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TWGC 44 (265+lbs, D2): Las Vegas Qualifier - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Co-main event
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Daniele Fumagalli! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Gavyn Cobb!
The judges for this bout are Tiny Johnson, Alan Glass and Chris Downing.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD2#
Fumagalli gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Fumagalli (0) vs (2) Cobb
Cobb pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fumagalli is keeping the position for now.
Fumagalli looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fumagalli manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cobb manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fumagalli (2) vs (2) Cobb
Cobb keeping moving, preventing Fumagalli from controlling successfully.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cobb is trying to control the position from the bottom.
#T1#
Cobb looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Cobb pulls Fumagalli in close to his closed guard and prevents Fumagalli from doing any damage or advancing position.
Fumagalli controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Cobb can't keep his opponent in guard - Fumagalli advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Cobb controlling the position well. #T2##SUB#
Fumagalli is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Fumagalli trying to pass the guard but Cobb defending well.
Fumagalli is trying to control the action in half guard but Cobb is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fumagalli is looking to stall here but Cobb recovers full guard.
Cobb is pulling down on Fumagalli's head to control his posture. #T3#
Fumagalli pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cobb is keeping the position for now.
Cobb trying to control the position here.
Fumagalli stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Cobb swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Cobb looking to control.
Fumagalli looking to sit in guard and control but Cobb gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fumagalli (2) vs (4) Cobb#T4#
Cobb stopping the sweep attempt from Fumagalli.
Fumagalli can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cobb controls the pace.
Cobb passes into half guard.
Fumagalli wants to control but Cobb is keeping busy.
Fumagalli regains full guard. Nicely done.
Cobb controlling from the top position.
Fumagalli looking to control.
#T5##SUB#
Fumagalli working for a triangle but Cobb defends it easily.
Fumagalli trying to control the position.
Cobb tries to free his leg and advance position but Fumagalli is retaining full guard.
Fumagalli can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cobb controls the pace.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.#T6#
Cobb trying to control the position from guard on top but Fumagalli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fumagalli trying to control the position.
Fumagalli keeping moving, preventing Cobb from controlling successfully.
Fumagalli might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fumagalli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#T7#
Fumagalli wants to improve his position but instead Cobb has moved into half guard.
Cobb controlling the action here.
Fumagalli tries to get to full guard but Cobb has control of the leg.
Fumagalli wants to control the action here but instead Cobb manages to pass to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Fumagalli (2) vs (7) Cobb#T8#
Cobb wants to take Fumagalli's back here but Fumagalli is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Fumagalli keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Cobb looking to control and managing it successfully.
Cobb tries to control but Fumagalli wriggling away.
Fumagalli is looking to get to half guard.
Fumagalli is working hard here to advance position.#T9#
Cobb fails to move to back control.
Cobb controlling from mount.
Fumagalli is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fumagalli is squirming around, avoiding Cobb's attempts to control the action.
Cobb controlling the pace for now.
Fumagalli bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fumagalli (4) vs (7) Cobb#T10#
Cobb trying to keep a closed guard but Fumagalli is proving a slippery customer.
Cobb bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Fumagalli's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fumagalli (4) vs (9) Cobb
Cobb tries to free his leg and advance position but Fumagalli is retaining full guard.
Fumagalli lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fumagalli (6) vs (9) Cobb
Cobb controls Fumagalli momentarily but Fumagalli frees himself.
Fumagalli pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cobb is keeping the position for now. #T11#
Cobb 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: Fumagalli (6) vs (11) Cobb#SUB#
Fumagalli is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Cobb pulls his head out easily.
Fumagalli tries to get to full guard but Cobb has control of the leg.
Cobb controlling the action here.
Cobb looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. #T12#
Cobb takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Fumagalli is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Cobb's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Cobb's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Fumagalli (10) vs (11) Cobb#SUB#
Fumagalli is looking for a rear naked choke here but Cobb reverses the position brilliantly into Fumagalli's guard!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fumagalli (10) vs (13) Cobb
Cobb's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Cobb trying to control but Fumagalli is working from the bottom.
Fumagalli is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.#T13#
Cobb looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fumagalli keeping moving, preventing Cobb from controlling successfully.
Fumagalli controlling Cobb's posture. #SUB#
Fumagalli looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#T14#
Fumagalli wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Fumagalli controls Cobb momentarily but Cobb frees himself.
Fumagalli looking for a sweep. Not yet Fumagalli, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Fumagalli manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Cobb manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fumagalli (12) vs (13) Cobb
Fumagalli trying to control but Cobb is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Cobb wins on points by 13 to 12. |
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Rick Ness! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Harry Kane!
The judges for this bout are George Francis, Frank Dennis and Stewart Dunkirk.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Ness shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Kane sprawls well. Kane wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Ness gets slowly back to his feet.#TD#
Ness closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Ness lands in his opponent's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Ness (2) vs (0) Kane
Ness definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Ness trying to control the position from guard on top but Kane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Kane working a defensive guard here.
