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CACC Rock vs Chai PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 5 losses; Helio Silva! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 1 losses; Holden Easterly !
The judges for this bout are Dillan Fox, Steve Smith and Alec Ball.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Easterly shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Silva as he jumps to the side.
Easterly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Easterly is looking to clinch but Silva is avoiding it.
Easterly fails with an attempt to clinch.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Easterly moves in looking to clinch but Silva pushes him off.
Silva circles away from the clinch attempt.
Easterly doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Silva counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Easterly is looking to take this one to the mat.
Helio Silva has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Holden Easterly .
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Easterly drops down looking for an ankle pick but Silva pulls his leg out and moves away.
Easterly rushes Silva and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Silva jumps into guard, dragging Easterly to the mat.
Easterly is fighting to break Silva's control of his arms but Silva is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Easterly 's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (2) vs (0) Easterly
Silva passes into half guard.
Silva is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Silva has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Easterly is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Silva jumps into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Silva (5) vs (0) Easterly
Silva just content to control the position.
You can see the frustration on Easterly 's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Silva controlling the position from side mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Silva.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Easterly is trying to get back to half guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Silva moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Silva'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.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Silva continues to hold on tight.
Further stalling from Silva.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva is working for what looks like an arm triangle here. Easterly is trying to escape and Silva transitions quickly into an armbar! He's slapped it on tight and Easterly is forced to tap! Nice work there by Silva! Very nice indeed!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:35 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Helio Silva! |
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