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TWGC 35 (185lbs, D2): Las Vegas Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
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 Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 8 losses; Holden Gracie! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Jorge Dos Santos!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, George Francis and Cecil Peabody.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.#TD2#
Dos Santos changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Gracie looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Gracie (0) vs (4) Dos Santos
Dos Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working.
Dos Santos might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Gracie haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Dos Santos taking a breather here.
Dos Santos working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Dos Santos tries for a kimura but Gracie is defending well.
Dos Santos wants to lay and pray for a moment but Gracie keeps working. #T1#
Gracie is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dos Santos tries to advance to mount but can't.
Dos Santos wants to control but Gracie is keeping him busy. #SUB2#
Dos Santos thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #T2#
Gracie tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Dos Santos works to advance to full mount. Gracie defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Score +2 for reaching mount: Gracie (0) vs (6) Dos Santos#SUB2#
Dos Santos with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Gracie tries to hold on but Dos Santos pushes him away. #T3#
Dos Santos controlling his opponent.
Dos Santos wants to take Gracie's back but he can't do it this time.
Dos Santos tries to push Gracie's head away but Gracie is holding on tight.
Dos Santos wants to take his opponent's back but Gracie doesn't allow it.
Dos Santos looking to control but Gracie is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T4#
Dos Santos controlling from the full mount. #T5#
Gracie is squirming around, avoiding Dos Santos's attempts to control the action. #T6#
Dos Santos is looking to work his way around to Gracie's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Gracie is looking to get to half guard.
Dos Santos can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Gracie is looking to escape.
Dos Santos takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.#T7#
Dos Santos wants to control the pace but Gracie is squirming around nicely. #SUB2#
Dos Santos looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Gracie tries to reverse the position but Dos Santos maintains control.#T8#
Gracie sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Dos Santos controlling the action here.
Dos Santos is looking to stall here but Gracie recovers full guard.
Dos Santos tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracie is retaining full guard. #T9#
Dos Santos slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Dos Santos being controlled here momentarily.
Gracie looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Dos Santos trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom. #T10#
Gracie tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Dos Santos controls the pace.
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully. #T11#
Dos Santos is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dos Santos trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Gracie pulls Dos Santos in close to his closed guard and prevents Dos Santos from doing any damage or advancing position.#T12#
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Dos Santos from controlling successfully.
Dos Santos slips nicely into half guard.
Gracie wants to control but Dos Santos is keeping busy.
Dos Santos is controlling the pace.
#T13##SUB2#
Dos Santos wants to work for an arm triangle but Gracie is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Dos Santos wants to take a breather but Gracie is having none of it.
Dos Santos content to control rather than advance. #T14#
Gracie is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB2#
Dos Santos is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Dos Santos 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!
Gracie is trying to maintain the position but Dos Santos is very close to passing his half guard.
Dos Santos seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dos Santos wins on points by 6 to 0.
During a confident post fight interview, Jorge Dos Santos thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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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 20 wins and 22 losses; Tigran Minasian! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 4 losses; Yamcha Wolf-Fang!
The judges for this bout are Chris Downing, Alan Glass and Wesley Smith.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
No luck for Minasian with that takedown attempt.
Minasian fails with a takedown attempt.
Minasian shoots for a double leg takedown but Wolf-Fang sprawls well. He's pushed Minasian's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Tigran Minasian. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Minasian shoots in looking for a double leg takedown. Wolf-Fang defends it nicely.
Tigran Minasian seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.#CL2#
Wolf-Fang takes the fight into the clinch.
Minasian drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Wolf-Fang gets the underhooks and prevents it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Minasian is working for takedown but Wolf-Fang is calmly controlling the position for now.
Minasian tries for a takedown but Wolf-Fang manages to get underhooks.
#TD2#
Wolf-Fang is trying to trip Minasian. He has hold of a leg but Minasian is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Wolf-Fang persists though and gets the takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Minasian (0) vs (2) Wolf-Fang#T1#
Minasian keeping full guard, as Wolf-Fang tries to pass.
Minasian looking for a sweep. Not yet Minasian, not yet.
Minasian is trying to keep Wolf-Fang in close.
Wolf-Fang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Minasian is keeping the position for now.
Minasian is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Wolf-Fang is pushing down on Minasian's leg trying to pass to half guard. Minasian is fighting to maintain full guard but Wolf-Fang has managed to sneak the leg through.#T2#
Wolf-Fang perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wolf-Fang is looking to stall here but Minasian recovers full guard.
Minasian keeping full guard, as Wolf-Fang tries to pass.
Wolf-Fang pushes down on Minasian's leg and manages to get into half guard.#T3#
Wolf-Fang trying to control the action but Minasian is working from the bottom.
Minasian wants to control but Wolf-Fang is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Minasian is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Wolf-Fang wants to control but Minasian is keeping him busy.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Wolf-Fang passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Minasian (0) vs (5) Wolf-Fang
Minasian wants to control but Wolf-Fang is having none of it.
Minasian is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Wolf-Fang is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.#T4#
Wolf-Fang trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Wolf-Fang controlling his opponent.
Wolf-Fang can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Minasian is looking to escape.
Minasian stops Wolf-Fang from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Wolf-Fang controlling from mount.
We've been informed that Wolf-Fang has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.#T5#
Minasian is squirming around, avoiding Wolf-Fang's attempts to control the action.
Wolf-Fang is looking to work his way around to Minasian's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Wolf-Fang looking to control and managing it successfully.
Wolf-Fang manages to capitalize on a mistake by Minasian to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Minasian (0) vs (8) Wolf-Fang
Minasian tries to break free.
Wolf-Fang wants to control but Minasian is keeping busy.#T6#
Minasian tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Wolf-Fang works his way to his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Minasian (0) vs (11) Wolf-Fang
Wolf-Fang tries to get the hooks in deep but Minasian pushed the leg off.
Minasian is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
A lull in the action here.
Wolf-Fang controlling well, preventing Minasian from escaping the position.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Minasian wants to escape the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T7#
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Wolf-Fang's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Minasian tries to escape but Wolf-Fang has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Wolf-Fang has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Minasian's body.
#SUB2#
Wolf-Fang has the hooks in and he's looking for a rear naked choke here. Minasian is defending well but eventually Wolf-Fang manages to get an arm under the chin and he's locked on the RNC! Minasian has no choice but to tap now! He does! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:53 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Yamcha Wolf-Fang!
In his post fight interview, Yamcha Wolf-Fang started talking himself up. Luckily his charisma kept the crowd on side and gave him a good reception. |
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