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WP 34 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 72 wins and 37 losses; Moldy Jello! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 28 wins and 37 losses; Boris Balkan!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and James Glass.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Jello. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Jello (4) vs (0) Balkan
Balkan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Jello has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Balkan sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jello prevents Balkan from improving his position.
Balkan keeping control of the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jello wants to take a breather but Balkan is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jello content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Balkan is looking for a sweep. Jello is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Balkan wants to control but Jello is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Balkan keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Jello prevents Balkan from improving his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jello looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Balkan is staying active underneath Jello, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Balkan is looking for a sweep. Jello is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Jello wants to free his trapped foot but Balkan is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Balkan is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jello looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Balkan is looking for a sweep. Jello is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan wants to control but Jello is keeping busy.
Balkan is controlling Jello's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jello takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jello seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Balkan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jello prevents Balkan from improving his position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Balkan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Jello sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Balkan wants to control but Jello passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Jello (7) vs (0) Balkan
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Balkan is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jello tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Balkan sneaks back into half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Balkan wants to control but Jello passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Jello (10) vs (0) Balkan
Jello staying calm.
Balkan is not content to let Jello control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jello controlling from side mount.
Balkan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Jello wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Balkan keeps trying to improve his position.
Balkan is not content to let Jello control the position.
Balkan seems a little lost for a moment, as Jello dominates the positioning.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Balkan manages to get back to half guard.
Jello trying to mount his opponent but Balkan defends it.
Balkan trying to control but Jello postures up.
Jello is looking to take a break and control but Balkan is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Jello takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Balkan tries to roll over but Jello keeps him under control.
Balkan has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Jello is working away from the top position though.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Jello wants to control but Balkan is keeping him busy.
Jello is really struggling to control Balkan but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Jello stalling away here and it's allowed Balkan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Balkan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jello manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jello (10) vs (2) Balkan
Balkan stopping the sweep attempt from Jello.
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.
Jello trying to keep a closed guard but Balkan is proving a slippery customer.
Balkan looking to sit in guard and control but Jello gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jello (12) vs (2) Balkan
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Jello wants to control from the top but Balkan keeps moving.
Balkan is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Balkan trying to keep a closed guard but Jello is proving a slippery customer.
Balkan seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Jello engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Balkan is adopting a defensive guard.
Jello showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Jello wants to control from the top but Balkan keeps moving.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Balkan has his hands on Jello's head, controlling the position.
Jello trying to control the position from guard on top but Balkan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Balkan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Jello has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Jello (15) vs (2) Balkan
And that's the end of the fight!
Jello takes the fight on points by 15 to 2.
An out of breath Moldy Jello thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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