Had my fights with Superlative.
First fight was ridiculously close. Most likely he won the first round with a couple trip takedown and a very, very close leg lock attempt from stacked guard. Thought I was finished there but got out at the last second. Second round was back and forth but I think k I won it with some clinch strikes and top control. He took me down quite a bit but I was able to avoid bad positions and reverse on top most of the time. Could have gone either way. Third round was close too but I landed quite a few head kicks and some more good strikes in the clinch. I thought i won the third and he won the first for sure, second I just was not sure but the judges awarded me the split decision.
Second fight was more of the same. I tried to get in his face more on the feet, but he has very good defense and I couldn't hurt him, had to really pick my shots cautiously. I started strong on the feet and controlled most of the round on the mat for a likely 10-9. Second round he was on a mission... he got me down and had some solid ground and pound and top control, blocked a ton of my transitions and I was able to block a few sub attempts just because I've used saku quite a bit so I know his move set lol. He had me in some trouble in Mount a couple times but I survived to the third, fight tied 1 to 1. Not long into the third round, and he tried the flying Kimura from standing back control. I escaped straight into Mount and was able to finish with punches.
Great fights! We are super evenly matched, but Werdum is just a terrible match up for saku which helped me here.