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CWC 296 - Morrison Jr vs Boaz 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 19 wins and 16 losses; Artur Azaryan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 1 losses; Osmany Pizziconi!
The judges for this bout are Hugh Johnson, Ben Watson and Bruno Hogan.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Azaryan gets a clinch.
Azaryan is working for takedown but Pizziconi is calmly controlling the position for now.
Azaryan decides to pull guard.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Pizziconi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Azaryan is keeping the position for now.
Azaryan has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Pizziconi passes into half guard.
Pizziconi is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Pizziconi is pressing down on Azaryan's thigh, looking to free his foot. Azaryan is holding on for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Azaryan is pressing down on Pizziconi's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Azaryan can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Pizziconi controls the pace.
Azaryan keeping moving, preventing Pizziconi from controlling successfully.
Pizziconi content to stall in guard here.
Pizziconi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Azaryan swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi controls from within his opponent's guard.
Pizziconi looking to pass the guard.
Azaryan controlling Pizziconi's posture.
Azaryan being controlled here, momentarily.
Pizziconi tries to free his leg and advance position but Azaryan is retaining full guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan looking to control.
Azaryan throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Azaryan keeping moving, preventing Pizziconi from controlling successfully.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Pizziconi tries to free his leg and advance position but Azaryan is retaining full guard.
Pizziconi keeps trying to improve his position.
Pizziconi showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Azaryan keeping moving, preventing Pizziconi from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Azaryan is keeping the position for now.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Pizziconi working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Azaryan keeping moving, preventing Pizziconi from controlling successfully.
Azaryan being controlled here, momentarily.
Azaryan keeping moving, preventing Pizziconi from controlling successfully.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi tries to free his leg and advance position but Azaryan is retaining full guard.
Azaryan is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Pizziconi stays in close to Azaryan's body and controls the position.
Azaryan tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pizziconi tries to free his leg and advance position but Azaryan is retaining full guard.
Azaryan wants to sweep but no luck.
Pizziconi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Azaryan is keeping the position for now.
Pizziconi pushing down on Azaryan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Azaryan has managed to free his arm - good work.
Pizziconi trying to advance position but Azaryan counters by regaining guard.
Pizziconi trying to control but Azaryan is working from the bottom.
Pizziconi wants to pass the guard but Azaryan is keeping the position.
Pizziconi drops back, looking for a kneebar! Azaryan looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Azaryan looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Azaryan! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Azaryan (4) vs (0) Pizziconi
Pizziconi can't do much from the bottom here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Azaryan haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Azaryan is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Pizziconi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Azaryan trying to control the position but Pizziconi is working away.
Azaryan advances to mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Azaryan (6) vs (0) Pizziconi
Azaryan controlling from the full mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Pizziconi is looking to escape.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Pizziconi wants to hold on but Azaryan pushes him away.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi is trying desperately to improve position.
Azaryan fails to move to back control.
Azaryan wants to control but Pizziconi has made it back to half guard. Nice work.
Pizziconi is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi gets back to full guard.
Pizziconi controlling the position.
Pizziconi wants to sweep here but Azaryan controlling him for the moment.
Azaryan wants to pass the guard but Pizziconi is keeping the position.
Pizziconi seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Azaryan wants to control from the top but Pizziconi keeps moving.
Pizziconi controlling the position.
Pizziconi trying to control the position.
Pizziconi is adopting a defensive guard.
Azaryan is stalling in the full guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi is pulling down on Azaryan's head to control his posture.
Pizziconi has his foot on Azaryan's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Azaryan works his way back into a safe position though.
Azaryan controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Pizziconi trying to control the position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Pizziconi controlling the position.
Azaryan preventing the sweep.
Pizziconi pulls Azaryan in close to prevent any damage.
Azaryan 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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Azaryan thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Azaryan takes the fight on points by 6 to 0.
Our winner, Artur Azaryan, 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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