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CACC 118 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 9 losses; Kron Silva! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 28 wins and 15 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Percy O'Donnell and Jack Bonds.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Silva closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Silva (2) vs (0) Holzken
Silva trying to control from half guard but Holzken is working away.
Silva wants to pass to mount but Holzken is defending the position.
Holzken wants to control but Silva is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Silva content to control rather than advance.
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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holzken is trying to control but can't.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Silva slows the pace down in half guard.
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.
Holzken controlling the position for now.
Holzken wants to get back to full guard but Silva has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Silva (5) vs (0) Holzken
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Silva content just to control the position here.
Silva pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Holzken tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Holzken is trying to escape the mount.
Holzken is squirming around, avoiding Silva's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Silva tries to push Holzken's head away but Holzken is holding on tight.
Holzken tries to lock up and control but Silva gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Silva fails to advance to Holzken's back.
Holzken tries to hold on but Silva postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling his opponent.
Holzken can't escape the position.
Silva can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Holzken is looking to escape.
Holzken prevents Silva from taking his back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Silva controlling the pace for now.
Holzken has given up his back. Will we see Silva going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Silva (8) vs (0) Holzken
Holzken prevents Silva from getting a body triangle.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Holzken tries to escape but Silva has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Silva really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Holzken.
Silva has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Holzken is really stuck here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Silva doesn't have the hooks in and Holzken manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (8) vs (2) Holzken
Silva is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Silva (10) vs (2) Holzken
Silva looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Holzken tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Holzken has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Silva is working away from the top position though.
Holzken tries to get to full guard but Silva has control of the leg.
Holzken trying to control here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Silva stalling.
Holzken keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Holzken wants to control but Silva is keeping busy.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Silva prevents Holzken from improving his position.
Holzken is positioning himself well to prevent Silva advancing to mount.
Silva trying to control the pace.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Holzken wants to improve his position but Silva is controlling well.
Holzken gets back to full guard.
Silva tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is adopting a defensive guard.
Silva showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Silva from controlling successfully.
Our spies down at at Hell's Balls Gym inform us that Holzken has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken looking for a sweep. Not yet Holzken, not yet.
Holzken is trying to keep Silva in close.
Silva looking to pass the guard.
Silva might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Silva stays in close to Holzken's body and controls the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Silva takes the fight on points by 10 to 2.
Kron Silva decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. |
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