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TWGC 27 (145lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a featherweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 1805 p4p, 194 weight class) and Rodney Holzken (ranked 15642 p4p, 473 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. The crowd seem to be enjoying Holzken's choice of entrance music: Justin Bieber ft. Ariana Grande - Let Me Think Bout You. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 25 wins and 13 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 10 losses; Rodney Holzken!
The judges for this bout are Patrick Alders, Daniel Blasius and Radbod Blank.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Holzken's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (0) Holzken
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Holzken gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (2) vs (2) Holzken
Morrison looking for a guillotine here but Holzken defends easily.
I've been told that Holzken has been drilling his wrestling of late, which has already helped him take this fight to the mat. Let's see how much of an impact it has on the outcome of the ground game.
Holzken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Holzken's corner is telling him to maintain position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Holzken pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Morrison is keeping the position for now.
Morrison looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Holzken has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (5) Holzken
Morrison is trying to get back to half guard.
Holzken slows the pace down.
Morrison struggling a bit here.
Morrison tries to bench press Holzken off him but Holzken keeps the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison is working hard here to advance position.
Morrison trying to remain calm as Holzken controls from the top position.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face as Holzken controls the position.
Morrison is looking to reverse the position.
Morrison manages to get back to half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Morrison manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Holzken to get to half guard.
Morrison wants to sweep but Holzken has passed to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (8) Holzken
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Morrison tries to get to full guard but Holzken has control of the leg.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken postures up.
Holzken takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Morrison is trying to get back to full guard.
Morrison wants to sweep but Holzken has passed to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (2) vs (11) Holzken
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison can't do much from the bottom here.
Morrison is trying to improve his position.
Morrison wants to control but Holzken postures up.
Holzken taking a breather here.
Holzken wants to control but Morrison is keeping him busy.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to buck Holzken off but Holzken is having none of it.
Morrison gets back to half guard.
Morrison wants to get back to full guard.
Holzken content to control rather than advance.
Holzken tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morrison knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Holzken is controlling well.
Morrison is pressing down on Holzken's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Holzken won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison 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 (4) vs (11) Holzken
Morrison is looking to advance position but Holzken won't allow it.
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Holzken is working away.
Morrison perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Morrison is thwarting Holzken's attempts to control the position.
Holzken gets back to full guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Morrison is stalling in the full guard.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
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 working a defensive guard here.
Holzken can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison controls the pace.
Holzken managing to control the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is trying to keep Morrison in close.
Holzken is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Morrison is fighting to break Holzken's control of his arms but Holzken is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Holzken trying to control the position.
Morrison looking to sit in guard and control but Holzken gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (4) vs (13) Holzken
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken stopping the sweep attempt from Morrison.
Holzken tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison is retaining full guard.
Holzken is stalling in the full guard.
Holzken won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Morrison really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Holzken won't allow Morrison to sweep him here.
Holzken sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Holzken has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (4) vs (16) Holzken
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Holzken wins on points by 16 to 4.
After winning the bout, Rodney Holzken 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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