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TWGC 33 (170lbs, D1): Helsinki Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 48 wins and 15 losses; David Morrison Jr.! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 0 losses; Marc Read!
The judges for this bout are Roosa Järviläinen, Johanna Lukiainen and Marco Blurström.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
The fight stays on the outside here - Read looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Morrison Jr. feinted with a counter takedown.
Morrison Jr. fails to land the takedown.
No luck for Read with that takedown attempt.
Read takes the fight into the clinch.
Morrison Jr. has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Read after a bit of a struggle.
Morrison Jr. lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Morrison Jr. (2) vs (0) Read
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Read wants to get back to full guard but Morrison Jr. has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison Jr. (5) vs (0) Read
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison Jr. fails to take his opponent's back.
Read is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. wants to control the action but instead Read gets a body lock and reverses into Morrison Jr.'s guard! Nice work! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison Jr. (5) vs (2) Read
Morrison Jr. wants to sweep here but Read controlling him for the moment.
Morrison Jr. throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Read looking to pass the guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. wants to sweep here but Read controlling him for the moment.
Morrison Jr. looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Read has picked Morrison Jr. up and slammed him! Morrison Jr. can't keep hold of the triangle and Read manages to pass to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison Jr. (5) vs (5) Read
The referee asks Read politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Read prefers to stall for the moment though.
Morrison Jr. is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Morrison Jr. works his way to full guard. Good work.
Morrison Jr. working a defensive guard but Read passes into half guard.
Morrison Jr. is trying to maintain the position but Read is very close to passing his half guard.
Read wants to free his trapped foot but Morrison Jr. is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Read controlling the pace.
Read's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
It looks like Read might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is looking to improve his position.
Read controlling the action here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Read stalling away here and it's allowed Morrison Jr. to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Morrison Jr. bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Read's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison Jr. (7) vs (5) Read
Morrison Jr. wants to control from the top but Read keeps moving.
Read trying to control the position here.
Morrison Jr. trying to control but Read is working from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Read looking for a sweep. Not yet Read, not yet.
Read trying to control the position here.
Read can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Morrison Jr. controls the pace.
Read working a defensive guard here.
Read keeping moving, preventing Morrison Jr. from controlling successfully.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Read is pulling down on Morrison Jr.'s head. It's preventing any offense from Morrison Jr., at least for the moment.
Morrison Jr. slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Read is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morrison Jr. controlling from the top position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. stopping the sweep attempt from Read.
Read trying to control the position.
Morrison Jr. slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Read trying to keep a closed guard but Morrison Jr. is proving a slippery customer.
Read keeping moving, preventing Morrison Jr. from controlling successfully.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Read is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Read keeping full guard, as Morrison Jr. tries to pass.
Morrison Jr. trying to move into half guard but instead Read has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison Jr. (7) vs (7) Read
Morrison Jr. tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. keeping moving, preventing Read from controlling successfully.
Read slips nicely into half guard.
Read performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Morrison Jr. wants to get back to full guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Read jumps into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison Jr. (7) vs (10) Read
Morrison Jr. is looking to regain half guard here but Read keeps moving and retains side control.
Read trying to control the position but Morrison Jr. is working away.
Morrison Jr. tries to buck Read off but Read is having none of it.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
You can see the frustration on Morrison Jr.'s face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Read takes a little break here. Morrison Jr. wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Read presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Morrison Jr. (7) vs (12) Read
Read content just to control the position here.
Let's hope that Read has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Morrison Jr. is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Mello MMA, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Read can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morrison Jr. is looking to escape.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Read controlling from the full mount.
Morrison Jr. tries to improve his position but instead Read has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Morrison Jr. (7) vs (15) Read
Morrison Jr. is in bad spot here.
Read is trying to stick to Morrison Jr.'s back but Morrison Jr. is turning into Read. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Read's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Morrison Jr.. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison Jr. (9) vs (15) Read
Read keeping full guard, as Morrison Jr. tries to pass.
Read bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Morrison Jr.'s guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison Jr. (9) vs (17) Read
Morrison Jr. tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Morrison Jr. looking to control.
Morrison Jr. is looking to sweep but instead, Read has passed into half guard.
Morrison Jr. is trying to get back to full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison Jr. wants to get back to full guard but Read has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison Jr. (9) vs (20) Read
Morrison Jr. really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Read wins on points by 20 to 9.
Marc Read thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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