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Bots de Garra 86 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 62 wins and 45 losses; Malaki Fiso! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 22 wins and 22 losses; Patty O Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Thiago Cunha and Luis Engracia.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
O Reilly gets caught flat footed, as Fiso shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Fiso (2) vs (0) O Reilly
Fiso stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. O Reilly swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiso wants to control from the top but O Reilly keeps moving.
Fiso postures up.
Fiso looking to pass the guard.
Fiso is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
O Reilly is trying to control the position but Fiso postures up.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
O Reilly looking for a sweep. Not yet O Reilly, not yet.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as O Reilly holds on and takes a little breather.
Fiso 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.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now O Reilly is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiso (2) vs (2) O Reilly
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiso looking for a sweep. Not yet Fiso, not yet.
O Reilly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fiso swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiso working a defensive guard here.
Fiso managing to control the position.
O Reilly pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fiso is keeping the position for now.
Fiso looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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.
Fiso has his hands on O Reilly's head, controlling the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Fiso continues to stall.
O Reilly won't allow Fiso to sweep him here.
O Reilly trying to control but Fiso is working from the bottom.
Fiso can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as O Reilly controls the pace.
O Reilly stopping the sweep attempt from Fiso.
O Reilly is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
O Reilly wants to control from the top but Fiso keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fiso swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiso looking for a sweep. Not yet Fiso, not yet.
Fiso is working hard here to advance position.
Fiso controls O Reilly momentarily but O Reilly frees himself.
O Reilly looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Fiso looking for a sweep. Not yet Fiso, not yet.
O Reilly sitting in guard here, content to control.
Fiso managing to control the position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiso is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fiso keeping moving, preventing O Reilly from controlling successfully.
Fiso keeping full guard, as O Reilly tries to pass.
Fiso working a defensive guard here.
O Reilly preventing the sweep.
O Reilly not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
O Reilly trying to control the position from guard on top but Fiso is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Reilly is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Fiso haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Fiso looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fiso keeping moving, preventing O Reilly from controlling successfully.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Fiso is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiso (4) vs (2) O Reilly
Fiso looking to sit in guard and control but O Reilly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiso (4) vs (4) O Reilly
Fiso keeping full guard, as O Reilly tries to pass.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Fiso holds on and takes a little breather.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
My spies in Silverback MMA inform me that O Reilly has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Fiso bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in O Reilly's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiso (6) vs (4) O Reilly
Fiso trying to control but O Reilly is working from the bottom.
O Reilly looking for a guillotine here but Fiso defends easily.
O Reilly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fiso is fighting to break O Reilly's control of his arms but O Reilly is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Fiso seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fiso passes O Reilly's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
O Reilly is doing well to control the position and prevent Fiso from advancing to side control.
Fiso controlling the action here.
O Reilly is refusing to be controlled, as Fiso sits in half guard.
Fiso looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
O Reilly is looking for a sweep. Fiso is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fiso is looking to pass O Reilly's guard but actually O Reilly recovers to full guard.
Fiso trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reilly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Reilly wants to sweep here but Fiso controlling him for the moment.
O Reilly working for a triangle but Fiso defends it easily.
O Reilly has Fiso pulled in close to control his posture.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly controls Fiso momentarily but Fiso frees himself.
Fiso seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Fiso won't allow O Reilly to sweep him here.
Fiso wants to control from the top but O Reilly keeps moving.
Fiso controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fiso trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reilly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Fiso's corner is telling him to maintain position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly trying to keep a closed guard but Fiso is proving a slippery customer.
Fiso wants to control from the top but O Reilly keeps moving.
Fiso content to stall in guard here.
Fiso trying to control but O Reilly is working from the bottom.
Fiso is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly is pulling down on Fiso's head. It's preventing any offense from Fiso, at least for the moment.
O Reilly trying to control the position.
O Reilly keeping moving, preventing Fiso from controlling successfully.
O Reilly working a defensive guard here.
Fiso looking to pass the guard.
Fiso controlling from the top position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Fiso trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fiso trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reilly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Reilly has Fiso pulled in close to control his posture.
Fiso preventing the sweep.
O Reilly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
O Reilly is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Fiso is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly keeping moving, preventing Fiso from controlling successfully.
Fiso controlling from the top position.
Fiso slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Fiso (9) vs (4) O Reilly
O Reilly tries to get back to half guard but can't.
O Reilly is trying to control Fiso's posture but Fiso avoids it.
You can see the frustration on O Reilly's face as Fiso controls the position.
O Reilly tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fiso wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on O Reilly's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fiso trying to control the position but O Reilly is working away.
O Reilly is trying to improve his position.
O Reilly struggling a bit here.
Fiso is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Fiso tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Fiso has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
O Reilly is looking for a sweep.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fiso takes the fight on points by 9 to 4.
During a confident post fight interview, Malaki Fiso thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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