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Bots de Garra 75 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 27 wins and 20 losses; Joshua Burroughs! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 23 wins and 23 losses; Helio Gracias!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Mauricio Rocha.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Burroughs shoots in and gets a takedown into Gracias's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Burroughs (2) vs (0) Gracias
Burroughs tries to free his leg and advance position but Gracias is retaining full guard.
Gracias has Burroughs pulled in close to control his posture.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Gracias wants to sweep but no luck.
Burroughs trying to control the position from guard on top but Gracias is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Burroughs is fighting to break Gracias's control of his arms but Gracias is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burroughs looking to sit in guard and control but Gracias gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Burroughs (2) vs (2) Gracias
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burroughs is trying to hold Gracias in close to prevent damage but Gracias has managed to pass into half guard.
Gracias seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Burroughs does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Burroughs trying to control but Gracias postures up.
Gracias is trying to control. Burroughs wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Burroughs is trying to get back to full guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs wants to control but Gracias is keeping busy.
Gracias is looking to stall here but Burroughs recovers full guard.
Burroughs looking to hit a scissor sweep but Gracias is one step ahead there.
Burroughs keeping full guard, as Gracias tries to pass.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Burroughs can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Gracias controls the pace.
Burroughs keeping moving, preventing Gracias from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracias postures up.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Burroughs holds on and takes a little breather.
Gracias content to stall in guard here.
Gracias's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracias slips nicely into half guard.
Gracias seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Burroughs is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs is working hard here to advance position.
Burroughs tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Gracias has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Burroughs (2) vs (5) Gracias
Burroughs is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracias takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Let's hope that Gracias has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Gracias tries to control but Burroughs wriggling away.
Gracias sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Gracias trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Burroughs tries to hold on but Gracias pushes him away.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gracias tries to control but Burroughs wriggling away.
Gracias controlling from mount.
Burroughs manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Burroughs wants to improve his position but Gracias is controlling well.
Gracias works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Burroughs (2) vs (8) Gracias
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs tries to bench press Gracias off him but Gracias keeps the position.
A lull in the action here as Gracias stalls from top position.
Burroughs is looking for a sweep.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gracias taking a breather here.
Gracias working away.
Gracias advances nicely into full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Burroughs (2) vs (10) Gracias
Gracias tries to push Burroughs's head away but Burroughs is holding on tight.
Gracias trying to control but Burroughs is having none of it.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gracias controlling the pace for now.
Gracias trying to control but Burroughs is having none of it.
Burroughs working to try and regain half guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Burroughs regains half guard.
Burroughs is trying to get back to full guard.
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.
Gracias is figuring out what he wants to do next.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs is looking to improve his position.
Burroughs looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Burroughs looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gracias wins on points by 10 to 2.
A victorious Helio Gracias thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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