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CWC 301 - Prelims 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 Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 9 losses; Marc Read! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 16 losses; Enzo Salvatore!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Edson Gomes.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Read swats away the attempt to clinch by Salvatore.
Salvatore gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Salvatore lands a nice trip takedown into half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Read (0) vs (2) Salvatore
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Salvatore prevents Read from improving his position.
My spies in PWNAGE Elite Dojo inform me that Salvatore has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Salvatore is thwarting Read's attempts to control the position.
Salvatore prevents Read from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Read trying to control here.
Salvatore tries to pass to full mount but Read defends it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Read moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Salvatore is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Salvatore wants to control from the top but Read keeps moving.
Read trying to keep a closed guard but Salvatore is proving a slippery customer.
Read working for a triangle but Salvatore defends it easily.
Salvatore wants to control from the top but Read keeps moving.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Read being controlled here, momentarily.
Read manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Salvatore manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Read (2) vs (2) Salvatore
Read looking to pass the guard.
Read controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore working a defensive guard but Read manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Read (5) vs (2) Salvatore
Salvatore struggling a bit here.
Read is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Salvatore is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Read tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Read has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Read wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Salvatore, who protects the arm well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore is looking for a sweep.
Read controlling from side mount.
Read goes for an armbar! This could be all over! Wait, no, Salvatore rolls with the submission and now he's on top in Read's guard! Nice work there by Salvatore! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Read (5) vs (4) Salvatore
Read keeping moving, preventing Salvatore from controlling successfully.
Read working for a triangle but Salvatore defends it easily.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Read looking to hit a scissor sweep but Salvatore is one step ahead there.
Read is trying to keep Salvatore in close.
Salvatore looking to pass the guard.
Salvatore trying to control the position from guard on top but Read is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Read looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Read has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but Salvatore can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
Salvatore is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Salvatore trying to control but Read is working from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore content to stall in guard here.
Salvatore wants to control from the top but Read keeps moving.
Salvatore stands and throws Read's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Read (5) vs (7) Salvatore
Read is not content to let Salvatore control the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Read tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Salvatore wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Read is trying to get back to half guard. He's pushing on Salvatore's leg. He's managed it. Nice work.
Read trying to hold on to Salvatore's head to control him but Salvatore postures up.
Read wants to get back to full guard.
Salvatore wants to control but Read is keeping him busy.
Read looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore 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.
Salvatore is trying to control. Read wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Salvatore is trying to work for a kimura but Read is defending well.
Salvatore controlling the action here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Read looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Read is looking to improve his position.
Read keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Read actively working from the bottom here.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Read wants to get back to full guard.
Salvatore is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Read sees it coming and defends easily.
Salvatore trying to control the action but Read is working from the bottom.
Read tries to get to full guard but Salvatore has control of the leg.
Read is trying to control but Salvatore manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Read (5) vs (10) Salvatore
Salvatore has hold of Read's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Read manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Read is looking to escape.
Salvatore avoids the attempt from Read to control.
Read is looking to get to half guard.
Salvatore sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Read gets back to half guard.
Salvatore is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Read makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Read.
Read is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Read is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Salvatore 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.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Read throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Salvatore escapes and throws Read's legs to the side, diving into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Read (5) vs (13) Salvatore
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Salvatore trying to control the action but Read is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Salvatore wins on points by 13 to 5.
Our winner, Enzo Salvatore, 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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