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CFC CG Tokyo 5 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 48 wins and 28 losses; Jisoo Oh! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 124 wins and 70 losses; Jackson Ramirez!
The judges for this bout are Tatsuya Matsuyama, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Hirohito Nitta.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Ramirez shoots in looking for a takedown but Oh manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Ramirez's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Ramirez closes this distance looking for a takedown but Oh circles away.
Ramirez slaps away a takedown attempt from Oh, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Oh manages to get an easy takedown there - catching Ramirez on his heels. He'll look to pass Ramirez's guard now, I'm sure. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Oh (2) vs (0) Ramirez
Ramirez keeping full guard, as Oh tries to pass.
Ramirez working a defensive guard here.
Oh slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ramirez working a defensive guard here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ramirez seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Oh controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Oh is in a tricky position. We've heard reports from his gym mates at HELLCADEMY that he's been drilling escapes, so let's see if he can get back to his feet.
Oh tries to free his leg and advance position but Ramirez is retaining full guard.
Oh slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Oh pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Ramirez is keeping the position for now.
Oh wants to control from the top but Ramirez keeps moving.
Oh slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Oh postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Oh stopping the sweep attempt from Ramirez.
Oh not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Oh seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ramirez for as long as he can get away with.
Ramirez pulls Oh in close to prevent any damage.
Oh slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Oh 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.
Oh wants to pass the guard but Ramirez is keeping the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Oh is working hard here to advance position.
Ramirez is trying to keep Oh in close.
Oh is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez controlling the position.
Oh's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Ramirez has control of Oh's left arm, preventing Oh from doing any damage.
Oh is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Oh won't allow Ramirez to sweep him here.
Oh tries to free his leg and advance position but Ramirez is retaining full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Oh manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Oh (2) vs (2) Ramirez
Ramirez engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Ramirez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez is stalling in the full guard.
Oh wants to sweep but no luck.
Ramirez is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Oh is controlling Ramirez's posture.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez preventing the sweep.
Oh controlling the position.
Oh continues to stall.
Ramirez wants to control from the top but Oh keeps moving.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Oh swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ramirez controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Oh looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Ramirez puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Ramirez with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Oh moves into full guard.
Ramirez advances to half guard.
Ramirez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Oh is refusing to be controlled, as Ramirez sits in half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Ramirez wants to pass to mount but Oh is defending the position.
Oh has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Ramirez is working away from the top position though.
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.
Oh is controlling Ramirez's trapped leg to prevent Ramirez from advancing to side control.
Ramirez looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Oh slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Oh keeping moving, preventing Ramirez from controlling successfully.
Oh keeping full guard, as Ramirez tries to pass.
Oh controlling Ramirez's posture.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Oh wants to sweep but no luck.
Oh controlling the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ramirez is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Oh looking to control but Ramirez passes into half guard.
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! Oh is heads and Ramirez is tails.
The coin is in the air and it lands... heads!
Oh takes the fight on points by 3 to 2.
Jisoo Oh is the new middleweight champion!
A relieved looking Jisoo Oh thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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