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Event:
TWGC 39 (265lbs, D3): Finals - Round 1
Date: May 24, 2023 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Niles Standish! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 2 wins and 0 losses; Clint Byrum!
The judges for this bout are John Kavanagh, Russell Pearce and Chad Campbell.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Standish circles away from the clinch attempt#TD#
and Standish decides to take the opportunity to score a takedown. He's landed in Byrum's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Standish (2) vs (0) Byrum
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Standish is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Standish postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Byrum looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Standish stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Byrum swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Standish is working hard here to advance position.#T1##SUB2#
Byrum throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
Byrum working a defensive guard here.
Standish has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Byrum looking to hit a scissor sweep but Standish is one step ahead there.
Standish passes Byrum's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Standish definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Byrum wants to control but Standish passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Standish (5) vs (0) Byrum#T2#
You can see the frustration on Byrum's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Standish taking a breather here.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.#SUB#
Standish looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. #T3#
Standish controls the position.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Byrum is trying to get back to half guard.#SUB#
Standish thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead. #T4#
A control attempt from Byrum but he's now mounted! Score +2 for reaching mount: Standish (7) vs (0) Byrum
Standish looking to control and managing it successfully. #T5#
Standish has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Byrum keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
#T6#
Byrum wants to hold on but Standish pushes him away.
Standish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Standish.#SUB#
Standish moves into side control, trying to work for a kimura. That looks painful! Will he finish!!?? No, Byrum has worked his arm free - good work by Byrum!
Byrum can't do much from the bottom here. #T7#
Standish controlling from side mount.
Standish working away.
Standish controls the position from side control.#T8#
Standish advances to full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Standish (9) vs (0) Byrum
Standish controlling the position easily from mount. #T9#
Byrum tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Standish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Standish continues to hold on tight.
Byrum tries to lock up and control but Standish gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Standish tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position. #T10#
Byrum is desperately trying to improve his position but Standish has a good base and remains in mount.
Standish controlling the pace for now.
Byrum tries to lock up and control but Standish gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Byrum is desperately trying to improve his position but Standish has a good base and remains in mount.#T11#
Standish takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Byrum is trying to escape the mount.
Standish content just to control the position here. #T12#
Byrum wants to control but Standish is having none of it.
Standish looking to control and managing it successfully.
Byrum wants to hold on but Standish pushes him away.
Byrum might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Standish haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Standish controlling from mount.
Standish seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Byrum for as long as he can get away with.#T13#
Standish continues to stall.
Byrum working to try and regain half guard.
#T14#
Standish controlling from the full mount. #SUB#
Standish looking to isolate an arm here. Byrum doesn't see it coming and as Standish extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Standish!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 14:39 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Niles Standish!
After winning the bout, Niles Standish thanked all his fans and promised he'd do even better in his next fight. The crowd seemed to love his humility. |
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Event:
TWGC 39 (265lbs, D3): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 2
Date: May 16, 2023 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Jim Marston! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 0 losses; Clint Byrum!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Radbod Blank.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Byrum tries to clinch but Marston moves out of range.
Byrum tries to clinch but Marston is having none of it.
Byrum closes this distance looking for a takedown but Marston circles away.#CL#
Marston darts in and clinches Byrum up against the cage.#TD2#
Byrum pulls guard. #SUB2#
Byrum throws his legs up looking for a submission but Marston uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Marston (3) vs (0) Byrum
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
You can see the frustration on Byrum's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Marston is staying tight to Byrum's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Byrum can't do much from the bottom here. #T1#
Byrum tries to control but Marston manages to take his back. Score +3 for taking back: Marston (6) vs (0) Byrum
Byrum is really stuck here.
Marston controlling from the back.
Byrum can't escape the position.
Marston has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Byrum's body.
#T2#
Byrum tries to break free.
Byrum just trying to survive but Marston is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Byrum is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Marston biding his time, controlling Byrum.
Byrum turns into Marston and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Marston (6) vs (2) Byrum
Marston pulls Byrum in close to prevent any damage. #T3#
Marston looking to hit a scissor sweep but Byrum is one step ahead there.
Byrum postures up.
Byrum pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Marston is keeping the position for now.
Byrum wants to control from the top but Marston keeps moving.
Byrum stopping the sweep attempt from Marston.
Marston working a defensive guard here.
Byrum won't allow Marston to sweep him here. #T4##SUB2#
Marston is trying to push Byrum off with his feet but Byrum grabs hold of one of the legs and drops back looking for a submission! He's cranking on one of Marston's ankles and Marston is forced to tap! This one is aaaaaaall over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:22 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Ankle Lock). Clint Byrum! |
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Event:
TWGC 39 (265lbs, D3): Amsterdam Qualifier - Round 1
Date: May 15, 2023 |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 1 losses; Ragnar Lothbrok! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 0 losses; Clint Byrum!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Blasius, Aafke Stam and Patrick Alders.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Lothbrok tries to clinch but Byrum moves out of range.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Lothbrok. #TD2#
Excellent takedown into side control there by Byrum. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Lothbrok (0) vs (4) Byrum
Lothbrok is breathing heavily.#SUB2#
Byrum looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Lothbrok is trying to escape the position but Byrum is controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.#SUB2#
Byrum is trying to get an arm triangle but Lothbrok is defending well.
Byrum is staying tight to Lothbrok's torso, preventing him from escaping. #T1#
Byrum is looking to take a break and control but Lothbrok is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lothbrok tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Byrum wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Lothbrok gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard. #T2##SUB#
Lothbrok is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Byrum pulls his head out easily.
Byrum tries to pass to full mount but Lothbrok defends it.
Lothbrok might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.#SUB2#
Byrum seems to be looking for submissions.
Lothbrok trying to control here.
Byrum not doing much here.
Lothbrok is not content to let Byrum control the position.#T3#
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Byrum trying to control from Lothbrok's half guard. Lothbrok has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Lothbrok keeping moving, preventing Byrum from controlling successfully.
Byrum is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
Lothbrok keeping full guard, as Byrum tries to pass. #T4#
Lothbrok wants to sweep here but Byrum controlling him for the moment.
Byrum 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.
Lothbrok keeping moving, preventing Byrum from controlling successfully.
Byrum content to stall in guard here. #SUB#
Lothbrok is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Byrum defends well.#T5##SUB#
Byrum avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Byrum passes Lothbrok's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Byrum perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Byrum is looking to take a break and control but Lothbrok is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lothbrok is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though. #T6#
Lothbrok wants to control but Byrum is keeping busy.
#SUB2#
Byrum wants to work for an arm triangle but Lothbrok is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Byrum works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Lothbrok (0) vs (7) Byrum#SUB2#
Byrum has worked his way into a potential kimura here. Lothbrok is trying to get out of the position but his squirming has just got him deeper into trouble. Byrum yanks on the arm and Lothbrok is forced to tap due to a very painful looking submission! Nice work by Byrum.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 7:57 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Clint Byrum! |
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