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SSG 272 Hunt vs Edison 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 Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 3 losses; Alex Silva! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 1 losses; John Snake!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Silva has Snake up against the cage in a clinch.
Silva prevents the takedown attempt.
Silva goes for a takedown attempt but Snake pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Silva looks to clinch
and Snake counters with a nice double leg into side control. Silva won't be happy with that. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Silva (0) vs (4) Snake
Silva could do with losing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Snake is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Snake is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva prevents Snake from moving into mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Silva's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Snake is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva wants to control but Snake postures up.
Snake is looking to take a break and control but Silva is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Silva has one of Snake's arms on lockdown, trying to prevent him from doing any damage.
Silva struggling a bit here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Snake is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Snake wants to control but Silva is keeping him busy.
Snake advances to full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Silva (0) vs (6) Snake
Silva tries to lock up and control but Snake gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Snake trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Snake is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Snake content just to control the position here.
Silva is squirming around, avoiding Snake's attempts to control the action.
Snake controlling his opponent.
Silva has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Snake's lack of action.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva has his hands clasped together around Snake's back. He's all about the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Snake wants to take a breather but Silva is having none of it.
Silva trying to control but Snake postures up.
Still in half guard, Snake seems content to control.
Snake tries to pass the half guard into mount. Silva knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Snake is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva looking for submissions off his back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to get to full guard but Snake has control of the leg.
Silva trying to hold on to Snake's head to control him but Snake postures up.
Snake trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Silva actively working from the bottom here.
Snake is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Snake is thwarting Silva's attempts to control the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Snake controlling the pace.
Silva trying to hold on to Snake's head to control him but Snake postures up.
Silva is holding on to half guard well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva is refusing to be controlled, as Snake sits in half guard.
Silva looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Silva is trying to maintain the position but Snake is very close to passing his half guard.
Silva looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Snake perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Silva trying to control here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Snake trying to mount his opponent but Silva defends it.
Snake moves into full mount! Silva won't be happy about that! Score +3 for passing guard: Silva (0) vs (9) Snake
Silva wants to control but Snake is having none of it.
Snake trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Snake gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Silva regains half guard.
Silva trying to control here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Silva wants to improve his position but Snake is controlling well.
Snake is pressing down on Silva's thigh, looking to free his foot. Silva is holding on for now.
Snake trying to control from half guard but Silva is working away.
Snake passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Silva (0) vs (12) Snake
Silva wants to control but Snake postures up.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
It looks like Snake might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Silva is looking for a sweep.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Snake trying to control the position but Silva is working away.
Silva tries to bench press Snake off him but Snake keeps the position.
Silva struggling a bit here.
Snake passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Silva! Score +2 for reaching mount: Silva (0) vs (14) Snake
Silva working to try and regain half guard.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Snake trying to control but Silva is having none of it.
Silva is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Silva is trying to escape the mount.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Snake wants to control the pace but Silva is squirming around nicely.
Silva controls the position.
Silva tries to lock up and control but Snake gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Snake trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Silva keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Snake fails to move to back control.
Snake tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Silva is in all sorts of trouble here.
Silva stops Snake from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
Snake wants to take Silva's back here but Silva is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva is working to get back to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Snake wins on points by 14 to 0. |
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