Play-by-Play: Submission Series 902, Sandford vs Satava, January 23, 2015

This is a rough copy of the play-by-play I did for Submission Series 902 on hashtagjack.com. I posted it here in case someone wanted to check it out.

The video replay can be seen here.

For more photos, visit Maritime Jiu Jitsu and Aggro Photography. Click photos to enlarge.

National anthems just finished, now they're getting ready for the first match

Nathan O'Brien vs Colin MacMichael

I've trained with both of these guys and they're very exciting

Sally Arsenault[7:09 PM]Colin is going for the take down, has a single leg

Sally Arsenault[7:09 PM]They're in dogfight

Sally Arsenault[7:09 PM]Coin has Nate in deep half guard

Sally Arsenault[7:10 PM]They're both trying to advance

Sally Arsenault[7:10 PM]Now the scramble, Nate's trying to pass open guard again

Sally Arsenault[7:10 PM]sorry, seated guard

Sally Arsenault[7:11 PM]Nate's trying to get the back

Sally Arsenault[7:11 PM]He has seatbelt and one hook

Sally Arsenault[7:11 PM]2nd hook

Sally Arsenault[7:11 PM]Colin swept and now he's trying to pass Nate's guard

Sally Arsenault[7:12 PM]Nate has his feet on the hips

Sally Arsenault[7:12 PM]Colin is in combat base

Sally Arsenault[7:12 PM]Nate has a triangle set up and locked in

Sally Arsenault[7:13 PM]Colin is fighting it, Nate's being patient

Sally Arsenault[7:14 PM]Ref is calling for work

Sally Arsenault[7:14 PM]10 minutes left

Sally Arsenault[7:14 PM]The triangle is deep but Colin is still fighting it

Sally Arsenault[7:15 PM]Nate's cutting the angle

Sally Arsenault[7:15 PM]Nate's in mount going for the armbar

Sally Arsenault[7:15 PM]Now Nate's going for the back again

Sally Arsenault[7:16 PM]Colin rolled out now Nate is trying to pass

Sally Arsenault[7:16 PM]Colin's using spider

Sally Arsenault[7:16 PM]Nate's going to go for toreando

Sally Arsenault[7:16 PM]He's crushing the legs down

Sally Arsenault[7:16 PM]Colin's using the knee shield

Sally Arsenault[7:17 PM]Colin has half guard

Sally Arsenault[7:17 PM]Nate passed

Sally Arsenault[7:17 PM]Colin rolled to turtle and Nate's going for the back

Sally Arsenault[7:18 PM]Nate has one hook in, going for the seatbelt and setting up a choke

Sally Arsenault[7:18 PM]Colin has half guard

Sally Arsenault[7:18 PM]Nate's coming around to crucifix from half guard

Sally Arsenault[7:18 PM]He has Colin's collar

Sally Arsenault[7:19 PM]Came up to side control from crucifix

Sally Arsenault[7:19 PM]He's going for the baseball bat choke, it looks like

Sally Arsenault [7:20 PM] Colin is looking for the armbar, it looks like, he has Nate's arm.

Sally Arsenault[7:20 PM]Nate got out of it

Sally Arsenault[7:20 PM]four minutes left

Sally Arsenault[7:20 PM]now they're back in half guard with Nate on top

Sally Arsenault[7:21 PM]Nate's got the  back again

Sally Arsenault[7:21 PM]three minutes

Sally Arsenault [7:21 PM] Now they're fighting the feet

Sally Arsenault [7:22 PM] Colin rolled to turtle

Sally Arsenault[7:22 PM]Now Nate's in half guard

Sally Arsenault[7:22 PM]Knee shield by Colin

Sally Arsenault[7:22 PM]two mins left

Sally Arsenault [7:23 PM] Nate's trying to get back again

Sally Arsenault[7:23 PM]Nate's trying to pass half

Sally Arsenault[7:23 PM]now Colin's turtling again

Sally Arsenault [7:23 PM] Nate's trying to pass guard again

Sally Arsenault [7:24 PM] Has the back

Sally Arsenault[7:24 PM]one hook in

Sally Arsenault[7:24 PM]oh shit bow and arrow almost

Sally Arsenault[7:24 PM]triangle set up by Nate time went

Jesse Allen vs Kyle MacDougall

both of them are back up going for take down

Sally Arsenault[7:39 PM]Jesse tries for flying armbar

Sally Arsenault[7:39 PM]jesse's going for kimura

Sally Arsenault[7:40 PM]tap for Jesse. It looks like Kyle is ingured

Sally Arsenault[7:40 PM]injured

Sally Arsenault[7:40 PM]from the kimura

Sally Arsenault[7:40 PM]Wow sub under 2 mins

Sally Arsenault[7:41 PM]I guess Jesse was submitted in 16 seconds in their last match

