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GFY 124 El Senor Muneca 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 46 wins and 51 losses; Ceferino Garcia! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 47 wins and 67 losses; Olaf Snowstrinski! The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, James Atkins and Daniel Bishop.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way. Snowstrinski has his takedown stuffed
and Garcia holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch. Garcia is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Snowstrinski to keep the fight standing.
Garcia pulls guard effortlessly. 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. Snowstrinski pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Garcia is keeping the position for now. Garcia looking to control.
Garcia lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garcia (2) vs (0) Snowstrinski Snowstrinski is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Snowstrinski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Garcia controls the pace. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Snowstrinski had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Garcia defends it easily.
Snowstrinski looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
 That's one minute gone in the round.
Snowstrinski throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Snowstrinski trying to keep a closed guard but Garcia is proving a slippery customer.
Garcia has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player. Snowstrinski can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Garcia controls the pace.
Snowstrinski throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Snowstrinski wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment.
 That's two minutes gone in the round. Garcia trying to control but Snowstrinski is working from the bottom. Snowstrinski wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment. Garcia stays in close to Snowstrinski's body and controls the position. Garcia stopping the sweep attempt from Snowstrinski. Garcia wants to control from the top but Snowstrinski keeps moving. Snowstrinski keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass. Garcia trying to control but Snowstrinski is working from the bottom. Snowstrinski keeping full guard, as Garcia tries to pass. Garcia controls the pace of the fight for a moment. Garcia trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
 That's three minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Snowstrinski is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Garcia content to stall in guard here. Snowstrinski lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garcia (2) vs (2) Snowstrinski Garcia will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions. Garcia trying to control the position here. Garcia trying to control the position.
Snowstrinski stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia. Garcia is trying to control the position but Snowstrinski postures up. Snowstrinski controlling from the top position.
 That's four minutes gone in the round. Garcia looking to sweep here. No luck so far. Snowstrinski trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom. Garcia trying to keep a closed guard but Snowstrinski is proving a slippery customer.
Snowstrinski stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia. Garcia keeping moving, preventing Snowstrinski from controlling successfully. Garcia keeping full guard, as Snowstrinski tries to pass. Garcia working a defensive guard here.
Garcia wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now. Garcia being controlled here, momentarily.
 That's five minutes gone in the round. Garcia trying to keep a closed guard but Snowstrinski is proving a slippery customer.
Snowstrinski trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom. There's a bit of a scramble here and now Garcia is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garcia (4) vs (2) Snowstrinski Garcia wants to control from the top but Snowstrinski keeps moving. Snowstrinski wants to sweep here but Garcia controlling him for the moment. Garcia trying to control the position from guard on top but Snowstrinski is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Garcia 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. Garcia preventing the sweep.
 That's six minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Garcia (4) vs (4) Snowstrinski Snowstrinski trying to control the action but Garcia is working from the bottom. Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
Snowstrinski is working for a kimura but Garcia is defending it quite comfortably.
The fighters are battling for position here. Garcia manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Garcia keeping moving, preventing Snowstrinski from controlling successfully. Snowstrinski sitting in guard here, content to control. Snowstrinski looking to pass the guard.
 That's seven minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving. Garcia keeping full guard, as Snowstrinski tries to pass. Garcia controls Snowstrinski momentarily but Snowstrinski frees himself. Snowstrinski trying to control but Garcia is working from the bottom. Garcia is controlling Snowstrinski's posture. Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
 That's eight minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski postures up.
Garcia is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Snowstrinski is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him. Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving.
Snowstrinski drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Snowstrinski jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position. Garcia managing to control the position. Snowstrinski wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position. Garcia keeping moving, preventing Snowstrinski from controlling successfully. Snowstrinski wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position.
 That's nine minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving. Snowstrinski wants to pass the guard but Garcia is keeping the position. Garcia is trying to hold Snowstrinski in close to prevent damage but Snowstrinski has managed to pass into half guard.
Snowstrinski is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
Snowstrinski looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Garcia slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
 That's ten minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski preventing the sweep. Snowstrinski trying to control the position from guard on top but Garcia is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. Snowstrinski slips nicely into half guard. Snowstrinski trying to control from half guard but Garcia is working away.
Snowstrinski is trying to work for a kimura but Garcia is defending well.
 That's eleven minutes gone in the round. Snowstrinski is trying to control the action in half guard but Garcia is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard. Snowstrinski is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully. Garcia wants to improve his position but Snowstrinski is controlling well.
Snowstrinski is keen to just control but Garcia is a slippery customer.
Snowstrinski is working for a kimura but Garcia is defending it quite comfortably.
Garcia is looking for a sweep. Snowstrinski is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Garcia is controlling Snowstrinski's position as best he can from this difficult position. Garcia is looking to control Snowstrinski's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Garcia avoid being mounted?
 That's twelve minutes gone in the round. Garcia is trying is best to control the position here. Garcia trying to control from the bottom.
Snowstrinski is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Garcia has managed to free his arm - good work. Garcia trying to control but Snowstrinski postures up.
Snowstrinski trying to control from half guard but Garcia is working away. Well,Garcia is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Snowstrinski is working for a submission of some sort.
 That's thirteen minutes gone in the round. Garcia regains full guard. Nicely done. Garcia keeping moving, preventing Snowstrinski from controlling successfully. Garcia keeping full guard, as Snowstrinski tries to pass. Garcia working a defensive guard here.
Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving. Snowstrinski stopping the sweep attempt from Garcia. Snowstrinski wants to control from the top but Garcia keeps moving. Snowstrinski is stalling in the full guard.
 That's fourteen minutes gone in the round. Garcia is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent. Garcia is pulling down on Snowstrinski's head to control his posture. Snowstrinski advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Garcia (4) vs (7) Snowstrinski Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Snowstrinski is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Garcia is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
And that's the end of the fight! Snowstrinski wins on points by 7 to 4. Olaf Snowstrinski took to the mic after the fight and begged the organizational hierarchy for a shot at the title. |
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