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CACC 124: Hirsch vs Pripyat PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the featherweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 29 wins and 16 losses; Rodney Holzken! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 34 wins and 18 losses; David Morrison!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Frank Antenori and Jack Bonds.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Holzken fails with the takedown.
Holzken misses with a takedown attempt - Morrison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morrison leaves Holzken with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rodney Holzken. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Holzken tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Morrison defends well and Holzken ends up having to push Morrison into the ropes where they will battle it out in the clinch.
Holzken misses with a takedown attempt - Morrison sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Morrison stuffs the takedown attempt from Holzken. Holzken gets slowly back to his feet.
Morrison looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Holzken (0) vs (2) Morrison
Morrison stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Holzken swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison wants to control from the top but Holzken keeps moving.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison is still trying to improve position.
Morrison sitting in guard here, content to control.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
Holzken seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Holzken keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Morrison trying to control but Holzken is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to pass the guard but Holzken is keeping the position.
Morrison is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Morrison tries to free his leg and advance position but Holzken is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison preventing the sweep.
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (0) vs (5) Morrison
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Morrison advances to full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Holzken (0) vs (7) Morrison
Holzken is trying to reverse the position but instead Morrison has taken his back - oops! Score +3 for taking back: Holzken (0) vs (10) Morrison
Morrison is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Our spies down at at Mello MMA inform us that Morrison has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Morrison is hanging on to Holzken's back as he tries to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Morrison working for a choke but Holzken is defending well.
Morrison looking for the choke from the back.
Morrison trying to control momentarily.
Holzken manages to reverse the position and now he's in Morrison's guard. Nice work there by Holzken.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Holzken (2) vs (10) Morrison
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to sweep but no luck.
Holzken wants to control from the top but Morrison keeps moving.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison working a defensive guard here.
Morrison wants to improve his position but instead Holzken has moved into half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking to control Holzken's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Morrison avoid being mounted?
Morrison wants to improve his position but Holzken is controlling well.
Morrison works his way to full guard. Good work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Holzken preventing the sweep.
Holzken trying to control but Morrison is working from the bottom.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison is trying to keep Holzken in close.
Morrison is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Holzken trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Holzken puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Holzken is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morrison is looking for a sweep. Holzken is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Holzken moves nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (5) vs (10) Morrison
Morrison tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Holzken just content to control the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is looking for a sweep.
Holzken is looking to take a break and control but Morrison is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Holzken (5) vs (12) Morrison
Morrison trying to control from half guard but Holzken is working away.
Holzken is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working for a kimura but Holzken is defending it quite comfortably.
Morrison is looking to advance position but Holzken won't allow it.
Morrison wants to take a breather but Holzken is having none of it.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Morrison seems content to control.
Morrison is keen to just control but Holzken is a slippery customer.
Holzken is controlling Morrison's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Holzken is trying to maintain the position but Morrison is very close to passing his half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Holzken does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Holzken is looking to improve his position.
Morrison stalling away here and it's allowed Holzken to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Holzken is trying to control the position from the bottom.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Holzken holds on and takes a little breather.
Morrison trying to control the position from guard on top but Holzken is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Holzken trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison is proving a slippery customer.
Morrison pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Holzken is keeping the position for now.
Morrison postures up.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Holzken keeping full guard, as Morrison tries to pass.
Holzken keeping moving, preventing Morrison from controlling successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Holzken (5) vs (15) Morrison
And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison wins on points by 15 to 5.
A very excited looking David Morrison 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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