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CATCHMANIA 3 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 Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 28 wins and 13 losses; Bo Nickal! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 48 wins and 28 losses; Judas Priest!
The judges for this bout are Yukihiro Yamamoto, Shigeki Sano and Yukihiro Shimada.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Priest looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Nickal (0) vs (2) Priest
Nickal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Priest stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nickal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Priest keeps trying to improve his position.
Priest stays in close to Nickal's body and controls the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Priest's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Nickal has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Priest stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Nickal swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nickal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Priest seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nickal working for a triangle but Priest defends it easily.
Priest stopping the sweep attempt from Nickal.
Priest pushing down on Nickal's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Nickal regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Priest won't allow Nickal to sweep him here.
Priest is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Nickal has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Priest has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Nickal (0) vs (5) Priest
A lull in the action here.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Nickal prevents Priest from improving position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Nickal tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Priest slows the pace down.
Nickal tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Priest taking a breather here.
Priest moves into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Nickal (0) vs (7) Priest
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nickal working to try and regain half guard.
Priest controlling the position easily from mount.
Priest wants to control but instead Nickal manages to regain half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Priest seems to be looking for submissions.
Nickal is looking to improve his position.
Priest looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Priest trying to control from Nickal's half guard. Nickal has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Nickal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Priest is one step ahead there.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Nickal looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Priest puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Priest is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Nickal doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time Priest.
Nickal tries to roll over but Priest keeps him under control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nickal is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Priest's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Priest's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Nickal (4) vs (7) Priest
Priest just trying to survive but Nickal is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Priest tries to escape the position.
Priest showing good submission defense here.
Priest rolls, trying to escape but Nickal keeps control of the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nickal has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Priest's body.
Nickal controlling well, preventing Priest from escaping the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Nickal's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Nickal is not going to allow Priest to sit and survive in this position.
Priest is in bad spot here.
Priest wants to control his opponent's hands but Nickal gets his hands free.
Nickal is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Priest is defending well though. Nickal let's go of the attempt for now.
Nickal looking for the RNC.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Priest breaks Nickal's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Nickal (4) vs (9) Priest
Nickal looking to hit a scissor sweep but Priest is one step ahead there.
Priest controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
More stalling from Priest.
Nickal has control of Priest's left arm, preventing Priest from doing any damage.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Priest pushes down on Nickal's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nickal is looking to improve his position.
Priest is taking a breather. Nickal 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.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Nickal is looking to improve his position.
Nickal regains full guard. Nicely done.
Priest trying to control the position from guard on top but Nickal is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Priest sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Nickal looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Priest slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Nickal not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Priest trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Nickal looking to control.
Priest tries to free his leg and advance position but Nickal is retaining full guard.
Priest trying to control but Nickal is working from the bottom.
Priest advances to half guard.
Priest wants to control but Nickal is keeping him busy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Priest perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Let's hope that Priest has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Priest wins on points by 9 to 4.
After winning the bout, Judas Priest 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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