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Summit Series - Grappling Rd 1 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Jacek Siuta! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Super Macho Man!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Hirohito Nitta and Yukihiro Shimada.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Siuta is looking to clinch but Macho Man is avoiding it.
Macho Man wants to counter with a clinch but Siuta pushes him away.
Siuta closes the distance and clinches up with Macho Man, looking for a takedown. Siuta pushes Macho Man against the ropes but Macho Man circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Siuta doesn't manage to clinch there - Macho Man circles away.
Macho Man tries to counter by closing the distance.
Siuta closes the distance and clinches.
Siuta jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Macho Man walks away with a smile on his face. Siuta gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Macho Man's coach down at Punch Out Gym was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Macho Man's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Siuta tries to close the distance and clinch but Macho Man swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Siuta tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Macho Man manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
No luck for Siuta with that takedown attempt.
Macho Man steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Siuta.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Jacek Siuta. That's going to take a lot out of him.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Siuta shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Macho Man counters by clinching up.
Siuta is working for takedown but Macho Man is calmly controlling the position for now.
Macho Man prevents a takedown attempt there.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Siuta fails to pull guard.
Siuta looking for a takedown.
Macho Man is pressed up against the ropes. Siuta has hold of a leg and is looking to drag Macho Man down to the mat. Macho Man avoids the attempt though and has circled away. We're back to striking at a distance.
Super Macho Man is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Siuta fails in his attempt to clinch.
Siuta is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Siuta has his takedown stuffed
and Macho Man counters by clinching up.
Siuta fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Macho Man stops a takedown attempt from Siuta.
Macho Man prevents the takedown attempt.
Siuta looking for a takedown.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Siuta fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Siuta is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Macho Man is defending well.
Siuta drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Siuta is breathing heavily.
Macho Man gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Siuta (0) vs (2) Macho Man
Siuta on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Siuta tries to get out of the position.
Macho Man seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Siuta does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Siuta wants to get back to full guard.
Macho Man seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Siuta tries to get to full guard but Macho Man has control of the leg.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Siuta looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Macho Man prevents Siuta from improving his position.
Siuta wants to get back to full guard but Macho Man has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Siuta (0) vs (5) Macho Man
Siuta tries to bench press Macho Man off him but Macho Man keeps the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Siuta tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Macho Man wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Siuta is working hard here to advance position.
Siuta gets back to half guard.
Siuta is trying to get back to full guard.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Siuta tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Macho Man has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Siuta (0) vs (8) Macho Man
Macho Man trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Siuta slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Siuta tries to get to full guard but Macho Man has control of the leg.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Siuta (0) vs (11) Macho Man
Siuta is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
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.
Siuta is trying to reverse the position but instead Macho Man has taken his back - oops! Score +3 for taking back: Siuta (0) vs (14) Macho Man
Siuta is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Macho Man is looking to control Siuta but Siuta is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Macho Man controlling well, preventing Siuta from escaping the position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Siuta manages to reverse the position and now he's in Macho Man's guard. Nice work there by Siuta.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Siuta (2) vs (14) Macho Man
Macho Man working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Siuta doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Siuta manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Macho Man bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Siuta's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Siuta (2) vs (16) Macho Man
Siuta is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Siuta looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Macho Man has picked Siuta up and slammed him! Siuta can't keep hold of the triangle and Macho Man manages to pass to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Siuta (2) vs (19) Macho Man
Siuta tries to bench press Macho Man off him but Macho Man keeps the position.
Siuta regains half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Siuta wants to get back to full guard but Macho Man has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Siuta (2) vs (22) Macho Man
Siuta is looking to improve his position but Macho Man isn't that keen on the idea.
Macho Man looking to control and managing it successfully.
Macho Man forces the positional change into back control. Score +3 for taking back: Siuta (2) vs (25) Macho Man
Macho Man has the hooks in. Siuta is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man is looking to control Siuta but Siuta is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Siuta tries to escape but Macho Man has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Siuta is keeping busy.
I really don't envy Siuta right now.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Siuta's body.
Siuta tries to escape the position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man is looking to control Siuta but Siuta is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Macho Man controlling well, preventing Siuta from escaping the position.
Macho Man has good solid back control here.
Siuta tries to escape the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Siuta rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Siuta wants to get back to full guard.
Siuta wants to get back to full guard but Macho Man has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Siuta (2) vs (28) Macho Man
Siuta is working to get back to half guard.
Macho Man controlling from the full mount.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Siuta wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Siuta (2) vs (31) Macho Man
Siuta is in bad spot here.
Macho Man keeps control of the position easily here as Siuta tries to buck him off.
Siuta is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Macho Man controls the position.
I really don't envy Siuta right now.
Siuta prevents Macho Man from getting a body triangle.
You can see the frustration on Siuta's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Macho Man really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Siuta. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Macho Man has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Siuta's body.
Macho Man has the hooks in. Siuta is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
And that's the end of the fight!
Macho Man wins on points by 31 to 2.
An out of breath Super Macho Man 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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