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CWC 334 - 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 Montreal, with a TWGC record of 3 wins and 5 losses; Phil St. Georges! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Kylar Sensei!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shirou Masuda and Ren Mimura.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
St. Georges darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: St. Georges (2) vs (0) Sensei
St. Georges is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Sensei! Score +3 for passing guard: St. Georges (5) vs (0) Sensei
St. Georges avoids the attempt from Sensei to control.
Sensei tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St. Georges controlling the pace for now.
Sensei slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sensei is looking for a sweep. St. Georges is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
St. Georges controlling the action here.
Sensei is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of St. Georges's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take St. Georges's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: St. Georges (5) vs (4) Sensei
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sensei wants to control but St. Georges is keeping busy.
St. Georges turns into Sensei and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: St. Georges (7) vs (4) Sensei
St. Georges wants to pass the guard but Sensei is keeping the position.
Sensei had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. St. Georges defends it easily.
St. Georges stopping the sweep attempt from Sensei.
Sensei working for a triangle but St. Georges defends it easily.
St. Georges sitting in guard here, content to control.
St. Georges has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Sensei tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Sensei lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: St. Georges (7) vs (6) Sensei
St. Georges not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Sensei looking to pass the guard.
St. Georges is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Sensei is aware though and is defending well.
Sensei trying to control but St. Georges is working from the bottom.
St. Georges is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sensei stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. St. Georges swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sensei passes St. Georges's left leg - he's now in half guard.
St. Georges is looking for a sweep. Sensei is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Sensei wants to lay and pray for a moment but St. Georges keeps working.
Sensei moves into full mount! St. Georges won't be happy about that! Score +3 for passing guard: St. Georges (7) vs (9) Sensei
Sensei seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but St. Georges is holding on tight.
St. Georges really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Sensei wants to take St. Georges's back here but St. Georges is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
St. Georges is squirming around, avoiding Sensei's attempts to control the action.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges tries to hold on but Sensei postures up.
Sensei swings around for an armbar but it's a sloppy attempt and St. Georges is now in Sensei's guard. A big mistake from Sensei there, giving up the dominant position! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: St. Georges (9) vs (9) Sensei
Sensei looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Sensei lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: St. Georges (9) vs (11) Sensei
St. Georges can't keep his opponent in guard - Sensei advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
St. Georges is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
St. Georges is staying active underneath Sensei, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sensei is working for a submission of some sort.
St. Georges gets back to full guard.
Sensei wants to pass the guard but St. Georges is keeping the position.
Sensei is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! St. Georges is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! St. Georges has escaped and now he's on top! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: St. Georges (11) vs (11) Sensei
St. Georges avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
St. Georges is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges pushing down on Sensei's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
St. Georges looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
St. Georges uses his free foot to push down on Sensei's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Sensei. Score +3 for passing guard: St. Georges (14) vs (11) Sensei
St. Georges trying to control but Sensei is having none of it.
Sensei tries to get back to half guard but can't.
St. Georges controlling from the full mount.
Sensei is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges controlling his opponent.
Sensei is trying to escape the mount.
St. Georges can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sensei is looking to escape.
Sensei is desperately trying to improve his position but St. Georges has a good base and remains in mount.
St. Georges controlling the pace for now.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sensei is in all sorts of trouble here.
Sensei is squirming around, avoiding St. Georges's attempts to control the action.
St. Georges looking to control and managing it successfully.
Sensei is in all sorts of trouble here.
St. Georges controlling the position easily from mount.
Sensei is trying to escape the mount.
St. Georges controlling the position easily from mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges wants to control the pace but Sensei is squirming around nicely.
Sensei wants to hold on but St. Georges pushes him away.
Sensei tries to reverse the position but St. Georges maintains control.
Sensei is squirming around, avoiding St. Georges's attempts to control the action.
Sensei is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
St. Georges tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Sensei bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: St. Georges (14) vs (13) Sensei
Sensei advances to half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Sensei is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, St. Georges has managed to free his arm - good work.
Sensei seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but St. Georges does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Sensei is thwarting St. Georges's attempts to control the position.
St. Georges is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sensei wants to control but St. Georges is keeping him busy.
St. Georges is looking to improve his position.
St. Georges regains full guard. Nicely done.
Sensei drops back, looking for a kneebar! St. Georges looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. St. Georges looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from St. Georges! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: St. Georges (18) vs (13) Sensei
Sensei trying to remain calm as St. Georges controls from the top position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Sensei for as long as he can get away with.
Sensei is looking for a sweep.
St. Georges controls the position.
Sensei manages to work his way to half guard, despite St. Georges's best efforts.
St. Georges looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Sensei is looking to control St. Georges's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sensei avoid being mounted?
St. Georges keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Sensei looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
St. Georges is figuring out what he wants to do next.
St. Georges is trying to control the action in half guard but Sensei is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges tries to pass to full mount but Sensei defends it.
Sensei moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
St. Georges trying to control the position from guard on top but Sensei is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
St. Georges wants to pass the guard but Sensei is keeping the position.
Sensei throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
St. Georges controls from within his opponent's guard.
St. Georges trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Sensei is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. St. Georges is aware though and is defending well.
Sensei is looking for a triangle but St. Georges pushes his legs off easily.
Sensei looks winded!
St. Georges sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Sensei working for a triangle but St. Georges defends it easily.
St. Georges controlling from the top position.
St. Georges stands and throws Sensei's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: St. Georges (21) vs (13) Sensei
St. Georges trying to control the position but Sensei is working away.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
St. Georges is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Sensei knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
St. Georges working away.
Sensei is trying to improve his position.
St. Georges works to advance to full mount. Sensei defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Score +2 for reaching mount: St. Georges (23) vs (13) Sensei
Sensei is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Sensei is looking to get to half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
St. Georges goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Sensei is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: St. Georges (23) vs (15) Sensei
Sensei tries to free his leg and advance position but St. Georges is retaining full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
St. Georges takes the fight on points by 23 to 15.
A very excited looking Phil St. Georges 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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