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TWG 38 (205lbs, D2): London Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Hadiki Jime! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Hoyce Gracias!
The judges for this bout are Steven Brown, Richard Clark and James Glass.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.#CL#
Jime closes the distance and clinches.
Gracias wants a takedown.
Gracias jumps guard but Jime turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
Jime drops down looking for an ankle pick but Gracias pulls his leg out and moves away.
Jime tries to clinch but Gracias is having none of it. #TD#
Gracias gets caught napping as Jime dives in and scores a takedown. Gracias manages to retain guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Jime (2) vs (0) Gracias#SUB2#
Gracias escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jime gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jime might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Jime stays in close to Gracias's body and controls the position. #SUB#
Jime is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Gracias 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jime pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracias is keeping the position for now. #SUB2#
Gracias is looking for a triangle but Jime pushes his legs off easily.
#T1#
Gracias trying to keep a closed guard but Jime is proving a slippery customer.
Jime trying to control but Gracias is working from the bottom.
Jime is pushing down on Gracias's leg trying to pass to half guard. Gracias is fighting to maintain full guard but Jime has managed to sneak the leg through.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Gracias tries to roll over but Jime keeps him under control.
Jime content to sit in half guard and control for a moment. #SUB#
Jime 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.
#SUB#
Jime is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Gracias defends it well. #T2##SUB#
Jime 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.
#SUB#
Jime seems to be working for a kimura but Gracias defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Jime is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
#T3##SUB#
Jime seems to be working for a kimura but Gracias defends the submission attempt.
Gracias manages to get to full guard.
#SUB2#
Jime got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracias has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jime has managed to get both his arms back between Gracias's legs - danger averted.
Jime trying to control but Gracias is working from the bottom.
Jime won't allow Gracias to sweep him here.
Jime pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Gracias is keeping the position for now.
Jime works a leg free and moves into half guard. #T4##SUB#
Jime is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Gracias sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracias is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracias gets full guard.
Jime trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracias is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracias is trying to control the position from the bottom.
#SUB2#
Gracias looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
#SUB#
Jime is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there. #SUB2#
Gracias looking for a guillotine here but Jime defends easily.
#T5#
Gracias being controlled here, momentarily.
Jime trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracias is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Jime wants to pass the guard but Gracias is keeping the position.
Jime passes Gracias's right leg, so he's now in half guard. #SUB#
Jime seems to be working for a kimura but Gracias defends the submission attempt.#SUB#
Jime seems to be working for a kimura but Gracias defends the submission attempt.#T6#
Gracias is looking to improve his position.
Jime trying to advance position but Gracias counters by regaining guard. #SUB2#
Gracias is looking for a triangle but Jime pushes his legs off easily.
Jime stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracias swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jime stopping the sweep attempt from Gracias.
Jime wants to control from the top but Gracias keeps moving.
Jime is fighting to break Gracias's control of his arms but Gracias is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Jime trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracias is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can. #T7#
Jime wants to pass the guard but Gracias is keeping the position.#SUB2#
Jime got a little sloppy there for a moment and Gracias has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Jime has managed to get both his arms back between Gracias's legs - danger averted.
Gracias wants to sweep here but Jime controlling him for the moment.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Jime drops back looking for a leg! Gracias is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Gracias manages to kick Jime off! Jime jumps back into Gracias's guard. #SUB2#
Gracias is looking for a triangle but Jime pushes his legs off easily.
Jime wants to control from the top but Gracias keeps moving. #T8#
Jime is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gracias is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.#SUB2#
Gracias isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Jime stacks Gracias on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Jime! Score +3 for passing guard: Jime (5) vs (0) Gracias#SUB#
Jime tries for a kimura but Gracias is defending well. #SUB#
Jime is trying to get an arm triangle but Gracias is defending well. #SUB#
Jime is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Gracias is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now. #SUB#
Jime thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #T9#
Gracias manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jime (5) vs (2) Gracias
Jime regains full guard. Nicely done.
Gracias won't allow Jime to sweep him here.
Gracias is pushing down on Jime's leg trying to pass to half guard. Jime is fighting to maintain full guard but Gracias has managed to sneak the leg through.#SUB2#
Gracias is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Jime sees it coming and defends easily.
Jime gets full guard.
Gracias won't allow Jime to sweep him here. #SUB#
Jime looking for a guillotine here but Gracias defends easily.
Gracias sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Jime's guard. #T10#
Jime is pressing down on Gracias's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Gracias won't allow Jime to sweep him here.
