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TWGC 15 (155lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a lightweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison and Rodney Holzken. Chooooooooon! I think Morrison might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to Diary of a Madman. This should be fireworks!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 2 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 1 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Albert Achterberg, Radbod Blank and Aafke Stam.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Holzken with a lazy takedown attempt
and Morrison counters with a nice double leg into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Holzken
Morrison is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Holzken is looking for a sweep. Morrison is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Morrison not doing much here.
Morrison is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Holzken defends it well.
Holzken tries to get to full guard but Morrison has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holzken regains full guard. Nicely done.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Holzken controlling the position.
Holzken looking for a sweep. Not yet Holzken, not yet.
Holzken is pulling down on Morrison's head to control his posture.
Holzken 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.
Holzken pulls Morrison in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Morrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Holzken.
Holzken escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard.
Morrison won't allow Holzken to sweep him here.
Holzken 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: Morrison (2) vs (2) Holzken
Holzken performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is trying to control but can't.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Holzken has control of the leg.
Holzken is keen to just control but Morrison is a slippery customer.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
Holzken controlling the action here.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Holzken is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Holzken is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Holzken tries to pass to full mount but Morrison defends it.
Holzken keeps trying to improve his position.
We've been hearing good reports from Morrison's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Morrison gets back to full guard.
Morrison had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Holzken defends it easily.
Morrison is looking to sweep but instead, Holzken has passed into half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Holzken has control of the leg.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Holzken's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Holzken's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (6) vs (2) Holzken
Holzken can't escape the position.
Morrison is not going to allow Holzken to sit and survive in this position.
Holzken tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Holzken is trying to escape the mount.
Morrison can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Holzken is looking to escape.
Holzken reaches up and holds on to Morrison to control the position.
Holzken really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is squirming around, avoiding Morrison's attempts to control the action.
Morrison wants to take his opponent's back but he's not managed it.
Holzken is working to get back to half guard.
Holzken defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Morrison.
Holzken sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Morrison prevents Holzken from improving his position.
Morrison tries to pass to full mount but Holzken defends it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Holzken gets back to full guard.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Holzken tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Holzken manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (4) Holzken
Morrison lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (8) vs (4) Holzken
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken trying to control the position.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Holzken wants to sweep but no luck.
Holzken not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Holzken looking to control.
Morrison showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken managing to control the position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Holzken looking to control.
Holzken has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.
Holzken's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Holzken wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Holzken pulls Morrison in close to his closed guard and prevents Morrison from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holzken is keeping the position for now.
Morrison looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Holzken has control of Morrison's left arm, preventing Morrison from doing any damage.
Holzken can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Holzken working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Morrison stopping the sweep attempt from Holzken.
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Holzken is keeping the position.
Holzken trying to control the position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Holzken tries to land a sweep but no joy.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Holzken holds on and takes a little breather.
Holzken 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: Morrison (8) vs (6) Holzken
Holzken wants to lay and pray for a moment but Morrison keeps working.
Holzken controlling the action here.
Morrison is looking to improve his position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Holzken prevents Morrison from improving his position.
Morrison is staying active underneath Holzken, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Holzken stalling.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Holzken is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Morrison.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison takes the fight on points by 8 to 6.
After winning the bout, David Morrison thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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