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GFY 38 - Sonny Bonds 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 St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 31 wins and 37 losses; Sirus Hughes! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 9 losses; Trip Fontaine!
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Gwen Towbar and Frank Dennis.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Fontaine darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Hughes (0) vs (2) Fontaine
Hughes wants to get back to full guard.
Fontaine is looking to stall here but Hughes recovers full guard.
Hughes isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Fontaine stacks Hughes on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Fontaine! Score +3 for passing guard: Hughes (0) vs (5) Fontaine
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fontaine wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hughes keeps working.
Hughes is trying to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fontaine wants to control but Hughes is keeping him busy.
Hughes tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fontaine trying to control the position but Hughes is working away.
Hughes is looking to regain half guard here but Fontaine keeps moving and retains side control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine tries to move to mount but Hughes blocks the move with his legs.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fontaine taking a break here but Hughes is having none of it and regains half guard.
Hughes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hughes is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fontaine's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fontaine's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Hughes (4) vs (5) Fontaine
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Fontaine is really stuck here.
Fontaine rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Hughes is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Hughes content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Hughes trying to control from half guard but Fontaine is working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine tries to get to full guard but Hughes has control of the leg.
Hughes looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hughes is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fontaine defends it well.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine is trying to control but can't.
Fontaine actively working from the bottom here.
Fontaine is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fontaine has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Hughes is working away from the top position though.
Hughes is keen to just control but Fontaine is a slippery customer.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Hughes wants to work for an arm triangle but Fontaine is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hughes wants to control but Fontaine is keeping him busy.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Fontaine is trying to get back to full guard.
Hughes performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine is looking to improve his position.
Hughes is trying to control the action in half guard but Fontaine is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fontaine trying to control but Hughes postures up.
Fontaine is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Hughes is staying active.
Hughes wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fontaine keeps working.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine trying to control from the bottom.
Hughes is keen to just control but Fontaine is a slippery customer.
Fontaine is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Fontaine looking for submissions off his back.
Hughes wants to take a breather but Fontaine is having none of it.
Hughes seems to be looking for submissions.
Hughes is thwarting Fontaine's attempts to control the position.
Hughes is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Fontaine is just riding it out for now. Hughes eventually gives up the hold.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hughes is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Fontaine has managed to free his arm - good work.
Fontaine wants to improve his position but Hughes is controlling well.
Fontaine trying to control but Hughes postures up.
Fontaine tries to get to full guard but Hughes has control of the leg.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine actively working from the bottom here.
Hughes seems to be working for a kimura but Fontaine defends the submission attempt.
Hughes content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Fontaine trying to hold on to Hughes's head to control him but Hughes postures up.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Hughes seems to be looking for submissions.
Fontaine trying to hold on to Hughes's head to control him but Hughes postures up.
Hughes is keen to just control but Fontaine is a slippery customer.
Hughes looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine looking for submissions off his back.
Hughes controlling the action here.
Hughes wants to work for an arm triangle but Fontaine is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Hughes controlling the action here.
Fontaine wants to get back to full guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine moves into full guard.
Hughes sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fontaine working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Hughes has passed into half guard!
Hughes is trying to control the action in half guard but Fontaine is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Hughes is really struggling to control Fontaine but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Fontaine wants to improve his position but Hughes is controlling well.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Hughes looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Hughes wants to work for an arm triangle but Fontaine is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hughes is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fontaine wins on points by 5 to 4.
Trip Fontaine managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, The Huntington New Age Wellness Community , into his post fight interview. |
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