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CACC 216 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 3 losses; Konstantin Kuznetsov! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 2 losses; Kevin Huang!
The judges for this bout are Shirou Masuda, Yukihiro Shimada and Yasuomi Hirokawa.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
No luck for Kuznetsov with that takedown attempt.
Huang stuffs the takedown attempt from Kuznetsov. Kuznetsov gets slowly back to his feet.
Kuznetsov gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Huang manages to pull guard.
Kuznetsov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Kuznetsov seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Huang for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Huang has control of Kuznetsov's left arm, preventing Kuznetsov from doing any damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Huang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Huang looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Huang being controlled here, momentarily.
Huang is pulling down on Kuznetsov's head to control his posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov controls from within his opponent's guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Kuznetsov being controlled here momentarily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Huang working a defensive guard here.
Kuznetsov content to stall in guard here.
Huang has his hands on Kuznetsov's head, controlling the position.
Huang's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov postures up.
Kuznetsov stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Huang swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Kuznetsov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Huang controlling Kuznetsov's posture.
Kuznetsov wants to pass the guard but Huang is keeping the position.
Kuznetsov is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov tries to free his leg and advance position but Huang is retaining full guard.
Kuznetsov won't allow Huang to sweep him here.
Huang is pulling down on Kuznetsov's head. It's preventing any offense from Kuznetsov, at least for the moment.
Kuznetsov not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Huang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Huang seems keen to control Kuznetsov's posture.
Kuznetsov controls from within his opponent's guard.
Kuznetsov preventing the sweep.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Huang managing to control the position.
Let's hope that Huang 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.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
More stalling from Huang.
Kuznetsov looking to pass the guard.
Kuznetsov is working hard here to advance position.
Huang is controlling Kuznetsov's posture.
Our spies down at at AREA 51 inform us that Huang has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov is stalling in the full guard.
Kuznetsov will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov wants to control from the top but Huang keeps moving.
Kuznetsov has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Kuznetsov tries to free his leg and advance position but Huang is retaining full guard.
Huang is controlling Kuznetsov's posture.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Huang is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Kuznetsov showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Huang is adopting a defensive guard.
Kuznetsov controlling from the top position.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points and both fighters attempted the same number of subs, we will decide the bout based on the toss of a coin! Kuznetsov is heads and Huang is tails.
The coin is in the air and it lands... heads!
Kuznetsov takes the fight on points by 1 to 0.
After winning the bout, Konstantin Kuznetsov thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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