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CFC CG 725 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 53 wins and 35 losses; Reijo Halli! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 4 losses; Hideki Nakamura!
The judges for this bout are Columbo Gatti, Anthony Taglia and Alyssa Summers.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Halli has taken the fight to the clinch.
Halli gets control of Nakamura's arms and successfully pulls guard. Halli will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Nakamura looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Halli is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Nakamura is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nakamura forces his way into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Nakamura is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Halli wants to control but Nakamura is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Nakamura looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Nakamura 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.
Halli is trying to maintain the position but Nakamura is very close to passing his half guard.
Halli is looking to improve his position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura controlling the pace.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Halli is holding on to half guard well.
Nakamura is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Halli is holding on to half guard well.
Nakamura seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Halli wants to control but Nakamura is keeping busy.
Halli is positioning himself well to prevent Nakamura advancing to mount.
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.
Halli is trying to control but can't.
Nakamura tries to pass to full mount but Halli defends it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Halli preventing any damage for now, controlling his opponent's head.
Nakamura looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Halli manages to get to full guard.
Nakamura not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Halli is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Halli has Nakamura pulled in close to control his posture.
Nakamura controlling from the top position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura passes into half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Nakamura in particular looking to stall.
Halli is looking to control Nakamura's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Halli avoid being mounted?
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Nakamura looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Nakamura is pressing down on Halli's thigh, looking to free his foot. Halli is holding on for now.
Halli regains full guard. Nicely done.
Nakamura tries to free his leg and advance position but Halli is retaining full guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Halli pulls Nakamura in close to prevent any damage.
Nakamura pushes down on Halli's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Nakamura controlling the action here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Halli is trying to control but can't.
Nakamura trying to mount his opponent but Halli defends it.
Nakamura perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
We're seeing a lot of stalling here from Nakamura.
Nakamura trying to pass the guard but Halli defending well.
Halli wants to control but Nakamura is keeping busy.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Halli is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Nakamura's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Nakamura's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Halli (4) vs (0) Nakamura
Nakamura turns into Halli and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Halli (4) vs (2) Nakamura
Nakamura wants to pass the guard but Halli is keeping the position.
Nakamura is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Halli working a defensive guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Halli takes the fight on points by 4 to 2.
Reijo Halli spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant. |
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