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TWGC 39 (170lbs, D2): Finals - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Sydney, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 2 losses; Akaro Horiguchi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Middle Finger!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Alyssa Summers and Jorge Garcia.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Finger moves into the clinch.
Horiguchi jumps guard.
Horiguchi being controlled here, momentarily.
Finger looking to pass the guard.
Horiguchi has his hands on Finger's head, controlling the position.
Finger slips nicely into half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Finger slows the pace down in half guard.
Horiguchi desperately trying to maintain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Horiguchi wants to improve his position but Finger is controlling well.
Finger wants to pass the guard but Horiguchi is defending well.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Horiguchi wants to improve his position but Finger is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Finger in particular looking to stall.
Horiguchi wants to control but Finger is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Horiguchi is doing well to control the position and prevent Finger from advancing to side control.
Finger passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Horiguchi (0) vs (3) Finger
Horiguchi is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Finger trying to control but Horiguchi is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi is trying to escape the mount.
Horiguchi looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back! Score +3 for taking back: Horiguchi (0) vs (6) Finger
Horiguchi trying to control the hands but Finger won't let him.
Finger slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Horiguchi breaks Finger's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Horiguchi (2) vs (6) Finger
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi wants to control from the top but Finger keeps moving.
Horiguchi stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Finger swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Finger looking to control.
Horiguchi looking to pass the guard.
Finger can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Horiguchi controls the pace.
Finger is pulling down on Horiguchi's head to control his posture.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi trying to control but Finger is working from the bottom.
Finger not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Horiguchi looking to sit in guard and control but Finger gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Horiguchi (2) vs (8) Finger
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Finger preventing the sweep.
Horiguchi is adopting a defensive guard.
Finger wants to control from the top but Horiguchi keeps moving.
Finger is stalling in the full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Finger controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Horiguchi wants to sweep here but Finger controlling him for the moment.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Finger passes into half guard.
Finger looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Horiguchi is holding on to half guard well.
Horiguchi won't allow Finger to pass to mount.
Finger takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Horiguchi is concentrating on defense, preventing Finger from advancing position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Finger seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Finger is thwarting Horiguchi's attempts to control the position.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Finger in particular looking to stall.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi is looking to get back to full guard here but Finger has managed to pass to side control instead. Score +3 for passing guard: Horiguchi (2) vs (11) Finger
Horiguchi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Finger wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Horiguchi is trying to escape the position but Finger is controlling the position.
Finger tries to move into full mount but can't pass Horiguchi's legs.
Finger controls the position from side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Horiguchi is looking for a sweep.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Finger politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Finger prefers to stall for the moment though.
Horiguchi stops Finger from passing to mount.
Finger is looking to take a break and control but Horiguchi is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Finger tries to move to mount but Horiguchi blocks the move with his legs.
You can see the frustration on Horiguchi's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Horiguchi is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Finger trying to mount his opponent but Horiguchi defends it.
Finger not doing much here.
Finger wants to pass to mount but Horiguchi is defending the position.
Finger works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Horiguchi (2) vs (14) Finger
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi tries to lock up and control but Finger gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Finger wants to control the pace but Horiguchi is squirming around nicely.
Horiguchi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Finger looking to control but Horiguchi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Finger looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Horiguchi tries to hold on but Finger pushes him away.
Horiguchi is trying desperately to improve position.
Horiguchi wants to hold on but Finger pushes him away.
Finger looking to control but Horiguchi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Horiguchi is trying to escape the mount.
Finger tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Let's hope that Finger has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
And that's the end of the fight!
Finger wins on points by 14 to 2.
Middle Finger thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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