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TWGC 35 (185lbs, D2): London Qualifier - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Undercard bout
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 6 losses; Brandon Stark! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 4 losses; Cayden Cadman !
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Donald Grub.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?#CL#
Stark moves into the clinch.#TD2#
Cadman lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Stark (0) vs (2) Cadman
Well, if Cadman is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Stark is looking to control Cadman 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stark avoid being mounted?
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Cadman in particular looking to stall.#T1#
Cadman prevents Stark from improving his position.#SUB#
Stark looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Cadman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. #T2#
Cadman is pressing down on Stark's thigh, looking to free his foot. Stark is holding on for now.
Cadman not doing much here.
#T3#
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Stark is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cadman 's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cadman 's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Stark (4) vs (2) Cadman
Cadman prevents Stark from getting a body triangle.#SUB#
Stark looking to break Cadman 's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Cadman remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Stark will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!#SUB#
Stark is persistently looking for the submission but Cadman is defending it well.
#SUB#
Stark patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?#T4##SUB#
Cadman defends a prolonged rear naked choke attempt and turns nicely into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Stark (4) vs (4) Cadman #SUB#
Stark looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Cadman is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Cadman trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet. #T5##SUB#
Cadman got a little sloppy there for a moment and Stark has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Cadman has managed to get both his arms back between Stark's legs - danger averted.#SUB#
Stark escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Cadman gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Stark is pulling down on Cadman 's head to control his posture. #T6#
Cadman passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Stark (4) vs (7) Cadman
Cadman is staying tight to Stark's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Stark definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Cadman trying to control the action but Stark is working from the bottom.
Stark is looking to reverse the position.#T7#
Cadman trying to control the position but Stark is working away.
My spies in AREA 51 inform me that Cadman has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Stark is trying to control Cadman 's posture but Cadman avoids it.
Cadman wants to control but Stark is keeping him busy.
Cadman is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position. #T8##T9#
Stark struggling a bit here.#T10#
Cadman controls the position.
Stark gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Stark wants to control but Cadman is keeping busy.
#SUB2#
Cadman seems to be working for a kimura but Stark defends the submission attempt.#T11#
Stark is looking to improve his position.
Cadman is looking to pass Stark's guard but actually Stark recovers to full guard.
Stark can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cadman controls the pace.#T12#
Cadman wants to control from the top but Stark keeps moving.
Cadman passes Stark's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Cadman looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding. #SUB#
Stark looking for submissions off his back.#T13#
Cadman content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Stark trying to control here.
#T14#
Cadman performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Stark is looking to control Cadman 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Stark avoid being mounted?
Cadman takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Stark wants to control but Cadman is keeping busy and won't allow it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cadman wins on points by 7 to 4. |
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Undercard bout
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Robin Daqt! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Zee Land!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Daqt darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Daqt (2) vs (0) Land
The fighters are battling for position here. Land manages to regain full guard. Nice work. #SUB2#
Land escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Daqt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Land is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Daqt (2) vs (2) Land
Daqt wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daqt is looking to control Land's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daqt avoid being mounted?
Land is taking a breather. Daqt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Land is thwarting Daqt's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T1#
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Land in particular looking to stall.
Daqt is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Tycoon Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Daqt is looking to control Land's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daqt avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Land is controlling the pace.
Daqt is trying to control but Land manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (5) Land
Land can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Daqt is looking to escape.
Land looking to control and managing it successfully. #T2#
Land trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Land tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Daqt tries to reverse the position but Land maintains control.
Land content just to control the position here. #T3#
Land wants to control the pace but Daqt is squirming around nicely.
Daqt working to try and regain half guard.
Daqt wants to control but Land is having none of it.#SUB2#
Land looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Daqt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet. #T4#
Daqt is working to get back to half guard.
Daqt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Land tries to control but Daqt wriggling away. #SUB2#
Land looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead. #SUB2#
Land working for a submission but Daqt is keeping him at bay. #SUB2#
Land is working for a guillotine from mount but Daqt frees his head quite easily.
Daqt wants to control but Land is having none of it.#T5#
Land controlling from mount.
Daqt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Land wants to control the pace but Daqt is squirming around nicely.
Daqt is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Land trying to control but he's not successful this time. #T6#
Daqt regains half guard.#SUB#
Daqt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Land passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Daqt! Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (8) Land
Daqt is wriggling around trying to escape.
Land trying to control but he's not successful this time. #SUB2#
Daqt defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Land. #T7#
Daqt is trying to escape the mount.
#SUB2#
Land looking to secure an arm triangle but Daqt defends it well.
Land is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Land wants to control the pace but Daqt is squirming around nicely. #SUB2#
Land is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Daqt to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Daqt shrugs it off.
Daqt is trying to escape the mount.
Daqt is working hard here to advance position.#T8#
Daqt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Daqt regains half guard.#SUB2#
Land looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Daqt wants to control but Land is keeping busy.
#T9#
Land content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. #SUB2#
Land is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Daqt defends it well.
Daqt wants to sweep but Land has passed to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (11) Land
Daqt prevents Land from improving position.
Land is looking to take a break and control but Daqt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T10#
Land tries to advance to mount but Daqt denies him.
Daqt tries to bench press Land off him but Land keeps the position.
Land tries to move to mount but Daqt blocks the move with his legs.
