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CWC 332 - The Reboot PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 26 wins and 15 losses; Muhammad Jabbar! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 38 wins and 26 losses; Tsuyoi Kakuto!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Luis Engracia and Daniel Cesar.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Kakuto dives in and grabs Jabbar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jabbar pushes down on Kakuto's head and hops out.
Jabbar drops down looking for a counter takedown but Kakuto sprawls and moves away.
Kakuto dives in and grabs Jabbar's left leg, looking for a takedown. Jabbar pushes down on Kakuto's head and hops out.
Kakuto closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Jabbar did well to prevent Kakuto getting side control. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Jabbar (0) vs (2) Kakuto
Jabbar wants to get back to full guard but Kakuto has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Jabbar (0) vs (5) Kakuto
Kakuto working away.
Jabbar is trying to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jabbar regains half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kakuto seems to be looking for submissions.
Jabbar is controlling Kakuto's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Jabbar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Kakuto controlling the pace.
Jabbar's coaches at Convicted Fight Club have been working on his defensive grappling in preparation for this fight so let's see if he can get out of this tricky position.
Jabbar tries to get to full guard but Kakuto has control of the leg.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kakuto wants to take a breather but Jabbar is having none of it.
Kakuto passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Jabbar (0) vs (8) Kakuto
Jabbar is looking to get to half guard.
Kakuto trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kakuto with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Jabbar is trying desperately to improve position.
Kakuto takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Jabbar gets back to half guard.
My spies in Canucks Combat Club inform me that Kakuto has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Jabbar slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Kakuto postures up.
Jabbar looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Kakuto passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Jabbar (0) vs (11) Kakuto
Jabbar manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Jabbar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Kakuto is working away from the top position though.
Jabbar tries to get to full guard but Kakuto has control of the leg.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar regains full guard. Nicely done.
Kakuto trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Kakuto looking to sit in guard and control but Jabbar gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jabbar (2) vs (11) Kakuto
Kakuto wants to sweep here but Jabbar controlling him for the moment.
Jabbar sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Kakuto's guard.
Kakuto trying to get back to full guard but Jabbar takes advantage of the position and moves to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Jabbar (5) vs (11) Kakuto
Jabbar prevents Kakuto from getting the reversal.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kakuto sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Kakuto moves into full guard.
Kakuto has his foot on Jabbar's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Jabbar works his way back into a safe position though.
Kakuto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jabbar passes Kakuto's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jabbar takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jabbar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Kakuto is looking to improve his position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Kakuto gets full guard.
Kakuto bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jabbar's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jabbar (5) vs (13) Kakuto
Jabbar is trying to control the position but Kakuto postures up.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Jabbar is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jabbar (7) vs (13) Kakuto
Kakuto lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jabbar (7) vs (15) Kakuto
Jabbar trying to control the position.
Kakuto tries to free his leg and advance position but Jabbar is retaining full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Kakuto manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jabbar (9) vs (15) Kakuto
Kakuto is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jabbar is aware though and is defending well.
Jabbar preventing the sweep.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Kakuto is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jabbar (9) vs (17) Kakuto
Jabbar tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Kakuto stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jabbar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jabbar lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jabbar (11) vs (17) Kakuto
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Kakuto wants to sweep but no luck.
Kakuto working for a triangle but Jabbar defends it easily.
Jabbar stays in close to Kakuto's body and controls the position.
Kakuto looking for a sweep. Not yet Kakuto, not yet.
Jabbar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar stopping the sweep attempt from Kakuto.
Kakuto is still trying to improve position.
Jabbar is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Kakuto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kakuto keeping full guard, as Jabbar tries to pass.
Kakuto looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jabbar not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Kakuto looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jabbar puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Kakuto does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Kakuto makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Kakuto.
Jabbar won't allow Kakuto to sweep him here.
Kakuto looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Jabbar puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Kakuto is looking to improve his position.
Kakuto is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jabbar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jabbar's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Jabbar (11) vs (21) Kakuto
Jabbar wants to control his opponent's hands but Kakuto gets his hands free.
Jabbar is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Kakuto is not going to allow Jabbar to sit and survive in this position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Kakuto is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jabbar is defending well though. Kakuto let's go of the attempt for now.
Will Kakuto go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Jabbar tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Jabbar is working to get back to half guard.
Jabbar tries to lock up and control but Kakuto gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Jabbar manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Jabbar tries to get to full guard but Kakuto has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kakuto seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kakuto wins on points by 21 to 11.
Tsuyoi Kakuto is the new middleweight champion!
Tsuyoi Kakuto really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Fantasy Threads logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty. |
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