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Bots de Garra 65 PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the super heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 23 wins and 20 losses; Joshua Burroughs! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 10 losses; Rupert Helenius!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Mauricio Rocha.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Helenius moves into range and clinches up with Burroughs.
Helenius changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Burroughs fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Helenius closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the ropes.
Helenius drops down for a takedown but doesn't get it.
Burroughs tries for a takedown but Helenius manages to get underhooks.
Helenius drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Burroughs gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Joshua Burroughs has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Rupert Helenius.
Helenius drops down looking for an ankle pick but Burroughs pulls his leg out and moves away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burroughs throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Helenius was covering up waiting for the punch and Burroughs finishes the takedown easily into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Burroughs (2) vs (0) Helenius
Helenius can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Burroughs controls the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helenius pulls Burroughs in close to his closed guard and prevents Burroughs from doing any damage or advancing position.
Burroughs tries to free his leg and advance position but Helenius is retaining full guard.
Burroughs might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Burroughs engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs trying to control but Helenius is working from the bottom.
Burroughs passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Burroughs (5) vs (0) Helenius
Burroughs is looking to take a break and control but Helenius is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Helenius struggling a bit here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Helenius is looking for a sweep.
Burroughs trying to control the action but Helenius is working from the bottom.
Helenius is looking to regain half guard here but Burroughs keeps moving and retains side control.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs wants to control but Helenius is keeping him busy.
Helenius is trying to improve his position.
Burroughs controls the position from side control.
Helenius wants to control but Burroughs postures up.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Helenius gets back to half guard.
Helenius keeps control of the position for the meantime.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Burroughs trying to mount his opponent but Helenius defends it.
Burroughs content to control rather than advance.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Helenius wants to control but Burroughs is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Helenius moves into full guard.
Burroughs engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Helenius looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs tries to free his leg and advance position but Helenius is retaining full guard.
Burroughs sitting in guard here, content to control.
Burroughs trying to control but Helenius is working from the bottom.
Helenius looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Helenius throwing his legs up looking for a triangle.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs stopping the sweep attempt from Helenius.
Burroughs pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Helenius is keeping the position for now.
Helenius is controlling Burroughs's posture.
Burroughs sitting in guard here, content to control.
Helenius wants to sweep here but Burroughs controlling him for the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Helenius pulls Burroughs in close to prevent any damage.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Helenius is continuing to stall.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Helenius is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Helenius being controlled here, momentarily.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs wants to control from the top but Helenius keeps moving.
Helenius controls Burroughs momentarily but Burroughs frees himself.
Burroughs is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Burroughs wants to pass the guard but Helenius is keeping the position.
Our spies down at at HELLCADEMY inform us that Helenius has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Helenius wants to sweep but no luck.
Helenius trying to keep a closed guard but Burroughs is proving a slippery customer.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs trying to control the position from guard on top but Helenius is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burroughs controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Helenius pulls Burroughs in close to prevent any damage.
Burroughs preventing the sweep.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burroughs sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Helenius had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Burroughs defends it easily.
And that's the end of the fight!
Burroughs takes the fight on points by 5 to 0.
After winning the bout, Joshua Burroughs 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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