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GFY 112 The Brass Ring 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 15 wins and 30 losses; Kael Gardener! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 40 wins and 51 losses; Domingo The Flamingo!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Wesley Smith and George Francis.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gardener moves into the clinch.
The Flamingo jumps guard.
Gardener trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gardener looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Gardener stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. The Flamingo swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gardener wants to control from the top but The Flamingo keeps moving.
Gardener controls from within his opponent's guard.
Gardener has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Gardener trying to control the position from guard on top but The Flamingo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The Flamingo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Gardener's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (0) vs (2) The Flamingo
The Flamingo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardener is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardener controls The Flamingo momentarily but The Flamingo frees himself.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Flamingo trying to control but Gardener is working from the bottom.
The Flamingo postures up.
Gardener keeping moving, preventing The Flamingo from controlling successfully.
Gardener wants to sweep but no luck.
Gardener lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (2) vs (2) The Flamingo
Gardener trying to control the position from guard on top but The Flamingo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardener controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gardener trying to control but The Flamingo is working from the bottom.
Gardener not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
The Flamingo keeping moving, preventing Gardener from controlling successfully.
Gardener definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Gardener showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardener trying to control the position from guard on top but The Flamingo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as The Flamingo holds on and takes a little breather.
Gardener wants to control from the top but The Flamingo keeps moving.
The Flamingo manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Gardener manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (2) vs (4) The Flamingo
Gardener is trying to control the position but The Flamingo postures up.
Gardener is adopting a defensive guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gardener looking to hit a scissor sweep but The Flamingo is one step ahead there.
The Flamingo wants to control from the top but Gardener keeps moving.
Gardener seems keen to control The Flamingo's posture.
Gardener looking to control.
The Flamingo stands and throws Gardener's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Gardener (2) vs (7) The Flamingo
The Flamingo trying to control the action but Gardener is working from the bottom.
Gardener is looking for a sweep.
The Flamingo tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
The Flamingo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gardener keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardener is looking to reverse the position.
Gardener can't do much from the bottom here.
Gardener is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Gardener is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The Flamingo takes a little break here. Gardener wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The Flamingo working away.
The Flamingo looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The Flamingo wants to control but Gardener is keeping him busy.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gardener regains half guard.
Gardener desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Still in half guard, The Flamingo seems content to control.
Gardener wants to control but The Flamingo is keeping busy.
The Flamingo seems to be working for a kimura but Gardener defends the submission attempt.
Gardener is trying to maintain the position but The Flamingo is very close to passing his half guard.
The Flamingo wants to control but Gardener is keeping him busy.
The Flamingo is working for a submission of some sort.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gardener trying to control here.
The Flamingo is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gardener sees it coming and defends easily.
Gardener moves into full guard.
The Flamingo 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.
The Flamingo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardener is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardener controls The Flamingo momentarily but The Flamingo frees himself.
The Flamingo wants to pass the guard but Gardener is keeping the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo postures up.
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.
The Flamingo passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Gardener (2) vs (10) The Flamingo
Gardener can't do much from the bottom here.
Gardener is looking to regain half guard here but The Flamingo keeps moving and retains side control.
Gardener manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Gardener controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The Flamingo is working for a submission of some sort.
The Flamingo is working for a kimura but Gardener is defending it quite comfortably.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gardener is looking to control The Flamingo's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Gardener avoid being mounted?
The Flamingo trying to mount his opponent but Gardener defends it.
Gardener controlling the position for now.
The Flamingo is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Gardener has managed to free his arm - good work.
The Flamingo is thwarting Gardener's attempts to control the position.
The Flamingo frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Gardener (2) vs (13) The Flamingo
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gardener is trying desperately to improve position.
Gardener is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gardener is working to get back to half guard.
The Flamingo tries to control but Gardener wriggling away.
Gardener is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Gardener gets back to half guard.
The Flamingo wants to free his trapped foot but Gardener is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gardener is trying to maintain the position but The Flamingo is very close to passing his half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo stalling.
Gardener is looking to improve his position.
The Flamingo seems to be working for a kimura but Gardener defends the submission attempt.
The Flamingo 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.
Gardener trying to control from the bottom.
Gardener is refusing to be controlled, as The Flamingo sits in half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gardener tries to roll over but The Flamingo keeps him under control.
The Flamingo is thwarting Gardener's attempts to control the position.
Gardener tries to roll over but The Flamingo keeps him under control.
Gardener is controlling The Flamingo's trapped leg to prevent The Flamingo from advancing to side control.
Gardener is defending against the submission attempts here by The Flamingo.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gardener is trying to control but can't.
Gardener is refusing to be controlled, as The Flamingo sits in half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo prevents Gardener from improving his position.
Gardener is refusing to be controlled, as The Flamingo sits in half guard.
The Flamingo content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
The Flamingo wants to control but Gardener is keeping him busy.
Gardener gets back to full guard.
Gardener pulls The Flamingo in close to prevent any damage.
Gardener keeping moving, preventing The Flamingo from controlling successfully.
Gardener controls The Flamingo momentarily but The Flamingo frees himself.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Gardener is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The Flamingo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
The Flamingo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardener is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardener seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Gardener keeping moving, preventing The Flamingo from controlling successfully.
Gardener controlling the position.
Gardener's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
The Flamingo preventing the sweep.
Gardener manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The Flamingo manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (4) vs (13) The Flamingo
The Flamingo looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gardener is looking to pass into half guard but The Flamingo pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now The Flamingo is in guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (4) vs (15) The Flamingo
Gardener is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gardener 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.
Gardener managing to control the position.
Gardener manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. The Flamingo manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (6) vs (15) The Flamingo
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
The Flamingo keeping moving, preventing Gardener from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
The Flamingo wins on points by 15 to 6.
During a confident post fight interview, Domingo The Flamingo thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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