Gracias advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Jime (5) vs (5) Gracias
Jime tries to buck Gracias off but Gracias is having none of it.
Gracias trying to control the action but Jime is working from the bottom.
Jime tries to bench press Gracias off him but Gracias keeps the position.
Jime stops Gracias from passing to mount.
Gracias is looking to take a break and control but Jime is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. #T11#
Jime is looking to reverse the position.
Gracias trying to control the position but Jime is working away.
Jime tries to buck Gracias off but Gracias is having none of it.
Jime is trying to control Gracias's posture but Gracias avoids it. #SUB2#
Gracias working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it. #T12#
Jime is looking for a sweep.#SUB2#
Gracias is trying to get an arm triangle but Jime is defending well. #SUB2#
Gracias tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracias has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Jime is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Jime is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Gracias off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Jime (9) vs (5) Gracias#T13##SUB#
Gracias is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Gracias tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Gracias has given up his back - I don’t know if this is a deliberate ploy to try and escape or if he is just struggling down there.
Score +3 for taking back: Jime (12) vs (5) Gracias#SUB#
Jime is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Gracias defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
I really don't envy Gracias right now.
#SUB#
Jime seems to be going for a rear naked choke. He has an arm under Gracias's chin but Gracias turns very nicely into Jime's guard. Good BJJ skills being displayed there by Gracias.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jime (12) vs (7) Gracias
Jime keeping full guard, as Gracias tries to pass. #T14#
Gracias trying to move into half guard but instead Jime has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jime (14) vs (7) Gracias#SUB2#
Gracias escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jime gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jime trying to control but Gracias is working from the bottom.
Jime pushes down on Gracias's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gracias is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jime's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jime's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Jime (14) vs (11) Gracias
Jime breaks Gracias's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jime (16) vs (11) Gracias
And that's the end of the fight!
Jime takes the fight on points by 16 to 11. |
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This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Ceasar Rules! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Chame Boxing Champ!
The judges for this bout are Chris Edwards, Richard Clark and Paul Tew.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Boxing Champ dives in and grabs Rules's left leg, looking for a takedown. Rules pushes down on Boxing Champ's head and hops out.#CL#
Rules has Boxing Champ up against the cage in a clinch.
Rules tries for a takedown but Boxing Champ manages to get underhooks.
Rules prevents a takedown attempt there.
Boxing Champ has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Rules is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Ceasar Rules has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Chame Boxing Champ.
Rules has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Boxing Champ is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Boxing Champ is working for takedown but Rules is calmly controlling the position for now.#TD2#
Boxing Champ has hold of one of Rules's legs. Rules is fighting the takedown attempt but Boxing Champ gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Rules (0) vs (2) Boxing Champ#SUB#
Rules working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Boxing Champ doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Boxing Champ manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rules is trying to control the position but Boxing Champ postures up. #SUB#
Rules has his foot on Boxing Champ's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Boxing Champ works his way back into a safe position though.
Rules looking for a sweep. Not yet Rules, not yet.
Rules keeping moving, preventing Boxing Champ from controlling successfully. #T1#
Boxing Champ advances to half guard.
Still in half guard, Boxing Champ seems content to control.
Boxing Champ wants to free his trapped foot but Rules is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Rules tries to get to full guard but Boxing Champ has control of the leg.
Still in half guard, Boxing Champ seems content to control.
Boxing Champ is trying to control. Rules wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Rules is looking to improve his position.
Boxing Champ is trying to control the action in half guard but Rules is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Boxing Champ is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Rules (0) vs (5) Boxing Champ
Boxing Champ looking to control but Rules is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. #T2#
Boxing Champ sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Rules tries to improve his position but instead Boxing Champ has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Rules (0) vs (8) Boxing Champ#SUB2#
Boxing Champ is persistently looking for the submission but Rules is defending it well.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Boxing Champ really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Rules.
Rules tries to escape the position.
I would not like to be Rules right now.
Rules rolls, trying to escape but Boxing Champ keeps control of the position.
#T3##SUB2#
Rules defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Boxing Champ's arms.
Rules is trying to break free.
#SUB2#
Boxing Champ working for a choke but Rules is defending well. #SUB2#
Rules defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Boxing Champ's arms.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Boxing Champ has the hooks in. Rules is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rules is working hard here to advance position.#SUB2#
Boxing Champ is working the back position looking for the choke. Oh, he's slid into an armbar! Beautiful transition and Rules taps out! Fantastic Jiu Jitsu from Boxing Champ.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chame Boxing Champ!
Chame Boxing Champ really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that Altitude Clothing logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty. |
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