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TWGC 35 (185lbs, D2): Finals - 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 Montreal, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Get Wet About Don! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 4 losses; Cayden Cadman !
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Chris Edwards and Richard Clark.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
About Don displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Cadman .
About Don attempts a counter takedown but Cadman avoids it well and moves away.
Cadman doesn't succeed with the takedown#TD#
and About Don counters with a takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: About Don (4) vs (0) Cadman
Cadman is letting About Don control him for a moment. #SUB#
About Don goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Cadman rolls with the submission and now he's on top in About Don's guard! Nice work there by Cadman ! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: About Don (4) vs (2) Cadman
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cadman wants to pass the guard but About Don is keeping the position.#T1#
Cadman won't allow About Don to sweep him here.
About Don has Cadman pulled in close to control his posture.
About Don is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
About Don looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
About Don working a defensive guard but Cadman manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: About Don (4) vs (5) Cadman #T2#
About Don is looking for a sweep.
Cadman controls the position from side control.
Cadman working away.
About Don is looking to reverse the position.#T3#
About Don is working hard here to advance position.
A lull in the action here as Cadman stalls from top position.
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!
Cadman working away.#T4#
About Don tries to get back to half guard but can't.
A lull in the action here.
Cadman working away.
About Don is looking for a sweep.
About Don trying to remain calm as Cadman controls from the top position.#T5#
About Don tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Cadman wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
About Don can't do much from the bottom here.
Cadman just content to control the position.
About Don is looking for a sweep.#T6#
Cadman is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt About Don will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Cadman 's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Cadman trying to control the position but About Don is working away.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.#T7#
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Cadman controls the position.
About Don is looking to regain half guard here but Cadman keeps moving and retains side control.
Cadman working away.
Cadman moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now. #T8#
Cadman working away.
A lull in the action here.
It looks like Cadman 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.
About Don tries to improve position but can't. #T9#
About Don wants to control but Cadman postures up.
About Don is trying to improve his position.
Cadman trying to control the position but About Don is working away.
About Don is looking to regain half guard here but Cadman keeps moving and retains side control.
Cadman in side control, just content to control the action for now. #T10#
About Don tries to improve position but can't.
Cadman controls the position.
About Don manages to work his way to half guard, despite Cadman 's best efforts.#SUB#
About Don looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
About Don wants to control but Cadman is keeping busy and won't allow it. #T11#
About Don moves into full guard.
About Don working a defensive guard but Cadman manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: About Don (4) vs (8) Cadman
About Don being controlled for a moment.
About Don is positioning himself to get back to half guard. #T12#
About Don struggling a bit here.
Cadman is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
About Don tries to get back to half guard but can't.#T13#
Cadman controls the position from side control.
About Don gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Still in half guard, Cadman seems content to control.#T14#
About Don moves into full guard.
About Don is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Cadman is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #SUB#
About Don throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Cadman escapes and throws About Don's legs to the side, diving into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: About Don (4) vs (11) Cadman
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cadman controlling the position from side mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cadman wins on points by 11 to 4. |
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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 2 wins and 0 losses; Michael Scarn! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 0 losses; Liam St. Georges !
The judges for this bout are Colin Fotheringham, Sam Margolis and Paul Tew.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD2#
Scarn gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Scarn (0) vs (2) St. Georges
St. Georges pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Scarn is keeping the position for now.
St. Georges trying to move into half guard but instead Scarn has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Scarn (2) vs (2) St. Georges
St. Georges keeping full guard, as Scarn tries to pass.
Scarn slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
St. Georges is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
St. Georges is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as St. Georges holds on and takes a little breather. #T1#
St. Georges tries to land a sweep but no joy.
St. Georges lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Scarn (2) vs (4) St. Georges
St. Georges engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Scarn is trying to keep St. Georges in close.
Scarn has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.#SUB#
St. Georges got a little sloppy there for a moment and Scarn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, St. Georges has managed to get both his arms back between Scarn's legs - danger averted.
St. Georges is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions. #T2#
St. Georges trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
St. Georges is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
St. Georges slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Scarn keeping moving, preventing St. Georges from controlling successfully.
St. Georges works a leg free and moves into half guard.
St. Georges wants to pass the guard but Scarn is defending well. #SUB2#
St. Georges is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
#T3#
Scarn tries to roll over but St. Georges keeps him under control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
St. Georges looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
St. Georges wants to take a breather but Scarn is having none of it.
Still in half guard, St. Georges seems content to control.
St. Georges is thwarting Scarn's attempts to control the position.
St. Georges content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. #T4#
Scarn wants to get back to full guard.
Scarn trying to hold on to St. Georges 's head to control him but St. Georges postures up.
Scarn makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Scarn.
St. Georges controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Scarn keeping moving, preventing St. Georges from controlling successfully. #T5#
St. Georges is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
St. Georges wants to control from the top but Scarn keeps moving.
St. Georges is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
St. Georges won't allow Scarn to sweep him here.
St. Georges wants to pass the guard but Scarn is keeping the position.#T6#
St. Georges is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Scarn trying to control the position.
#SUB#
St. Georges got a little sloppy there for a moment and Scarn has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, St. Georges has managed to get both his arms back between Scarn's legs - danger averted.
St. Georges not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
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 control the position from guard on top but Scarn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scarn is trying to keep St. Georges in close.
St. Georges is stalling in the full guard.
Scarn keeping moving, preventing St. Georges from controlling successfully. #T8#
St. Georges trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
St. Georges controls from within his opponent's guard.
St. Georges trying to control but Scarn is working from the bottom. #T9#
Scarn being controlled here, momentarily.
Scarn not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
St. Georges 's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Scarn keeping moving, preventing St. Georges from controlling successfully.
St. Georges is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Scarn working a defensive guard here.
#T10#
St. Georges is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
St. Georges works a leg free and moves into half guard.
St. Georges is figuring out what he wants to do next.
St. Georges frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Scarn (2) vs (7) St. Georges
St. Georges sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Scarn slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.#T11#
St. Georges keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Scarn wants to get back to full guard.
Scarn won't allow St. Georges to pass to mount.
St. Georges is keen to just control but Scarn is a slippery customer.
St. Georges trying to control the pace.
St. Georges is stalling here. Scarn is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! St. Georges seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Scarn has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Scarn (6) vs (7) St. Georges
St. Georges regains half guard.#T12#
St. Georges trying to control from the bottom.
#SUB#
Scarn is working for a kimura here but St. Georges manages to reverse the position and he's now in Scarn's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Scarn (6) vs (9) St. Georges
St. Georges passes Scarn's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
St. Georges slows the pace down in half guard.
St. Georges trying to control from half guard but Scarn is working away.
St. Georges looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #SUB2#
St. Georges is working for a kimura but Scarn is defending it quite comfortably.
#T13#
St. Georges not doing much here.
Scarn is staying active underneath St. Georges , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Scarn trying to control from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with St. Georges in particular looking to stall.
Scarn tries to roll over but St. Georges keeps him under control.#T14#
Scarn controlling the position well.
St. Georges controlling the pace.
Scarn is looking to control St. Georges 's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Scarn avoid being mounted?
St. Georges trying to control the action but Scarn is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
St. Georges might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Scarn haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
St. Georges is controlling the pace.
And that's the end of the fight!
St. Georges wins on points by 9 to 6.
Liam St. Georges took to the microphone after his victory and thanked his sponsors, Conviction for their support in the buildup to the fight. |
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