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CWC 270.5 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 10 losses; Artur Azaryan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 14 losses; David Yung!
The judges for this bout are Steve Smith, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Yung is defended easily by Azaryan.
Azaryan tries to clinch there but Yung circles away.
Azaryan rushes Yung and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Yung is working for takedown but Azaryan is calmly controlling the position for now.
Yung looking for a takedown.
Artur Azaryan has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of David Yung.
Yung has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Azaryan uses from the top position.
Yung looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Let's hope that Yung 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Yung looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azaryan is fighting to break Yung's control of his arms but Yung is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Azaryan stopping the sweep attempt from Yung.
Yung looking for a guillotine here but Azaryan defends easily.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Azaryan looking to pass the guard.
Yung keeping moving, preventing Azaryan from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan is looking to pass into half guard but Yung pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Yung is in guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Azaryan (0) vs (2) Yung
My spies in Silverback MMA inform me that Yung has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Azaryan keeping moving, preventing Yung from controlling successfully.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Yung tries to free his leg and advance position but Azaryan is retaining full guard.
Yung trying to control the position from guard on top but Azaryan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Azaryan is adopting a defensive guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Yung slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Azaryan (0) vs (5) Yung
Yung trying to control the position but Azaryan is working away.
Yung thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Yung tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yung has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Yung wants to lay and pray for a moment but Azaryan keeps working.
A lull in the action here as Yung stalls from top position.
Yung is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Azaryan knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Yung tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Yung has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Yung wants to take a breather but Azaryan manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Yung.
Azaryan controlling the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Yung trying to move into half guard but instead Azaryan has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Azaryan (2) vs (5) Yung
Azaryan wants to control from the top but Yung keeps moving.
Yung managing to control the position.
Azaryan stopping the sweep attempt from Yung.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan trying to control but Yung is working from the bottom.
Azaryan won't allow Yung to sweep him here.
Yung is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Azaryan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Azaryan passes into half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan is looking to advance position but Yung won't allow it.
Azaryan prevents Yung from improving his position.
Azaryan looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan is trying to control. Yung wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Azaryan is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Yung is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Azaryan has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Azaryan (5) vs (5) Yung
Yung is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan wants to control the pace but Yung is squirming around nicely.
Azaryan will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Yung sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Yung tries to get to full guard but Azaryan has control of the leg.
Azaryan trying to control the pace.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Azaryan (8) vs (5) Yung
Yung working to try and regain half guard.
Azaryan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Yung wants to control but Azaryan is having none of it.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Yung is looking to escape.
Azaryan moves to the back. Score +3 for taking back: Azaryan (11) vs (5) Yung
Azaryan is hanging on to Yung's back as he tries to escape.
Yung is still trying to improve position.
Azaryan struggling to keep hold of the position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Yung defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
I really don't envy Yung right now.
Yung manages to reverse the position and now he's in Azaryan's guard. Nice work there by Yung.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Azaryan (11) vs (7) Yung
Yung is looking to pass into half guard but Azaryan pushes him away with his feet and jumps on top - now Azaryan is in guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Azaryan (13) vs (7) Yung
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan trying to control the position from guard on top but Yung is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Yung controls Azaryan momentarily but Azaryan frees himself.
Azaryan wants to pass the guard but Yung is keeping the position.
Azaryan wants to control from the top but Yung keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Yung trying to control the position.
Yung keeping moving, preventing Azaryan from controlling successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Azaryan takes the fight on points by 13 to 7.
During a confident post fight interview, Artur Azaryan thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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