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TWGC 18 (170lbs, D1): St Petersburg Qualifier - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a welterweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Predator Burns (ranked 917 p4p, 110 weight class) and Andrey Eremeev (ranked 1057 p4p, 121 weight class). Burns kept the crowd waiting but all that was forgotten when his ring entrance music started. The incomparable musical genius that is Jiu-Jitsu. Both fighters look pumped up here. Let's hope this is a good fight!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the welterweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 8 losses; Predator Burns! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 4 wins and 1 losses; Andrey Eremeev!
The judges for this bout are Fedor Mirinova, Aleksei Zolotukhin and Vladimir Khabensky.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Burns shoots in and gets a takedown into half guard. Burns showed some decent athleticism there. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Burns (2) vs (0) Eremeev
Burns with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Burns is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Eremeev is just riding it out for now. Burns eventually gives up the hold.
Eremeev actively working from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burns wants to pass to mount but Eremeev is defending the position.
Burns looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Eremeev is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Eremeev felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Burns is trying for a kimura here. Eremeev looks like he's in a lot of pain... and he's tapping out! Burns wins by kimura!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:30 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Predator Burns!
Predator Burns made sure to give a little speech post fight, saying 'Lets do the Trilogy fight. Good fight Man.'. |
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