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WP 53 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 36 wins and 47 losses; Boris Balkan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 51 wins and 35 losses; The Reverend Jim Ignatowski!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Balkan dives in and scores a takedown into Ignatowski's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Balkan (2) vs (0) Ignatowski
Ignatowski seems keen to control Balkan's posture.
Balkan postures up.
Ignatowski looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Ignatowski has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Balkan is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Ignatowski. Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (5) vs (0) Ignatowski
Ignatowski tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ignatowski is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Ignatowski makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Ignatowski.
Ignatowski looking to control.
Ignatowski has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Balkan has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (8) vs (0) Ignatowski
Ignatowski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Balkan controlling the position from side mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski is trying to improve his position.
Balkan is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Ignatowski will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Ignatowski is looking to regain half guard here but Balkan keeps moving and retains side control.
Ignatowski wants to control but Balkan postures up.
Balkan is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Ignatowski's shoulder. That is not cool.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski is trying to get back to half guard.
Ignatowski can't do much from the bottom here.
Ignatowski regains half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Balkan is thwarting Ignatowski's attempts to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Balkan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
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.
Ignatowski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
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.
Balkan is thwarting Ignatowski's attempts to control the position.
Balkan prevents Ignatowski from improving his position.
Ignatowski trying to control from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski is staying active underneath Balkan, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ignatowski wants to control but Balkan is keeping busy.
Ignatowski tries to get to full guard but Balkan has control of the leg.
Balkan is looking to advance position but Ignatowski won't allow it.
Balkan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Ignatowski wants to control but Balkan passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (11) vs (0) Ignatowski
Balkan takes a little break here. Ignatowski wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Balkan working away.
Ignatowski regains half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski tries to get to full guard but Balkan has control of the leg.
Balkan is thwarting Ignatowski's attempts to control the position.
Ignatowski is not content to let Balkan control the position.
Ignatowski wants to control but Balkan is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Balkan trying to pass the guard but Ignatowski defending well.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Ignatowski trying to control from the bottom.
Ignatowski trying to get back to full guard but Balkan takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (14) vs (0) Ignatowski
Balkan wants to control the pace but Ignatowski is squirming around nicely.
Balkan controlling from mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski wants to hold on but Balkan pushes him away.
Ignatowski slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Ignatowski is looking for a sweep. Balkan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ignatowski is trying is best to control the position here.
Balkan keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Balkan passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Balkan (17) vs (0) Ignatowski
Ignatowski is trying desperately to improve position.
Balkan fails to advance to Ignatowski's back.
Ignatowski is working to get back to half guard.
Balkan controlling from the full mount.
Balkan has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Balkan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ignatowski is looking to escape.
Balkan sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ignatowski is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Balkan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ignatowski is looking to escape.
Ignatowski is trying desperately to improve position.
Ignatowski tries to hold on but Balkan pushes him away.
Balkan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Ignatowski can't escape the position.
Balkan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Ignatowski bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Balkan (17) vs (2) Ignatowski
My spies in KFA inform me that Ignatowski has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Balkan keeping moving, preventing Ignatowski from controlling successfully.
Ignatowski looking to pass the guard.
Ignatowski engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ignatowski is fighting to break Balkan's control of his arms but Balkan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Balkan takes the fight on points by 17 to 2.
Boris Balkan seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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