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TWGC 36 (145lbs, D1): Finals - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
Co-main event
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 3 losses; Gustave Mignard! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 7 losses; Aaron Hoyle!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Jonathan Paton and Russell Pearce.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.#TD2#
Hoyle is looking for a takedown here. He's shot in and has managed to get it, finishing up in Mignard's half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Mignard (0) vs (2) Hoyle
Hoyle controlling the pace.
Mignard manages to get to full guard.
Hoyle stands and throws Mignard's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Mignard (0) vs (5) Hoyle
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Hoyle gets to mount! Mignard was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. Score +2 for reaching mount: Mignard (0) vs (7) Hoyle
Hoyle controlling the pace for now. #T1#
Mignard tries to reverse the position but Hoyle maintains control.
Hoyle content just to control the position here. #SUB2#
Hoyle goes for an armbar but Mignard turns quickly into his guard - lovely anticipation from Mignard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mignard (2) vs (7) Hoyle
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Hoyle is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mignard (2) vs (9) Hoyle
Hoyle wants to pass the guard but Mignard is keeping the position.#T2#
Mignard controlling Hoyle's posture.
Mignard tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mignard is working hard here to advance position.#SUB#
Mignard is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle. #T3#
Hoyle tries to free his leg and advance position but Mignard is retaining full guard.
Hoyle trying to control but Mignard is working from the bottom.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Hoyle sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mignard's guard.
Mignard is trying to maintain the position but Hoyle is very close to passing his half guard.#SUB2#
Hoyle is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
#SUB2#
Hoyle wants to work for an arm triangle but Mignard is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
#T4#
Hoyle looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Mignard trying to control but Hoyle postures up.
Hoyle looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Hoyle perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there. #T5#
Mignard is concentrating on defense, preventing Hoyle from advancing position.
Mignard wants to get back to full guard.
Hoyle seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Mignard does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Mignard has a hand on Hoyle's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Hoyle takes advantage of the position though and mounts him! Score +3 for passing guard: Mignard (2) vs (12) Hoyle
Hoyle looking to control but Mignard is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T6#
Mignard is looking to improve his position but Hoyle isn't that keen on the idea.
Hoyle moves to the back position. Score +3 for taking back: Mignard (2) vs (15) Hoyle#T7#
Mignard looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Mignard tries to break free.
Mignard is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Mignard is trying to break free.
#T8#
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
#SUB2#
Hoyle patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Well, with Hoyle on his back, surely it's only a matter of time before Mignard is tapping out... Can he escape the position?
Mignard is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Mignard is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
#SUB2#
Hoyle looking for the choke from the back. #T9#
Hoyle wants to control but Mignard is keeping busy.
Mignard is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
A lull in the action here.
Mignard is really stuck here.
Hoyle is trying to stick to Mignard's back but Mignard is turning into Hoyle. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Hoyle's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Mignard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mignard (4) vs (15) Hoyle#SUB2#
Hoyle working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Mignard doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Oh but Hoyle is tightening it up a little... Mignard has to be careful here... He's got his foot tucked under now, this looks tight! Mignard reacted too slowly and this one could be over in a matter of seconds! YES! Mignard taps out! Nice BJJ there by Hoyle!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 10:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Triangle Choke). Aaron Hoyle!
Aaron Hoyle gave a mention to Sportivité in his post fight interview. That will please them (and hopefully generate some sales). |
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Main event
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 45 wins and 32 losses; Dado Mata! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 30 wins and 19 losses; Antonio Brown !
The judges for this bout are Lou da Vinci, Columbo Gatti and Bruno Lombardi.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#TD#
Mata closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Mata (2) vs (0) Brown
Mata prevents Brown from improving his position.
Brown works his way to full guard. Good work.
Brown keeping full guard, as Mata tries to pass.
Mata has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Brown is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown keeping full guard, as Mata tries to pass.
Brown looking to control.
#T1#
Brown is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Mata is pushing down on Brown 's leg trying to pass to half guard. Brown is fighting to maintain full guard but Mata has managed to sneak the leg through.
Brown holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Mata trying to mount his opponent but Brown defends it.
Mata wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working. #T2#
Brown desperately trying to maintain half guard. #SUB#
Mata is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Brown is just riding it out for now. Mata eventually gives up the hold.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but Mata is very close to passing his half guard.#T3#
Mata is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
Mata is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Brown controlling the position.#SUB2#
Brown working for a triangle but Mata defends it easily.
Mata stands and throws Brown 's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Mata (5) vs (0) Brown #T4#
Brown tries to improve position but can't.
Brown keeping his opponent close.
Brown tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Mata wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Mata working away.
Brown might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Mata haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.#T5#
Mata trying to control the position but Brown is working away.
Brown prevents Mata from improving position.
Brown stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Brown manages to get back to half guard.
Brown is staying active underneath Mata, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Brown is looking to improve his position.
Mata controlling the action here. #T6#
Mata trying to mount his opponent but Brown defends it.
Brown is trying to maintain the position but Mata is very close to passing his half guard.#T7##SUB#
Mata is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Brown defends it well.
Brown wants to control but Mata is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mata is trying to control. Brown wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Brown 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.
Brown won't allow Mata to pass to mount.
Brown is positioning himself well to prevent Mata advancing to mount.
Mata trying to mount his opponent but Brown defends it. #SUB#
Mata is trying to work for a kimura but Brown is defending well.
#T8#
Mata wants to lay and pray for a moment but Brown keeps working.
Mata is looking to pass Brown 's guard but actually Brown recovers to full guard.
Mata trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mata controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling. #T9#
Mata looking to pass the guard.
Mata is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Mata wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Brown not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
#T10#
Brown pulls Mata in close to prevent any damage.
Mata wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Mata is fighting to break Brown 's control of his arms but Brown is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mata wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.#T11#
Brown has Mata pulled in close to control his posture.
Mata wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Mata looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mata (5) vs (2) Brown
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Mata is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mata (7) vs (2) Brown
Brown keeping full guard, as Mata tries to pass. #SUB2#
Brown looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
#T12#
Mata trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mata works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Brown is controlling Mata's trapped leg to prevent Mata from advancing to side control.
Brown wants to get back to full guard.
Brown is trying to control but can't.
Mata is trying to advance to mount but he's lost his balance and Brown reverses the position - he's now on top in Mata's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mata (7) vs (4) Brown
Mata can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Brown controls the pace.#T13#
Brown wants to control from the top but Mata keeps moving.
Mata seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Mata is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Mata is trying to control the position but Brown postures up. #T14##SUB#
Mata is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Brown is aware though and is defending well.
Brown trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mata has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Brown has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Mata (7) vs (7) Brown
Brown tries to advance to mount but Mata denies him.
Mata gets back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Brown wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mata keeps working.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Mata gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Mata takes the fight on points by 8 to 7.
Dado Mata decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.
The defeated Antonio Brown had this to say: 'I�ll be back better than ever and learn from this!!'. |
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