Sally Arsenault[7:42 PM]Next match is in 12 mins

Kent Peters vs Gavin Tucker

Sally Arsenault[7:44 PM]Kent is a purple belt out of ZombieProof Jiu Jitsu in Sydney, NS, Gavin trains out of my club, Titans in Halifax, NS

Sally Arsenault[7:45 PM]Gavin is undefeated in MMA so far, I think he's had 7 fights

Gavin also has excellent technique and he's a beast. Very athletic, very explosive

Sally Arsenault[7:48 PM]This is going to be an exciting match, it's one of the ones I've been looking forward to most.

Sally Arsenault[7:52 PM]only one minute til the next fight.

Sally Arsenault[7:53 PM]or match, I guess

Sally Arsenault[7:53 PM]Gavin is jumping around back here

Sally Arsenault[7:53 PM]So exciting

Sally Arsenault[7:53 PM]Here we go

Sally Arsenault[7:53 PM]oops one minute

Sally Arsenault[7:54 PM]now we're going

Sally Arsenault[7:55 PM]I have a feeling these guys are going to fly into our media table

Sally Arsenault[7:55 PM]they're circling for the takedown

Sally Arsenault[7:55 PM]hand fighting

Sally Arsenault[7:56 PM]gavin tried for the guillotine

Sally Arsenault[7:56 PM]Gavin's also a really good wrestler, I haven't seen Kent wrestle but they have a really good coach at ZombieProof

Sally Arsenault[7:57 PM]guillotine by gavin again

Sally Arsenault[7:57 PM]front headlock

Sally Arsenault[7:57 PM]back on the feet

Sally Arsenault[7:58 PM]kent has half guard

Sally Arsenault[7:58 PM]seated guard for Kent

Sally Arsenault[7:58 PM]Cartwheel pass for Gavin

Sally Arsenault[7:58 PM]crucifix for gavin

Sally Arsenault[7:58 PM]Kent stood

Sally Arsenault[7:58 PM]gavin has the back

Sally Arsenault[7:59 PM]back on the feet

Sally Arsenault[8:00 PM]Seated guard for Kent

Sally Arsenault[8:00 PM]Going for calf slicer (Kent)

Sally Arsenault[8:00 PM]didn't get it

Sally Arsenault[8:00 PM]Gavin's trying to pass open guard

Sally Arsenault[8:01 PM]Gavin's taking the back

Sally Arsenault[8:01 PM]Gavin got the sub, I think it was a small choke

Sally Arsenault[8:01 PM]palm to palm

Sally Arsenault[8:01 PM]We couldn't see it

Sally Arsenault[8:02 PM]Kent's all class, great guy

Scott Nauss vs Kevin Thibault

Next is Scott Nauss who is a brown belt out of Marmac Athletics in Truro vs Kevin Thibault, a purple belt out of Clinch Martial Arts under Shane Rice

Sally Arsenault[8:05 PM]I've seen Scott compete a lot but I haven't seen Kevin compete as much.

Sally Arsenault[8:05 PM]Kevin is reportedly a very strong guy, Scott does a lot of pressure from the top, arm triangles, and armbars/triangles from guard. Also trained a lot of deep half with Jake Mackenzie

They're fighting for the takedown

Sally Arsenault[8:15 PM]grip fighting

Sally Arsenault[8:16 PM]Scott pulled guard

Sally Arsenault[8:16 PM]locked it up

Sally Arsenault[8:16 PM]pendulum sweep for Scott

Sally Arsenault[8:16 PM]Scott has his back

Sally Arsenault[8:16 PM]Kevin's back to guard

Sally Arsenault[8:17 PM]Scott's setting up an arm bar

Sally Arsenault[8:18 PM]Scott's using Kevin's lapel to wrap up Kevin's shoulder

Sally Arsenault[8:18 PM]We have some crazy drum music going in the back ground now weird

Sally Arsenault[8:19 PM]They're still working in guard, Scott keeps looking for that lapel to wrap behind Kevin's neck

Sally Arsenault[8:19 PM]Scott's going for hip bump

Sally Arsenault[8:19 PM]got it

Sally Arsenault[8:19 PM]Scott's in mount.