Kane keeping full guard, as Ness tries to pass.
Ness trying to control the position from guard on top but Kane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ness controls the pace of the fight for a moment.#T1#
Kane wants to sweep but no luck.
Ness wants to control from the top but Kane keeps moving.
Ness passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Ness (5) vs (0) Kane#SUB#
Ness thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Kane tries to bench press Ness off him but Ness keeps the position.
Kane is still trying to improve position.
Kane is trying to control Ness's posture but Ness avoids it.
Ness trying to control the action but Kane is working from the bottom. #SUB#
Ness is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kane has escaped the position, nice work there. #T2#
Kane is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
You can see the frustration on Kane's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.#SUB#
Ness looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
A lull in the action here.
Kane is not content to let Ness control the position. #SUB#
Ness is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Kane knows the correct defense though, so he's OK. #T3##SUB#
Ness is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Kane is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Kane tries to bench press Ness off him but Ness keeps the position.
Ness trying to control the action but Kane is working from the bottom.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Ness looking to control but instead Kane has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.#T4#
Ness passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Ness (8) vs (0) Kane
Kane is trying to escape the mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ness looking to control but Kane is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Kane tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Ness sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ness's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Kane manages to regain half guard. Good work. #SUB#
Ness is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
#T5#
Kane is trying to get back to full guard.#SUB#
Ness is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ness passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Ness (11) vs (0) Kane
Kane is squirming around, avoiding Ness's attempts to control the action.
Kane is working to get back to half guard.
#SUB#
Ness is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Kane is surviving well by controlling Ness's body position as best he can. #T6#
Ness avoids the attempt from Kane to control.
Ness wants to control the pace but Kane is squirming around nicely.
Kane tries to hold on but Ness pushes him away.
Ness fails to take his opponent's back.
Ness sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Ness fails to take his opponent's back.
Kane is in all sorts of trouble here.
#T7#
Kane is wriggling around here but as he tries to escape, Ness has taken his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Ness (14) vs (0) Kane#SUB#
Ness looking to break Kane's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Kane remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Ness will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Kane wants to control his opponent's hands but Ness gets his hands free.
Ness is trying to stick to Kane's back but Kane is turning into Ness. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Ness's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Kane. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ness (14) vs (2) Kane
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Ness holds on and takes a little breather.
Kane wants to pass the guard but Ness is keeping the position.#T8#
Kane content to stall in guard here.
Ness pulls Kane in to control the position.
Kane looking to pass the guard.
Ness keeping moving, preventing Kane from controlling successfully.
Ness wants to sweep but no luck.
Kane wants to control from the top but Ness keeps moving.
Kane looking to sit in guard and control but Ness gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ness (16) vs (2) Kane#T9##SUB2#
Kane has an omoplata and is looking to use it perhaps as a submission or perhaps to transition. Ness is in a bit of discomfort here, but he's managed to free himself and has dived into side control! That didn't work out too well for Kane. Score +3 for passing guard: Ness (19) vs (2) Kane#SUB#
Ness is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kane has escaped the position, nice work there.
Kane tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Ness wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. #SUB#
Ness tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Ness has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kane tries to improve position but can't. #SUB#
Ness looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #SUB#
Ness working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #T10#
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Kane is looking for a sweep.
Kane regains half guard.
Ness prevents Kane from improving his position.
Ness wants to pass to mount but Kane is defending the position.
Ness is thwarting Kane's attempts to control the position.
Ness with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Kane trying to control here.
#T11#
Ness wants to free his trapped foot but Kane is holding on for dear life with his legs. #SUB#
Ness wants to work for an arm triangle but Kane is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Ness trying to control from half guard but Kane is working away. #SUB#
Ness is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Ness trying to control from half guard but Kane is working away.
Ness is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kane is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.#T12#
Kane manages to get to full guard.
Kane trying to control the position.
Ness stopping the sweep attempt from Kane.
Kane keeping full guard, as Ness tries to pass.
Ness trying to control the position from guard on top but Kane is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Ness advances to half guard.
Kane is looking to improve his position.
Ness is keen to just control but Kane is a slippery customer.#T13#
Kane wants to control but Ness is keeping busy.
Kane wants to improve his position but Ness is controlling well.
#SUB#
Ness looking for a submission but Kane manages to get full guard, putting an end to that submission attempt.
#SUB2#
Ness avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Ness tries to free his leg and advance position but Kane is retaining full guard.
Kane is trying to control the position but Ness postures up. #T14#
Ness sitting in guard, not really doing much. #SUB#
Ness drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Kane dives on top into guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ness (19) vs (4) Kane
Kane stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ness swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ness has control of Kane's left arm, preventing Kane from doing any damage.
Ness lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Ness (21) vs (4) Kane
Ness won't allow Kane to sweep him here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kane is controlling Ness's posture.
Ness forces his way into half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ness takes the fight on points by 21 to 4.
Rick Ness seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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