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WP 112 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 83 wins and 40 losses; Nick Rodriquez! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 56 wins and 73 losses; Boris Balkan!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and Daniel Bishop.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Balkan tries for a takedown but Rodriquez sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Rodriquez tries to counter with a takedown but Balkan is quick to defend against it.
Balkan gets the takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Rodriquez (0) vs (4) Balkan
Balkan taking a breather here.
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Balkan working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rodriquez is trying to improve his position.
Balkan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rodriquez keeps working.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Rodriquez will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Rodriquez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Rodriquez is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at KFA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Balkan looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Rodriquez tries to control but Balkan manages to take his back. Score +3 for taking back: Rodriquez (0) vs (7) Balkan
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez trying to control the hands but Balkan breaks the grip.
Balkan has good solid back control here.
It looks like Balkan might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Rodriquez prevents Balkan from getting a body triangle.
Balkan avoiding Rodriquez 's attempts to control his hands.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Balkan tries to keep control of the position but Rodriquez is staying busy.
Balkan is persistently looking for the submission but Rodriquez is defending it well.
Rodriquez defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Balkan's arms.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Balkan keeps control of the position easily here as Rodriquez tries to buck him off.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez is in a bad position with Balkan working for a choke. Rodriquez manages to spin nicely into guard and the danger is over for the moment. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Rodriquez (2) vs (7) Balkan
Rodriquez preventing the sweep.
Rodriquez sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Rodriquez seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Balkan for as long as he can get away with.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Balkan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Balkan 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.
Balkan working for a triangle but Rodriquez defends it easily.
Balkan looking to control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Balkan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Balkan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rodriquez is stalling in the full guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Balkan looking for a guillotine here but Rodriquez defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rodriquez forces his way into half guard.
Rodriquez seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Balkan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Balkan is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Balkan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Rodriquez perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Rodriquez's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Rodriquez continues to stall.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Balkan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Rodriquez is working away from the top position though.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Rodriquez in particular looking to stall.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Balkan wants to get back to full guard.
Balkan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Rodriquez pulls his head out easily.
Rodriquez not doing much here.
Rodriquez is trying to work for a kimura but Balkan is defending well.
Rodriquez performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Balkan is looking to control Rodriquez's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Balkan avoid being mounted?
Balkan is looking for a sweep. Rodriquez is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Rodriquez trying to control the pace.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez is thwarting Balkan's attempts to control the position.
Rodriquez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Balkan looking for submissions off his back.
Balkan trying to control from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balkan wins on points by 7 to 2.
During a confident post fight interview, Boris Balkan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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