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CWC 226 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 11 losses; Joshua Brown! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 6 losses; Bart Cubbedge !
The judges for this bout are Wesley Smith, Tiny Johnson and George Francis.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Cubbedge swats away the attempt to clinch by Brown.
Cubbedge wants to counter the offense by Brown and move into the clinch position.
Brown rushes Cubbedge and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Cubbedge ties up his opponent against the cage and manages to drag the fight down to the ground. Cubbedge no doubt will be looking to work submissions from his guard.
Brown slips nicely into half guard.
Cubbedge has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at CT. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
Brown performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Cubbedge wants to control but Brown is keeping busy.
Brown is controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Brown trying to mount his opponent but Cubbedge defends it.
Brown stalling.
Brown wants to take a breather but Cubbedge is having none of it.
Brown content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to advance position but Cubbedge counters by regaining guard.
Brown slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Brown postures up.
Brown trying to control but Cubbedge is working from the bottom.
Brown controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Cubbedge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Brown controlling from the top position.
Brown sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Cubbedge 's guard.
Cubbedge trying to hold on to Brown's head to control him but Brown postures up.
Brown stalling.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to pass the guard but Cubbedge defending well.
Brown with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Cubbedge wants to get back to full guard.
Brown performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Cubbedge moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Brown content to stall in guard here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to control but Cubbedge is working from the bottom.
Brown wants to pass the guard but Cubbedge is keeping the position.
Brown passes into half guard.
Brown controlling the action here.
Brown wants to take a breather but Cubbedge is having none of it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Brown is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Cubbedge tries to roll over but Brown keeps him under control.
Brown is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Brown trying to mount his opponent but Cubbedge defends it.
Brown is working hard here to advance position.
Brown is keen to just control but Cubbedge is a slippery customer.
Cubbedge won't allow Brown to pass to mount.
Brown works his foot free and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (3) vs (0) Cubbedge
Brown trying to control but Cubbedge is having none of it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cubbedge wants to control but Brown is having none of it.
Brown pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Brown controlling from mount.
Brown looking to control but Cubbedge is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brown controlling from the full mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cubbedge is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Brown trying to control but Cubbedge is having none of it.
Cubbedge stops Brown from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Brown controlling from the full mount.
Brown has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Cubbedge tries to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Brown looking to control but Cubbedge is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Brown seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Cubbedge is holding on tight.
Brown trying to control but Cubbedge is having none of it.
Brown is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Cubbedge is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Brown controlling his opponent.
Cubbedge is squirming around, avoiding Brown's attempts to control the action.
Cubbedge tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to control the pace but Cubbedge is squirming around nicely.
Cubbedge is trying desperately to improve position.
Cubbedge wants to hold on but Brown pushes him away.
Brown forces the positional change into back control. Score +3 for taking back: Brown (6) vs (0) Cubbedge
Brown is riding his opponent, not letting Cubbedge buck him off.
A lull in the action here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Cubbedge trying to control the hands but Brown won't let him.
Cubbedge is keeping busy.
Brown is riding his opponent, not letting Cubbedge buck him off.
Brown is looking to control Cubbedge but Cubbedge is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Brown keeps control of the position easily here as Cubbedge tries to buck him off.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Brown's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Cubbedge turns into Brown and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brown (6) vs (2) Cubbedge
Brown can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Cubbedge controls the pace.
Cubbedge won't allow Brown to sweep him here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Brown looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Cubbedge puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Cubbedge controlling the pace.
Cubbedge prevents Brown from improving his position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Brown wants to get back to full guard but Cubbedge has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Brown (6) vs (5) Cubbedge
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Cubbedge takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Brown takes the fight on points by 6 to 5.
Joshua Brown decided to go for the less than humble approach in his post fight interview, telling everyone how he is going to conquer the world. The crowd seemed to like it when really that sort of approach could have gone either way. |
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