Sally Arsenault[8:19 PM]Going for arm triangle, most likely

Sally Arsenault[8:19 PM]He has high mount

Sally Arsenault[8:20 PM]Kevin's bumping but Scott has a good base

Sally Arsenault[8:20 PM]Scott has that arm up, he's got the arm triangle set up

Sally Arsenault[8:20 PM]Scott has it

Sally Arsenault[8:20 PM]Kevin tapped

Sally Arsenault[8:21 PM]5 mins 30 seconds

Judo Jon Williams vs Jon Foster

Sally Arsenault [8:22 PM] Next up is Jon Foster vs Judo Jon Williams

Sally Arsenault [8:34 PM] Craig's tossing out prizes. Mr. Donair tshirt FTW

Sally Arsenault[8:36 PM]Jon Foster is a brown belt out of Abhaya under Rowan Cunningham, I went out to train with them at Abhaya before and he's really good at stringing chains together

Sally Arsenault[8:36 PM]I haven't seen Judo compete much. Maybe one match a few years ago

Sally Arsenault[8:38 PM]Here we go

Sally Arsenault[8:38 PM]bro hug

Sally Arsenault[8:38 PM]Judo has pulled guard, he's in deep half

Sally Arsenault[8:39 PM]Now Judo is trying to pass half guard and has the kimura grip.

Sally Arsenault[8:39 PM]he's got the armbar set up

Sally Arsenault[8:39 PM]from mount

Sally Arsenault[8:39 PM]he has it. It's stretched

Sally Arsenault[8:39 PM]Jon came up between the legs, he's in a triangle armbar, tapped to the armbar

Sally Arsenault [8:40 PM] Judo by triangle armbar

Sally Arsenault[8:41 PM]under 2 mins

Josh Presley vs Mansher Singh Khera

Sally Arsenault [8:47 PM] Next up is Josh Presley vs Mansher Singh Khera

Sally Arsenault [8:55 PM] They're on the mats

Sally Arsenault[8:56 PM]Mansher is from Marcelo's in NYC, brown belt world champion

Sally Arsenault[8:56 PM]Presley is from Titans, won bronze at worlds last year

Sally Arsenault[8:56 PM]mansher is trying to pass

Sally Arsenault[8:57 PM]Presley's open guard

Sally Arsenault[8:57 PM]Presley's using spider, going inverted

Sally Arsenault[8:58 PM]Mansher is still trying to pass

Sally Arsenault[8:59 PM]Presley turtled, Mansher is trying to get his back

Sally Arsenault[8:59 PM]Mansher has a body triangle

Sally Arsenault[8:59 PM]Presley is standing

Sally Arsenault[9:00 PM]Mansher is going for the lapel from the back

Sally Arsenault[9:00 PM]hand fighting

Sally Arsenault[9:00 PM]Mansher is still on the back

Sally Arsenault[9:00 PM]still standing

Sally Arsenault[9:01 PM]mansher has the arm preslely fought it off

Sally Arsenault[9:02 PM]reset presley is in seated guard, Mansher will try to pass

Sally Arsenault[9:02 PM]Mansher had tried to reset his body triangle and lost the back

Sally Arsenault[9:02 PM]de la riva for preslely

Sally Arsenault[9:02 PM]sorry x guard

Sally Arsenault [9:03 PM] they're standing up again

Sally Arsenault[9:03 PM]Mansher pulled guard

Sally Arsenault [9:03 PM] Presley is trying to pass

Sally Arsenault[9:04 PM]Now mansher is up, presley tries to sweep, Mansher is trying for toreando

Sally Arsenault[9:04 PM]presley stll has spider

Sally Arsenault[9:04 PM]presley turtled, mansher is set up for passing

Sally Arsenault[9:04 PM]now he's on the back with one hook

Sally Arsenault[9:05 PM]mansher has both hooks, tryin to hook the arm

Sally Arsenault[9:05 PM]he's got presley's arm,

Sally Arsenault[9:05 PM]gi choke for Mansher

Sally Arsenault[9:05 PM]from the back

Sally Arsenault[9:06 PM]under 9mins

Joel Jacquard vs Michael Tremblay

Sally Arsenault[9:07 PM]next up Joel Jacquard vs Michael Tremblay

Sally Arsenault [9:21 PM] Joel and Michael are on the mats.

