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WPGC 6.5 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 13 wins and 12 losses; Boris Balkan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 3 losses; Bob Le Boulder!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Emerson Jorge and Mauricio Rocha.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Balkan rushes Le Boulder and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Le Boulder tightens his grip and picks Balkan up, before dumping him to the ground. Balkan manages to land in guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Balkan (0) vs (2) Le Boulder
Le Boulder showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We've been hearing good reports from Balkan'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.
Le Boulder tries to free his leg and advance position but Balkan is retaining full guard.
Balkan trying to control the position.
Balkan is really struggling to control Le Boulder but he's trying to hold on to the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Le Boulder passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (0) vs (5) Le Boulder
Le Boulder controlling from side mount.
Le Boulder wants to control for a moment but Balkan uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Le Boulder sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Balkan is looking for a sweep. Le Boulder is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Balkan is working hard here to advance position.
Balkan is defending against the submission attempts here by Le Boulder.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Balkan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Le Boulder is working away from the top position though.
Le Boulder not doing much here.
Le Boulder tries to pass to full mount but Balkan defends it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder is controlling the pace.
Balkan wants to control but Le Boulder is keeping busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder tries to pass the half guard into mount. Balkan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Balkan slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Balkan wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Le Boulder trying to control but Balkan is working from the bottom.
Balkan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Le Boulder looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Balkan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Balkan keeping moving, preventing Le Boulder from controlling successfully.
Le Boulder 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.
Le Boulder trying to control the position from guard on top but Balkan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Le Boulder works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Le Boulder trying to mount his opponent but Balkan defends it.
Balkan is looking for a sweep. Le Boulder is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder is thwarting Balkan's attempts to control the position.
Le Boulder is trying to control. Balkan wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Le Boulder is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
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.
Le Boulder trying to control from half guard but Balkan is working away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Balkan trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (0) vs (8) Le Boulder
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Balkan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Le Boulder content just to control the position here.
Le Boulder wants to control the pace but Balkan is squirming around nicely.
Le Boulder sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Balkan is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder tries to control but Balkan wriggling away.
Le Boulder prevents Balkan from getting the reversal.
Le Boulder content just to control the position here.
Balkan is looking to improve his position but Le Boulder isn't that keen on the idea.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Balkan is looking to escape.
Balkan is looking to improve his position but Le Boulder isn't that keen on the idea.
Balkan wants to control but Le Boulder is having none of it.
Le Boulder fails to move to back control.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder controlling his opponent.
Le Boulder looking to control but Balkan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Balkan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Balkan prevents Le Boulder from taking his back.
Balkan regains half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder trying to control from Balkan's half guard. Balkan has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Balkan controls Le Boulder momentarily but Le Boulder frees himself.
Le Boulder wants to control from the top but Balkan keeps moving.
Le Boulder might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Balkan haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Balkan is trying to keep Le Boulder in close.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Le Boulder wants to control from the top but Balkan keeps moving.
Le Boulder is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Balkan can't keep his opponent in guard - Le Boulder advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Le Boulder is just content to waste time from the top position. Balkan takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Balkan working a defensive guard here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Balkan controlling the position.
Balkan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Le Boulder passes into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Balkan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Le Boulder is working away from the top position though.
Le Boulder is looking to advance position but Balkan won't allow it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Le Boulder wins on points by 8 to 0.
Our winner, Bob Le Boulder, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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