|
|
WP 117 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 71 wins and 70 losses; Long Wang! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 71 wins and 48 losses; Vasiliy Kulik!
The judges for this bout are William Gold, James Glass and Chris Edwards.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Kulik rushes Wang and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Wang lands a takedown into guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Wang (2) vs (0) Kulik
Wang wants to pass the guard but Kulik is keeping the position.
Wang trying to control but Kulik is working from the bottom.
Wang has gone for a leg lock! Kulik slips out almost immediately though and dives into Wang's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wang (2) vs (2) Kulik
Wang is pulling down on Kulik's head. It's preventing any offense from Kulik, at least for the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Wang looking to control but Kulik passes into half guard.
Wang is positioning himself well to prevent Kulik advancing to mount.
Kulik passes to side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Wang (2) vs (5) Kulik
Wang is looking to regain half guard here but Kulik keeps moving and retains side control.
Kulik controlling from side mount.
Wang wants to control but Kulik postures up.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Wang controls the position for a moment.
Wang trying his best to control but Kulik has mounted him. Score +2 for reaching mount: Wang (2) vs (7) Kulik
Wang is trying desperately to improve position.
Wang tries to lock up and control but Kulik gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Kulik controlling the pace for now.
Kulik prevents Wang from getting the reversal.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Kulik wants to take Wang's back but he can't do it this time.
Kulik avoids the attempt from Wang to control.
Kulik prevents Wang from getting the reversal.
Kulik sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Wang is looking to get to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Kulik has been taking part in the yoga sessions down at KFA. Presumably he's going to look for a slick submission... Or maybe he's looking to avoid one.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang is hanging on here. He's in a desperate position.
Wang is just holding on here. Kulik manages to take his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Wang (2) vs (10) Kulik
Kulik biding his time, controlling Wang.
Kulik is not going to allow Wang to sit and survive in this position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wang is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Kulik is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wang looking to control the position.
Wang tries to break free.
Kulik avoiding Wang 's attempts to control his hands.
Wang holding both Kulik 's hands and preventing any damage.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Kulik controlling the position well here. Wang rolled but Kulik kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Wang tries to escape but Kulik has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Kulik is not going to allow Wang to sit and survive in this position.
Kulik controlling well, preventing Wang from escaping the position.
Will Kulik go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Kulik is hanging on to Wang's back as he tries to escape.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wang trying to control the action but Kulik just sinks the hooks in.
Wang tries to escape but Kulik has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Wang trying to control the action but Kulik just sinks the hooks in.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Kulik controlling the positon.
Kulik avoiding Wang 's attempts to control his hands.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Will Kulik go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
Wang trying to control the position but Kulik manages to sink in the hooks.
Wang is trying to break free.
Kulik tries to get the hooks in deep but Wang pushed the leg off.
Wang trying to control the position but Kulik manages to sink in the hooks.
Wang is trying to break free.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wang manages to reverse the position and now he's in Kulik's guard. Nice work there by Wang.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wang (4) vs (10) Kulik
Wang drops back, looking for a kneebar! Kulik looks panicked! The fighters roll across the mat, one looking to finish, one looking to escape. Kulik looks to have wriggled free... Yes, he's got his leg free and he's dived into side control! Good work there from Kulik! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Wang (4) vs (14) Kulik
Wang struggling a bit here.
Wang is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Wang is positioning himself well to prevent Kulik advancing to mount.
Kulik is thwarting Wang's attempts to control the position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Kulik looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Kulik trying to control the action but Wang is working from the bottom.
Kulik is taking a breather. Wang 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.
Wang trying to control here.
Wang moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Wang seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Wang looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Kulik puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Kulik is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Kulik is trying to control the action in half guard but Wang is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Kulik trying to control the pace.
Wang is trying to get back to full guard.
Wang is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Kulik's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Kulik's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Wang (8) vs (14) Kulik
Kulik preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Wang.
Will Wang go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Wang is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Kulik defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Kulik preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Wang.
Kulik looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Kulik tries to escape but Wang has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Wang has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Kulik has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Wang looking to break Kulik's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Kulik remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Wang will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
Kulik defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Wang looking to finish the fight with a rear naked choke. Kulik is controlling Wang 's left arm and he spins nicely into guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wang (8) vs (16) Kulik
Wang is trying to keep Kulik in close.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Kulik 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.
Wang not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wang throws his legs up looking for a submission but Kulik uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Wang (8) vs (19) Kulik
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Wang is looking to regain half guard here but Kulik keeps moving and retains side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Kulik wins on points by 19 to 8.
Vasiliy Kulik seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website.
The defeated Long Wang had this to say: 'No worries. Everyone here knows my opponent has a bad habit of testing positive for PEDs, so I'm sure this fight will soon be ruled a 'No Contest' by the Athletic Commission.'. |
|
|
|
|
|
