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SSG 434 Ozymandias vs Doe PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 33 wins and 19 losses; Niles Standish! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 52 wins and 61 losses; Jari Laitila!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Laitila tries to clinch up.
Standish changes levels looking for a counter takedown but doesn't commit.
Standish drives through with a takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Standish (2) vs (0) Laitila
Standish avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Laitila is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Laitila keeps trying to improve his position.
Laitila looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Standish passes into half guard.
Standish performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Standish is looking to pass Laitila's guard but actually Laitila recovers to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Standish stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Laitila swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Standish 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.
Standish advances to half guard.
Standish is trying to control the action in half guard but Laitila is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Laitila wants to improve his position but Standish is controlling well.
Standish looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Laitila wants to improve his position but Standish is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Standish controlling the pace.
Laitila has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Laitila regains full guard. Nicely done.
Laitila throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Standish slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Standish pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Laitila is keeping the position for now.
Laitila looking to control.
Laitila working a defensive guard but Standish manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Standish (5) vs (0) Laitila
Laitila is looking to regain half guard here but Standish keeps moving and retains side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Standish controls the position.
Laitila is trying to work for a sweep but Standish has mounted him! Score +2 for reaching mount: Standish (7) vs (0) Laitila
Standish prevents Laitila from getting the reversal.
Laitila tries to hold on but Standish postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Laitila working to try and regain half guard.
Laitila is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Laitila is working to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Standish tries to control but Laitila wriggling away.
Standish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Laitila working to try and regain half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Standish'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.
Standish trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Standish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Standish can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Laitila is looking to escape.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Standish controlling from the full mount.
Laitila really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Laitila tries to hold on but Standish pushes him away.
Laitila can't escape the position.
Standish controlling from the full mount.
Laitila tries to lock up and control but Standish gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Standish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Laitila is working to get back to half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Laitila sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Laitila is looking to improve his position.
Laitila gets full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Standish avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Laitila keeping full guard, as Standish tries to pass.
Laitila manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Standish manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Standish (7) vs (2) Laitila
Standish managing to control the position.
Standish is trying to control the position but Laitila postures up.
Standish working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Laitila doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Laitila manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Standish keeping moving, preventing Laitila from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Laitila trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Standish seems keen to control Laitila's posture.
Laitila sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Standish's guard.
Standish keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Standish is refusing to be controlled, as Laitila sits in half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Laitila trying to mount his opponent but Standish defends it.
Standish gets full guard.
Laitila stopping the sweep attempt from Standish.
Standish is trying to keep Laitila in close.
Laitila wants to pass the guard but Standish is keeping the position.
Laitila trying to control the position from guard on top but Standish is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Laitila might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Standish haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Laitila tries to free his leg and advance position but Standish is retaining full guard.
Standish looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Laitila slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Standish (7) vs (5) Laitila
Laitila is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Standish knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Standish is trying to improve his position.
Standish prevents Laitila from improving position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Standish can't do much from the bottom here.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Standish stops Laitila from passing to mount.
Laitila tries for a kimura but Standish is defending well.
Standish regains half guard there - taking advantage of Laitila's attempt to lay and pray for a moment.
Standish trying to hold on to Laitila's head to control him but Laitila postures up.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Laitila is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Laitila is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Standish still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Standish has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Standish (11) vs (5) Laitila
Standish just content to control the position.
Laitila tries to buck Standish off but Standish is having none of it.
Standish looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Laitila looks to move to half guard but instead Standish has passed into mount! Damn! Score +2 for reaching mount: Standish (13) vs (5) Laitila
Laitila really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Standish trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Standish tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Laitila is wriggling around trying to escape.
Laitila manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Laitila looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Laitila wants to control but Standish is keeping busy.
Standish perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Laitila trying to control from the bottom.
Laitila tries to get to full guard but Standish has control of the leg.
Standish stalling.
And that's the end of the fight!
Standish takes the fight on points by 13 to 5.
A relieved looking Niles Standish thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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