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Grappling Hype -5- PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 2 losses; Dram Macallan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 2 losses; Big Guy!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Alan Glass and Robert Twigg.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Macallan forces Guy back against the cage and clinches.
Guy jumps guard but Macallan turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Guy is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the cage enables Macallan to keep the fight standing.
Macallan has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Guy uses from the top position.
Guy passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (0) vs (3) Guy
Macallan is looking for a sweep.
Guy looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Macallan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Guy wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Macallan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Macallan (2) vs (3) Guy
Guy wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Guy looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Macallan takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Macallan knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Guy on the ground.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Guy is trying to get back to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Guy wants to control the action here but instead Macallan manages to pass to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (5) vs (3) Guy
Macallan looking to control and managing it successfully.
Guy tries to reverse the position but Macallan maintains control.
Guy tries to hold on but Macallan pushes him away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Guy is in all sorts of trouble here.
Guy is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Guy wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Macallan (8) vs (3) Guy
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Macallan keeps control of the position easily here as Guy tries to buck him off.
Macallan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Macallan has the hooks in. Guy is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Guy is still trying to improve position.
Guy breaks Macallan's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Macallan (8) vs (5) Guy
Macallan looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Guy passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (8) vs (8) Guy
Guy tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Guy has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Guy trying to control the action but Macallan is working from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Macallan is looking for a sweep.
Guy is trying to get an arm triangle but Macallan is defending well.
Macallan manages to get back to half guard.
Macallan wants to get back to full guard.
Macallan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Guy is looking for a kimura here.
Macallan tries to get to full guard but Guy has control of the leg.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Guy is trying to control. Macallan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Macallan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Macallan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Macallan is defending against the submission attempts here by Guy.
Macallan tries to get to full guard but Guy has control of the leg.
Macallan is looking to get back to full guard here but Guy has managed to pass to side control instead. Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (8) vs (11) Guy
Guy looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Macallan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Guy passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (8) vs (14) Guy
Macallan bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Macallan (10) vs (14) Guy
Macallan engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Guy throws his legs up looking for a submission but Macallan uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (13) vs (14) Guy
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Guy trying to remain calm as Macallan controls from the top position.
Guy manages to work his way to half guard, despite Macallan's best efforts.
Macallan prevents Guy from improving his position.
Guy wants to control but Macallan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Macallan prevents Guy from improving his position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Guy wants to control but Macallan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Guy is trying to get back to full guard.
Macallan not doing much here.
Macallan seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Guy for as long as he can get away with.
Guy tries to roll over but Macallan keeps him under control.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Guy looking for subs from the bottom but Macallan mounts him! Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (16) vs (14) Guy
Macallan controlling the position easily from mount.
Guy gets back to half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Guy trying to get back to full guard but Macallan takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (19) vs (14) Guy
Guy keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Macallan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Guy bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Macallan (19) vs (16) Guy
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Macallan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Guy doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Guy manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Macallan looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Macallan keeping moving, preventing Guy from controlling successfully.
Guy passes into half guard.
Macallan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Guy wants to work for an arm triangle but Macallan is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Macallan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Guy 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.
Macallan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Guy pulls his head out easily.
Macallan actively working from the bottom here.
Macallan is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Guy pulls his head out easily.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Macallan looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Macallan is in trouble now - Guy has advanced to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Macallan (19) vs (19) Guy
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Macallan gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Macallan takes the fight on points by 20 to 19.
A very excited looking Dram Macallan made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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