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CWC 315 - Jan vs Lee 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 London, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 15 losses; Bartlomiej Jan! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 25 wins and 10 losses; John Lee!
The judges for this bout are Gregory Folan, Steve Smith and Ian Loll.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Lee looking for a takedown here - he's got it. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Jan (0) vs (2) Lee
Jan is trying to control the position from the bottom.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lee stays in close to Jan's body and controls the position.
Jan working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Lee doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Lee manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jan working a defensive guard here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jan keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.
Lee controls from within his opponent's guard.
Jan wants to sweep but no luck.
Jan is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Lee passes Jan's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Jan is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Lee's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Lee's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Jan (4) vs (2) Lee
Lee fending off the submission attempt from Jan.
Lee trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
I really don't envy Lee right now.
Lee is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Jan keeps control of the position as Lee tries to break free.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jan is not going to allow Lee to sit and survive in this position.
Lee rolls, trying to escape but Jan keeps control of the position.
Jan tries to get the hooks in deep but Lee pushed the leg off.
Lee trying to control the hands but Jan won't let him.
Jan controlling well, preventing Lee from escaping the position.
Jan gets his hands free as Lee looks to control.
Jan has good solid back control here.
Lee controlling Jan 's hands.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Lee's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Lee preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Jan.
Lee felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Lee tries to escape the position.
Jan is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Lee is defending well though. Jan let's go of the attempt for now.
Jan keeps control of the position as Lee tries to break free.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Lee keeps trying to improve his position.
Lee is keeping busy.
Lee trying to control but not successfully.
Lee turns into Jan and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jan (4) vs (4) Lee
Lee is stalling in the full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lee is fighting to break Jan's control of his arms but Jan is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Jan 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: Jan (6) vs (4) Lee
Jan 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.
Jan trying to control from half guard but Lee is working away.
The fighters are battling for position here. Lee manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Jan wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee wants to sweep but no luck.
Jan stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Lee swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Lee looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Lee is continuing to stall.
Lee wants to sweep but no luck.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Jan 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.
Lee can't keep his opponent in guard - Jan advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Well, if Jan is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Lee controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Lee is looking to control Jan's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Lee avoid being mounted?
Lee moves into full guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Jan won't allow Lee to sweep him here.
Jan wants to control from the top but Lee keeps moving.
Lee looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Jan trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Jan won't allow Lee to sweep him here.
Lee is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Jan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
We've been hearing that Jan has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Jan won't allow Lee to sweep him here.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Lee pulls Jan in close to his closed guard and prevents Jan from doing any damage or advancing position.
Jan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee is adopting a defensive guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lee is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jan (6) vs (6) Lee
Jan manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Lee manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jan (8) vs (6) Lee
Lee looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jan is one step ahead there.
Jan trying to control the position from guard on top but Lee is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Lee can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Jan controls the pace.
Lee 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.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Lee controlling the position.
Jan preventing the sweep.
Lee seems keen to control Jan's posture.
Lee keeping moving, preventing Jan from controlling successfully.
Lee is trying to control the position but Jan postures up.
Jan trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Lee is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jan (8) vs (8) Lee
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Lee looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Lee trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Lee is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Lee looking to pass the guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Jan gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Jan takes the fight on points by 9 to 8.
Bartlomiej Jan retains his bantamweight title!
Bartlomiej Jan 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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