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TWGC 24 (135lbs, D1): Finals - Round 1 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between David Morrison (ranked 2181 p4p, 254 weight class) and David Morrison Jr. (ranked 2221 p4p, 260 weight class). Morrison comes to the cage accompanied by Diary of a Madman. Morrison Jr. is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Face The Pain. David Morrison Jr. acknowledges the crowd's support as he enters the cage.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 9 losses; David Morrison! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 5 losses; David Morrison Jr.!
The judges for this bout are Sam Margolis, Colin Fotheringham and James Glass.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Morrison Jr. stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Morrison Jr. wants it to stay on the feet.
Morrison defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Morrison Jr..
Morrison Jr. fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Morrison tries for a takedown but Morrison Jr. sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Morrison Jr. leaves Morrison with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Morrison. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Morrison scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Morrison (4) vs (0) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. tries to bench press Morrison off him but Morrison keeps the position.
Morrison slows the pace down.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Morrison Jr. is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but Morrison postures up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is not content to let Morrison control the position.
Morrison is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Morrison Jr. is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Morrison Jr. tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Morrison wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Morrison Jr. has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Morrison wants to control but Morrison Jr. is keeping him busy.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Morrison Jr. is looking for a sweep.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Morrison happy to just control the position for now.
Morrison Jr. tries to improve position but can't.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. keeps trying to improve his position.
Morrison is looking to take a break and control but Morrison Jr. is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Morrison Jr. is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Morrison off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (4) vs (4) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. is persistently looking for the submission but Morrison is defending it well.
Morrison Jr. doesn't have the hooks in and Morrison manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (4) Morrison Jr.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. wants to sweep here but Morrison controlling him for the moment.
Morrison Jr. has his foot on Morrison's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison works his way back into a safe position though.
Morrison Jr. throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Morrison sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Morrison Jr. escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Morrison gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Morrison trying to control but Morrison Jr. is working from the bottom.
Morrison 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.
Morrison Jr. manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Morrison manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (6) vs (6) Morrison Jr.
Morrison is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Morrison Jr. defends well.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Morrison is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the position from guard on top but Morrison is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Morrison Jr.'s corner is telling him to maintain position.
Morrison Jr. pushes down on Morrison's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Morrison is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Morrison Jr.'s legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Morrison Jr.'s back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Morrison (10) vs (6) Morrison Jr.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Morrison's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Morrison Jr. tries to roll but Morrison sticks to his back.
Morrison Jr. tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Morrison Jr. tries to improve his position but instead Morrison has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (6) Morrison Jr.
Morrison controlling from the back.
Morrison Jr. is trying to break free.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison tries to keep control of the position but Morrison Jr. is staying busy.
Morrison seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Morrison Jr. breaks Morrison's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (13) vs (8) Morrison Jr.
Morrison trying to control the position.
Morrison looking for a sweep. Not yet Morrison, not yet.
Morrison working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison Jr. to get to half guard.
Morrison Jr. has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Morrison (13) vs (11) Morrison Jr.
Morrison working to try and regain half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. tries to control but Morrison wriggling away.
Morrison Jr. avoids the attempt from Morrison to control.
Morrison Jr. looking to control but Morrison is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison is looking to get to half guard.
Morrison Jr. pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Morrison tries to improve his position but instead Morrison Jr. has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Morrison (13) vs (14) Morrison Jr.
Morrison tries to escape the position.
Morrison Jr. just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Morrison Jr. is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Morrison knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Morrison for a finish.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is hanging on to Morrison's back as he tries to escape.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but Morrison is keeping busy.
You can see the frustration on Morrison's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Morrison staying busy and making it hard for Morrison Jr. to control.
Morrison Jr. has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Morrison just trying to survive but Morrison Jr. is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Morrison Jr. has the hooks in. Morrison is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
A lull in the action here.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Morrison is in bad spot here.
Morrison is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Morrison Jr..
Morrison is trying to break free.
Morrison Jr. is not going to allow Morrison to sit and survive in this position.
Morrison Jr. tries to keep control of the position but Morrison is staying busy.
Morrison Jr. is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Morrison wants to escape the position.
Morrison 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 Morrison Jr. gets his way!
Morrison can't escape the position.
Morrison defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Morrison Jr.'s arms.
Morrison trying to control the hands but Morrison Jr. breaks the grip.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is trying to stick to Morrison's back but Morrison is turning into Morrison Jr.. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Morrison Jr.'s guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Morrison. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (14) Morrison Jr.
Morrison has gone for a leg lock! Morrison Jr. slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morrison's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (15) vs (16) Morrison Jr.
Morrison can't keep his opponent in guard - Morrison Jr. advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Morrison is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison Jr. sits in half guard.
Morrison wants to improve his position but Morrison Jr. is controlling well.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. is working for a kimura but Morrison is defending it quite comfortably.
Morrison Jr. is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Morrison sees it coming and defends easily.
Morrison slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Morrison Jr. has gone for a leg lock! Morrison slips out almost immediately though and dives into Morrison Jr.'s guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (16) Morrison Jr.
Morrison drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Morrison Jr. manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Morrison has Morrison Jr. in his guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Morrison (17) vs (18) Morrison Jr.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison Jr. wins on points by 18 to 17.
David Morrison Jr. seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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