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TWGC 35 (185lbs, D1): Sydney 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 9 wins and 7 losses; Jamaica Jones! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 1 losses; Giuseppe Turturro!
The judges for this bout are Francis DeMontford, Damien Edna and Darius Henderson.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Turturro drives through and clinches with Jones against the cage.
Turturro has hold of one of Jones's legs. Jones is fighting the takedown attempt but Turturro gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Jones (0) vs (2) Turturro
Jones has his hands on Turturro's head, controlling the position.
Jones has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Turturro has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Jones (0) vs (5) Turturro
Jones manages to work his way to half guard, despite Turturro's best efforts.
Turturro perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Turturro tries to pass to full mount but Jones defends it.
Jones tries to get to full guard but Turturro has control of the leg.
Jones is working hard here to advance position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jones won't allow Turturro to pass to mount.
Jones makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Jones.
Jones isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Turturro stacks Jones on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Turturro! Score +3 for passing guard: Jones (0) vs (8) Turturro
Jones is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
The referee asks Turturro politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Turturro prefers to stall for the moment though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jones is trying to get back to half guard.
Jones is letting Turturro control him for a moment.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro wants to control but Jones is keeping him busy.
Jones is in a tricky position but he's been working on his transitions down at Desert Fitness & Training (14 Elite Coaches), so we'll see if he gets out of it.
Jones is trying to improve his position.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jones regains full guard. Nicely done.
Turturro preventing the sweep.
Turturro is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Jones has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Turturro has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Jones (0) vs (11) Turturro
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jones manages to get back to half guard.
Jones is looking to improve his position.
Turturro tries to pass the half guard into mount. Jones knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jones gets full guard.
Jones looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Turturro passes into half guard.
Jones tries to roll over but Turturro keeps him under control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Turturro seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Jones wants to improve his position but Turturro is controlling well.
Turturro controlling the action here.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Turturro moves nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Jones (0) vs (14) Turturro
Turturro slows the pace down.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jones can't do much from the bottom here.
Turturro content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Jones sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Jones wants to control but Turturro is keeping busy.
Turturro takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jones tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Turturro has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Jones (0) vs (17) Turturro
Turturro manages to capitalize on a mistake by Jones to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Jones (0) vs (20) Turturro
Turturro is trying to stick to Jones's back but Jones is turning into Turturro. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Turturro's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Jones. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jones (2) vs (20) Turturro
Turturro keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones wants to pass the guard but Turturro is keeping the position.
Our spies down at at AREA 51 inform us that Turturro has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Turturro pulls Jones in to control the position.
Turturro keeping moving, preventing Jones from controlling successfully.
Jones pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Turturro is keeping the position for now.
Jones forces his way into half guard.
Turturro is trying to maintain the position but Jones is very close to passing his half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Jones is keen to just control but Turturro is a slippery customer.
Turturro is looking to control Jones's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Turturro avoid being mounted?
Jones tries to pass the half guard into mount. Turturro knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Jones trying to control the action but Turturro is working from the bottom.
Jones tries to pass to full mount but Turturro defends it.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Jones seems content to control.
Turturro is trying is best to control the position here.
Jones is trying to work for a kimura but Turturro is defending well.
Jones with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Jones seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Turturro for as long as he can get away with.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Jones trying to mount his opponent but Turturro defends it.
Jones seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Turturro does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Jones is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Turturro! Score +3 for passing guard: Jones (5) vs (20) Turturro
Turturro stops Jones from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Turturro is in all sorts of trouble here.
Jones fails to advance to Turturro's back.
Turturro is looking to get to half guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Jones wants to control the pace but Turturro is squirming around nicely.
Jones fails to advance to Turturro's back.
Turturro is squirming around, avoiding Jones's attempts to control the action.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Turturro stops Jones from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Jones looking to control and managing it successfully.
Turturro is in all sorts of trouble here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Turturro is controlling an arm, preventing Jones from taking his back. Although keeping him in mount is no better to be honest.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jones wants to control but Turturro has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Turturro wins on points by 20 to 5.
Giuseppe Turturro was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed. |
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