Despite there being a lot of clipping (the second link has
Walton saying its the final fall meaning between the end of the first
link and start of the second the first two falls have occurred) this is
still an excellent grappling contest and something anyone who enjoys
matwork would do well to watch. It feels more like an exhibition match
given the clipping and the general pace of the match, but both workers
are excellent grapplers (Haward is an olympic freestyle and apparent
sambo grappler) who are able to work a compelling match with constant
dual control but channel it into a well worked and engrossing contest.
There's a lot of struggle for control and counters and both men display
some immense quick fire bursts of technique to escape holds: Cortez's
handstand counters in particular are a thing of beauty. Well wrestled,
some incredible counters and holds applied, perhaps one of the finest
WOS bouts in terms of pure precision wrestling and an absolutely
excellent finish, this is definitely something people will dig.
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