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GFY 66 - Saturday the 13th 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 57 wins and 21 losses; Rumsfeld Shart! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 25 wins and 19 losses; Trip Fontaine!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Robert Twigg and Cecil Peabody.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Fontaine moves into the clinch.
Fontaine jumps into guard, dragging Shart to the mat.
Fontaine is trying to control the position but Shart postures up.
Fontaine is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Shart is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fontaine controlling Shart's posture.
Fontaine throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shart seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fontaine has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Shart can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Shart trying to control the position from guard on top but Fontaine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shart is stalling in the full guard.
Fontaine looking to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Shart puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Fontaine trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Score +3 for passing guard: Shart (3) vs (0) Fontaine
Shart controlling his opponent.
Fontaine gets back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shart is working for a submission of some sort.
Shart tries to pass to full mount but Fontaine defends it.
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.
Shart seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fontaine does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Shart wants to work for an arm triangle but Fontaine is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Shart's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Shart's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Shart (3) vs (4) Fontaine
Shart manages to reverse the position and now he's in Fontaine's guard. Nice work there by Shart.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shart (5) vs (4) Fontaine
Shart is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Shart trying to control the position from guard on top but Fontaine is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Shart is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Fontaine is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Fontaine keeping moving, preventing Shart from controlling successfully.
Shart looking to sit in guard and control but Fontaine gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shart (5) vs (6) Fontaine
Fontaine trying to control but Shart is working from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Shart swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fontaine stopping the sweep attempt from Shart.
Shart is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Fontaine trying to control but Shart is working from the bottom.
Shart seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Fontaine sitting in guard here, content to control.
Shart looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shart managing to control the position.
Fontaine pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Shart is keeping the position for now.
Shart is trying to keep Fontaine in close.
Shart has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Fontaine can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Fontaine looking to sit in guard and control but Shart gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Shart (7) vs (6) Fontaine
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shart forces his way into half guard.
Shart tries to pass the half guard into mount. Fontaine knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Shart 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.
Shart looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Shart wants to control but Fontaine is keeping him busy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine trying to control but Shart postures up.
Shart wants to control but Fontaine is keeping him busy.
Fontaine looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Shart is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Shart trying to control the action but Fontaine is working from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Shart passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Shart (10) vs (6) Fontaine
Fontaine keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Shart looking to control but Fontaine is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fontaine tries to reverse the position but Shart maintains control.
Shart controlling the pace for now.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Fontaine tries to hold on but Shart postures up.
Shart trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Fontaine is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fontaine really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Shart quickly switches position and commits to an armbar! It's a big risk for Shart but it's paid off an Fontaine is forced to tap! Nice work by Shart.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 12:40 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Rumsfeld Shart!
Jumping up and down and very excited, Rumsfeld Shart waved his t-shirt featuring The Huntington New Age Wellness Community 's logo in front of the cameras. |
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