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CWC 293 - Pavlov vs Silva Jr 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 Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 28 wins and 25 losses; Shanti Anatta! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 59 wins and 24 losses; David Morrison Jr.!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Chad Campbell and Anthony Taglia.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Anatta closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Morrison Jr. did well to prevent Anatta getting side control. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Anatta (2) vs (0) Morrison Jr.
Anatta is looking to advance position but Morrison Jr. won't allow it.
Morrison Jr. is looking to improve his position.
Anatta seems to be working for a kimura but Morrison Jr. defends the submission attempt.
Morrison Jr. has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Morrison Jr. trying to control but Anatta postures up.
Morrison Jr. tries to get to full guard but Anatta has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Anatta is looking to advance position but Morrison Jr. won't allow it.
Morrison Jr. is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Anatta's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Anatta's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Anatta (2) vs (4) Morrison Jr.
Anatta tries to escape the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Anatta is in bad spot here.
Morrison Jr. doesn't have the hooks in and Anatta manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (4) vs (4) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Anatta tries to free his leg and advance position but Morrison Jr. is retaining full guard.
Anatta preventing the sweep.
Anatta passes Morrison Jr.'s left leg - he's now in half guard.
Anatta 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.
Anatta is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Anatta (7) vs (4) Morrison Jr.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Anatta wants to control the pace but Morrison Jr. is squirming around nicely.
Anatta swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and Morrison Jr. is now in Anatta's guard. A big mistake from Anatta there, giving up the dominant position! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (7) vs (6) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. stopping the sweep attempt from Anatta.
Anatta throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Anatta is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (9) vs (6) Morrison Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anatta manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (9) vs (8) Morrison Jr.
Anatta wants to control the position but Morrison Jr. says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Anatta regains full guard. Nicely done.
Anatta looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Morrison Jr. has picked Anatta up and slammed him! Anatta can't keep hold of the triangle and Morrison Jr. manages to pass to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Anatta (9) vs (11) Morrison Jr.
Anatta regains half guard.
Anatta is looking to improve his position.
Morrison Jr. looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Anatta tries to roll over but Morrison Jr. keeps him under control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but Anatta is keeping him busy.
Morrison Jr. wants to pass to mount but Anatta is defending the position.
Morrison Jr. controlling the action here.
Anatta tries to roll over but Morrison Jr. keeps him under control.
Morrison Jr. wants to free his trapped foot but Anatta is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Anatta wants to get back to full guard.
Morrison Jr. content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Anatta slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morrison Jr. won't allow Anatta to sweep him here.
Morrison Jr. has gone for a leg lock! Anatta slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morrison Jr.'s guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (11) vs (11) Morrison Jr.
Anatta wants to pass the guard but Morrison Jr. is keeping the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison Jr., not yet.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Anatta is now in half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Anatta tries to pass to full mount but Morrison Jr. defends it.
Anatta moves into full mount! Morrison Jr. won't be happy about that! Score +3 for passing guard: Anatta (14) vs (11) Morrison Jr.
Anatta goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Morrison Jr. is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (14) vs (13) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr.'s corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. postures up.
Morrison Jr. stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Anatta swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Anatta 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: Anatta (16) vs (13) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. won't allow Anatta to pass to mount.
Anatta prevents Morrison Jr. from improving his position.
Morrison Jr. works his way to full guard. Good work.
Anatta is fighting to break Morrison Jr.'s control of his arms but Morrison Jr. is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Anatta passes Morrison Jr.'s right leg, so he's now in half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Anatta is looking for a kimura but Morrison Jr. is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Anatta to get the leverage.
Anatta is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Anatta is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Morrison Jr. slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Morrison Jr. throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Anatta looking to pass the guard.
Morrison Jr. manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anatta manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (16) vs (15) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Anatta wants to sweep here but Morrison Jr. controlling him for the moment.
Morrison Jr. is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Morrison Jr. looking to sit in guard and control but Anatta gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Anatta (18) vs (15) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. 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: Anatta (18) vs (17) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. tries to pass to full mount but Anatta defends it.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is taking a breather. Anatta 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.
Anatta is staying active underneath Morrison Jr., who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morrison Jr. is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Anatta is looking to improve his position.
Anatta is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison Jr. pulls his head out easily.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Anatta tries to get to full guard but Morrison Jr. has control of the leg.
Morrison Jr. wants to pass to mount but Anatta is defending the position.
Anatta is looking to improve his position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Anatta is working hard here to advance position.
Anatta wants to control but Morrison Jr. is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Anatta is looking for a sweep. Morrison Jr. is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Morrison Jr. wants to take a breather but Anatta is having none of it.
Morrison Jr. passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Anatta (18) vs (20) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the action but Anatta is working from the bottom.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Anatta wants to control but Morrison Jr. postures up.
Anatta gives up the full mount - oops, sloppy defensive grappling there! Score +2 for reaching mount: Anatta (18) vs (22) Morrison Jr.
Anatta can't escape the position.
Morrison Jr. is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Morrison Jr. moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Anatta has worked his arm free - good work by Anatta!
Anatta is trying to improve his position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Anatta tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Morrison Jr. presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Anatta (18) vs (24) Morrison Jr.
Anatta tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anatta tries to hold on but Morrison Jr. pushes him away.
Anatta is trying desperately to improve position.
Morrison Jr. controlling from the full mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison Jr. wins on points by 24 to 18.
Our winner, David Morrison Jr., made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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