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TWGC 30 (155lbs, D1): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 2 losses; Ceph Alopodis! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 32 wins and 11 losses; David Morrison Jr.!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, William Peck and Alec Ball.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Alopodis gets caught flat footed, as Morrison Jr. shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Alopodis (0) vs (2) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr.'s corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morrison Jr. tries to free his leg and advance position but Alopodis is retaining full guard.
Morrison Jr. is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morrison Jr. won't allow Alopodis to sweep him here.
Morrison Jr. looking to pass the guard.
Alopodis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison Jr. pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Alopodis is keeping the position for now.
Morrison Jr. is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Alopodis has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Alopodis keeping moving, preventing Morrison Jr. from controlling successfully.
Alopodis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. slips nicely into half guard.
Morrison Jr. tries to pass the half guard into mount. Alopodis knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrison Jr. is controlling the pace.
Alopodis gets full guard.
Morrison Jr. slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (0) vs (5) Morrison Jr.
Alopodis is looking to reverse the position.
Alopodis manages to get back to half guard.
Morrison Jr. trying to control from half guard but Alopodis is working away.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis wants to improve his position but Morrison Jr. is controlling well.
Morrison Jr. looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Alopodis is looking for a sweep. Morrison Jr. is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison Jr. seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Alopodis does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Alopodis is pressing down on Morrison Jr.'s left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Morrison Jr. pushes down on Alopodis's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to free his trapped foot but Alopodis is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis manages to get to full guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison Jr. advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (0) vs (8) Morrison Jr.
Alopodis is not content to let Morrison Jr. control the position.
Alopodis tries to buck Morrison Jr. off but Morrison Jr. is having none of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Alopodis is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Morrison Jr. uses his free foot to push down on Alopodis's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Alopodis. Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (0) vs (11) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. goes for an armbar but he's not got it… Alopodis turns into him and now he's in Morrison Jr.'s guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Alopodis (2) vs (11) Morrison Jr.
Alopodis trying to move into half guard but instead Morrison Jr. has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Alopodis (2) vs (13) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alopodis swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to control from the top but Alopodis keeps moving.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. tries to free his leg and advance position but Alopodis is retaining full guard.
Alopodis looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Morrison Jr. puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to pass to mount but Alopodis is defending the position.
The fighters are battling for position here. Alopodis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alopodis not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Alopodis bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison Jr.'s guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Alopodis (4) vs (13) Morrison Jr.
Alopodis stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Morrison Jr. swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Alopodis won't allow Morrison Jr. to sweep him here.
Morrison Jr. keeping full guard, as Alopodis tries to pass.
Alopodis is looking to pass into half guard but Morrison Jr. pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Morrison Jr. is in guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Alopodis (4) vs (15) Morrison Jr.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison Jr. wants to pass the guard but Alopodis is keeping the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Alopodis holds on and takes a little breather.
Alopodis is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Morrison Jr. controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Alopodis throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Alopodis 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: Alopodis (6) vs (15) Morrison Jr.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis is looking to take a break and control but Morrison Jr. is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Alopodis is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Morrison Jr. has managed to free his arm - good work.
Morrison Jr. tries to get to full guard but Alopodis has control of the leg.
Alopodis tries to pass to full mount but Morrison Jr. defends it.
Morrison Jr. trying to control from the bottom.
Morrison Jr. manages to get to full guard.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison Jr. has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Alopodis trying to move into half guard but instead Morrison Jr. has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Alopodis (6) vs (17) Morrison Jr.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis is trying to hold Morrison Jr. in close to prevent damage but Morrison Jr. has managed to pass into half guard.
Morrison Jr. passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Alopodis! Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (6) vs (20) Morrison Jr.
Alopodis tries to reverse the position but Morrison Jr. maintains control.
Alopodis is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison Jr. can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alopodis is looking to escape.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but Alopodis has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (6) vs (23) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. looking to control but Alopodis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Alopodis is working to get back to half guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to take Alopodis's back here but Alopodis is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Alopodis is trying desperately to improve position.
Morrison Jr. looking to control but Alopodis is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis is looking to improve his position but Morrison Jr. isn't that keen on the idea.
Morrison Jr. can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Alopodis is looking to escape.
Alopodis manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Still in half guard, Morrison Jr. seems content to control.
The fighters are battling for position here. Alopodis manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Alopodis looking for a sweep. Not yet Alopodis, not yet.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. tries to free his leg and advance position but Alopodis is retaining full guard.
Alopodis wants to sweep here but Morrison Jr. controlling him for the moment.
Morrison Jr. controlling from the top position.
Alopodis is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Morrison Jr. is aware though and is defending well.
Morrison Jr. won't allow Alopodis to sweep him here.
Morrison Jr. controls from within his opponent's guard.
Morrison Jr. trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Alopodis throws his legs up looking for a submission but Morrison Jr. uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (6) vs (26) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. tries to advance to mount but Alopodis denies him.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Morrison Jr. prevents Alopodis from improving his position.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the pace.
Alopodis looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the action but Alopodis is working from the bottom.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Alopodis wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to work for an arm triangle but Alopodis is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Alopodis is looking for a sweep. Morrison Jr. is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Alopodis is not content to let Morrison Jr. control the position.
Morrison Jr. prevents Alopodis from improving his position.
Morrison Jr. is keen to just control but Alopodis is a slippery customer.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Alopodis sees it coming and defends easily.
Alopodis trying to control from the bottom.
Alopodis wants to improve his position but Morrison Jr. is controlling well.
Morrison Jr. is trying to control the action in half guard but Alopodis is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Morrison Jr. passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (6) vs (29) Morrison Jr.
Alopodis slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison Jr. is working for a submission of some sort.
Morrison Jr. passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Alopodis (6) vs (32) Morrison Jr.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison Jr. wins on points by 32 to 6.
During a confident post fight interview, David Morrison Jr. thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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