Sally Arsenault[9:21 PM]Joel is a purple belt out of Titans

Sally Arsenault[9:21 PM]Michael is out of Alpha MMA

Sally Arsenault[9:21 PM]just had a four foot vertical leap in front of the media table

Sally Arsenault[9:21 PM]haha

Sally Arsenault[9:22 PM]This is a rematch after a close match at Abu Dhabi pro trials

Sally Arsenault[9:22 PM]Joel is the "Y-Town Strangler" goes for the darce a lot

Sally Arsenault[9:22 PM]I haven't seen Michael compete a lot

Sally Arsenault[9:22 PM]But he's obviously got a stack of medals

Sally Arsenault[9:23 PM]This is the co-main event

Sally Arsenault[9:23 PM]Both guys are sponsored by BC Kimonos

Sally Arsenault[9:24 PM]bro hug

Sally Arsenault[9:24 PM]Joel pulls guard

Sally Arsenault[9:24 PM]Tremblay is trying to pass, Joel has deep half

Sally Arsenault[9:25 PM]Joel went for the single, Tremblay has the kimura

Sally Arsenault[9:25 PM]JOel steps over,

Sally Arsenault[9:25 PM]Tremblay lost the Kimura

Sally Arsenault[9:25 PM]Back on the feet

Sally Arsenault[9:26 PM]Tremblay is going for the belly down armbar

Sally Arsenault [9:26 PM] Now it's from guard

Sally Arsenault [9:26 PM] Joel's out

Sally Arsenault[9:26 PM]Looks like Tremblay was going for a kneebar

Sally Arsenault[9:27 PM]fifty fifty

Sally Arsenault[9:27 PM]Now JOel has butterfly

Sally Arsenault[9:27 PM]Tremblay passed to side control

Sally Arsenault [9:27 PM] Joel has half guard

Sally Arsenault[9:28 PM]Tremblay is pushing on the knee, passed

Sally Arsenault[9:28 PM]side control for tremblay

Sally Arsenault[9:28 PM]knee on belly

Sally Arsenault[9:28 PM]mount

Sally Arsenault[9:28 PM]tremblay has mount

Sally Arsenault[9:28 PM]single leg x for Joel

Sally Arsenault[9:28 PM]half guard again, tremblay on top

Sally Arsenault[9:29 PM]Tremblay back to side control

Sally Arsenault[9:29 PM]scarf

Sally Arsenault[9:30 PM]deep half for Joel

Sally Arsenault[9:30 PM]crucifix for Tremblay

Sally Arsenault[9:30 PM]gi choke , Joel rolls over, now he's turtled

Sally Arsenault[9:30 PM]ref calls for time

Sally Arsenault[9:31 PM]tremblay's putting his belt back on

Sally Arsenault[9:31 PM]back to turtle with Tremblay on top

Sally Arsenault[9:31 PM]Joel rolls, tremblay is on his side

Sally Arsenault[9:31 PM]half guard again, goes deep, rolls him up

Sally Arsenault[9:31 PM]Joel is going for waiter

Sally Arsenault[9:32 PM]Joel comes out the back from deep half

Sally Arsenault[9:32 PM]Tremblay passes and is in side control

Sally Arsenault[9:32 PM]trying to isolate Joels arm

Sally Arsenault[9:32 PM]knee on belly for Tremblay

Sally Arsenault[9:32 PM]half guard again

Sally Arsenault[9:33 PM]Tremblay has mount

Sally Arsenault[9:33 PM]trembaly is getting s mount

Sally Arsenault[9:33 PM]Tremblay submitted Joel with a cross choke

Sally Arsenault[9:33 PM]9 minutes

Sally Arsenault[9:34 PM]Tremblay is a class act, giving props to Joel

 

Kyle Sandford vs Jonathan Satava

Sally Arsenault [9:42 PM] next up main event

Sally Arsenault[9:45 PM]Kyle Sandford vs Jonathan Satava

Sally Arsenault[9:46 PM]Kyle is a black belt under Renzo Gracie and trains at Titans in Halifax NS

Sally Arsenault[9:47 PM]Jonathan Satava recently got his black belt from Marcelo Garcia and is the 2014 brown belt world champion in no gi

Sally Arsenault[9:48 PM]Kyle is a monster

Sally Arsenault[9:48 PM]But I've seen Satava compete and he's a very exciting competitor

Sally Arsenault[9:48 PM]It's as quiet as a church in here. Both guys are on the mats

Sally Arsenault[9:48 PM]Their promo videos are playing

Sally Arsenault[9:50 PM]The guys are just kind of lounging around back here, stretching out. It's so mellow

Sally Arsenault[9:52 PM]We have five black belts on the mat, Kevin, Peter, Jaret, Kyle and Jonathan.

