Match #22, Mat A - 74kg - 1/8 Final - Mitchell Owen Mesenbrink VS Murat Dzhakupov (KAZ)
Period 1:
Mesenbrink in red, bouncing around on the mat early.
Here we go. Mitch shoots off the whistle, no luck. Mitch keeps coming forward, Dzhakupov defending, on a knee now. Stoppage for something, restart. Mitch coming forward, looking for an opening. Dzhakupov holding position. Mitch shoots, Dzhakupov counters, nothing. Mitch re-counters & there's another stoppage for something, restart. Tying up & circling, Passivity warning Dzhakupov, restart. Tying up & hand fighting, Mitch reaches for a leg, Dzhakupov sprawls & it's a stalemate, restart, 4:32 left. Tying up, Mitch snaps, passivity warning #2 Dzhakupov, & he goes on the clock. Collar ties & hand fighting, Dzhakupov shoots, nothing & back to the tie up. Mitch reaches for a leg, nothing. back to hand fighting. Mitch shot clock point, 1-0. Tying up & circling & hand fighting. Mitch snaps, gets behind & almost scores, but Dzhakupov fights out of it, no points. Passivity warning Mitch? What? Mitch shoots, gets a leg & is working, but Dzhakupov with great defense, counters & gets the TD, 3-0 as the period ends. Wait, the score is 3-2 Mesenbrink. Mitch must have got points in the last exchange too, but I'm not sure how it was scored.
There's a delay before the start of the 2nd period. It looks like Dzhakupov wants to challenge something, but his coaches might or might not. There might be a challenge going on right now. It said "challenge canceled" on the screen, but there was one.
Challenge won, score changed to 2-1 Dzhakupov
Period 2:
Back to action. Tying up, Dzhakupov shoots, gets in deep, Mitch fighting, trying to counter now. They're on the edge & a stoppage, no scoring, restart. 2:26 left. Mitch coming forward, working, gets to a leg, keeps working & picks up the TD, 3-2 Mitch, restart. Tying up, Mitch shoots, nothing. Back to center, Mitch coming forward, Dzhakupov on the edge, down on one knee & now on both knees. Mitch pushes him out, but he's grounded, no points, restart, 1:30 left. Dzhakupov shoots, Mitch counters, but no scoring. Dzhakupov deep in on a shot, Mitch countering, trying to come around behind, keeps working & gets the TD, 5-2, restart, 46-sec left. Tying up, Mitch snaps. Dzhakupov shoots, gets to an ankle, but Mitch kicks out of it. Back to center hand fighting. Mitch coming forward, Dzhakupov shoots, nothing, Dzhakupov shoots again, but not even close. Dzhakupov with a desperation shot at the end & Mitch comes behind for another TD, 7-2
Mitchell Mesenbrink DEC Murat Dzhakupov 7-2
