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CWC 227 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 5 losses; Corey Clark ! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 4 losses; Sacha Gardet!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Alexandre Firmino and Thiago Cunha.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Clark gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Clark (0) vs (2) Gardet
Gardet not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Gardet passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Clark (0) vs (5) Gardet
Gardet controls the position.
A bit of a lull in the action here.
Clark is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Gardet is thwarting Clark 's attempts to control the position.
Gardet is trying to control. Clark wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Gardet frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Clark (0) vs (8) Gardet
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gardet tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Gardet working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Clark working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Clark is squirming around, avoiding Gardet's attempts to control the action.
Clark can't escape the position.
Clark sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Clark is trying to get back to full guard.
Gardet wants to pass the guard but Clark is defending well.
The fighters are battling for position here. Clark manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clark controls Gardet momentarily but Gardet frees himself.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Clark looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Gardet passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Clark (0) vs (11) Gardet
Clark has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Clark is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Clark struggling a bit here.
Clark tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gardet wants to control but Clark is keeping him busy.
Gardet is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Clark will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries to improve position but can't.
Gardet has knee on belly and moves into mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Clark (0) vs (13) Gardet
Clark holds on for dear life, controlling Gardet's posture momentarily.
Clark is in all sorts of trouble here.
Clark is working hard here to advance position.
Gardet is looking to work his way around to Clark 's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Gardet working for a submission but Clark is keeping him at bay.
Clark is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gardet fails to advance to Clark 's back.
Gardet controlling his opponent.
Clark is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Clark is trying desperately to improve position.
Gardet avoids the attempt from Clark to control.
Clark is looking to improve his position but Gardet isn't that keen on the idea.
Gardet wants to control the pace but Clark is squirming around nicely.
Clark prevents Gardet from taking his back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Clark tries to lock up and control but Gardet gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Clark sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Clark wants to get back to full guard.
Gardet trying to mount his opponent but Clark defends it.
Clark moves into full guard.
Gardet stopping the sweep attempt from Clark .
Gardet tries to free his leg and advance position but Clark is retaining full guard.
Clark looking for a sweep. Not yet Clark , not yet.
Clark keeping moving, preventing Gardet from controlling successfully.
Gardet forces his way into half guard.
Clark is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gardet is looking to take a break and control but Clark is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Clark wants to improve his position but Gardet is controlling well.
Clark trying to control but Gardet postures up.
Clark is looking to improve his position.
Clark has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gardet is working away from the top position though.
Clark moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gardet postures up.
Clark controlling the position.
Gardet preventing the sweep.
Clark is pulling down on Gardet's head to control his posture.
Clark is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gardet wants to pass the guard but Clark is keeping the position.
Gardet trying to control the position from guard on top but Clark is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Clark is trying to control the position but Gardet postures up.
Clark keeping moving, preventing Gardet from controlling successfully.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gardet pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clark is keeping the position for now.
Clark throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Clark pulls Gardet in to control the position.
Gardet stays in close to Clark 's body and controls the position.
Clark seems keen to control Gardet's posture.
Clark wants to sweep here but Gardet controlling him for the moment.
Clark can't keep his opponent in guard - Gardet advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gardet wants to lay and pray for a moment but Clark keeps working.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gardet is working for a submission of some sort.
Clark looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Clark trying to control from the bottom.
Clark wants to get back to full guard.
Clark is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gardet's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gardet's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Clark (4) vs (13) Gardet
Clark tries to keep control of the position but Gardet is staying busy.
Gardet is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Gardet felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Clark controlling well, preventing Gardet from escaping the position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gardet showing good submission defense here.
Clark trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Gardet manages to reverse the position and now he's in Clark 's guard. Nice work there by Gardet.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Clark (4) vs (15) Gardet
Clark can't keep his opponent in guard - Gardet advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Clark keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Clark is looking to improve his position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Clark manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Clark trying to control the position.
Clark looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Gardet looking to pass the guard.
Clark looking to control.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Clark wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Clark trying to keep a closed guard but Gardet is proving a slippery customer.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gardet controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gardet stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Clark swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Clark is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Clark looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Gardet puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Clark makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Clark .
Clark looking to control.
Clark keeping moving, preventing Gardet from controlling successfully.
Gardet tries to free his leg and advance position but Clark is retaining full guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Clark wants to control but Gardet passes easily into half guard.
Clark moves into full guard.
Gardet stopping the sweep attempt from Clark .
Gardet 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.
Gardet preventing the sweep.
Clark working a defensive guard but Gardet manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Clark (4) vs (18) Gardet
Clark is trying to improve his position.
Clark manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Clark (6) vs (18) Gardet
Gardet is staying active underneath Clark , who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Gardet wants to get back to full guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gardet trying to control from the bottom.
Well, if Clark is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Clark is keen to just control but Gardet is a slippery customer.
Gardet is looking to improve his position.
Clark trying to control from half guard but Gardet is working away.
Clark seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gardet is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gardet wins on points by 18 to 6.
A relieved looking Sacha Gardet thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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