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SSG 255 Thumb vs Shaw 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 St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 16 losses; Dani Gerbandi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 3 losses; Max Wahlstroem!
The judges for this bout are Alan Glass, Wesley Smith and Tiny Johnson.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gerbandi rushes Wahlstroem and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Gerbandi lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Gerbandi (2) vs (0) Wahlstroem
Wahlstroem works his way to full guard. Good work.
Gerbandi forces his way into half guard.
Gerbandi passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (5) vs (0) Wahlstroem
Wahlstroem is not content to let Gerbandi control the position.
Wahlstroem is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Wahlstroem is looking for a sweep. Gerbandi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wahlstroem wants to control but Gerbandi is keeping busy and won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wahlstroem is looking for a sweep. Gerbandi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gerbandi is pressing down on Wahlstroem's thigh, looking to free his foot. Wahlstroem is holding on for now.
Gerbandi moves into full mount! Wahlstroem won't be happy about that! Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (8) vs (0) Wahlstroem
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wahlstroem is desperately trying to improve his position but Gerbandi has a good base and remains in mount.
Gerbandi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wahlstroem tries to hold on but Gerbandi pushes him away.
Wahlstroem wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Gerbandi (11) vs (0) Wahlstroem
Gerbandi has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Wahlstroem has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Wahlstroem is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Gerbandi is riding his opponent, not letting Wahlstroem buck him off.
Wahlstroem is in bad spot here.
Wahlstroem defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Gerbandi is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Wahlstroem is defending well though. Gerbandi let's go of the attempt for now.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi is looking to control Wahlstroem but Wahlstroem is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Wahlstroem looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Gerbandi patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Gerbandi controlling well, preventing Wahlstroem from escaping the position.
Wahlstroem 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 Gerbandi gets his way!
Gerbandi wants to control but Wahlstroem is keeping busy.
Wahlstroem trying to control but not successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wahlstroem turns into Gerbandi and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gerbandi (11) vs (2) Wahlstroem
Wahlstroem trying to control but Gerbandi is working from the bottom.
Gerbandi not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wahlstroem trying to control the position from guard on top but Gerbandi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gerbandi has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Wahlstroem can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Gerbandi looking to control.
Gerbandi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Wahlstroem passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (11) vs (5) Wahlstroem
Wahlstroem is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Gerbandi has escaped the position, nice work there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wahlstroem is looking to take a break and control but Gerbandi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Gerbandi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wahlstroem wants to control but Gerbandi is keeping him busy.
Wahlstroem goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Gerbandi rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Wahlstroem's guard! Nice work there by Gerbandi! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gerbandi (13) vs (5) Wahlstroem
Wahlstroem throws his legs up looking for a submission but Gerbandi uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (16) vs (5) Wahlstroem
Wahlstroem manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gerbandi's best efforts.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wahlstroem regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gerbandi sitting in guard here, content to control.
Gerbandi wants to pass the guard but Wahlstroem is keeping the position.
Gerbandi passes into half guard.
Gerbandi is working for a submission of some sort.
Wahlstroem actively working from the bottom here.
Wahlstroem has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gerbandi is working away from the top position though.
Wahlstroem looking for submissions off his back.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wahlstroem is trying to control but Gerbandi passes into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (19) vs (5) Wahlstroem
Gerbandi takes a little break here. Wahlstroem wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Gerbandi looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gerbandi is looking to take a break and control but Wahlstroem is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi just content to control the position.
Gerbandi trying to control the action but Wahlstroem is working from the bottom.
Gerbandi is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Wahlstroem knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Wahlstroem is looking for a sweep.
Gerbandi is looking to take a break and control but Wahlstroem is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Wahlstroem struggling a bit here.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wahlstroem sneaks back into half guard.
Wahlstroem is looking for a sweep. Gerbandi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Wahlstroem is trying to maintain the position but Gerbandi is very close to passing his half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gerbandi seems to be working for a kimura but Wahlstroem defends the submission attempt.
Wahlstroem actively working from the bottom here.
Well, if Gerbandi 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.
Gerbandi works his foot free and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (22) vs (5) Wahlstroem
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi avoids the attempt from Wahlstroem to control.
Gerbandi controlling from the full mount.
Gerbandi moves to the back. Score +3 for taking back: Gerbandi (25) vs (5) Wahlstroem
Wahlstroem tries to escape but Gerbandi has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Gerbandi is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Gerbandi is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Wahlstroem trying to control but not successfully.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi working for a choke but Wahlstroem is defending well.
Gerbandi looking for the RNC.
Gerbandi has the hooks in. Wahlstroem is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Gerbandi is working on the RNC. He looks like he's got it but Wahlstroem won't tap... Oh, he's out! The ref rips Gerbandi off his unconscious opponent!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 10:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Dani Gerbandi!
After winning the bout, Dani Gerbandi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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