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| Shamil Zavurov (left) vs Yasubey Enomoto |
All Zavurov did in this fight was lay on top of his opponent and that was it. And this was strange to watch because Shamil is a banger and loves the top position, has vicious ground and pound and so on... But this time he did zero damage from his "dominant position" and it looked like all he was trying to do is to score points from the takedowns. He really looked like a "GSP meets Jake Shields meets John Fitch" hybrid.
Even more - Shamil Zavurov was getting caught in submission hold after submission hold with every move he tried to do on the mat.
I guess initially Zavurov genuinely wanted to try to do something on the ground but Enomoto was shutting him down completely with every new attempt and Zavurov was unable to do anything from the top.
So, at one point it became obvious that Zavurov's takedowns were not gaining him anything.
Still, he kept taking Enomoto down and laying on top of him him while getting almost subbed in slick octopus grips every 30 seconds or so.
I'm watching the fight again and I don't see how even a super-biased-red-mafia-bribed Russian judge can score this fight for Zavurov.
That's insane!!!
Enomoto was totally dominating this fight from the bottom *AND* in the standup.
Oh!
And let's talk about the referee restarting the fight after Enomoto had Zavurov in a guillotine but got tangled in the ropes. The ref restarts the fight in the center of the ring but doesn't allow Enomoto to put Zavurov back in the guillotine choke.
Enomoto starts protesting - he wants his guillotine choke hold back.
The Russian referee thinks for a second, sees that he can't handle the situation and goes like: "You know what, I guess it would be best for all of us if I just stand you up, guys". And indeed - he fucking stands them up and restarts the fight from the standup!
I was outraged. Didn't know whether to laugh or to punch my monitor.
Fucking bush league reffing there.
The good news is there will be a rematch soon. And I welcome the idea. I'm sure everybody who saw this fight would do too.
