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TWGC 35 (145lbs, D1): London Qualifier - Round 1 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 Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 6 losses; Marcinho Sitsongrit! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 2 losses; Heartless Jesus!
The judges for this bout are Andrew Berry, Chris Edwards and William Gold.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Jesus closes the distance and clinches up with Sitsongrit, looking for a takedown. Jesus pushes Sitsongrit against the cage but Sitsongrit circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Sitsongrit closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Jesus to the mat! Jesus manages to get full guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Sitsongrit (2) vs (0) Jesus
Jesus being controlled here, momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sitsongrit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jesus is keeping the position for now.
Sitsongrit passes into half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is looking for a kimura but Jesus is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Sitsongrit to get the leverage.
Jesus trying to hold on to Sitsongrit's head to control him but Sitsongrit postures up.
Still in half guard, Sitsongrit seems content to control.
Jesus keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sitsongrit is looking to advance position but Jesus won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is working hard here to advance position.
Sitsongrit is controlling the pace.
Jesus keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit trying to pass the guard but Jesus defending well.
Sitsongrit is keen to just control but Jesus is a slippery customer.
Sitsongrit prevents Jesus from improving his position.
Jesus is trying to control but can't.
Sitsongrit is trying to control the action in half guard but Jesus is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit slows the pace down in half guard.
Sitsongrit is trying to control the action in half guard but Jesus is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Sitsongrit content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Jesus trying to control but Sitsongrit postures up.
Jesus is refusing to be controlled, as Sitsongrit sits in half guard.
Sitsongrit controlling the action here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Sitsongrit wants to take a breather but Jesus is having none of it.
Sitsongrit seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sitsongrit works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Sitsongrit (5) vs (0) Jesus
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jesus tries to lock up and control but Sitsongrit gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Sitsongrit controlling from the full mount.
Sitsongrit tries to control but Jesus wriggling away.
Sitsongrit is really struggling to control Jesus but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Sitsongrit controlling from mount.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jesus is looking to escape.
Sitsongrit prevents Jesus from getting the reversal.
Sitsongrit takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jesus is squirming around, avoiding Sitsongrit's attempts to control the action.
Sitsongrit controlling from mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit'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.
Jesus looks out of his depth in this position - he's holding on tight.
Sitsongrit controlling from the full mount.
Jesus tries to hold on but Sitsongrit pushes him away.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sitsongrit can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Jesus is looking to escape.
Jesus is trying to escape the mount.
Sitsongrit looking to control but Jesus is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Sitsongrit controlling from mount.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jesus for as long as he can get away with.
Jesus is working to get back to half guard.
Sitsongrit looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jesus sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Sitsongrit works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Sitsongrit (8) vs (0) Jesus
Jesus felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Sitsongrit controlling from the full mount.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit continues to stall.
Sitsongrit wants to control the pace but Jesus is squirming around nicely.
Sitsongrit is stalling here but it's allowed Jesus to get half guard.
Sitsongrit controlling the action here.
Sitsongrit trying to control from half guard but Jesus is working away.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Sitsongrit is looking for a kimura here.
Sitsongrit is taking a breather. Jesus says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sitsongrit is looking to advance position but Jesus won't allow it.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Jesus is looking for a sweep. Sitsongrit is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sitsongrit trying to control from half guard but Jesus is working away.
Sitsongrit is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jesus is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Jesus wants to control but Sitsongrit is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sitsongrit controlling the action here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Jesus slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sitsongrit takes the fight on points by 8 to 0.
Marcinho Sitsongrit spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant. |
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