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CACC 48 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a heavyweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Fletch Brandis (ranked 3735 p4p, 336 weight class) and Ice Tea (ranked 4834 p4p, 388 weight class). Brandis's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Lynyrd Skynyrd : The Ballad of Curtis Loew. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 7 losses; Fletch Brandis! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 4 losses; Ice Tea!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Frank Antenori.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Brandis moves into the clinch.
Brandis jumps guard.
Brandis keeping full guard, as Tea tries to pass.
Tea is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Tea trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Brandis 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brandis keeping full guard, as Tea tries to pass.
Brandis manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Tea manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brandis (2) vs (0) Tea
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brandis trying to control but Tea is working from the bottom.
Brandis trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Tea 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.
Tea had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Brandis defends it easily.
Brandis has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Tea has his foot on Brandis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Brandis works his way back into a safe position though.
Brandis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Brandis trying to control the position from guard on top but Tea is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brandis wants to pass the guard but Tea is keeping the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tea has his foot on Brandis's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Brandis works his way back into a safe position though.
Brandis pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Tea is keeping the position for now.
Tea isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Brandis stacks Tea 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 Brandis! Score +3 for passing guard: Brandis (5) vs (0) Tea
Brandis tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Tea tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Brandis trying to control the action but Tea is working from the bottom.
Tea tries to improve position but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brandis is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Tea has escaped the position, nice work there.
You can see the frustration on Tea's face as Brandis controls the position.
Tea is not content to let Brandis control the position.
Tea is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Tea keeps trying to improve his position.
Brandis wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Tea, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tea is looking to reverse the position.
Brandis trying to control the position but Tea is working away.
Tea gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Score +2 for reaching mount: Brandis (7) vs (0) Tea
Tea regains half guard.
Tea looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Brandis is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Tea has managed to free his arm - good work.
Tea is staying active underneath Brandis, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
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.
Tea looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tea is not content to let Brandis control the position.
Brandis wants to work for an arm triangle but Tea is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Brandis is trying to work for a kimura but Tea is defending well.
Tea looking for submissions off his back.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Tea tries to roll over but Brandis keeps him under control.
Brandis wants to work for an arm triangle but Tea is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Tea looking for submissions off his back.
Brandis is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Tea is trying to get back to full guard.
Brandis is looking for a kimura here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Brandis is working for a kimura but Tea is defending it quite comfortably.
Tea actively working from the bottom here.
Tea tries to get to full guard but Brandis has control of the leg.
Tea looking for a kimura from the bottom but Brandis passes into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Brandis (10) vs (0) Tea
Brandis thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Tea sneaks back into half guard.
Tea looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Tea manages to get to full guard.
Brandis controls from within his opponent's guard.
Brandis forces his way into half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Tea looking for submissions off his back.
Brandis is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tea doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Brandis.
Brandis wants to work for an arm triangle but Tea is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Brandis is working for a kimura but Tea is defending it quite comfortably.
Tea looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Brandis is looking for a kimura here.
Brandis is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Tea defends it well.
Tea gets full guard.
Brandis tries to free his leg and advance position but Tea is retaining full guard.
Brandis trying to control but Tea is working from the bottom.
Brandis engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Brandis wants to control from the top but Tea keeps moving.
Tea looking for subs off his back but Brandis has passed one foot through into half guard.
Tea looking for submissions off his back.
Brandis is looking to advance position but Tea won't allow it.
Tea actively working from the bottom here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Brandis is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Tea doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Brandis.
Tea is looking to improve his position.
Brandis is looking to take a break and control but Tea is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Brandis is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Tea is just riding it out for now. Brandis eventually gives up the hold.
Tea actively working from the bottom here.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Brandis is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Tea reverses the position - he's now on top in Brandis's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brandis (10) vs (2) Tea
Brandis is looking for a triangle but Tea pushes his legs off easily.
Tea slips nicely into half guard.
Tea wants to pass to mount but Brandis is defending the position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Brandis trying to control here.
Brandis gets back to full guard.
Tea works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Tea is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Tea trying to mount his opponent but Brandis defends it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brandis trying to control here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brandis takes the fight on points by 10 to 2.
An out of breath Fletch Brandis 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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