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TWGC 25 (170lbs, D3): Montreal Qualifier - Round 1 PBP Commentary


Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Tigran Minasian (ranked 491 p4p, 74 weight class) and Arturo Caldeira (ranked 3399 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.




181 cm
27 yrs
183 lbs



176 cm
20 yrs
162 lbs


This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 3 losses; Tigran Minasian! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Arturo Caldeira!
The judges for this bout are Elvis Blanc, Alec Ball and Trevor Gratis.


The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Caldeira fails with the takedown

and Minasian counters by clinching up.
Caldeira is working for takedown but Minasian is calmly controlling the position for now.
Caldeira is trying to drag Minasian to the mat but Minasian just about manages to keep his footing. He used the cage to his advantage there.
Tigran Minasian has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Arturo Caldeira.
Caldeira wants to take the fight to the mat but Minasian manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Minasian is working on a leg, looking for a takedown but Caldeira is defending well.

Minasian wants the takedown. Caldeira is fighting it off but Minasian persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Caldeira's guard against the cage.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Minasian (2) vs (0) Caldeira
Minasian controlling from the top position.
Caldeira keeping full guard, as Minasian tries to pass.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Caldeira trying to control the position.
Caldeira wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Minasian slips nicely into half guard.
Caldeira felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Caldeira is looking for a sweep. Minasian is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Minasian wants to pass to mount but Caldeira is defending the position.
Minasian content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Minasian looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Caldeira wants to control but Minasian is keeping busy and won't allow it.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Minasian frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Minasian (5) vs (0) Caldeira
Minasian fails to move to back control.

Minasian swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Caldeira is now in Minasian's guard. A big mistake from Minasian there, giving up the dominant position!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Minasian (5) vs (2) Caldeira

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Caldeira looking to pass the guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Minasian holds on and takes a little breather.
Minasian looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Minasian seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Minasian is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at Rabid Dog that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Caldeira trying to control the position from guard on top but Minasian is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Caldeira trying to move into half guard but instead Minasian has managed to sweep!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Minasian (7) vs (2) Caldeira
Minasian passes into half guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Minasian tries to pass the half guard into mount. Caldeira knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.

Caldeira looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.

Minasian wants to work for an arm triangle but Caldeira is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Caldeira trying to control but Minasian postures up.

Caldeira is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Minasian pulls his head out easily.
Minasian looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Minasian has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Score +3 for passing guard: Minasian (10) vs (2) Caldeira
Minasian is trying to take his opponent's back.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Minasian is working for a guillotine from mount but Caldeira frees his head quite easily.
Minasian controlling his opponent.
Caldeira is working to get back to half guard.
Minasian takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.

Minasian looking for a guillotine from mount but Caldeira is having none of it.
Minasian works his way to his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Minasian (13) vs (2) Caldeira
Minasian wants to control but Caldeira is keeping busy.

Minasian tightening his grip on Caldeira, looking for the choke.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Minasian is working hard for the rear naked choke here.

That's five minutes gone in the round.

Minasian patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Caldeira trying to control but not successfully.
Caldeira tries to break free.

Caldeira is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Minasian controlling the positon.
Caldeira can't escape the position.
Minasian controlling the position well here. Caldeira rolled but Minasian kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.

That's six minutes gone in the round.
Caldeira trying to control the hands but Minasian breaks the grip.

Minasian is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Caldeira knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Caldeira for a finish.
Caldeira is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Minasian has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Caldeira's body.
Caldeira looking very determined here, making life difficult for Minasian.
Good control from Minasian.
Caldeira prevents Minasian from getting a body triangle.

That's seven minutes gone in the round.
I would not like to be Caldeira right now.
Minasian is hanging on to Caldeira's back as he tries to escape.
Caldeira trying to control the action but Minasian just sinks the hooks in.
Minasian controlling well, preventing Caldeira from escaping the position.
Minasian tries to get the hooks in deep but Caldeira pushed the leg off.

Caldeira is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Caldeira is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Minasian controls the position.
Minasian is not going to allow Caldeira to sit and survive in this position.

That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Caldeira manages to reverse the position and now he's in Minasian's guard. Nice work there by Caldeira.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Minasian (13) vs (4) Caldeira
Minasian is controlling Caldeira's posture.
Minasian wants to sweep here but Caldeira controlling him for the moment.
Minasian has his hands on Caldeira's head, controlling the position.

That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Caldeira stopping the sweep attempt from Minasian.
Caldeira tries to free his leg and advance position but Minasian is retaining full guard.
Minasian pulls Caldeira in close to prevent any damage.
Caldeira trying to control but Minasian is working from the bottom.

That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Minasian lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Minasian (15) vs (4) Caldeira
Minasian advances to half guard.
Minasian content to control rather than advance.
Caldeira tries to get to full guard but Minasian has control of the leg.
Minasian is thwarting Caldeira's attempts to control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Minasian in particular looking to stall.
Minasian is looking to pass Caldeira's guard but actually Caldeira recovers to full guard.
Caldeira is trying to control the position from the bottom.

That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Minasian advances to half guard.
Caldeira wants to improve his position but Minasian is controlling well.
Caldeira is still trying to improve position.
Minasian perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Caldeira is controlling Minasian's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Minasian tries to pass the half guard into mount. Caldeira knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Minasian works his way into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Minasian (18) vs (4) Caldeira
Minasian trying to control the action but Caldeira is working from the bottom.
Caldeira tries to improve position but can't.

That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Minasian politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Minasian prefers to stall for the moment though.

Minasian tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Minasian has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Caldeira being controlled for a moment.
Minasian wants to control but Caldeira is keeping him busy.
Caldeira stops Minasian from passing to mount.

Minasian tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Caldeira regains half guard.

That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Caldeira tries to get to full guard but Minasian has control of the leg.
Minasian wants to free his trapped foot but Caldeira is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Minasian is working hard here to advance position.

Minasian is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Caldeira tries to roll over but Minasian keeps him under control.

Caldeira is defending against the submission attempts here by Minasian.
Caldeira is refusing to be controlled, as Minasian sits in half guard.

That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Minasian passes the guard and advances to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Minasian (21) vs (4) Caldeira
Caldeira manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Minasian perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.

Minasian looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Minasian is trying to control the action in half guard but Caldeira is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.

And that's the end of the fight!
Minasian takes the fight on points by 21 to 4.
 
 
 
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