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CWC Fight Night 8 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the lightweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 33 wins and 22 losses; Koryu Miyagi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 9 losses; Huckleberry Finn!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Sosuke Kotani.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Finn shoots in for a double leg but Miyagi sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Miyagi has managed to clinch.
Miyagi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Finn is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Miyagi gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Miyagi (2) vs (0) Finn
Finn is looking for a sweep. Miyagi is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Finn wants to control but Miyagi is keeping busy.
Finn 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.
Finn wants to improve his position but Miyagi is controlling well.
Miyagi wants to pass to mount but Finn is defending the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finn wants to control but Miyagi is keeping busy.
Finn wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Finn is trying to control but Miyagi manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Miyagi (5) vs (0) Finn
Finn is working to get back to half guard.
Miyagi controlling his opponent.
Finn wants to control but Miyagi is having none of it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Finn is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Miyagi seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Finn is holding on tight.
Finn is just holding on here. Miyagi manages to take his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Miyagi (8) vs (0) Finn
Finn can't escape the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi is riding his opponent, not letting Finn buck him off.
Finn tries to break free.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Miyagi is hanging on to Finn's back as he tries to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Finn.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Finn can't escape the position.
Finn trying to control the hands but Miyagi breaks the grip.
Finn is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Miyagi has the hooks in. Finn is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi avoiding Finn 's attempts to control his hands.
Finn tries to escape but Miyagi has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Miyagi has good solid back control here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Finn rolls, trying to escape but Miyagi keeps control of the position.
A lull in the action here.
Miyagi is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Finn tries to break free.
Miyagi biding his time, controlling Finn.
Finn tries to roll but Miyagi sticks to his back.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi keeps control of the position easily here as Finn tries to buck him off.
Miyagi has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
I really don't envy Finn right now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Finn rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Well, if Miyagi 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.
Miyagi prevents Finn from improving his position.
Finn looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Finn is looking to improve his position.
Miyagi is taking a breather. Finn says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Miyagi is looking to advance position but Finn won't allow it.
Miyagi looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Miyagi.
Miyagi seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Finn for as long as he can get away with.
Miyagi passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Miyagi (11) vs (0) Finn
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi wants to control the pace but Finn is squirming around nicely.
Miyagi content just to control the position here.
Finn is looking to improve his position but Miyagi isn't that keen on the idea.
Miyagi content just to control the position here.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Finn is trying desperately to improve position.
Miyagi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Finn wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Miyagi (14) vs (0) Finn
Miyagi is hanging on to Finn's back as he tries to escape.
Miyagi keeps control of the position easily here as Finn tries to buck him off.
Miyagi is hanging on to Finn's back as he tries to escape.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Good control from Miyagi.
Miyagi not allowing Finn to control his hands.
Finn can't escape the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Miyagi takes the fight on points by 14 to 0.
A very excited looking Koryu Miyagi made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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