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CFC CG 726 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 95 wins and 79 losses; Long Wang! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 133 wins and 81 losses; Moldy Jello!
The judges for this bout are William Peck, Yves DeLean and Ian Loll.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Wang will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Wang looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Wang (2) vs (0) Jello
Jello is controlling Wang's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Wang trying to control the pace.
Wang trying to pass the guard but Jello defending well.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Wang is working hard here to advance position.
Jello is looking for a sweep. Wang is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Jello trying to control but Wang postures up.
Wang controlling the action here.
Jello trying to control from the bottom.
Wang slows the pace down in half guard.
Wang moves into full mount! Jello won't be happy about that!
Score +3 for passing guard: Wang (5) vs (0) Jello
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wang looking to control and managing it successfully.
Jello can't escape the position.
Wang controlling from the full mount.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jello bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wang (5) vs (2) Jello
Wang pulls Jello in close to prevent any damage.
Jello stays in close to Wang's body and controls the position.
Wang wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Wang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wang pulls Jello in close to his closed guard and prevents Jello from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jello is one step ahead there.
Wang is pulling down on Jello's head to control his posture.
Wang is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Wang looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Wang is pulling down on Jello's head to control his posture.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang is trying to control the position but Jello postures up.
Jello 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.
Wang pulls Jello in close to his closed guard and prevents Jello from doing any damage or advancing position.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Wang looking for a sweep. Not yet Wang, not yet.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Jello advances position into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Wang (5) vs (5) Jello
Wang is looking for a sweep.
Jello trying to control the action but Wang is working from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wang wants to control but Jello postures up.
Wang is looking for a sweep.
Jello working away.
Wang is trying to get back to half guard.
Wang can't do much from the bottom here.
Wang is trying to get back to half guard.
Jello in the domination position with Wang hanging on.
Jello tries to move to mount but Wang blocks the move with his legs.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wang is trying to control Jello's posture but Jello avoids it.
Wang is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Jello is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Wang is in a bad position, trying to hold on for dear life but he is really struggling to maintain any sort of control.
Jello wants to lay and pray for a moment but Wang keeps working.
Wang is looking for a sweep.
You can see the frustration on Wang's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Wang manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Wang manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wang looking to hit a scissor sweep but Jello is one step ahead there.
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.
Jello tries to free his leg and advance position but Wang is retaining full guard.
Jello engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Wang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wang looking to control.
Jello trying to control but Wang is working from the bottom.
Jello preventing the sweep.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wang seems keen to control Jello's posture.
Wang is trying to keep Jello in close.
Jello stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Wang swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Wang looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Wang looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Wang wants to sweep but no luck.
Wang working a defensive guard here.
Wang is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wang is adopting a defensive guard.
Wang bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Jello's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wang (7) vs (5) Jello
Wang wants to control from the top but Jello keeps moving.
Wang trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Wang's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Wang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Jello is keeping the position for now.
Wang controlling from the top position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Wang wants to pass the guard but Jello is keeping the position.
Jello wants to control the position but Wang says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Wang is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Wang's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Jello wants to control but Wang is keeping busy.
Wang seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Wang trying to mount his opponent but Jello defends it.
Well, if Wang is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight� I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza� Yum. Can't wait.
Wang prevents Jello from improving his position.
Wang is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are battling for position here. Jello manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Wang looking to pass the guard.
Wang 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 thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Further stalling from Wang.
Jello pulls Wang in close to his closed guard and prevents Wang from doing any damage or advancing position.
Wang forces his way into half guard.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Wang wants to free his trapped foot but Jello is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Wang perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Wang seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jello for as long as he can get away with.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Wang takes the fight on points by 7 to 5.
Long Wang retains his light heavyweight title!
A very excited looking Long Wang made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
Moldy Jello was interviewed post fight and said 'I like big butts!'. |
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