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TWGC 43 (205lbs, D1): Las Vegas Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 8 losses; Khadem Abdul Karim! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 123 wins and 82 losses; Kurt Diesel!
The judges for this bout are Gwen Towbar, Chris Downing and Frank Dennis.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Abdul Karim will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Diesel tries a counter takedown but it's more of a dummy move, and he uses it to push himself away.
Horrible takedown attempt by Abdul Karim or perhaps it was just good defense by Diesel, which made it look bad.
Diesel drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Abdul Karim defends it well.
Diesel keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Diesel feints the counter takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Khadem Abdul Karim. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Nice takedown defense from Diesel. No joy for Abdul Karim on that attempt.
Diesel displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Abdul Karim.
Diesel gets caught flat footed, as Abdul Karim shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Abdul Karim (2) vs (0) Diesel
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Diesel tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Abdul Karim looking to pass the guard.
Diesel is pulling down on Abdul Karim's head to control his posture.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Abdul Karim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diesel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Diesel keeping moving, preventing Abdul Karim from controlling successfully.
Abdul Karim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diesel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Abdul Karim 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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Abdul Karim stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Diesel swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Abdul Karim works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Diesel tries to get to full guard but Abdul Karim has control of the leg.
Abdul Karim is looking to take a break and control but Diesel is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Diesel is trying is best to control the position here.
Abdul Karim is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Abdul Karim tries to pass the half guard into mount. Diesel knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Diesel trying to control here.
Abdul Karim seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Diesel does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Diesel makes his way to full guard. A much better position for Diesel.
Diesel keeping full guard, as Abdul Karim tries to pass.
Abdul Karim not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Diesel pulls Abdul Karim in close to prevent any damage.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Abdul Karim wants to pass the guard but Diesel is keeping the position.
Diesel keeping moving, preventing Abdul Karim from controlling successfully.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Diesel pulls Abdul Karim in close to his closed guard and prevents Abdul Karim from doing any damage or advancing position.
Abdul Karim trying to control but Diesel is working from the bottom.
Abdul Karim controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Abdul Karim seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Diesel for as long as he can get away with.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Diesel pulls Abdul Karim in close to prevent any damage.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
Abdul Karim trying to control but Diesel is working from the bottom.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Abdul Karim looking to pass the guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Diesel is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Abdul Karim is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Abdul Karim trying to control but Diesel is working from the bottom.
Diesel manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Abdul Karim manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Abdul Karim (2) vs (2) Diesel
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Abdul Karim holds on and takes a little breather.
Abdul Karim looking for a sweep. Not yet Abdul Karim, not yet.
Diesel is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Abdul Karim is adopting a defensive guard.
Abdul Karim working a defensive guard here.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Diesel content to stall in guard here.
Abdul Karim is adopting a defensive guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Abdul Karim looking for a sweep. Not yet Abdul Karim, not yet.
Diesel content to stall in guard here.
Abdul Karim keeping full guard, as Diesel tries to pass.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Abdul Karim bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Diesel's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Abdul Karim (4) vs (2) Diesel
Diesel being controlled here, momentarily.
Abdul Karim preventing the sweep.
Diesel pulls Abdul Karim in close to his closed guard and prevents Abdul Karim from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Abdul Karim wants to control from the top but Diesel keeps moving.
Diesel bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Abdul Karim's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Abdul Karim (4) vs (4) Diesel
Abdul Karim trying to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Abdul Karim managing to control the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points and both fighters attempted the same number of subs, we will decide the bout based on the toss of a coin! Abdul Karim is heads and Diesel is tails.
The coin is in the air and it lands... tails!
Diesel wins on points by 5 to 4.
During a confident post fight interview, Kurt Diesel thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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