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CWC 294 - Brown vs Morrison PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 21 wins and 18 losses; Joshua Brown! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 10 losses; Bazar Al Jhit!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Al Jhit fails with a rather predictable takedown attempt.
Al Jhit closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Brown did well to prevent Al Jhit getting side control. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Brown (0) vs (2) Al Jhit
Al Jhit is just content to waste time from the top position. Brown takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Brown controls Al Jhit momentarily but Al Jhit frees himself.
Al Jhit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Brown swivels though and keeps the full guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Al Jhit's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Al Jhit from controlling successfully.
Brown is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Al Jhit wants to pass the guard but Brown is keeping the position.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Brown holds on and takes a little breather.
Al Jhit trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Al Jhit controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Al Jhit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Brown trying to control the position.
Al Jhit looking to pass the guard.
Al Jhit keeps trying to improve his position.
We've been hearing good reports from Brown's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Brown lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brown (2) vs (2) Al Jhit
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit trying to control the position here.
Brown controls from within his opponent's guard.
Al Jhit working a defensive guard here.
Brown being controlled here momentarily.
Brown won't allow Al Jhit to sweep him here.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Brown slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Al Jhit not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Brown sitting in guard here, content to control.
Al Jhit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Al Jhit lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brown (2) vs (4) Al Jhit
Al Jhit is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeping full guard, as Al Jhit tries to pass.
Al Jhit is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Al Jhit trying to control the position from guard on top but Brown is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Al Jhit trying to control but Brown is working from the bottom.
Brown is pulling down on Al Jhit's head to control his posture.
Al Jhit tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit 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.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Al Jhit from controlling successfully.
Brown pulls Al Jhit in close to his closed guard and prevents Al Jhit from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Al Jhit sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Al Jhit from controlling successfully.
Brown 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: Brown (4) vs (4) Al Jhit
Al Jhit makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Al Jhit.
Al Jhit is adopting a defensive guard.
Brown engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit keeping moving, preventing Brown from controlling successfully.
Brown stopping the sweep attempt from Al Jhit.
Brown sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Al Jhit's guard.
Brown trying to control from Al Jhit's half guard. Al Jhit has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Al Jhit is adopting a defensive guard.
Al Jhit looking to control.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Al Jhit can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Brown controls the pace.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Jhit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Jhit keeping full guard, as Brown tries to pass.
Brown trying to control the position from guard on top but Al Jhit is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Al Jhit looking for a sweep. Not yet Al Jhit, not yet.
Brown looking to sit in guard and control but Al Jhit gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brown (4) vs (6) Al Jhit
Al Jhit works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Al Jhit seems content to control.
Brown works his way to full guard. Good work.
Al Jhit trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Al Jhit wants to control from the top but Brown keeps moving.
Al Jhit tries to free his leg and advance position but Brown is retaining full guard.
Al Jhit is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Brown pulls Al Jhit in close to prevent any damage.
Al Jhit looking to pass the guard.
Brown wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Brown keeping moving, preventing Al Jhit from controlling successfully.
Al Jhit looking to sit in guard and control but Brown gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Brown (6) vs (6) Al Jhit
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Brown content to stall in guard here.
Al Jhit wants to sweep here but Brown controlling him for the moment.
Al Jhit is controlling Brown's posture.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Brown tries to free his leg and advance position but Al Jhit is retaining full guard.
Al Jhit controls Brown momentarily but Brown frees himself.
Al Jhit tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Al Jhit seems keen to control Brown's posture.
Al Jhit is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points and both fighters attempted the same number of subs, we will decide the bout based on the toss of a coin! Brown is heads and Al Jhit is tails.
The coin is in the air and it lands... heads!
Brown takes the fight on points by 7 to 6.
During a confident post fight interview, Joshua Brown thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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