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GFY 83 - Ford Fuckin Ranger 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 29 wins and 54 losses; Olaf Snowstrinski! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 72 wins and 23 losses; Rumsfeld Shart! The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Cecil Peabody and Stewart Dunkirk.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way. Shart closes the distance and clinches up with Snowstrinski, looking for a takedown. Shart pushes Snowstrinski against the ropes but Snowstrinski circles to the side and manages to break the clinch. Shart closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Snowstrinski (0) vs (2) Shart Shart wants to lay and pray for a moment but Snowstrinski keeps working. Snowstrinski is looking for a sweep. Shart is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Snowstrinski is defending against the submission attempts here by Shart.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Shart controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round. Snowstrinski is looking to improve his position.
Shart trying to control from half guard but Snowstrinski is working away. Shart stalling away here and it's allowed Snowstrinski to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard. Shart looking to sit in guard and control but Snowstrinski gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Snowstrinski (2) vs (2) Shart Shart looking for a guillotine here but Snowstrinski defends easily.
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. Snowstrinski is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round. Shart lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Snowstrinski (2) vs (4) Shart Snowstrinski is trying to keep Shart in close.
Shart pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Snowstrinski is keeping the position for now. Shart trying to control but Snowstrinski is working from the bottom. Snowstrinski 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.
That's three minutes gone in the round. 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. Shart trying to control but Snowstrinski is working from the bottom. Shart sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Snowstrinski's guard. Snowstrinski is staying active underneath Shart, who seems content to just control the action from this position. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. Shart is looking to pass Snowstrinski's guard but actually Snowstrinski recovers to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round. Shart slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Shart trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Snowstrinski manages to land a sweep and now he's on top! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Snowstrinski (4) vs (4) Shart Shart trying to keep a closed guard but Snowstrinski is proving a slippery customer.
Snowstrinski works a leg free and moves into half guard. Shart wants to control but Snowstrinski is keeping busy.
Snowstrinski slows the pace down in half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round. Shart wants to get back to full guard. Snowstrinski wants to control but Shart is keeping him busy. Snowstrinski controlling the action here. Snowstrinski seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Shart for as long as he can get away with. Snowstrinski is looking to take a break and control but Shart is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Snowstrinski keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action. Snowstrinski wants to lay and pray for a moment but Shart keeps working. Shart looking to work for a kimura from the bottom. Shart gets full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski trying to control but Shart is working from the bottom. Shart is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Shart is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Snowstrinski preventing the sweep. Snowstrinski engaging in some classic timewasting tactics. Shart controls Snowstrinski momentarily but Snowstrinski frees himself. Snowstrinski not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up. Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Shart keeps moving.
That's seven minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski pushing down on Shart's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work. Snowstrinski is trying to control the action in half guard but Shart is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Snowstrinski is thwarting Shart's attempts to control the position. Shart is refusing to be controlled, as Snowstrinski sits in half guard. Shart 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. Shart wants to control but Snowstrinski is keeping busy and won't allow it. Shart is refusing to be controlled, as Snowstrinski sits in half guard. Shart has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Snowstrinski is working away from the top position though.
That's eight minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski 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.
Snowstrinski sitting and controlling from the half guard. Shart works his way to full guard. Good work. Snowstrinski trying to control the position from guard on top but Shart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Snowstrinski controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. Shart trying to control the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round. Shart throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Shart keeps moving. Snowstrinski's corner is telling him to maintain position. Shart looking for a guillotine here but Snowstrinski defends easily.
Snowstrinski showing good wrestling skills to control the position. Shart is trying to control the position but Snowstrinski postures up.
That's ten minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski trying to control but Shart is working from the bottom. Snowstrinski trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. Snowstrinski is working hard here to advance position. Shart trying to keep a closed guard but Snowstrinski is proving a slippery customer.
Snowstrinski is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control. Snowstrinski trying to control the position from guard on top but Shart is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Snowstrinski slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Snowstrinski (7) vs (4) Shart Shart is trying to control Snowstrinski's posture but Snowstrinski avoids it.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round. Shart is not content to let Snowstrinski control the position. Shart is trying to escape the position but Snowstrinski is controlling the position. Shart is looking for a sweep. Shart is trying to control Snowstrinski's posture but Snowstrinski avoids it. Snowstrinski advances to mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Snowstrinski (9) vs (4) Shart Shart working to try and regain half guard.
Shart tries to lock up and control but Snowstrinski gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski tries to control but Shart wriggling away. Shart wants to control but Snowstrinski is having none of it. Snowstrinski trying to control but he's not successful this time. Snowstrinski sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment. Shart is squirming around, avoiding Snowstrinski's attempts to control the action. Shart is working to get back to half guard.
Snowstrinski moves to back control. Score +3 for taking back: Snowstrinski (12) vs (4) Shart Snowstrinski trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski controlling from the back. Snowstrinski continues to stall. Shart tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell! Shart working to try and regain half guard.
Shart sneaks a leg under to get to half guard. Snowstrinski trying to control the action but Shart is working from the bottom. Snowstrinski is taking a breather. Shart says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Shart wants to improve his position but Snowstrinski is controlling well.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round. Shart is staying active underneath Snowstrinski, who seems content to just control the action from this position. Snowstrinski is taking a breather. Shart says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something. Shart makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Shart. Shart keeping full guard, as Snowstrinski tries to pass. Shart working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Snowstrinski doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Snowstrinski manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem. Shart trying to keep a closed guard but Snowstrinski is proving a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Shart keeping moving, preventing Snowstrinski from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight! Snowstrinski takes the fight on points by 12 to 4. Olaf Snowstrinski took his opportunity to call for a title shot in his post fight interview. In defeat, Rumsfeld Shart stepped up to the mic, saying 'You either win or you learn, this time I learned... Ossss'. |
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