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WP 87 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 75 wins and 46 losses; Jackson Ramirez! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 49 wins and 56 losses; Strega Notturna!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Andrew Berry and Phil Schofield.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Ramirez is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Notturna's half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Ramirez (2) vs (0) Notturna
Notturna is trying to control but can't.
Ramirez is controlling the pace.
Notturna trying to control but Ramirez postures up.
Ramirez 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Notturna trying to get back to full guard but Ramirez takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Ramirez (5) vs (0) Notturna
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez prevents Notturna from getting the reversal.
Notturna manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Notturna wants to get back to full guard.
Notturna is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Notturna is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Notturna wants to control but Ramirez is keeping busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Notturna is looking for a sweep. Ramirez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Notturna is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Notturna trying to control here.
Notturna tries to get to full guard but Ramirez has control of the leg.
Notturna controlling the position for now.
Notturna wants to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Notturna keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Notturna is trying to get back to full guard.
Notturna slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Notturna wants to sweep but no luck.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Notturna pulls Ramirez in close to prevent any damage.
Ramirez passes into half guard.
Notturna is looking to improve his position.
Ramirez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Notturna tries to get to full guard but Ramirez has control of the leg.
Notturna won't allow Ramirez to pass to mount.
Notturna tries to get to full guard but Ramirez has control of the leg.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez not doing much here.
Ramirez looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Notturna tries to get to full guard but Ramirez has control of the leg.
Notturna controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Notturna is trying to control but Ramirez manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Ramirez (8) vs (0) Notturna
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez controlling from mount.
Ramirez avoids the attempt from Notturna to control.
Notturna is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Notturna gets back to half guard.
Notturna has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ramirez is working away from the top position though.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Notturna is trying to control but Ramirez passes into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Ramirez (11) vs (0) Notturna
Notturna looking for a sweep but Ramirez has passed into full mount! Oh no! Score +2 for reaching mount: Ramirez (13) vs (0) Notturna
Ramirez controlling from the full mount.
Notturna gets back to half guard.
Ramirez is controlling the pace.
Notturna preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Notturna moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Ramirez looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Ramirez postures up.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Notturna can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Ramirez controls the pace.
Notturna wants to sweep here but Ramirez controlling him for the moment.
Ramirez 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.
Ramirez postures up.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Notturna looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ramirez is one step ahead there.
Ramirez is fighting to break Notturna's control of his arms but Notturna is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Notturna trying to control the position.
Ramirez slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Ramirez won't allow Notturna to sweep him here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Notturna working a defensive guard here.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez looking to sit in guard and control but Notturna gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ramirez (13) vs (2) Notturna
Ramirez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Ramirez controlling the position.
Ramirez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Notturna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
Ramirez keeping moving, preventing Notturna from controlling successfully.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Notturna showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Ramirez has his hands on Notturna's head, controlling the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Notturna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ramirez takes the fight on points by 13 to 2.
Jackson Ramirez really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Threads of Fate logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty. |
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