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Summit Series - Grappling Rd 4 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Sydney, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 3 losses; Michel Robillard! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 2 losses; Rogelio Nunez!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Hirohito Nitta and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Robillard clinches.
Robillard goes for a takedown attempt but Nunez pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Nunez moves into the clinch.
I was talking to Robillard's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Nunez prevents a takedown attempt there.
Robillard is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Nunez to keep the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Michel Robillard. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Robillard has Nunez pressed up against the ropes. He's trying to work for a single leg takedown. Robillard pulls back from the ropes and twists to the side, sending Nunez tumbling to the mat - Robillard dives into Nunez's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Robillard (2) vs (0) Nunez
Robillard trying to control but Nunez is working from the bottom.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Nunez can do anything to dispel that myth.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Nunez is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Robillard (2) vs (2) Nunez
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nunez controlling from the top position.
Let's hope that Nunez has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Robillard seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Nunez postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Robillard wants to sweep here but Nunez controlling him for the moment.
Robillard is working hard here to advance position.
Nunez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Robillard's guard.
Nunez slows the pace down in half guard.
Robillard wants to improve his position but Nunez is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nunez seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Robillard desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nunez trying to advance position but Robillard counters by regaining guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Nunez preventing the sweep.
Nunez sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Robillard's guard.
Nunez tries to pass to full mount but Robillard defends it.
Nunez controlling the action here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nunez prevents Robillard from improving his position.
Nunez tries to pass to full mount but Robillard defends it.
Nunez is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Nunez.
We've been informed that Nunez has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Robillard tries to roll over but Nunez keeps him under control.
Robillard gets full guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Robillard trying to keep a closed guard but Nunez is proving a slippery customer.
Robillard is adopting a defensive guard.
Robillard trying to control the position.
Nunez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Robillard is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Nunez looking to pass the guard.
Nunez is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Yet more stalling tactics from Nunez.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Robillard looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Nunez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Robillard keeping moving, preventing Nunez from controlling successfully.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Nunez might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Robillard haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Robillard controlling the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Nunez controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Nunez slips nicely into half guard.
Nunez slows the pace down in half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Robillard is trying to control but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points and both fighters attempted the same number of subs, we will decide the bout based on the toss of a coin! Robillard is heads and Nunez is tails.
The coin is in the air and it lands... heads!
Robillard takes the fight on points by 3 to 2. |
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