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Pitbull XLIV 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 1 losses; Brady Swayde! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 6 losses; Jung Yu Sin!
The judges for this bout are Anthony Taglia, David Schapiro and Eddie Farnsworth.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Swayde fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
Swayde shoots in and bounces Yu Sin off the cage to secure the takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Swayde (2) vs (0) Yu Sin
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Yu Sin is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Swayde (2) vs (2) Yu Sin
Yu Sin is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Swayde is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Swayde has escaped and now he's on top! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Swayde (4) vs (2) Yu Sin
Yu Sin has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Swayde is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Yu Sin. Score +3 for passing guard: Swayde (7) vs (2) Yu Sin
Swayde definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yu Sin is trying to get back to half guard.
Yu Sin is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Yu Sin looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Yu Sin tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Swayde presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Swayde (9) vs (2) Yu Sin
Yu Sin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Yu Sin keeps trying to improve his position.
Yu Sin regains half guard.
Swayde is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Yu Sin is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Swayde controlling the pace.
Yu Sin wants to get back to full guard.
Swayde controlling the action here.
Yu Sin is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin works his way to full guard. Good work.
Yu Sin working for submissions but it's allowed Swayde to get to half guard.
Swayde not doing much here.
Yu Sin wants to get back to full guard but Swayde has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Swayde (12) vs (2) Yu Sin
Yu Sin is trying to work for a sweep but Swayde has mounted him! Score +2 for reaching mount: Swayde (14) vs (2) Yu Sin
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin is working to get back to half guard.
Swayde is looking to work his way around to Yu Sin's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Yu Sin is looking to improve his position but Swayde isn't that keen on the idea.
Yu Sin gets back to half guard.
Yu Sin is looking for a sweep. Swayde is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Swayde content to control rather than advance.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Swayde pulls his head out easily.
Yu Sin wants to get back to full guard.
Yu Sin is still trying to improve position.
Swayde sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Yu Sin wants to get back to full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Swayde's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Swayde's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Swayde (14) vs (6) Yu Sin
Swayde just trying to survive but Yu Sin is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Swayde turns into Yu Sin and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Swayde (16) vs (6) Yu Sin
Yu Sin looking for a guillotine here but Swayde defends easily.
Yu Sin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Swayde looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Yu Sin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Swayde is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Swayde trying to control but Yu Sin is working from the bottom.
Yu Sin isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Swayde stacks Yu Sin on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Swayde! Score +3 for passing guard: Swayde (19) vs (6) Yu Sin
Yu Sin is looking for a sweep.
Swayde is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Yu Sin's shoulder. That is not cool.
Yu Sin is looking to regain half guard here but Swayde keeps moving and retains side control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Yu Sin wants to improve his position but Swayde is controlling well.
Swayde controlling the pace.
Yu Sin wants to get back to full guard.
Yu Sin is looking to get back to full guard here but Swayde has managed to pass to side control instead. Score +3 for passing guard: Swayde (22) vs (6) Yu Sin
Yu Sin is looking for a sweep.
Yu Sin is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Swayde is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Swayde (24) vs (6) Yu Sin
Yu Sin is looking to improve his position but Swayde isn't that keen on the idea.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Swayde controlling from the full mount.
Swayde seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Yu Sin for as long as he can get away with.
Yu Sin is in all sorts of trouble here.
Swayde sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Yu Sin is looking to get to half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Swayde tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Yu Sin is looking to get to half guard.
Yu Sin 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: Swayde (24) vs (8) Yu Sin
Swayde wants to sweep here but Yu Sin controlling him for the moment.
Yu Sin passes Swayde's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Yu Sin wants to free his trapped foot but Swayde is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Swayde desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Swayde trying to control from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Yu Sin is looking to pass Swayde's guard but actually Swayde recovers to full guard.
Swayde pulls Yu Sin in close to prevent any damage.
Yu Sin looking to pass the guard.
Yu Sin sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Swayde's guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Yu Sin trying to advance position but Swayde counters by regaining guard.
Swayde manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Yu Sin manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Swayde (26) vs (8) Yu Sin
Swayde engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Swayde preventing the sweep.
Swayde is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Yu Sin 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.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Swayde sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Swayde trying to control but Yu Sin is working from the bottom.
Yu Sin wants to hit a sweep here but Swayde passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Yu Sin there! Score +3 for passing guard: Swayde (29) vs (8) Yu Sin
Swayde takes Yu Sin's back. Could be looking for a rear naked choke here - either way, Yu Sin is in trouble. Score +3 for taking back: Swayde (32) vs (8) Yu Sin
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Yu Sin breaks Swayde's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Swayde (32) vs (10) Yu Sin
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Swayde is pulling down on Yu Sin's head. It's preventing any offense from Yu Sin, at least for the moment.
Yu Sin drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Swayde manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Yu Sin has Swayde in his guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Swayde (34) vs (10) Yu Sin
Swayde content to stall in guard here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yu Sin looking to hit a scissor sweep but Swayde is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Swayde takes the fight on points by 34 to 10.
An out of breath Brady Swayde thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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