Rather than having separate threads for these matches with Bullet, I'd like to keep these matches in the same thread - allows more different threads to be on the front page of the Session Wrestlers part of the forum.
So here is the latest - and once again it was 8-0 to Bullet - enjoy the report
Bullet 8-0 The Amazing Spider-Mouth
April 2016 at MWMUK London
St George’s Day 2016 was a great day for me. The bus to London was direct as a separate coach from each town in Wales because of all the passengers travelling down to participate or spectate at the London marathon. I visited MWM for a session with Bullet but had the added bonus of meeting Cam, Nikkitta, Panther and Sparkle who were there on the same day. Today was my 10th match with Bullet and she is now one of a club of 6 wrestlers who I have taken on 10 or more times. This was actually my 3rd match with Bullet already in 2016. Bullet was eating a crème egg 30 minutes before the match while I had eaten a pizza while watching football in an Italian place nearby. I think we’ve prepared more diligently for some of our other matches.
We started each round on our knees so Bullet could not use any of my take downs and from the outset we went at each other pushing like a pair of bulldozers. Once we were on the ground, Bullet had me on my back, I was vigorously trying to bridge up and propel her off, but she had a keen alert look in her eyes and was pressing straight back ground. Bullet used her strong legs to work her way into position for an arm bar. I tried to get up on my knees to pull my arm out but Bullet was able to handle this and turned the move into an upside down arm bar and I had to tap while flat on my face eating the mat! 1-0 to Bullet.
I am as fit as I have been in a long time with some brilliant cardio and weight sessions in the gym. I piled the effort into round 2 trying to keep Bullet off balance and not let her settle into any controlling position. She managed to get me in a neck hold lying to one side keeping her legs clear of mine so my neck was isolated in the hold. I rocked side to side and rolled Bullet over my chest and got a leg across her body looking for a full mount position. Bullet was not going to let me have this and was quick to get out the side, almost getting my back. Again, it was Bullet’s legs that were instrumental in setting up her position to get me with a kimoura. I tapped. 2-0 to Bullet.
In round 3, I finally managed to get my half guard defence into action, bringing a slight smile of frustration from Bullet. Once she escaped, she was looking for an Americana but I managed to reach behind her head and connect my hands to avoid my arm bending too far. I managed to escape the position and fought hard to prolong the round. However, Bullet got an arm bar on my right arm, making a few adjustments with her feet to keep my body from rolling into the arm bar. I tapped and it was 3-0 to Bullet.
OK I was 3-0 down and unlikely to win but wrestling against Bullet is an opportunity to try things and try and find ways to defend and attack. With each round, I took the opportunity to have another go and see what I could do with different tactics. I kept the effort high, but Bullet was matching my intensity and used a Thai grip to get my head down and then put on a guillotine. She pulled me into her guard and completed the guillotine and I tapped out. 4-0 to Bullet.
My best round was the fifth round. I used my head as a third upper limb to foil Bullet’s attempt to get an Americana. I managed to get on top and apply some control and was close to getting an Americana on myself. Bullet was great defensively and knew how to unsettle my efforts each step of the way. It was intense but not aggressive, though at one point our foreheads were pressed into each other’s as we wrestled hard each trying to get the upper hand. Bullet was able to get me on my side and pop up placing her legs right to get my left arm in a arm bar and that made it 5-0.
We tussled side on for a while in round 6, but Bullet kept getting on top. I rotated vigorously and used my legs to try and dislodge her by pushing down on my heels. I was fighting well but not quite as well as in the previous round. When you consider my size advantage over Bullet, I don’t know how she kept me down, but she did. This enabled her to apply an Americana to make it 6-0.
I was able to defend with some success in round 7, managing to get out of a guillotine Bullet was trying as we both faced each other on our knees. Her transition into arm bar was really fluent and smooth and I had no chance to avoid it. A fourth arm bar making me tap today and it was 7-0 to Bullet.
The final round was a reasonably short one and Bullet went for a move she has used a lot against me in recent fights but not yet so far in this match. It was an arm triangle and once she got it on, she was able to gradually squeeze it on to gain the submission. The final score was 8-0. Looking back at my record against Bullet, some matches seem to come in pairs. The first two were 7-0, there were two 6-0s in a row and now two 8-0s in matches 9 and 10.
Post match, we posed for some photos to recreate the holds and then it was time to head to Nandos for a massive chicken platter between Cam, Bullet and myself. Over dinner, we had a great chat about recent developments, showed each other some training and competition move videos on our phones and discussed what was still to come in 2016. A big thanks to Cam for organising everything and thanks to Bullet for another great match xx
