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TWGC 35 (185lbs, D2): London Qualifier - Round 1 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Robin Daqt! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Zee Land!
The judges for this bout are James Ackerman, James Glass and Donald Grub.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Daqt darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Daqt (2) vs (0) Land
The fighters are battling for position here. Land manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Land escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Daqt gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Land is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Daqt (2) vs (2) Land
Daqt wants to get back to full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Daqt is looking to control Land's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daqt avoid being mounted?
Land is taking a breather. Daqt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Land is thwarting Daqt's attempts to control the position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Land in particular looking to stall.
Daqt is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Tycoon Gym, so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Daqt is looking to control Land's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daqt avoid being mounted?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Land is controlling the pace.
Daqt is trying to control but Land manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (5) Land
Land can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Daqt is looking to escape.
Land looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Land trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Land tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Daqt tries to reverse the position but Land maintains control.
Land content just to control the position here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Land wants to control the pace but Daqt is squirming around nicely.
Daqt working to try and regain half guard.
Daqt wants to control but Land is having none of it.
Land looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet.
Daqt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Daqt is working to get back to half guard.
Daqt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Land tries to control but Daqt wriggling away.
Land looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Land working for a submission but Daqt is keeping him at bay.
Land is working for a guillotine from mount but Daqt frees his head quite easily.
Daqt wants to control but Land is having none of it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Land controlling from mount.
Daqt tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Land wants to control the pace but Daqt is squirming around nicely.
Daqt is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Land trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Daqt regains half guard.
Daqt looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Land passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Daqt! Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (8) Land
Daqt is wriggling around trying to escape.
Land trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Daqt defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Land.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Daqt is trying to escape the mount.
Land looking to secure an arm triangle but Daqt defends it well.
Land is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Land wants to control the pace but Daqt is squirming around nicely.
Land is going oldschool here, as he tries to force Daqt to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so Daqt shrugs it off.
Daqt is trying to escape the mount.
Daqt is working hard here to advance position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Daqt is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Daqt regains half guard.
Land looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Daqt wants to control but Land is keeping busy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Land content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Land is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Daqt defends it well.
Daqt wants to sweep but Land has passed to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (11) Land
Daqt prevents Land from improving position.
Land is looking to take a break and control but Daqt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Land tries to advance to mount but Daqt denies him.
Daqt tries to bench press Land off him but Land keeps the position.
Land tries to move to mount but Daqt blocks the move with his legs.
Daqt is trying to control Land's posture but Land avoids it.
Land wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daqt keeps working.
Land tries to advance to mount but can't.
Daqt tries to buck Land off but Land is having none of it.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Land tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Land has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Land is looking to take a break and control but Daqt is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Daqt is looking to reverse the position.
Land is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Daqt knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Land looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Daqt is not content to let Land control the position.
Daqt gets back to half guard.
Daqt is looking to control Land's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Daqt avoid being mounted?
Land looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
Land prevents Daqt from improving his position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Daqt won't allow Land to pass to mount.
Daqt is trying to maintain the position but Land is very close to passing his half guard.
Land seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Daqt does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Land seems to be looking for submissions.
Land is taking a breather. Daqt says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Land is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Land works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Daqt (2) vs (14) Land
Land wants to lay and pray for a moment but Daqt keeps working.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Land is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Daqt has escaped the position, nice work there.
Daqt regains half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Land wins on points by 14 to 2.
A very excited looking Zee Land rambled incoherently for about 5 minutes post fight about how awesome he is. It was kinda funny for a while but then everyone got annoyed. |
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