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WPGC 8.5 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 21 losses; Jab Brown! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 4 losses; Ruslan Karelin!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Felipe Paraventi and Daniel Cesar.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Brown slaps away a takedown attempt from Karelin, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Karelin closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Brown (0) vs (2) Karelin
Karelin not doing much here.
Brown tries to get to full guard but Karelin has control of the leg.
Brown trying to control from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Brown tries to get to full guard but Karelin has control of the leg.
Brown wants to control but Karelin is keeping busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Karelin trying to control the action but Brown is working from the bottom.
Brown wants to improve his position but Karelin is controlling well.
Brown wants to control but Karelin is keeping busy.
Karelin tries to pass the half guard into mount. Brown knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Brown wants to improve his position but Karelin is controlling well.
Brown moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Brown wants to improve his position here. There's a bit of a scramble and Karelin has taken Brown's back! He's locked on a rear naked choke here and Brown has been forced to tap!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:28 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (RNC). Ruslan Karelin!
After the fight, Ruslan Karelin was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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