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CFC MM CG 2 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Hilo, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 22 losses; Mean Gean! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 50 wins and 33 losses; Reijo Halli!
The judges for this bout are Robert Douchet, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Halli rushes Gean and presses him up against the cage.
Gean turns his hips and lands a very nice judo throw into side control! Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Gean (4) vs (0) Halli
Gean has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gean content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
Gean trying to control the action but Halli is working from the bottom.
Gean looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halli can't do much from the bottom here.
Halli manages to work his way to half guard, despite Gean's best efforts.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gean is pressing down on Halli's thigh, looking to free his foot. Halli is holding on for now.
Gean is looking to take a break and control but Halli is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Halli 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.
Gean is pressing down on Halli's thigh, looking to free his foot. Halli is holding on for now.
Gean is trying to control the action in half guard but Halli is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Halli is controlling Gean's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Halli is not content to let Gean control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gean is pressing down on Halli's thigh, looking to free his foot. Halli is holding on for now.
Gean is working hard here to advance position.
Halli trying to control here.
Gean is looking for a kimura but Halli is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Gean to get the leverage.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gean wants to free his trapped foot but Halli is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Gean is looking to stall here but Halli recovers full guard.
Gean trying to control the position from guard on top but Halli is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Gean passes into half guard.
Gean is just content to waste time from the top position. Halli takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gean is looking to advance position but Halli has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Gean (4) vs (4) Halli
Gean tries to improve his position but instead Halli has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Gean (4) vs (7) Halli
Gean holding both Halli 's hands and preventing any damage.
Gean trying to control but not successfully.
Gean tries to break free.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gean trying to control but not successfully.
I would not like to be Gean right now.
Gean can't escape the position.
Gean is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Halli gets his hands free as Gean looks to control.
Halli controlling from the back.
Halli is trying to stick to Gean's back but Gean is turning into Halli. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Halli's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Gean. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gean (6) vs (7) Halli
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gean controls from within his opponent's guard.
Halli looking to control but Gean passes into half guard.
Gean wants to pass to mount but Halli is defending the position.
Gean content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gean works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Gean (9) vs (7) Halli
Halli tries to improve position but can't.
Gean wants to lay and pray for a moment but Halli keeps working.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Halli stops Gean from passing to mount.
Gean passes to full mount! That's big trouble for Halli! Score +2 for reaching mount: Gean (11) vs (7) Halli
Halli stops Gean from taking his back. Still, being mounted isn't any better.
Halli wants to control but Gean is having none of it.
Gean is trying to take his opponent's back.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Halli is working to get back to half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gean sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Gean jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Halli manages to avoid the submission attempt.
Halli tries to buck Gean off but Gean is having none of it.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gean thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Gean takes a little break here. Halli wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
Gean tries for a kimura but Halli is defending well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gean wants to control but Halli is keeping him busy.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gean tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gean has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gean wants to control but Halli is keeping him busy.
Gean is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Halli knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Halli is looking to reverse the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gean thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Halli tries to bench press Gean off him but Gean keeps the position.
Halli is being controlled here.
Halli struggling a bit here.
Halli tries to buck Gean off but Gean is having none of it.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Gean tries to advance position but instead Halli slips a leg back in to half guard.
Gean is looking for a kimura here.
Halli wants to control but Gean is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Gean is stalling here. Halli is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Gean seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Halli has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Gean (11) vs (11) Halli
Gean gets back to half guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gean slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Gean working away from the bottom but not quite defensive enough there because Halli has passed into half guard!
Gean tries to get to full guard but Halli has control of the leg.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Halli slows the pace down in half guard.
Gean wants to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Gean gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Gean takes the fight on points by 12 to 11.
An out of breath Mean Gean thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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