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GFY 52 - Happy May Day 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 78 wins and 93 losses; Tobias Pancake! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 14 losses; Ceferino Garcia!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Frank Dennis.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Pancake shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Garcia napping and manages to drive through into side control! Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Pancake (4) vs (0) Garcia
Garcia is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Pancake tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Pancake has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Garcia tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Garcia is trying to control Pancake's posture but Pancake avoids it.
Garcia prevents Pancake from improving position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garcia struggling a bit here.
Garcia is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Pancake is staying active.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garcia is trying to get back to half guard.
Pancake is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Garcia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Garcia is trying to control Pancake's posture but Pancake avoids it.
Garcia tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Pancake wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Garcia manages to get back to half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pancake is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Garcia doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Pancake.
Garcia wants to control but Pancake is keeping busy.
Garcia felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Garcia wants to improve his position but Pancake is controlling well.
Garcia controlling the position for now.
Garcia is staying active underneath Pancake, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Garcia is trying to control but can't.
Garcia wants to improve his position but Pancake is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garcia slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Garcia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Garcia 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.
Garcia keeping moving, preventing Pancake from controlling successfully.
Pancake engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Pancake wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position.
Garcia 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: Pancake (4) vs (2) Garcia
Garcia wants to pass to mount but Pancake is defending the position.
Garcia keeps trying to improve his position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Garcia content to control rather than advance.
Pancake looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Pancake looking for submissions off his back.
Well, if Garcia 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.
Pancake trying to control but Garcia postures up.
Garcia trying to control the pace.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Garcia is looking to take a break and control but Pancake is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Pancake trying to control from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Garcia content to control rather than advance.
Pancake is looking to control Garcia's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Pancake avoid being mounted?
Garcia stalling.
Garcia seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Pancake does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Garcia 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.
Pancake is refusing to be controlled, as Garcia sits in half guard.
Garcia not doing much here.
Pancake tries to get to full guard but Garcia has control of the leg.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Pancake is working hard here to advance position.
Garcia looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Garcia wants to lay and pray for a moment but Pancake keeps working.
Garcia trying to control the pace.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Garcia.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Garcia prevents Pancake from improving his position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Garcia not doing much here.
Pancake looking for submissions off his back.
Garcia slows the pace down in half guard.
Garcia works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Pancake (4) vs (5) Garcia
Pancake keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Garcia takes Pancake's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Pancake is in trouble. Score +3 for taking back: Pancake (4) vs (8) Garcia
Garcia has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Pancake's body.
Garcia is continuing to stall.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Pancake tries to roll but Garcia sticks to his back.
Garcia trying to control momentarily.
Garcia has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Pancake's body.
The adventures of Garcia the control monster continue. Boring.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Pancake trying to control but not successfully.
What can Pancake do to escape this position? He's going to have to figure it out pretty quick if he wants to stay in the fight!
Yet more stalling tactics from Garcia.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Pancake rolls, trying to escape but Garcia keeps control of the position.
Garcia has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Pancake's body.
And that's the end of the fight!
Garcia wins on points by 8 to 4. |
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