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CACC 55 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Simon Gustafsson (ranked 1161 p4p, 157 weight class) and Joshua Candelaria (ranked 3687 p4p, 399 weight class). This should be fireworks!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 2 losses; Simon Gustafsson! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 2 losses; Joshua Candelaria!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Timothy Bukovac and Percy O'Donnell.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gustafsson stuffs the takedown.
Candelaria tries to clinch there but Gustafsson circles away.
Candelaria looks to clinch
so Gustafsson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Gustafsson (2) vs (0) Candelaria
Candelaria looking for a guillotine here but Gustafsson defends easily.
Gustafsson has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Candelaria is trying to hold Gustafsson in close to prevent damage but Gustafsson has managed to pass into half guard.
Candelaria is looking to improve his position.
Candelaria trying to control from the bottom.
Gustafsson is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Candelaria has managed to free his arm - good work.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Candelaria wants to improve his position but Gustafsson is controlling well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Candelaria is controlling Gustafsson's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Gustafsson 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.
Candelaria looking for submissions off his back.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Candelaria is defending against the submission attempts here by Gustafsson.
Candelaria moves into full guard.
Gustafsson passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Gustafsson (5) vs (0) Candelaria
Gustafsson is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Candelaria is trying to escape and Gustafsson transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Candelaria is forced to tap! Nice work there by Gustafsson! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Simon Gustafsson! |
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