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Pitbull IV 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 0 wins and 2 losses; Alistair Ubereem! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 4 losses; Abasi Njagi! The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Lou da Vinci.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way. Njagi tries to keep at a distance but Ubereem has taken the fight into the clinch. Ubereem works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Ubereem (2) vs (0) Njagi Njagi looking for a guillotine here but Ubereem defends easily.
Njagi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Our spies down at at Crimson Crow Combat inform us that Njagi has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off? Njagi is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Njagi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Ubereem is aware though and is defending well. Ubereem slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up. Ubereem wants to control from the top but Njagi keeps moving. Njagi is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Ubereem frees his head nicely. Oh but Njagi has switched to an armbar! Ubereem is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Abasi Njagi! |
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