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GFY 99 - Christmas music SUCKS 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 9 wins and 23 losses; Kael Gardener! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 49 wins and 28 losses; Chad Strdoza!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, Robert Twigg and Alan Glass.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gardener rushes Strdoza and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Gardener has double underhooks and is working for a body lock takedown. He's got it. The fighters land in half guard but Strdoza regains guard immediately. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Gardener (2) vs (0) Strdoza
Gardener looking to pass the guard.
Gardener controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gardener pushes down on Strdoza's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gardener is looking to take a break and control but Strdoza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gardener perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Strdoza wants to get back to full guard.
Gardener is keen to just control but Strdoza is a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardener is thwarting Strdoza's attempts to control the position.
Gardener slows the pace down in half guard.
Strdoza is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gardener looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Strdoza is not content to let Gardener control the position.
Strdoza looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Strdoza is trying to maintain the position but Gardener is very close to passing his half guard.
Gardener is looking to take a break and control but Strdoza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Strdoza looking for submissions off his back.
Strdoza has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gardener is working away from the top position though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Strdoza tries to roll over but Gardener keeps him under control.
Gardener is looking to take a break and control but Strdoza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gardener moves nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Gardener (5) vs (0) Strdoza
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Strdoza is holding Gardener down, trying to stall.
Gardener trying to control the position but Strdoza is working away.
Strdoza is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Strdoza is not content to let Gardener control the position.
Strdoza is looking for a sweep.
Gardener tries to advance to mount but Strdoza denies him.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardener trying to control the action but Strdoza is working from the bottom.
Strdoza is looking to reverse the position.
Gardener controls the position.
Gardener trying to control the action but Strdoza is working from the bottom.
Strdoza tries to improve position but can't.
Gardener is looking to take a break and control but Strdoza is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Strdoza struggling a bit here.
Gardener looks to be in better condition than last time we saw him fight. Obviously he's been working hard on his cardio.
Gardener wants to lay and pray for a moment but Strdoza keeps working.
Gardener works to advance to full mount. Strdoza defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Score +2 for reaching mount: Gardener (7) vs (0) Strdoza
Strdoza really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Strdoza is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardener sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Strdoza tries to lock up and control but Gardener gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gardener tries to control but Strdoza wriggling away.
Gardener controlling from the full mount.
Gardener has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Strdoza is trying to escape the mount.
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.
Gardener takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Gardener looking to control but Strdoza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gardener content just to control the position here.
Strdoza is looking to get to half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gardener controlling from the full mount.
Gardener trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Strdoza is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gardener controlling his opponent.
Gardener trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gardener controlling his opponent.
Strdoza wants to control but Gardener is having none of it.
Strdoza tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gardener looking to control but Strdoza is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Strdoza is looking to improve his position but Gardener isn't that keen on the idea.
Gardener can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Strdoza is looking to escape.
Strdoza tries to reverse the position but Gardener maintains control.
Strdoza tries to hold on but Gardener postures up.
Gardener content just to control the position here.
Strdoza tries to hold on but Gardener postures up.
Gardener content just to control the position here.
Strdoza regains half guard.
Gardener wants to pass to mount but Strdoza is defending the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gardener keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Strdoza is looking to improve his position.
Gardener is keen to just control but Strdoza is a slippery customer.
Strdoza regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gardener trying to control the position from guard on top but Strdoza is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Strdoza looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Gardener is looking to advance position but Strdoza has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Gardener (7) vs (4) Strdoza
Gardener is wriggling around trying to escape.
Strdoza is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Gardener to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Gardener shrugs it off.
Gardener is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gardener is in all sorts of trouble here.
Strdoza is working for a guillotine from mount but Gardener frees his head quite easily.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Strdoza looking to control but Gardener is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gardener keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Strdoza looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gardener is desperately trying to improve his position but Strdoza has a good base and remains in mount.
Gardener is working hard here to advance position.
Gardener regains half guard.
Gardener is looking to control Strdoza's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gardener avoid being mounted?
Strdoza is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Gardener manages to get to full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gardener working a defensive guard here.
Gardener keeping moving, preventing Strdoza from controlling successfully.
Gardener has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Strdoza postures up.
Strdoza is fighting to break Gardener's control of his arms but Gardener is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Gardener will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Strdoza trying to control but Gardener is working from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gardener is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Strdoza looking to pass the guard.
Strdoza trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardener is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Strdoza pushing down on Gardener's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gardener is looking to improve his position.
Gardener trying to control from the bottom.
Gardener manages to get to full guard.
Gardener is pulling down on Strdoza's head to control his posture.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Strdoza postures up.
Strdoza drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Strdoza jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Strdoza is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gardener lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (9) vs (4) Strdoza
Strdoza keeping full guard, as Gardener tries to pass.
Gardener is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Strdoza working for a triangle but Gardener defends it easily.
Gardener slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gardener passes Strdoza's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gardener in particular looking to stall.
Gardener wants to lay and pray for a moment but Strdoza keeps working.
Gardener wants to free his trapped foot but Strdoza is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Strdoza is trying to control but can't.
Gardener seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Gardener trying to control from half guard but Strdoza is working away.
Gardener is looking to advance position but Strdoza won't allow it.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Strdoza tries to get to full guard but Gardener has control of the leg.
Strdoza wants to control but Gardener is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gardener trying to control the action but Strdoza is working from the bottom.
Gardener sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Strdoza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Strdoza is trying to control but can't.
Gardener performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Strdoza is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gardener wants to control but Strdoza is keeping him busy.
Gardener is really struggling to control Strdoza but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Gardener controlling the pace.
Gardener looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Gardener is taking a breather. Strdoza 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.
Strdoza is trying to get back to full guard.
Well, if Gardener 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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Gardener takes the fight on points by 9 to 4.
Kael Gardener seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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