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CWC 325 - 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 6 losses; Nuri Jafar! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 14 losses; Jaro Lalla!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Lalla is trying hard to land a takedown here. Jafar sprawls well and keeps this one on the feet.
Nuri Jafar seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Jafar pushes Lalla up against the cage in a clinch.
Jafar tightens his grip and picks Lalla up, before dumping him to the ground. Lalla manages to land in guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Jafar (2) vs (0) Lalla
Jafar works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Lalla looking for submissions off his back.
Lalla tries to get to full guard but Jafar has control of the leg.
Jafar controlling the pace.
Lalla tries to get to full guard but Jafar has control of the leg.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Jafar passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Jafar (5) vs (0) Lalla
Jafar can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lalla is looking to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Lalla is working to get back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lalla is still trying to improve position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Jafar controlling the pace for now.
Lalla sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lalla tries to get to full guard but Jafar has control of the leg.
Lalla looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jafar is trying to control the action in half guard but Lalla is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Lalla is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Jafar's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Jafar's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Jafar (5) vs (4) Lalla
Jafar tries to escape but Lalla has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Jafar showing good submission defense here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jafar is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Jafar preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Lalla.
Lalla is persistently looking for the submission but Jafar is defending it well.
Jafar is really stuck here.
Lalla is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Jafar defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Jafar trying to control the hands but Lalla breaks the grip.
Lalla is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Jafar is defending well though. Lalla let's go of the attempt for now.
Lalla working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jafar looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Lalla patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here?
Jafar fending off the submission attempt from Lalla.
Lalla is persistently looking for the submission but Jafar is defending it well.
Jafar manages to reverse the position and now he's in Lalla's guard. Nice work there by Jafar.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Jafar (7) vs (4) Lalla
Lalla is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Jafar is aware though and is defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lalla had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Jafar defends it easily.
Jafar is stalling in the full guard.
Lalla keeping moving, preventing Jafar from controlling successfully.
Lalla escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Jafar gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Jafar slips nicely into half guard.
Jafar slows the pace down in half guard.
Lalla looking to force a kimura from the bottom here. He's concentrating on that move too much though and Jafar pushes past his half guard into mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Jafar (10) vs (4) Lalla
Jafar tries to control but Lalla wriggling away.
Lalla regains half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Jafar takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Jafar's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Lalla looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Jafar trying to control from half guard but Lalla is working away.
Well, if Jafar 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.
Jafar trying to control the action but Lalla is working from the bottom.
Lalla wants to get back to full guard.
Jafar is pressing down on Lalla's thigh, looking to free his foot. Lalla is holding on for now.
Jafar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Lalla slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Jafar controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lalla looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Jafar passes into half guard.
Lalla is not content to let Jafar control the position.
Lalla gets full guard.
Jafar is sitting in close to Lalla's body. Lalla has gone for a guillotine from the bottom. Oh damn, that looks pretty tight! Jafar is panicking - it looks like this one could be all over! Yes, Jafar is tapping! That was a very nice submission by Lalla.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 6:46 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Jaro Lalla!
A relieved looking Jaro Lalla thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Nuri Jafar spoke after the fight, saying 'He did not follow the script'. |
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