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CFC CG Tokyo 7 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 104 wins and 85 losses; Long Wang! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 43 wins and 37 losses; Khalid Magomedov!
The judges for this bout are Sosuke Kotani, Shirou Masuda and Hirohito Nitta.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Magomedov darts in looking for a takedown but Wang gets double underhooks and turns Magomedov into the ropes.
Wang feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Wang (2) vs (0) Magomedov
Magomedov is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Wang defends well.
Wang tries to free his leg and advance position but Magomedov is retaining full guard.
Magomedov wants to sweep but no luck.
Wang is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Wang 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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Magomedov not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Wang will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Magomedov is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
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 one minute gone in the round.
Magomedov keeping moving, preventing Wang from controlling successfully.
Wang postures up.
Wang slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Wang passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Wang (5) vs (0) Magomedov
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov struggling a bit here.
Magomedov is trying to improve his position.
Magomedov is trying to control Wang's posture but Wang avoids it.
Magomedov is not content to let Wang control the position.
Wang taking a break here but Magomedov is having none of it and regains half guard.
Wang is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Magomedov wants to improve his position but Wang is controlling well.
Still in half guard, Wang seems content to control.
Magomedov gets full guard.
Wang is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Wang passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Wang (8) vs (0) Magomedov
Wang is looking to take a break and control but Magomedov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Wang is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Magomedov is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Magomedov is trying to get back to half guard.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Wang just content to control the position.
Wang trying to control the position but Magomedov is working away.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Wang controls the position from side control.
Magomedov is looking to reverse the position.
Wang trying to control the action but Magomedov is working from the bottom.
Wang working away.
Wang slows the pace down.
Wang is looking to take a break and control but Magomedov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Wang working away.
Magomedov is trying to get back to half guard.
Wang trying to control the action but Magomedov is working from the bottom.
Wang is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Magomedov is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Wang happy to just control the position for now.
Wang trying to control the position but Magomedov is working away.
Wang working away.
Wang content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Wang has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Wang wants to control but Magomedov is keeping him busy.
Wang is really struggling to control Magomedov but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Magomedov is trying to improve his position.
Wang trying to control the action but Magomedov is working from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Wang staying calm.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Wang working away.
Wang is looking to take a break and control but Magomedov is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Wang politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Wang prefers to stall for the moment though.
Magomedov is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Wang off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Wang (8) vs (4) Magomedov
Wang wants to escape the position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Magomedov trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Magomedov has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Wang's body.
Wang breaks Magomedov's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wang (10) vs (4) Magomedov
Magomedov working a defensive guard here.
Wang trying to control but Magomedov is working from the bottom.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Wang pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Magomedov is keeping the position for now.
Magomedov managing to control the position.
Wang content to stall in guard here.
Magomedov is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Wang is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Wang trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Magomedov manages to land a sweep and now he's on top! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Wang (10) vs (6) Magomedov
Magomedov being controlled here momentarily.
Wang is looking to sweep but instead, Magomedov has passed into half guard.
Wang wants to get back to full guard.
Magomedov wants to take a breather but Wang is having none of it.
Wang trying to control here.
Magomedov seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Wang does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Wang wants to get back to full guard but Magomedov has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Wang (10) vs (9) Magomedov
Wang wants to control but Magomedov postures up.
Wang is not content to let Magomedov control the position.
Wang struggling a bit here.
Magomedov content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Magomedov working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
Magomedov trying to control the position but Wang is working away.
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 10 to 9.
Long Wang thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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