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TWGC 12 (185lbs, D2): London Qualifier - Round 2 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a middleweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Miilo Nurkkanen and Sam Sung. Nurkkanen's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, When im gone remixed by DJ Darkjuice . Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the middleweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Helsinki, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 2 losses; Miilo Nurkkanen! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Sam Sung!
The judges for this bout are Richard Clark, James Glass and Steven Brown.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Nurkkanen shoots in looking for a takedown but Sung manages to keep the fight standing, pushing Nurkkanen's face into the canvas for good measure before circling away.
Sung closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Nurkkanen did well to prevent Sung getting side control. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Nurkkanen (0) vs (2) Sung
Sung is trying to work for a kimura but Nurkkanen is defending well.
Nurkkanen trying to hold on to Sung's head to control him but Sung postures up.
Nurkkanen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sung pulls his head out easily.
Nurkkanen is not content to let Sung control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Nurkkanen wants to get back to full guard.
Sung wants to free his trapped foot but Nurkkanen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nurkkanen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Nurkkanen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Nurkkanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
We've been hearing good reports from Nurkkanen's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
Nurkkanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sung is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nurkkanen defends it well.
Sung is working for a kimura but Nurkkanen is defending it quite comfortably.
Nurkkanen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sung pulls his head out easily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Sung wants to free his trapped foot but Nurkkanen is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Nurkkanen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sung pulls his head out easily.
Sung is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Sung controlling the pace.
Sung is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nurkkanen defends it well.
Sung wants to take a breather but Nurkkanen is having none of it.
Nurkkanen is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sung trying to pass the guard but Nurkkanen defending well.
Nurkkanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Sung trying to control from half guard but Nurkkanen is working away.
Nurkkanen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sung pulls his head out easily.
Sung is trying to control. Nurkkanen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
We've been informed that Sung has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Nurkkanen is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Sung pulls his head out easily.
Sung is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Nurkkanen defends it well.
Nurkkanen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Sung is trying to control. Nurkkanen wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Nurkkanen is defending against the submission attempts here by Sung.
Sung trying to pass the guard but Nurkkanen defending well.
Nurkkanen looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Sung prevents Nurkkanen from improving his position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Nurkkanen looking for a kimura from the bottom but Sung passes into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Nurkkanen (0) vs (5) Sung
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Sung is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Nurkkanen has escaped the position, nice work there.
Nurkkanen tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Sung wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Sung is looking to take a break and control but Nurkkanen is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Sung tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sung has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sung trying to control the position but Nurkkanen is working away.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Nurkkanen tries to bench press Sung off him but Sung keeps the position.
Sung tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Sung has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Sung is pausing for a moment. What's he doing? It looks like he's clearing his nose. Oh dude! He's shot a load of snot all down Nurkkanen's shoulder. That is not cool.
Nurkkanen manages to work his way to half guard, despite Sung's best efforts.
Nurkkanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Nurkkanen looking for submissions off his back.
Nurkkanen looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sung works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Nurkkanen (0) vs (8) Sung
Sung looking for an armbar but decides to keep the dominant position instead.
Sung with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Nurkkanen is looking to improve his position but Sung isn't that keen on the idea.
Nurkkanen looking to escape from mount but he's given up his back! Score +3 for taking back: Nurkkanen (0) vs (11) Sung
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Sung is staying calm and holding on to the back position, whilst working on a rear naked choke. Nurkkanen is defending well though. Sung let's go of the attempt for now.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Nurkkanen is really stuck here.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Sung controlling the positon.
Sung is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Nurkkanen defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
Sung looking for the RNC.
Nurkkanen trying to control but not successfully.
Sung has got his arm under Nurkkanen's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Nurkkanen has spun round into Sung's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Nurkkanen (2) vs (11) Sung
Sung looking for a guillotine here but Nurkkanen defends easily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sung is trying to keep Nurkkanen in close.
Sung is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Nurkkanen is aware though and is defending well.
Sung can't keep his opponent in guard - Nurkkanen advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Nurkkanen sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Sung trying to control but Nurkkanen postures up.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Nurkkanen looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Sung tries to get to full guard but Nurkkanen has control of the leg.
Nurkkanen seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Sung gets back to full guard.
Nurkkanen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sung has an active guard here but Nurkkanen has managed to pass into half guard.
Nurkkanen controlling the pace.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Nurkkanen passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Nurkkanen (5) vs (11) Sung
Sung is trying desperately to improve position.
Nurkkanen tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Nurkkanen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sung is looking to escape.
Nurkkanen controlling from the full mount.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Sung tries to hold on but Nurkkanen pushes him away.
Sung really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Nurkkanen can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Sung is looking to escape.
Nurkkanen controlling from the full mount.
Sung is looking to get to half guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Sung has given up his back. Will we see Nurkkanen going for some submissions?
Score +3 for taking back: Nurkkanen (8) vs (11) Sung
Sung is trying to break free.
Nurkkanen has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Sung's body.
Sung is displaying good submission defense - not really looking in danger of submitting to the rear naked choke at the moment. That could change in an instant of course if Nurkkanen gets his way!
Sung tries to escape but Nurkkanen has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Nurkkanen has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Sung's body.
Nurkkanen is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Sung defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Sung trying to control the position but Nurkkanen manages to sink in the hooks.
You can see the frustration on Sung's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Nurkkanen controlling the positon.
Nurkkanen has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sung tries to escape but Nurkkanen has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sung is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Sung is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Nurkkanen.
Sung trying to control the hands but Nurkkanen won't let him.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sung wins on points by 11 to 8.
Sam Sung thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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