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TWGC 39 (170lbs, D4): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1 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 Sydney, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Namgay Wangchuk! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Lesley Dancer!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Gregory Folan and Ian Loll.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Dancer moves into the clinch successfully.
Wangchuk drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Dancer gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Dancer jumps into guard, dragging Wangchuk to the mat.
Wangchuk slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wangchuk looking to pass the guard.
Wangchuk's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dancer keeping full guard, as Wangchuk tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wangchuk stays in close to Dancer's body and controls the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wangchuk tries to free his leg and advance position but Dancer is retaining full guard.
Dancer has Wangchuk pulled in close to control his posture.
Wangchuk controlling from the top position.
Wangchuk might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk slips nicely into half guard.
Wangchuk wants to pass to mount but Dancer is defending the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk not doing much here.
Wangchuk has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Dancer can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk is trying to control the action in half guard but Dancer is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dancer has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Wangchuk is working away from the top position though.
Wangchuk slows the pace down in half guard.
Wangchuk looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk controlling the action here.
Wangchuk tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dancer knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Wangchuk looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dancer is staying active underneath Wangchuk, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Wangchuk content to control rather than advance.
Dancer looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
Wangchuk wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dancer keeps working.
Wangchuk with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Wangchuk frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Wangchuk (3) vs (0) Dancer
Dancer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dancer is looking to escape.
Wangchuk sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Dancer is looking to improve his position but Wangchuk isn't that keen on the idea.
Wangchuk controlling from mount.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dancer is trying to escape the mount.
Wangchuk controlling from the full mount.
Wangchuk wants to control the pace but Dancer is squirming around nicely.
Wangchuk controlling the position easily from mount.
Wangchuk can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Dancer is looking to escape.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dancer is trying desperately to improve position.
Wangchuk wants to control the pace but Dancer is squirming around nicely.
Wangchuk content just to control the position here.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dancer prevents Wangchuk from taking his back.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk controlling the pace for now.
Wangchuk fails to move to back control.
Wangchuk controlling the pace for now.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk wants to control but Dancer has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Wangchuk trying to pass the guard but Dancer defending well.
Wangchuk looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Wangchuk tries to pass the half guard into mount. Dancer knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Dancer is refusing to be controlled, as Wangchuk sits in half guard.
Dancer tries to roll over but Wangchuk keeps him under control.
Wangchuk is pressing down on Dancer's thigh, looking to free his foot. Dancer is holding on for now.
Wangchuk is working hard here to advance position.
Wangchuk content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk tries to pass to full mount but Dancer defends it.
Dancer keeping control of the position.
Wangchuk is taking a breather. Dancer says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Wangchuk seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Dancer for as long as he can get away with.
Wangchuk has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wangchuk is keen to just control but Dancer is a slippery customer.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wangchuk slows the pace down in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Wangchuk takes the fight on points by 3 to 0.
Namgay Wangchuk decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. |
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