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CWC 312 - Prelims 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 7 losses; Ace Rob! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 15 losses; Bartlomiej Jan!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Alexandre Firmino and Felipe Paraventi.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Jan shoots in looking for a single leg takedown. Rob is trying to defend but Jan finishes it well and ends up in half guard. Let's see if he can advance position further. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Rob (0) vs (2) Jan
Jan trying to pass the guard but Rob defending well.
Rob has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Jan is trying to control the action in half guard but Rob is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rob tries to get to full guard but Jan has control of the leg.
Rob wants to get back to full guard but Jan has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Rob (0) vs (5) Jan
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Rob is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Rob makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Rob.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rob is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rob continues to stall.
Rob wants to sweep here but Jan controlling him for the moment.
Rob is trying to keep Jan in close.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Jan working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Jan wants to control from the top but Rob keeps moving.
Rob is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Jan trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rob keeping moving, preventing Jan from controlling successfully.
Jan won't allow Rob to sweep him here.
Jan stays in close to Rob's body and controls the position.
Jan won't allow Rob to sweep him here.
Rob keeping moving, preventing Jan from controlling successfully.
Rob tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Rob is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Rob swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Jan controlling from the top position.
Rob keeping moving, preventing Jan from controlling successfully.
Jan being controlled here momentarily.
Jan tries to free his leg and advance position but Rob is retaining full guard.
Rob not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Rob has control of Jan's left arm, preventing Jan from doing any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jan controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Jan looking to pass the guard.
Rob looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jan trying to control the position from guard on top but Rob is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rob has his hands on Jan's head, controlling the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Rob controls Jan momentarily but Jan frees himself.
Jan pushes down on Rob's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Jan is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Rob sees it coming and defends easily.
Rob works his way to full guard. Good work.
Rob keeping moving, preventing Jan from controlling successfully.
Rob not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Jan is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Rob trying to keep a closed guard but Jan is proving a slippery customer.
Jan is fighting to break Rob's control of his arms but Rob is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Rob has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Jan is looking to advance position but Rob has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Rob (4) vs (5) Jan
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jan wants to hold on but Rob pushes him away.
Rob works his way to his opponent's back.
Score +3 for taking back: Rob (7) vs (5) Jan
Jan is really stuck here.
Rob trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Jan doesn't escape.
Rob doesn't have the hooks in and Jan manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Rob (7) vs (7) Jan
Rob keeping moving, preventing Jan from controlling successfully.
Rob manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Jan manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Rob (9) vs (7) Jan
Rob trying to control the position from guard on top but Jan is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jan wants to sweep here but Rob controlling him for the moment.
Rob trying to control but Jan is working from the bottom.
Rob wants to pass the guard but Jan is keeping the position.
Jan is pulling down on Rob's head to control his posture.
Rob pushing down on Jan's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jan trying to control but Rob postures up.
Rob stalling away here and it's allowed Jan to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
Rob trying to control but Jan is working from the bottom.
Jan wants to sweep here but Rob controlling him for the moment.
Rob trying to move into half guard but instead Jan has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Rob (9) vs (9) Jan
Jan controls from within his opponent's guard.
Rob has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Rob controls Jan momentarily but Jan frees himself.
Rob looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Jan has picked Rob up and slammed him! Rob can't keep hold of the triangle and Jan manages to pass to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Rob (9) vs (12) Jan
Rob is trying to control Jan's posture but Jan avoids it.
Jan trying to control the action but Rob is working from the bottom.
Rob manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Rob (11) vs (12) Jan
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Rob is trying to control the action in half guard but Jan is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Rob controlling the action here.
Rob seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Jan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Rob prevents Jan from improving his position.
Rob trying to pass the guard but Jan defending well.
Rob is looking for a kimura. It's pretty deep but Jan still has the half guard so he's probably OK. Oh, Jan has exploded into a beautiful escape there and after a quick scramble, he's ended up in side control on top! Nice work! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Rob (11) vs (16) Jan
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Rob tries to bench press Jan off him but Jan keeps the position.
Well,Rob is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Jan passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Rob! Score +2 for reaching mount: Rob (11) vs (18) Jan
Jan prevents Rob from getting the reversal.
Rob holds on for dear life, controlling Jan's posture momentarily.
Rob sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Rob is trying to control but Jan manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Rob (11) vs (21) Jan
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Rob is desperately trying to improve his position but Jan has a good base and remains in mount.
Jan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Rob tries to reverse the position but Jan maintains control.
Jan has hold of Rob's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Rob manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Rob is in all sorts of trouble here.
Rob wants to hold on but Jan pushes him away.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Jan trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Jan prevents Rob from getting the reversal.
Rob wants to hold on but Jan pushes him away.
Jan prevents Rob from getting the reversal.
Jan wants to take Rob's back here but Rob is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Rob is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Jan wins on points by 21 to 11.
An out of breath Bartlomiej Jan thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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