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CACC 178: Hozdic vs Morgan PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 4 losses; Tres Sulvar! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Ruben Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gracie rushes Sulvar and pushes him back against the ropes in a clinch.
Gracie tightens his grip and picks Sulvar up, before dumping him to the ground. Sulvar manages to land in guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Sulvar (0) vs (2) Gracie
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Sulvar.
Gracie trying to control but Sulvar is working from the bottom.
Gracie passes Sulvar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sulvar gets back to full guard.
Gracie has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at Rivers Edge Gym. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Sulvar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Sulvar seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie advances to half guard.
Sulvar wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
Sulvar tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gracie trying to mount his opponent but Sulvar defends it.
Gracie wants to take a breather but Sulvar is having none of it.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Sulvar has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sulvar wants to get back to full guard.
Sulvar is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie is trying to control the action in half guard but Sulvar is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is trying to maintain the position but Gracie is very close to passing his half guard.
Sulvar is trying is best to control the position here.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Sulvar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sulvar is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Sulvar is defending well.
Gracie is controlling the pace.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is trying to get back to full guard.
Sulvar looking for submissions off his back.
Sulvar manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie forces his way into half guard.
Gracie trying to control the action but Sulvar is working from the bottom.
Gracie is thwarting Sulvar's attempts to control the position.
Gracie is looking to take a break and control but Sulvar is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sulvar is trying to get back to full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Sulvar trying to control here.
Sulvar tries to roll over but Gracie keeps him under control.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Sulvar won't allow Gracie to pass to mount.
Gracie trying to control from half guard but Sulvar is working away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Sulvar.
Sulvar keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Sulvar looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Sulvar is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gracie is aware though and is defending well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Sulvar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gracie postures up.
Gracie passes Sulvar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sulvar manages to get to full guard.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Sulvar keeps moving.
Sulvar trying to keep a closed guard but Gracie is proving a slippery customer.
Gracie drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Sulvar dives on top into guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sulvar (2) vs (2) Gracie
Gracie can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Sulvar controls the pace.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gracie keeping full guard, as Sulvar tries to pass.
Sulvar looking to sit in guard and control but Gracie gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Sulvar (2) vs (4) Gracie
Sulvar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sulvar is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Sulvar keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Sulvar working a defensive guard here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to pass the guard.
Sulvar looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracie is one step ahead there.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Sulvar keeps moving.
Gracie postures up.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar has his hands on Gracie's head, controlling the position.
Sulvar is trying to keep Gracie in close.
Sulvar wants to improve his position but instead Gracie has moved into half guard.
Gracie prevents Sulvar from improving his position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar trying to control here but he's found himself mounted! Oh no!
Score +3 for passing guard: Sulvar (2) vs (7) Gracie
Sulvar prevents Gracie from taking his back.
Sulvar is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie content just to control the position here.
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.
Gracie looking for a guillotine from mount but Sulvar is having none of it.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar stops Gracie from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Sulvar is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie is in full mount, looking to secure a guillotine but Sulvar is surviving well by controlling Gracie's body position as best he can.
Sulvar is trying desperately to improve position.
Gracie is dominating on the ground here - he's now on his opponent's back, looking to sink in the hooks. Sulvar is in real trouble.
Score +3 for taking back: Sulvar (2) vs (10) Gracie
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is in bad spot here.
Sulvar preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Gracie.
Gracie is working hard for the rear naked choke here.
Sulvar is in bad spot here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sulvar fending off the submission attempt from Gracie.
Sulvar tries to escape the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gracie wins on points by 10 to 2.
Ruben Gracie seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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