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CACC 7 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a light heavyweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Connor Mac Burns (ranked 3243 p4p, 384 weight class) and Joshua Candelaria (ranked 4006 p4p, 449 weight class). Chooooooooon! I think Burns might be my favorite fighter, now he's come out to . This should be a great matchup!
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the light heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Connor Mac Burns! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Joshua Candelaria!
The judges for this bout are Frank Antenori, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Candelaria moves into the clinch.
Candelaria fails to pull the fight into his guard.
Candelaria has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Burns uses from the top position.
Burns preventing the sweep.
Candelaria controlling Burns's posture.
Burns trying to control but Candelaria is working from the bottom.
Candelaria looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Burns passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Burns (3) vs (0) Candelaria
Burns is looking to take a break and control but Candelaria is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
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.
Candelaria struggling a bit here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Candelaria tries to bench press Burns off him but Burns keeps the position.
Burns is trying to get an arm triangle but Candelaria is defending well.
Candelaria 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.
Burns trying to control the position but Candelaria is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burns is really struggling to control Candelaria but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Candelaria is trying to improve his position.
Burns looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Candelaria sneaks back into half guard.
Burns is looking for a kimura but Candelaria is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Burns to get the leverage.
Candelaria is trying to get back to full guard.
Burns trying to mount his opponent but Candelaria defends it.
Candelaria has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burns is working away from the top position though.
Candelaria is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Candelaria has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burns is working away from the top position though.
Burns is keen to just control but Candelaria is a slippery customer.
Candelaria wants to control but Burns is keeping busy.
Candelaria is refusing to be controlled, as Burns sits in half guard.
Burns works his way into full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Burns (6) vs (0) Candelaria
Candelaria tries to reverse the position but Burns maintains control.
Candelaria tries to hold on but Burns pushes him away.
Candelaria reaches up and pulls Burns towards him, trying to control the position. Burns manages to get a guillotine from the mount though! This could be big trouble for Candelaria! Candelaria tries to roll over - now Burns is on the bottom but the guillotine is really deep and Candelaria has to tap out! Great work there by Burns!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Connor Mac Burns!
After the fight, Connor Mac Burns was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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