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CWC 287 - Las Vegas PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 40 wins and 22 losses; Pablo Dominguez! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 15 losses; Leandro Lo!
The judges for this bout are Frank Dennis, George Francis and Robert Twigg.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Dominguez stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Dominguez wants it to stay on the feet.
Lo drives through with a takedown into Dominguez's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Dominguez (0) vs (2) Lo
Dominguez pulls Lo in to control the position.
Lo is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Dominguez is trying to control the position but Lo postures up.
Lo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lo pushes down on Dominguez's leg and manages to get into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Dominguez tries to get to full guard but Lo has control of the leg.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Dominguez desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Dominguez trying to control here.
Dominguez controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Dominguez tries to roll over but Lo keeps him under control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lo wants to free his trapped foot but Dominguez is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Dominguez 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.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lo keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dominguez controlling the position for now.
Dominguez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Lo content to stall in guard here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Lo preventing the sweep.
Lo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Dominguez controls Lo momentarily but Lo frees himself.
Dominguez wants to sweep but no luck.
Dominguez managing to control the position.
Lo 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lo postures up.
Dominguez has his hands on Lo's head, controlling the position.
Dominguez is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Lo seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lo trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Dominguez managing to control the position.
Dominguez looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Lo puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Dominguez wants to get back to full guard but Lo has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Dominguez (0) vs (5) Lo
Dominguez wants to control but Lo postures up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is trying to improve his position.
Lo wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dominguez keeps working.
Dominguez struggling a bit here.
Lo happy to just control the position for now.
Dominguez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez can't do much from the bottom here.
Dominguez tries to improve position but can't.
Dominguez seems a little lost for a moment, as Lo dominates the positioning.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is trying to get back to half guard.
Dominguez is working hard here to advance position.
Dominguez isn't going anywhere.
Dominguez manages to get back to half guard.
Lo content to control rather than advance.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lo trying to mount his opponent but Dominguez defends it.
Dominguez keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Dominguez tries to get to full guard but Lo has control of the leg.
Dominguez gets full guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Lo is fighting to break Dominguez's control of his arms but Dominguez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Dominguez being controlled here, momentarily.
Dominguez is looking to sweep but instead, Lo has passed into half guard.
Dominguez wants to control but Lo passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Dominguez (0) vs (8) Lo
Dominguez is trying to control Lo's posture but Lo avoids it.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez sneaks back into half guard.
Dominguez keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Dominguez trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Lo manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Dominguez (0) vs (11) Lo
Lo avoids the attempt from Dominguez to control.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Dominguez manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Lo looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Dominguez is doing well to control the position and prevent Lo from advancing to side control.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez is looking to improve his position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Lo in particular looking to stall.
Dominguez trying to control here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Dominguez wants to improve his position but Lo is controlling well.
Lo is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Dominguez wants to improve his position but Lo is controlling well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lo wins on points by 11 to 0.
In defeat, Pablo Dominguez stepped up to the mic, saying 'I'm telling you right now, these people that fuckin do steroids, you know what I mean? I'm like, I wish everything was legal, because that would give them the chance to go out there and make their mark and then burn the fuck out. And that's when I come in with my consistency, because I'm coming.'. |
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