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CWC 362 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 40 wins and 39 losses; Able Archer! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 3 losses; Jerry Curls!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
We've got one fighter who appears to only be looking to counter and the other not looking particularly aggressive either, so we could be in for a dull fight.
Archer doesn't manage to clinch there - Curls circles away.
Archer closes the distance and clinches.
Archer jumps into guard, dragging Curls to the mat.
Archer wants to control but Curls passes easily into half guard.
Archer has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Curls is keen to just control but Archer is a slippery customer.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Archer is trying is best to control the position here.
Archer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Still in half guard, Curls seems content to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Archer trying to control here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Archer is looking to regain full guard. He's left an arm up in the air though and Curls has latched onto it... Big trouble! Curls pivots for an armbar - it's in tight and it Archer is tapping in no time flat! Great counter grappling there from Curls!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:37 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jerry Curls!
After winning the bout, Jerry Curls 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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