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CATCHMANIA 5 - PRELIMS 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 37 wins and 22 losses; Koryu Miyagi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 12 losses; Huckleberry Finn!
The judges for this bout are Yasuomi Hirokawa, Shigeki Sano and Yuuki Gou.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Miyagi closes the distance and clinches.
Finn is looking for a takedown.
Finn wants a takedown but no success here.
Finn tries for a takedown but Miyagi manages to get underhooks.
Koryu Miyagi has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Huckleberry Finn.
Miyagi is trying to trip Finn. He has hold of a leg but Finn is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Miyagi persists though and gets the takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Miyagi (2) vs (0) Finn
Miyagi not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Finn tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Miyagi seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finn isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Miyagi stacks Finn 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 Miyagi! Score +3 for passing guard: Miyagi (5) vs (0) Finn
That's one minute gone in the round.
Miyagi taking a breather here.
Miyagi tries to move to mount but Finn blocks the move with his legs.
Finn is looking to reverse the position.
Miyagi has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Finn! Score +2 for reaching mount: Miyagi (7) vs (0) Finn
Miyagi tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Finn tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Miyagi controlling his opponent.
Finn is in all sorts of trouble here.
Finn sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Finn tries to get to full guard but Miyagi has control of the leg.
Miyagi takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Miyagi stalling away here and it's allowed Finn to slip out his trapped foot and regain full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Miyagi won't allow Finn to sweep him here.
Miyagi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Miyagi pushes down on Finn's leg and manages to get into half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Finn manages to get to full guard.
Miyagi slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Finn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Miyagi defends well.
Miyagi works a leg free and moves into half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Miyagi wants to control but Finn is keeping him busy.
Miyagi controlling the pace.
Finn wants to control but Miyagi is keeping busy.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Finn tries to get to full guard but Miyagi has control of the leg.
Finn gets full guard.
Finn has his foot on Miyagi's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Miyagi works his way back into a safe position though.
Miyagi trying to control the position from guard on top but Finn is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Miyagi is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Finn is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Miyagi defends well.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Finn looks to be working for a triangle here. Oh, it looks like he might have it! Miyagi has picked Finn up and slammed him! Finn can't keep hold of the triangle and Miyagi manages to pass to side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Miyagi (10) vs (0) Finn
Miyagi is staying tight to Finn's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Finn is looking to reverse the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi advances to full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Miyagi (12) vs (0) Finn
Finn is working to get back to half guard.
Miyagi is trying to take his opponent's back.
Finn is looking to get to half guard.
Miyagi controlling from mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Finn working to try and regain half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Miyagi looking to control and managing it successfully.
Finn is trying to escape the mount.
Miyagi trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Finn is trying to reverse the position but instead Miyagi has taken his back - oops! Score +3 for taking back: Miyagi (15) vs (0) Finn
Finn felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Finn rolls, trying to escape but Miyagi keeps control of the position.
Miyagi is controlling his opponent, waiting for an opportunity to finish.
Miyagi'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.
I really don't envy Finn right now.
I would not like to be Finn right now.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
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 doesn't have the hooks in and Finn manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Miyagi (15) vs (2) Finn
Finn trying to control but Miyagi is working from the bottom.
Miyagi looking for a sweep. Not yet Miyagi, not yet.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Finn wants to control from the top but Miyagi keeps moving.
Finn might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Miyagi haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Finn being controlled here momentarily.
Miyagi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Finn wants to control from the top but Miyagi keeps moving.
Miyagi has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Finn pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Miyagi is keeping the position for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Miyagi is adopting a defensive guard.
Finn trying to control but Miyagi is working from the bottom.
And that's the end of the fight!
Miyagi takes the fight on points by 15 to 2.
Koryu Miyagi retains his lightweight title!
After winning the bout, Koryu Miyagi thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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