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TWGC 27 (185lbs, D2): London Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Bon Adrien De Moncey (ranked 2891 p4p, 352 weight class) and Artur Azaryan (ranked 1713 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Bon Adrien De Moncey! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Artur Azaryan!
The judges for this bout are Donald Grub, James Atkins and James Ackerman.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
De Moncey is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Azaryan gets a takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: De Moncey (0) vs (2) Azaryan
De Moncey controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
De Moncey is trying to control but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Moncey controlling the position for now.
De Moncey is trying to maintain the position but Azaryan is very close to passing his half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Moncey manages to get to full guard.
De Moncey looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Azaryan puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Azaryan trying to pass the guard but De Moncey defending well.
Azaryan is thwarting De Moncey's attempts to control the position.
Azaryan wants to free his trapped foot but De Moncey is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Moncey wants to control but Azaryan is keeping busy.
De Moncey is looking for a sweep. Azaryan is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
De Moncey 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.
Azaryan trying to mount his opponent but De Moncey defends it.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
De Moncey is controlling Azaryan's trapped leg to prevent Azaryan from advancing to side control.
Azaryan wants to pass the guard but De Moncey is defending well.
De Moncey is trying to maintain the position but Azaryan is very close to passing his half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
De Moncey holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
De Moncey is looking to control Azaryan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can De Moncey avoid being mounted?
Azaryan is looking to advance position but De Moncey won't allow it.
Azaryan wants to advance to full mount but De Moncey doesn't think that's going to happen and regains full guard instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
De Moncey is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
De Moncey'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.
De Moncey is trying to control the position from the bottom.
De Moncey is really struggling to control Azaryan but he's trying to hold on to the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Moncey pulls Azaryan in close to his closed guard and prevents Azaryan from doing any damage or advancing position.
Azaryan is looking to advance position but De Moncey has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: De Moncey (4) vs (2) Azaryan
That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Moncey tries to control but Azaryan wriggling away.
De Moncey looking to control and managing it successfully.
De Moncey trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
De Moncey controlling his opponent.
De Moncey wants to control the pace but Azaryan is squirming around nicely.
Azaryan tries to get back to half guard but can't.
De Moncey controlling his opponent.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan is wriggling around trying to escape.
De Moncey content just to control the position here.
De Moncey fails to move to back control.
Azaryan is squirming around, avoiding De Moncey's attempts to control the action.
De Moncey takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
De Moncey tries to control but Azaryan wriggling away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: De Moncey (7) vs (2) Azaryan
De Moncey controlling from the back.
I really don't envy Azaryan right now.
A bit of a pause in the action here. De Moncey controlling the positon.
Azaryan is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Good control from De Moncey.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - De Moncey's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
De Moncey has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Azaryan's body.
De Moncey seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Azaryan for as long as he can get away with.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan wants to escape the position.
A lull in the action here.
Azaryan is in bad spot here.
De Moncey controls the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
De Moncey continues to stall.
De Moncey is hanging on to Azaryan's back as he tries to escape.
De Moncey controls the action.
Further stalling from De Moncey.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
More hug and hope from De Moncey.
Azaryan tries to break free.
De Moncey controls the action.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan is really stuck here.
De Moncey trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Azaryan doesn't escape.
De Moncey is trying to stick to Azaryan's back but Azaryan is turning into De Moncey. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in De Moncey's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Azaryan. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: De Moncey (7) vs (4) Azaryan
De Moncey controls Azaryan momentarily but Azaryan frees himself.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Moncey wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
And that's the end of the fight!
De Moncey takes the fight on points by 7 to 4.
A very excited looking Bon Adrien De Moncey made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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