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HC Grappling 8 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 Montreal, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 3 losses; Jamal Hudak! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Abraham Barnes!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Don Winkell.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Barnes shoots in and gets a takedown into Hudak's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Hudak (0) vs (2) Barnes
Barnes passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Hudak (0) vs (5) Barnes
Barnes tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Barnes has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Hudak tries to buck Barnes off but Barnes is having none of it.
Barnes trying to control the position but Hudak is working away.
Hudak might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hudak wants to control but Barnes postures up.
Hudak manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hudak (2) vs (5) Barnes
Hudak tries to pass to full mount but Barnes defends it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Barnes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barnes is staying active underneath Hudak, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Well, if Hudak is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Barnes is looking for a sweep. Hudak is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barnes gets full guard.
Barnes wants to sweep but no luck.
Barnes working for submissions but it's allowed Hudak to get to half guard.
Hudak wants to work for an arm triangle but Barnes is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Barnes gets full guard.
Barnes 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.
Barnes is still trying to improve position.
Hudak passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Hudak (5) vs (5) Barnes
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Hudak off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Hudak (5) vs (9) Barnes
Barnes working for the choke.
Barnes is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Hudak has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Hudak looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Hudak fending off the submission attempt from Barnes.
Hudak defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Barnes's arms.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hudak manages to reverse the position and now he's in Barnes's guard. Nice work there by Hudak.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hudak (7) vs (9) Barnes
Hudak pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Barnes is keeping the position for now.
Hudak wants to control from the top but Barnes keeps moving.
Hudak tries to free his leg and advance position but Barnes is retaining full guard.
Hudak trying to control the position from guard on top but Barnes is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Hudak advances to half guard.
Hudak is looking for a kimura but Barnes is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Hudak to get the leverage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hudak passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Hudak (10) vs (9) Barnes
Barnes sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Barnes is not content to let Hudak control the position.
Barnes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Barnes 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.
Barnes keeping moving, preventing Hudak from controlling successfully.
Hudak looking to pass the guard.
Hudak won't allow Barnes to sweep him here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Barnes has his foot on Hudak's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Hudak works his way back into a safe position though.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Barnes is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hudak (10) vs (11) Barnes
Barnes passes into half guard.
Barnes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hudak has managed to free his arm - good work.
Hudak looking for submissions off his back.
Barnes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hudak has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Barnes works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Hudak (10) vs (14) Barnes
Barnes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hudak keeps working.
Barnes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Barnes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Barnes tries for a kimura but Hudak is defending well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Barnes looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hudak is looking to reverse the position.
Barnes is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hudak is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Barnes trying to control the position but Hudak is working away.
Barnes thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Barnes goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Hudak rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Barnes's guard! Nice work there by Hudak! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hudak (12) vs (14) Barnes
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Barnes 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.
Barnes keeps trying to improve his position.
Barnes is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hudak (12) vs (16) Barnes
Hudak looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Barnes trying to pass the guard but Hudak defending well.
Hudak is looking for a sweep. Barnes is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Barnes wants to free his trapped foot but Hudak is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Hudak tries to roll over but Barnes keeps him under control.
Barnes is stalling here. Hudak is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Barnes seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Hudak has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Hudak (16) vs (16) Barnes
Barnes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Barnes is trying to maintain the position but Hudak is very close to passing his half guard.
Barnes wants to get back to full guard.
Barnes is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Hudak pulls his head out easily.
Barnes wants to get back to full guard.
Hudak looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Hudak seems to be looking for submissions.
Barnes looking for submissions off his back.
Hudak is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Barnes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Barnes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Barnes is looking to improve his position.
Hudak is working for a kimura but Barnes is defending it quite comfortably.
Barnes trying to control from the bottom.
Barnes slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Barnes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hudak stays in close to Barnes's body and controls the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Hudak won't allow Barnes to sweep him here.
Hudak wants to control from the top but Barnes keeps moving.
Barnes looking for a guillotine here but Hudak defends easily.
Hudak sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Barnes's guard.
Hudak wants to control but Barnes is keeping him busy.
Barnes is looking for a sweep. Hudak is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Barnes looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Hudak wants to pass to mount but Barnes is defending the position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Hudak is looking for a kimura here.
Barnes is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Hudak is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Barnes! Score +3 for passing guard: Hudak (19) vs (16) Barnes
Barnes can't escape the position.
Barnes looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back! Score +3 for taking back: Hudak (22) vs (16) Barnes
Hudak is working for a rear naked choke. Barnes is not defending it well and Hudak has tightened it up quickly! This could be all over! Barnes refuses to tap and goes to sleep, forcing the referee to intervene. A little trickle of blood came out of Barnes's nose as his head slumped to the floor. That is naaaasty!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 14:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Jamal Hudak!
Jamal Hudak decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. |
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