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GFY 124 El Senor Muneca 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 23 wins and 34 losses; Kael Gardener! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 48 wins and 55 losses; Domingo The Flamingo!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and Donald Grub.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
The Flamingo darts in and clinches Gardener up against the ropes.
Gardener has moved round to his opponent's back and is looking for a suplex! Oh snap! He's tossed The Flamingo clear over his head and slammed him to the mat! Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Gardener (4) vs (0) The Flamingo
The Flamingo turns into Gardener and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (4) vs (2) The Flamingo
Gardener is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
The Flamingo is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Gardener is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Gardener continues to stall.
The Flamingo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardener is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The Flamingo preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
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 (2) The Flamingo
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
The Flamingo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gardener defends it easily.
Gardener is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The Flamingo can't keep his opponent in guard - Gardener advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gardener controlling the action here.
Gardener has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The Flamingo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gardener is working away from the top position though.
Gardener wants to control but The Flamingo is keeping him busy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gardener controlling the action here.
Gardener is trying to control the action in half guard but The Flamingo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gardener sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Gardener is trying to control the action in half guard but The Flamingo is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gardener tries to pass to full mount but The Flamingo defends it.
The Flamingo is looking for a sweep. Gardener is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gardener sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The Flamingo tries to get to full guard but Gardener has control of the leg.
The Flamingo trying to control but Gardener postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gardener content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Gardener prevents The Flamingo from improving his position.
The Flamingo is looking to control Gardener's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can The Flamingo avoid being mounted?
Gardener trying to control the pace.
The Flamingo is trying to get back to full guard.
Gardener sitting and controlling from the half guard.
The Flamingo tries to get to full guard but Gardener has control of the leg.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardener moves into full mount! The Flamingo won't be happy about that! Score +3 for passing guard: Gardener (9) vs (2) The Flamingo
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 wants to control the pace but The Flamingo is squirming around nicely.
The Flamingo tries to reverse the position but Gardener maintains control.
Gardener avoids the attempt from The Flamingo to control.
Gardener wants to control the pace but The Flamingo is squirming around nicely.
The Flamingo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
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 looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Gardener wants to take a breather but The Flamingo is having none of it.
Gardener wants to pass the guard but The Flamingo is defending well.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo is not content to let Gardener control the position.
Gardener is taking a breather. The Flamingo 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.
Gardener is looking to advance position but The Flamingo won't allow it.
Gardener stalling.
The Flamingo is trying to control but can't.
Gardener prevents The Flamingo from improving his position.
Gardener wants to control but The Flamingo is keeping him busy.
The Flamingo is trying to get back to full guard.
The Flamingo wants to control but Gardener is keeping busy.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo is staying active underneath Gardener, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
The Flamingo wants to control but Gardener is keeping busy.
Gardener wants to control but The Flamingo is keeping him busy.
The Flamingo trying to control from the bottom.
Gardener is taking a breather. The Flamingo 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.
Gardener is stalling here. The Flamingo is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Gardener seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and The Flamingo has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Gardener (9) vs (6) The Flamingo
The Flamingo controls the position.
Gardener is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on The Flamingo's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Gardener slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
The Flamingo stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gardener swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gardener keeping moving, preventing The Flamingo from controlling successfully.
Gardener is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gardener definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
The Flamingo trying to control the position from guard on top but Gardener is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardener is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The Flamingo won't allow Gardener to sweep him here.
Gardener is trying to control the position but The Flamingo postures up.
The Flamingo trying to control but Gardener is working from the bottom.
Gardener controlling the position.
Gardener lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gardener (11) vs (6) The Flamingo
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Gardener gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Gardener postures up.
Gardener looking to pass the guard.
Gardener trying to control but The Flamingo is working from the bottom.
The Flamingo looking for a sweep. Not yet The Flamingo, not yet.
Gardener trying to control the position from guard on top but The Flamingo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gardener content to stall in guard here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
The Flamingo is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gardener is aware though and is defending well.
Gardener wants to control from the top but The Flamingo keeps moving.
The Flamingo is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Gardener avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
The Flamingo keeping full guard, as Gardener tries to pass.
The Flamingo trying to control the position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gardener trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Gardener advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Gardener (14) vs (6) The Flamingo
Gardener tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
The Flamingo wants to control but Gardener postures up.
Gardener is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Gardener wants to control but The Flamingo is keeping him busy.
The Flamingo tries to bench press Gardener off him but Gardener keeps the position.
Gardener in side control, just content to control the action for now.
The Flamingo is not content to let Gardener control the position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo is looking for a sweep.
Gardener passes to full mount! That's big trouble for The Flamingo! Score +2 for reaching mount: Gardener (16) vs (6) The Flamingo
Gardener controlling from mount.
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 sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
The Flamingo is trying to control but can't.
Gardener trying to control from half guard but The Flamingo is working away.
The Flamingo wants to improve his position but Gardener is controlling well.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gardener works his foot free and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Gardener (19) vs (6) The Flamingo
Gardener can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as The Flamingo is looking to escape.
Gardener sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The Flamingo tries to hold on but Gardener postures up.
Gardener trying to control but The Flamingo is having none of it.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo is trying desperately to improve position.
Gardener controlling from mount.
The Flamingo can't escape the position.
Gardener tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
The Flamingo is looking to get to half guard.
Gardener tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
The Flamingo is working to get back to half guard.
Gardener looking to control but The Flamingo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Gardener looking to control and managing it successfully.
More hug and hope from Gardener.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gardener looking to control but The Flamingo is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
The Flamingo sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gardener takes the fight on points by 19 to 6.
During a confident post fight interview, Kael Gardener thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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