Sally Arsenault[9:52 PM]Ok, we're ready to go, the curtains are opening

Sally Arsenault[9:52 PM]I'm so lucky to be on the stage right now.

Sally Arsenault[9:53 PM]Best seats in the house!

Sally Arsenault[9:53 PM]here we go

Sally Arsenault[9:53 PM]they tie up

Sally Arsenault[9:54 PM]still on the feet

Sally Arsenault[9:54 PM]Satava sits, looks for the single

Sally Arsenault[9:54 PM]Kyle stuffs it

Sally Arsenault[9:54 PM]going for single leg x

Sally Arsenault[9:54 PM]Satava

Sally Arsenault[9:54 PM]Kyle shakes it off

Sally Arsenault[9:54 PM]Back on the feet

Sally Arsenault[9:55 PM]Satava goes for the single, Kyle has the whizzer

Sally Arsenault[9:55 PM]Kyle stuffs it

Sally Arsenault[9:55 PM]Satava sits down

Sally Arsenault[9:55 PM]Satava has butterfly

Sally Arsenault[9:56 PM]double unders

Sally Arsenault[9:56 PM]lost it

Sally Arsenault[9:56 PM]Satava gets the take down

Sally Arsenault[9:56 PM]Kyle has butterfly

Sally Arsenault[9:56 PM]Satava is spinning to pass

Sally Arsenault[9:56 PM]Kyle’s blocking

Sally Arsenault[9:57 PM]Kyle has half guard

Sally Arsenault[9:57 PM]Satava has an ankle

Sally Arsenault[9:57 PM]let it go, he's standing, trying to stack now

Sally Arsenault[9:58 PM]back on the feet, almost fell off the stage

Sally Arsenault[9:58 PM]Jon jumps for guillotine

Sally Arsenault[9:58 PM]lost it

Sally Arsenault[9:58 PM]knee slice pass for Satava

Sally Arsenault[9:58 PM]side control for Satava

Sally Arsenault[9:59 PM]Satava is staying heavy

Sally Arsenault[9:59 PM]going N/S

Sally Arsenault[9:59 PM]back to side

Sally Arsenault[10:00 PM]standing, Satava trying to pass Kyle's guard

Sally Arsenault[10:01 PM]Satava gets knee on belly, spins N/S

Sally Arsenault[10:01 PM]side control

Sally Arsenault[10:01 PM]7 minutes left

Sally Arsenault[10:02 PM]back on the feet

Sally Arsenault[10:02 PM]tied up

Sally Arsenault[10:03 PM]satava sits,

Sally Arsenault[10:03 PM]satava is trying to pass Kyle's open guard

Sally Arsenault[10:04 PM]Kyle has butterfly

Sally Arsenault[10:04 PM]Satava pases to side

Sally Arsenault[10:04 PM]north south for Satava

Sally Arsenault[10:04 PM]Satava is trying for the ns choke

Sally Arsenault[10:05 PM]satava has it pretty deep but kyle turtled up

Sally Arsenault[10:05 PM]back on the feet

Sally Arsenault[10:05 PM]Satava jumps for the guillotine

Sally Arsenault[10:05 PM]Satava sits

Sally Arsenault[10:06 PM]now Kyle is on his back, Satava is trying to stack pass

Sally Arsenault[10:06 PM]satava is in half, passes to side

Sally Arsenault[10:06 PM]north south again

Sally Arsenault[10:07 PM]knee on belly for satava

Sally Arsenault[10:08 PM]satav has the north south again

Sally Arsenault[10:08 PM]kyle is fighting it turning into him

Sally Arsenault[10:08 PM]he's out

Sally Arsenault[10:08 PM]he's going to the knee, satava

Sally Arsenault[10:08 PM]kyle tapped to knee bar just at the bell