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CFC Rio PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 12 losses; Sambo Sam! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 5 losses; Stanley Yelnats!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Daniel Cesar and Paulo Santos.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Sam gets a takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Sam (2) vs (0) Yelnats
The fighters are battling for position here. Yelnats manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Yelnats has control of Sam's left arm, preventing Sam from doing any damage.
Yelnats looking to control.
Sam is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sam tries to free his leg and advance position but Yelnats is retaining full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sam showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Yelnats told us pre-fight that he has been working on his escapes in training. Let's see if he can call on some of his new skills to get back to his feet.
Yelnats looking to control but Sam passes into half guard.
Sam is working for a submission of some sort.
Sam is controlling the pace.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Yelnats wants to improve his position but Sam is controlling well.
Sam takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Yelnats wants to improve his position but Sam is controlling well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yelnats is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
Yelnats manages to get to full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sam wants to pass the guard but Yelnats is keeping the position.
Sam trying to control but Yelnats is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sam pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Yelnats is keeping the position for now.
Yelnats keeping moving, preventing Sam from controlling successfully.
Sam sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sam pushes down on Yelnats's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Yelnats is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Yelnats looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sam wants to pass the guard but Yelnats is defending well.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sam with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Yelnats trying to control from the bottom.
Yelnats is trying to get back to full guard.
Sam not doing much here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sam looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Yelnats is staying active underneath Sam, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sam slows the pace down in half guard.
Yelnats looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sam frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Sam (5) vs (0) Yelnats
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Yelnats tries to lock up and control but Sam gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sam trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Yelnats tries to reverse the position but Sam maintains control.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Yelnats is still trying to improve position.
Sam fails to move to back control.
Yelnats is trying desperately to improve position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Yelnats tries to improve his position but instead Sam has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Sam (8) vs (0) Yelnats
Yelnats is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Sam gets his way!
Sam tries to get the hooks in deep but Yelnats pushed the leg off.
Sam controlling from the back.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Yelnats has hold of Sam's arm. He needs to escape this position sooner or later but for now he's happy enough to control the position and prevent the submission attempts.
You can see the frustration on Yelnats's face� He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Sam controls the position.
Yelnats breaks Sam's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sam (8) vs (2) Yelnats
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Sam being controlled here, momentarily.
Sam keeping moving, preventing Yelnats from controlling successfully.
Sam is controlling Yelnats's posture.
Sam keeping full guard, as Yelnats tries to pass.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Yelnats engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Let's hope that Yelnats has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Yelnats advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Sam (8) vs (5) Yelnats
Sam gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Score +2 for reaching mount: Sam (8) vs (7) Yelnats
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Sam is squirming around, avoiding Yelnats's attempts to control the action.
Yelnats is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Sam is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yelnats avoids the attempt from Sam to control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sam takes the fight on points by 8 to 7.
After the fight, Sambo Sam was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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