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Yannou is defending well though. Silalahi let's go of the attempt for now.
Yannou tries to escape but Silalahi has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Yannou just trying to survive but Silalahi is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
You can see the frustration on Yannou's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Silalahi is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Yannou rolls, trying to escape but Silalahi keeps control of the position.
Silalahi wants to control but Yannou is keeping busy.
Silalahi is hanging on to Yannou's back as he tries to escape.
Yannou 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 Silalahi gets his way!
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi keeps control of the position easily here as Yannou tries to buck him off.
Yannou manages to reverse the position and now he's in Silalahi's guard. Nice work there by Yannou.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silalahi (11) vs (2) Yannou
Yannou tries to free his leg and advance position but Silalahi is retaining full guard.
Silalahi trying to control the position.
Silalahi seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Silalahi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Yannou trying to control the position from guard on top but Silalahi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yannou looking to sit in guard and control but Silalahi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silalahi (13) vs (2) Yannou
Silalahi controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Yannou keeping full guard, as Silalahi tries to pass.
Yannou has his foot on Silalahi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Silalahi works his way back into a safe position though.
Yannou looking for a sweep. Not yet Yannou, not yet.
Silalahi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yannou is keeping the position for now.
Silalahi stands and throws Yannou's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Silalahi (16) vs (2) Yannou
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Yannou tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Silalahi wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Yannou can't do much from the bottom here.
Yannou tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Yannou being controlled for a moment.
Silalahi trying to control the position but Yannou is working away.
Silalahi is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Yannou is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Silalahi working away.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Yannou is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Silalahi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yannou keeps working.
Yannou is trying to get back to half guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Silalahi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Yannou keeps working.
Yannou is trying to improve his position.
You can see the frustration on Yannou's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Silalahi trying to control the position but Yannou is working away.
The referee asks Silalahi politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Silalahi prefers to stall for the moment though.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yannou tries to buck Silalahi off but Silalahi is having none of it.
Yannou is trying to control Silalahi's posture but Silalahi avoids it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Silalahi takes the fight on points by 16 to 2.
Raja Silalahi decided to hype himself up post fight. It was going well but he went on about it a bit too long and the crowd turned on him a little. |
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