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TWG 38 (135lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1 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 25 wins and 34 losses; Darian Cruz! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 35 wins and 14 losses; John Lee!
The judges for this bout are Jonathan Paton, Jorge Garcia and John Kavanagh.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Lee feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Cruz (0) vs (2) Lee
Cruz is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Lee is aware though and is defending well.
Lee pushing down on Cruz's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Cruz is trying to get back to full guard.
Cruz slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Cruz 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.
Cruz wants to sweep but no luck.
Cruz throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lee escapes and throws Cruz's legs to the side, diving into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (0) vs (5) Lee
Cruz is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lee prevents Cruz from improving his position.
Cruz wants to get back to full guard but Lee has mounted him! Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (0) vs (8) Lee
That's one minute gone in the round.
Cruz tries to improve his position but instead Lee has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Cruz (0) vs (11) Lee
Cruz is in bad spot here.
Cruz is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Lee.
Cruz tries to break free.
Lee controlling the position well here. Cruz rolled but Lee kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Cruz is in bad spot here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Cruz turns into Lee and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Cruz (2) vs (11) Lee
Cruz advances to half guard.
Lee is trying is best to control the position here.
Lee tries to roll over but Cruz keeps him under control.
Cruz is trying to work for a kimura but Lee is defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to advance position but Lee counters by regaining guard.
Cruz trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Cruz sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cruz pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Lee is keeping the position for now.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cruz trying to control but Lee is working from the bottom.
Lee keeping full guard, as Cruz tries to pass.
Cruz is fighting to break Lee's control of his arms but Lee is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Cruz preventing the sweep.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is looking to advance position but Lee has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Cruz (2) vs (15) Lee
Cruz regains half guard.
Cruz looking for submissions off his back.
Lee slows the pace down in half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Cruz has guillotine here! It looks pretty tight! Could this be all over! No, Lee escapes and passes into side control at the same time. Nice work there by Lee! Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (2) vs (18) Lee
Lee happy to just control the position for now.
Cruz tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Lee wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Cruz looking for a sweep but Lee has passed into full mount! Oh no! Score +2 for reaching mount: Cruz (2) vs (20) Lee
Cruz manages to regain half guard. Good work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cruz 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: Cruz (6) vs (20) Lee
Lee is trying to break free.
Cruz will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Lee defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Cruz's arms.
Lee prevents Cruz from getting a body triangle.
Cruz is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Lee knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Lee for a finish.
Lee has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Lee defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Cruz wants to control but Lee manages to buck him off and is now in Cruz's guard! Nice work there by Lee! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Cruz (6) vs (22) Lee
Cruz isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Lee stacks Cruz on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Lee! Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (6) vs (25) Lee
Cruz is trying to work for a sweep but Lee has mounted him! Score +2 for reaching mount: Cruz (6) vs (27) Lee
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Cruz gets back to half guard.
Lee keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Cruz 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: Cruz (10) vs (27) Lee
Lee defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lee is really stuck here.
Lee preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Cruz.
Cruz is not going to allow Lee to sit and survive in this position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Cruz working for the choke.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is looking for a rear naked choke here but Lee reverses the position brilliantly into Cruz's guard!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Cruz (10) vs (29) Lee
Lee slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Cruz wants to sweep here but Lee controlling him for the moment.
Cruz keeping full guard, as Lee tries to pass.
Cruz throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Lee escapes and throws Cruz's legs to the side, diving into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Cruz (10) vs (32) Lee
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Lee taking a breather here.
Cruz is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Lee is one step ahead and moves to full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Cruz (10) vs (34) Lee
Lee controlling from the full mount.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Cruz tries to reverse the position but Lee maintains control.
Lee manages to capitalize on a mistake by Cruz to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Cruz (10) vs (37) Lee
Cruz is in bad spot here.
Lee really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Cruz.
Cruz is really stuck here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Cruz is working hard here to advance position.
Cruz is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Cruz is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Lee biding his time, looking for the opening.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
I really don't envy Cruz right now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Lee wins on points by 37 to 10.
During a confident post fight interview, John Lee thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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