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TWGC 27 (185lbs, D2): London Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
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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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Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Piotr Boryska (ranked 1838 p4p, 240 weight class) and Sao Alela (ranked 971 p4p, 0 weight class). Alela comes into a darkened arena with his song building. Raise Hell (MOP) kicks in, the lights come on and the crowd goes wild! What a showman! Sao Alela told me before the fight that he's been watching a lot of DVDs so let's see if that helps him in this one! I can't wait to find out!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Piotr Boryska! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Sydney, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Sao Alela!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, Steven Brown and William Gold.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Alela goes for a double leg but Boryska avoids the attempt and the two fighters end up clinched against the cage as Boryska continues to drive forward.
Boryska closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Boryska (4) vs (0) Alela
Alela can't do much from the bottom here.
Boryska looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Alela is looking for a sweep.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boryska tries to advance to mount but Alela denies him.
We've been hearing that Boryska has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Boryska has knee on belly and moves into mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Boryska (6) vs (0) Alela
Boryska trying to control but he's not successful this time.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boryska looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Alela bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Boryska (6) vs (2) Alela
That's one minute gone in the round.
Alela passes into half guard.
Alela seems to be working for a kimura but Boryska defends the submission attempt.
Boryska is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Boryska gets back to full guard.
Alela postures up.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Boryska bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Alela's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Boryska (8) vs (2) Alela
Alela trying to control the position.
Alela has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boryska looking to pass the guard.
Boryska is working hard here to advance position.
Alela working a defensive guard here.
Boryska trying to control but Alela is working from the bottom.
Boryska is stalling in the full guard.
Boryska stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Alela swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boryska passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Boryska (11) vs (2) Alela
Alela gets back to half guard.
Alela is defending against the submission attempts here by Boryska.
Boryska is looking for a kimura here.
Alela tries to get to full guard but Boryska has control of the leg.
Alela looking for submissions off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boryska seems to be looking for submissions.
Boryska is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Alela has managed to free his arm - good work.
Boryska prevents Alela from improving his position.
Boryska trying to pass the guard but Alela defending well.
Alela moves into full guard.
Alela keeping moving, preventing Boryska from controlling successfully.
Alela wants to sweep here but Boryska controlling him for the moment.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Alela is working for submissions here. He's thrown up his legs looking for a triangle but Boryska frees his head nicely. Oh but Alela has switched to an armbar! Boryska is tapping furiously! Lovely submission there!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:19 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Armbar). Sao Alela!
Our winner, Sao Alela, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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