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SSG 281 Darkins vs Shaw PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 25 wins and 12 losses; Dreynos Elvul! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 12 losses; Bulla Marden!
The judges for this bout are Jack Bonds, Percy O'Donnell and Timothy Bukovac.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Elvul bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Elvul (4) vs (0) Marden
Elvul wants to lay and pray for a moment but Marden keeps working.
Marden is looking for a sweep.
Marden has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Elvul wants to control but Marden is keeping him busy.
Marden is trying to get back to half guard.
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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Marden manages to get back to half guard.
Elvul controlling the action here.
Elvul prevents Marden from improving his position.
Elvul passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Elvul (7) vs (0) Marden
Elvul fails to take his opponent's back.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Elvul looking to control and managing it successfully.
Marden really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Elvul looking to control but Marden is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Elvul looking to control and managing it successfully.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Marden is trying desperately to improve position.
Elvul controlling his opponent.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Marden is in all sorts of trouble here.
Elvul content just to control the position here.
Elvul trying to control but Marden is having none of it.
Elvul mounts Marden! Really nice guard pass there!
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Elvul tries to control but Marden wriggling away.
Marden is trying to escape the mount.
Elvul is looking to secure an arm. He's managed it! He's pivoting for an armbar - that looks tight! But Marden has managed to get out of it and now he's in a dominant position. Nice work from Marden! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Elvul (7) vs (2) Marden
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Marden is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Elvul keeping moving, preventing Marden from controlling successfully.
Marden avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Elvul wants to improve his position but instead Marden has moved into half guard.
Marden trying to work for an americana but Elvul has managed to regain full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Elvul keeping moving, preventing Marden from controlling successfully.
Elvul controls Marden momentarily but Marden frees himself.
Marden trying to control but Elvul is working from the bottom.
Marden is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Marden trying to control the position from guard on top but Elvul is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Marden slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Let's hope that Marden 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 eight minutes gone in the round.
Elvul looking for a sweep. Not yet Elvul, not yet.
Marden slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Elvul had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Marden defends it easily.
Marden content to sit in guard, stalling... Great. Oh but he could get punished here because Elvul has locked up a guillotine! Elvul's face is contorted as he sqeezes tight on the submission attempt - will he finish? Marden is holding on here and Elvul must be using up a lot of energy. Marden has gone limp! He's out! He's out cold! Elvul gets to his feet, tossing aside his stricken foe. Arms raised, he milks the applause from the crowd. Great submission!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 8:52 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Dreynos Elvul!
A very excited looking Dreynos Elvul made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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