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WP 50 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 34 wins and 22 losses; Vasiliy Kulik! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 56 wins and 40 losses; Shane MacGowan!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Steven Brown and James Ackerman.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
MacGowan changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Kulik looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Kulik (0) vs (4) MacGowan
Kulik is looking for a sweep.
MacGowan tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Kulik wants to control but MacGowan postures up.
MacGowan tries for a kimura but Kulik is defending well.
MacGowan is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Kulik has escaped the position, nice work there.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Kulik is trying to improve his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
MacGowan tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no MacGowan has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Kulik gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
MacGowan wants to take a breather but Kulik is having none of it.
MacGowan is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
MacGowan seems to be working for a kimura but Kulik defends the submission attempt.
Kulik has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
MacGowan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
MacGowan is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Kulik doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time MacGowan.
MacGowan is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Kulik has managed to free his arm - good work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan seems to be looking for submissions.
MacGowan seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Kulik controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Kulik trying to control but MacGowan postures up.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
MacGowan is working for a kimura here but Kulik manages to reverse the position and he's now in MacGowan's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Kulik (2) vs (4) MacGowan
That's three minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan is looking to sweep but instead, Kulik has passed into half guard.
MacGowan tries to roll over but Kulik keeps him under control.
Kulik perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
MacGowan wants to sweep but Kulik has passed to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Kulik (5) vs (4) MacGowan
MacGowan is being controlled here.
MacGowan is looking for a sweep.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan prevents Kulik from moving into mount.
MacGowan is looking for a sweep.
MacGowan is trying to control Kulik's posture but Kulik avoids it.
Kulik in side control, just content to control the action for now.
MacGowan is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Kulik is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Kulik (7) vs (4) MacGowan
MacGowan is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Kulik tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
MacGowan is wriggling around trying to escape.
Kulik controlling from the full mount.
MacGowan tries to reverse the position but Kulik maintains control.
Kulik really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
MacGowan manages to control the position for a moment.
Kulik manages to capitalize on a mistake by MacGowan to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Kulik (10) vs (4) MacGowan
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kulik doesn't have the hooks in and MacGowan manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Kulik (10) vs (6) MacGowan
Kulik will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
MacGowan wants to pass the guard but Kulik is keeping the position.
Kulik has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Kulik keeping moving, preventing MacGowan from controlling successfully.
MacGowan might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Kulik haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
MacGowan looking to sit in guard and control but Kulik gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Kulik (12) vs (6) MacGowan
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Kulik engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
MacGowan working a defensive guard here.
MacGowan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Kulik stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. MacGowan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
MacGowan not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Kulik has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Kulik (15) vs (6) MacGowan
MacGowan tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Kulik wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
MacGowan is looking for a sweep.
Kulik taking a breather here.
Kulik gets to mount! MacGowan was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. Score +2 for reaching mount: Kulik (17) vs (6) MacGowan
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Kulik takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Kulik's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Further stalling from Kulik.
MacGowan tries to hold on but Kulik postures up.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
MacGowan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Kulik controlling from the full mount.
MacGowan is working to get back to half guard.
MacGowan is still trying to improve position.
Kulik controlling his opponent.
Kulik has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Kulik.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back! Score +3 for taking back: Kulik (20) vs (6) MacGowan
You can see the frustration on MacGowan's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
MacGowan trying to control the hands but Kulik won't let him.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Kulik slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
MacGowan is in bad spot here.
MacGowan trying to control but not successfully.
MacGowan is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Kulik.
Kulik seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down MacGowan for as long as he can get away with.
Kulik continues to stall.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Kulik is hanging on to MacGowan's back as he tries to escape.
I would not like to be MacGowan right now.
MacGowan wants to control his opponent's hands but Kulik gets his hands free.
Kulik controlling well, preventing MacGowan from escaping the position.
Kulik is riding his opponent, not letting MacGowan buck him off.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
MacGowan trying to control the position but Kulik manages to sink in the hooks.
Kulik controlling from the back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Kulik is looking to control MacGowan but MacGowan is wriggling around and keeping busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kulik takes the fight on points by 20 to 6.
An out of breath Vasiliy Kulik thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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