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CWC 304 - Pavlov vs Halli 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 Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 10 wins and 6 losses; Abubakar Camara! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 21 wins and 25 losses; Richard Morgan!
The judges for this bout are Anni Minnemäki, Roosa Järviläinen and Johanna Lukiainen.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Camara looking to score a takedown here. Morgan is defending well but Camara drives through and ends up in Morgan's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Camara (2) vs (0) Morgan
Morgan looking to control.
Camara is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Morgan has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Camara content to stall in guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Camara seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Morgan for as long as he can get away with.
Morgan is looking for a triangle but Camara pushes his legs off easily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Camara postures up.
Morgan is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Morgan throws his legs up looking for a submission but Camara uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Camara (5) vs (0) Morgan
Morgan is trying to control Camara's posture but Camara avoids it.
Camara tries to move into full mount but can't pass Morgan's legs.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is trying to control Camara's posture but Camara avoids it.
Camara tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
Morgan is trying to improve his position.
Morgan wants to control but Camara postures up.
Morgan manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camara (5) vs (2) Morgan
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Camara controlling the position for now.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Camara tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Morgan has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Camara (5) vs (5) Morgan
Morgan controlling the position easily from mount.
Camara tries to reverse the position but Morgan maintains control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morgan controlling from the full mount.
Camara is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morgan takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Camara tries to hold on but Morgan postures up.
Morgan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morgan prevents Camara from getting the reversal.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morgan wants to control the action but instead Camara gets a body lock and reverses into Morgan's guard! Nice work! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camara (7) vs (5) Morgan
Camara controls from within his opponent's guard.
Morgan working for submissions but it's allowed Camara to get to half guard.
Camara is controlling the pace.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Camara is keen to just control but Morgan is a slippery customer.
Morgan is trying to control but Camara manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Camara (10) vs (5) Morgan
Camara can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Morgan is looking to escape.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morgan tries to reverse the position but Camara maintains control.
Morgan is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Morgan is working to get back to half guard.
Camara seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Morgan is holding on tight.
Morgan tries to hold on but Camara postures up.
Morgan wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Camara (13) vs (5) Morgan
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Will Camara go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Camara controls the position.
Morgan rolls, trying to escape but Camara keeps control of the position.
Morgan fending off the submission attempt from Camara.
Morgan is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Camara.
Morgan wants to control his opponent's hands but Camara gets his hands free.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Camara tries to get the hooks in deep but Morgan pushed the leg off.
Camara will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Camara slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Morgan can't escape the position.
Camara doesn't have the hooks in and Morgan manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camara (13) vs (7) Morgan
Camara seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Camara wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Morgan looking to sit in guard and control but Camara gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Camara (15) vs (7) Morgan
Camara sitting in guard here, content to control.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Morgan holds on and takes a little breather.
Camara stays in close to Morgan's body and controls the position.
Morgan looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Camara's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morgan working a defensive guard but Camara manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Camara (18) vs (7) Morgan
Morgan can't do much from the bottom here.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Camara controls the position.
Morgan manages to get back to half guard.
Camara prevents Morgan from improving his position.
Camara is thwarting Morgan's attempts to control the position.
Morgan controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morgan is trying to control but can't.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morgan has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Camara escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Camara! Score +3 for passing guard: Camara (21) vs (7) Morgan
Morgan manages to work his way to half guard, despite Camara's best efforts.
Camara tries to pass the half guard into mount. Morgan knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Camara is working hard here to advance position.
Morgan trying to control from the bottom.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morgan controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Camara is thwarting Morgan's attempts to control the position.
Camara is controlling the pace.
Morgan desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morgan is staying active underneath Camara, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Morgan moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Camara looking to pass the guard.
Morgan working a defensive guard here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morgan pulls Camara in close to his closed guard and prevents Camara from doing any damage or advancing position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Camara takes the fight on points by 21 to 7.
Abubakar Camara seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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