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CWC 317 - Prelims PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Dan Catara! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 30 wins and 25 losses; Dick Diaz!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Thiago Cunha.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Catara shoots for a double leg takedown but Diaz sprawls well. He's pushed Catara's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Diaz instigates a clinch.
Catara drops down looking for an ankle pick but Diaz pulls his leg out and moves away.
Diaz pushes Catara up against the cage in a clinch.
Catara jumps guard but Diaz turns him against the cage and keeps the fight standing.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dan Catara. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Diaz manages to pull guard. Let's see whether he can land a sub off his back.
Catara won't allow Diaz to sweep him here.
Catara is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Catara tries to pass.
Catara has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Diaz seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Diaz keeping full guard, as Catara tries to pass.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Diaz wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Diaz looking to control.
Diaz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Diaz's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Catara slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Diaz is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Diaz keeping moving, preventing Catara from controlling successfully.
Diaz has Catara pulled in close to control his posture.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Catara advances to half guard.
Diaz tries to get to full guard but Catara has control of the leg.
Diaz trying to hold on to Catara's head to control him but Catara postures up.
Catara prevents Diaz from improving his position.
Diaz has his hands clasped together around Catara's back. He's all about the action.
Diaz wants to get back to full guard.
Diaz manages to get to full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Catara pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Diaz is keeping the position for now.
Diaz has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Let's hope that Diaz has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Diaz 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: Catara (0) vs (2) Diaz
Diaz stalling.
Diaz trying to mount his opponent but Catara defends it.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Catara wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
Catara actively working from the bottom here.
Diaz is looking to take a break and control but Catara is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Catara tries to get to full guard but Diaz has control of the leg.
Diaz controlling the pace.
Catara wants to control but Diaz is keeping busy.
Diaz not doing much here.
Catara wants to get back to full guard but Diaz has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Catara (0) vs (5) Diaz
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz trying to control the position but Catara is working away.
Catara tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Diaz wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Diaz moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Catara is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Diaz tries to advance to mount but Catara denies him.
A control attempt from Catara but he's now mounted! Score +2 for reaching mount: Catara (0) vs (7) Diaz
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Catara tries to hold on but Diaz postures up.
Diaz controlling his opponent.
Catara is looking to get to half guard.
Catara wants to hold on but Diaz pushes him away.
Catara is looking to get to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Catara is just holding on here. Diaz manages to take his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Catara (0) vs (10) Diaz
Catara wants to control his opponent's hands but Diaz gets his hands free.
Diaz biding his time, looking for the opening.
Catara looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Catara is having to fend off submission attempts from Diaz, who is looking to sink in the choke. Diaz doesn't have the hooks in though and Catara manages to reverse position! He's now on top, in his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Catara (2) vs (10) Diaz
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Diaz controls Catara momentarily but Catara frees himself.
Catara is fighting to break Diaz's control of his arms but Diaz is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Catara wants to control from the top but Diaz keeps moving.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Catara stopping the sweep attempt from Diaz.
Catara content to stall in guard here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Diaz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Diaz pulls Catara in close to prevent any damage.
Diaz bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Catara's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Catara (2) vs (12) Diaz
Catara wants to improve his position but instead Diaz has moved into half guard.
Catara tries to roll over but Diaz keeps him under control.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Catara trying to control but Diaz postures up.
Catara regains full guard. Nicely done.
Catara is looking to sweep but instead, Diaz has passed into half guard.
Catara wants to improve his position but Diaz is controlling well.
Diaz controlling the action here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
More stalling from Diaz.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Catara wants to control the action here but instead Diaz manages to pass to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Catara (2) vs (15) Diaz
Diaz takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
And that's the end of the fight!
Diaz wins on points by 15 to 2.
Dick Diaz spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant. |
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