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WP 24 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 28 wins and 10 losses; Nick Rodriquez! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 31 losses; Boris Balkan!
The judges for this bout are James Atkins, Daniel Bishop and Chris Edwards.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Balkan leaves Rodriquez with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Balkan closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Rodriquez quickly recovers to half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Rodriquez (0) vs (2) Balkan
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.
Balkan slows the pace down in half guard.
Balkan tries to pass to full mount but Rodriquez defends it.
Balkan wants to lay and pray for a moment but Rodriquez keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Balkan wants to pass the guard but Rodriquez is defending well.
Rodriquez is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Balkan's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Balkan's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Rodriquez (4) vs (2) Balkan
That's one minute gone in the round.
Balkan looking very determined here, making life difficult for Rodriquez.
Balkan tries to break free.
Balkan trying to survive by controlling the hands.
Rodriquez controls the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Balkan staying busy and making it hard for Rodriquez to control.
Rodriquez has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Balkan's body.
Balkan tries to escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Rodriquez has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Balkan tries to escape but Rodriquez has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Rodriquez has good solid back control here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan tries to escape the position.
Rodriquez is riding his opponent, not letting Balkan buck him off.
Balkan is really stuck here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Balkan rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Rodriquez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Balkan looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Balkan wants to control but Rodriquez is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Balkan is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Rodriquez jumps into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Rodriquez (7) vs (2) Balkan
Rodriquez is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Balkan will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Rodriquez is looking to take a break and control but Balkan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Rodriquez tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Rodriquez has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
You can see the frustration on Balkan's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez controls the position.
Balkan is looking to regain half guard here but Rodriquez keeps moving and retains side control.
Balkan struggling a bit here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Balkan is looking to regain half guard here but Rodriquez keeps moving and retains side control.
Rodriquez is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Balkan manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Rodriquez trying to control the action but Balkan is working from the bottom.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez is keen to just control but Balkan is a slippery customer.
Well, if Rodriquez is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Rodriquez has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Rodriquez (10) vs (2) Balkan
Balkan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've been hearing good reports from Rodriquez's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Rodriquez controlling the pace for now.
Rodriquez trying to control but Balkan is having none of it.
Balkan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Rodriquez trying to control but Balkan is having none of it.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Balkan 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: Rodriquez (10) vs (4) Balkan
Balkan trying to move into half guard but instead Rodriquez has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Rodriquez (12) vs (4) Balkan
Balkan has control of Rodriquez's left arm, preventing Rodriquez from doing any damage.
Balkan 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.
Balkan looking to control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Balkan keeping full guard, as Rodriquez tries to pass.
Balkan is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Rodriquez trying to control the position from guard on top but Balkan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Balkan looking to control.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Balkan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
And that's the end of the fight!
Rodriquez takes the fight on points by 12 to 4.
A victorious Nick Rodriquez thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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