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Hawaii Grappling 6 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 13 losses; Elazar Shalit! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Kristof Pardi!
The judges for this bout are Ryoma Takatsuka, Paul Gruel and Jeff Smith.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Shalit moves in looking to clinch but Pardi pushes him off.
Pardi is definitely looking for the counter takedowns here.
Shalit clinches up with Pardi and pushes him back against the cage.
Shalit has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Pardi has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Shalit uses from the top position.
Pardi keeping full guard, as Shalit tries to pass.
Pardi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Pardi keeping moving, preventing Shalit from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shalit looking to sit in guard and control but Pardi gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shalit (0) vs (2) Pardi
Pardi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Pardi's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Pardi must be cautious of submissions here, given that his opponent has the superior Jiu Jitsu.
Pardi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Shalit is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pardi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Shalit's guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shalit slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Shalit throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Pardi escapes and throws Shalit's legs to the side, diving into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Shalit (0) vs (5) Pardi
Shalit is trying to control Pardi's posture but Pardi avoids it.
A lull in the action here as Pardi stalls from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shalit is not content to let Pardi control the position.
Shalit is letting Pardi control him for a moment.
Pardi advances to mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Shalit (0) vs (7) Pardi
Shalit tries to control Pardi's body but Pardi pushes him off. Shalit squirms to his side and now Pardi has his back! Score +3 for taking back: Shalit (0) vs (10) Pardi
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pardi is hanging on to Shalit's back as he tries to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Shalit breaks Pardi's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shalit (2) vs (10) Pardi
Shalit slips nicely into half guard.
Shalit frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Shalit (5) vs (10) Pardi
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pardi is working to get back to half guard.
Pardi tries to hold on but Shalit postures up.
Shalit tries to control but Pardi wriggling away.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Shalit controlling the position easily from mount.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Shalit wants to take his opponent's back but Pardi doesn't allow it.
Shalit looking to take Pardi's back but Pardi rolls and after a scramble, Pardi ends up on top in guard. Nice escape there from Pardi to escape a tricky position. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shalit (5) vs (12) Pardi
Pardi won't allow Shalit to sweep him here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shalit looking to control.
Shalit looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Pardi content to stall in guard here.
Shalit looking for a guillotine here but Pardi defends easily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shalit is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Pardi is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Pardi is fighting to break Shalit's control of his arms but Shalit is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pardi avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Pardi postures up.
Shalit looking to control but Pardi passes into half guard.
Shalit is looking to get back to full guard here but Pardi has managed to pass to side control instead. Score +3 for passing guard: Shalit (5) vs (15) Pardi
Shalit looking for a sweep but Pardi has passed into full mount! Oh no! Score +2 for reaching mount: Shalit (5) vs (17) Pardi
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Shalit is trying desperately to improve position.
Pardi pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Shalit is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Shalit tries to hold on but Pardi postures up.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Shalit working to try and regain half guard.
Pardi controlling his opponent.
Shalit sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Pardi performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Shalit wants to control but Pardi is keeping busy.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Shalit moves into full guard.
Shalit is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Shalit looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Pardi puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Pardi wants to free his trapped foot but Shalit is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Pardi trying to control the action but Shalit is working from the bottom.
Shalit gets full guard.
Pardi is sitting in close to Shalit's body. Shalit has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Pardi is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Pardi is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Shalit.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 13:54 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Elazar Shalit!
During a confident post fight interview, Elazar Shalit thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.
Kristof Pardi was interviewed post fight and said 'That was intense. REALLY intense. Well, not really intense. But pretty intense (https://youtu.be/OhbPPy4TuYI)'. |
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