Daqt is trying to control Land's posture but Land avoids it.
Land wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daqt keeps working.
Land tries to advance to mount but can't.
Daqt tries to buck Land off but Land is having none of it.#T11##SUB2#
Land tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Land has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Land is looking to take a break and control but Daqt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Daqt is looking to reverse the position.#SUB2#
Land is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Daqt knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #SUB2#
Land looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #T12#
Daqt is not content to let Land control the position.
Daqt gets back to half guard.
Daqt is looking to control Land's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daqt avoid being mounted?#SUB2#
Land looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Land prevents Daqt from improving his position.#T13#
Daqt won't allow Land to pass to mount.
Daqt is trying to maintain the position but Land is very close to passing his half guard.
Land seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Daqt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back. #T14##SUB2#
Land seems to be looking for submissions.
Land is taking a breather. Daqt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.#SUB2#
Land is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Land works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (14) Land
Land wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daqt keeps working.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!#SUB2#
Land is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Daqt has escaped the position, nice work there.
Daqt regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Land wins on points by 14 to 2.
A very excited looking Zee Land rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed. |
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Co-main event
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Michael Dunn! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 1 losses; BTest Btest!
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Ackerman and Andrew Berry.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Btest keeps the fight on the outside.
Dunn tries to clinch #TD2#
and Btest counters with a shoot takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Dunn (0) vs (2) Btest#SUB2#
Btest seems like he's working for an arm triangle here. He's freed his trapped foot and he's rotating nicely. Dunn is in big trouble! He's tapping out! This one is aaaaaaaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:25 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Arm Triangle). BTest Btest! |
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Main event
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 2 losses; Jello Belly! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Liam St. Georges !
The judges for this bout are James Glass, James Atkins and Donald Grub.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD2#
St. Georges closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Belly quickly recovers to half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Belly (0) vs (2) St. Georges
Belly tries to roll over but St. Georges keeps him under control.
St. Georges is looking to advance position but Belly won't allow it. #SUB#
Belly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
St. Georges works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Belly (0) vs (5) St. Georges
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St. Georges controlling from the full mount. #T1#
St. Georges 's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Belly is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
St. Georges controlling from the full mount.
More stalling from St. Georges .#T2#
Belly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Belly gets back to half guard.
St. Georges slows the pace down in half guard.
St. Georges with more of the same as he continues to hold on.#T3#
St. Georges looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
St. Georges stalling.
Belly trying to hold on to St. Georges 's head to control him but St. Georges postures up.
Belly is looking to improve his position.
#T4#
St. Georges wants to pass to mount but Belly is defending the position.
St. Georges is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Belly is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Rabid Dog that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
St. Georges works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Belly (0) vs (8) St. Georges #T5#
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
It looks like St. Georges might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
You can see the frustration on Belly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#T6#
Belly is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on St. Georges 's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
St. Georges is pressing down on Belly's thigh, looking to free his foot. Belly is holding on for now.
St. Georges looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Let's hope that St. Georges has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.#T7#
St. Georges trying to pass the guard but Belly defending well.
Still in half guard, St. Georges seems content to control.#T8#
St. Georges trying to mount his opponent but Belly defends it. #SUB#
Belly is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but St. Georges pulls his head out easily.
St. Georges stalling.
St. Georges trying to mount his opponent but Belly defends it. #T9#
Well, if St. Georges is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
St. Georges looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
St. Georges seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from St. Georges .#T10#
Belly regains full guard. Nicely done.
St. Georges sitting in guard, not really doing much.
St. Georges is continuing to stall.#T11#
Belly is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Belly (2) vs (8) St. Georges
St. Georges wants to control but Belly is keeping busy.
St. Georges has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
St. Georges holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Belly trying to pass the guard but St. Georges defending well.
St. Georges has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Belly is working away from the top position though.
Belly is trying to control the action in half guard but St. Georges is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
St. Georges works his way to full guard. Good work.
St. Georges seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Belly trying to control the position from guard on top but St. Georges is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St. Georges is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control. #T12#
The adventures of St. Georges the control monster continue. Boring.
Belly preventing the sweep.
Belly forces his way into half guard.
St. Georges gets full guard.
St. Georges wants to sweep but no luck.
St. Georges controlling the position.
Belly is pushing down on St. Georges 's leg trying to pass to half guard. St. Georges is fighting to maintain full guard but Belly has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Belly keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.#SUB#
Belly wants to work for an arm triangle but St. Georges is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
#T13#
St. Georges is looking to improve his position.
St. Georges is doing well to control the position and prevent Belly from advancing to side control.
Belly wants to free his trapped foot but St. Georges is holding on for dear life with his legs. #SUB#
Belly seems to be working for a kimura but St. Georges defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Belly is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Belly tries to pass to full mount but St. Georges defends it. #T14#
St. Georges keeping hold of Belly's head, controlling as best he can. #SUB#
Belly seems to be working for a kimura but St. Georges defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Belly is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and St. Georges defends it well. #SUB#
Belly is looking for a kimura but St. Georges is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Belly to get the leverage.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Belly works his foot free and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Belly (5) vs (8) St. Georges
St. Georges tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
St. Georges wins on points by 8 to 5.
Liam St. Georges took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Conviction for their support in the buildup to the fight.
Jello Belly spoke after the fight, saying 'I'm hungry'. |
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