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CACC 52 PBP Commentary |
Coming up we have a bantamweight Tycoon World Grappling Championship rules bout between Takeya Aoki (ranked 2873 p4p, 157 weight class) and David Morrison Jr. (ranked 1689 p4p, 104 weight class). Aoki's entrance music is Baka Survivor. A fine choice. Morrison Jr. is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Face The Pain. Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the ring.
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the bantamweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of London, with a TWGC record of 9 wins and 6 losses; Takeya Aoki! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 25 wins and 9 losses; David Morrison Jr.!
The judges for this bout are Percy O'Donnell, Don Winkell and Timothy Bukovac.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Morrison Jr. gets the takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Aoki (0) vs (4) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Aoki manages to work his way to half guard, despite Morrison Jr.'s best efforts.
Morrison Jr. trying to advance position but Aoki counters by regaining guard.
Aoki might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Morrison Jr. looking to pass the guard.
Aoki throws his legs up looking for a submission but Morrison Jr. uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Aoki (0) vs (7) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. has knee on belly and moves into mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Aoki (0) vs (9) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Aoki is looking to escape.
Aoki 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.
Aoki is desperately trying to improve his position but Morrison Jr. has a good base and remains in mount.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Morrison Jr. tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Aoki is working to get back to half guard.
Aoki is working hard here to advance position.
Aoki gets back to half guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aoki keeps working.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. prevents Aoki from improving his position.
Aoki is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Morrison Jr. pulls his head out easily.
Aoki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison Jr. tries to pass the half guard into mount. Aoki knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Morrison Jr. is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Morrison Jr. trying to control the action but Aoki is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Aoki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison Jr. seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Aoki does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Aoki tries to roll over but Morrison Jr. keeps him under control.
Aoki looking for submissions off his back.
Morrison Jr. wants to free his trapped foot but Aoki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Aoki actively working from the bottom here.
Morrison Jr. trying to pass the guard but Aoki defending well.
Aoki moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Aoki 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 Aoki is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Morrison Jr. slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Aoki (0) vs (12) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. taking a break here but Aoki is having none of it and regains half guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to free his trapped foot but Aoki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Morrison Jr. is trying to control. Aoki wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Morrison Jr. is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Aoki defends it well.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Aoki moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Morrison Jr. trying to control but Aoki is working from the bottom.
Aoki has an active guard here but Morrison Jr. has managed to pass into half guard.
Aoki is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison Jr. sits in half guard.
Morrison Jr. might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Aoki haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Aoki (0) vs (15) Morrison Jr.
Aoki regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Aoki manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Aoki looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Morrison Jr. wants to control from the top but Aoki keeps moving.
Aoki has his foot on Morrison Jr.'s thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Morrison Jr. works his way back into a safe position though.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Aoki looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Aoki isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Morrison Jr. stacks Aoki on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Morrison Jr.! Score +3 for passing guard: Aoki (0) vs (18) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. wants to control but Aoki is keeping him busy.
Aoki manages to work his way to half guard, despite Morrison Jr.'s best efforts.
Morrison Jr. is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Aoki (0) vs (21) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. controlling from mount.
Morrison Jr. pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Morrison Jr. controlling the position easily from mount.
Morrison Jr. trying to control but he's not successful this time.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. fails to take his opponent's back.
Aoki is in all sorts of trouble here.
Aoki has worked his way to half guard, taking advantage of Morrison Jr.'s lack of action.
Morrison Jr. wants to take a breather but Aoki is having none of it.
Morrison Jr. controlling the pace.
Morrison Jr. wants to lay and pray for a moment but Aoki keeps working.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Morrison Jr. wants to pass to mount but Aoki is defending the position.
Aoki actively working from the bottom here.
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.
Morrison Jr. looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Aoki moves into full guard.
Aoki working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Morrison Jr. doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Morrison Jr. manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Aoki working for submissions but it's allowed Morrison Jr. to get to half guard.
Morrison Jr. trying to pass the guard but Aoki defending well.
Aoki is refusing to be controlled, as Morrison Jr. sits in half guard.
Morrison Jr. tries to pass to full mount but Aoki defends it.
Aoki is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Aoki looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Morrison Jr. slows the pace down in half guard.
Morrison Jr. wants to free his trapped foot but Aoki is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Aoki with the active half guard here but Morrison Jr. passes nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Aoki (0) vs (24) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Morrison Jr. has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Aoki is looking for a sweep.
Aoki looks to move to half guard but instead Morrison Jr. has passed into mount! Damn! Score +2 for reaching mount: Aoki (0) vs (26) Morrison Jr.
Morrison Jr. looking to control but Aoki is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Morrison Jr. fails to take his opponent's back.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Aoki wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Aoki (0) vs (29) Morrison Jr.
And that's the end of the fight!
Morrison Jr. wins on points by 29 to 0.
David Morrison Jr. is the new bantamweight champion!
A relieved looking David Morrison Jr. thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it.
Takeya Aoki was interviewed post fight and said 'I must return to the Troid gym in London, to train more.'. |
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