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Bots de Garra 100 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 35 wins and 17 losses; Enamorado Bandito! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 20 wins and 21 losses; Richard Anderson!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Bandito slaps away a takedown attempt from Anderson, before circling back to the center of the mat.
Anderson rushes Bandito and presses him up against the ropes.
Bandito gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Bandito (2) vs (0) Anderson
Bandito uses his free foot to push down on Anderson's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Anderson. Score +3 for passing guard: Bandito (5) vs (0) Anderson
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.
Anderson is squirming around, avoiding Bandito's attempts to control the action.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Anderson is wriggling around trying to escape.
Bandito is trying to take his opponent's back.
Bandito wants to control the pace but Anderson is squirming around nicely.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Anderson is trying desperately to improve position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bandito wants to take Anderson's back here but Anderson is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Bandito looking to take Anderson's back but Anderson rolls and after a scramble, Anderson ends up on top in guard. Nice escape there from Anderson to escape a tricky position. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Bandito (5) vs (2) Anderson
Bandito seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
Anderson being controlled here momentarily.
Anderson sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bandito is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Bandito keeping moving, preventing Anderson from controlling successfully.
Anderson passes into half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bandito wants to get back to full guard.
Bandito trying to control but Anderson postures up.
Anderson is pressing down on Bandito's thigh, looking to free his foot. Bandito is holding on for now.
Bandito trying to control here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bandito is holding on to half guard well.
Anderson wants to take a breather but Bandito is having none of it.
Bandito wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy.
Bandito tries to get to full guard but Anderson has control of the leg.
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 six minutes gone in the round.
Bandito looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Anderson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bandito wants to control but Anderson is keeping busy.
Bandito gets full guard.
Anderson controlling from the top position.
Anderson stopping the sweep attempt from Bandito.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bandito trying to control the position here.
Anderson looking to pass the guard.
Bandito controls Anderson momentarily but Anderson frees himself.
Anderson showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Anderson 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.
Bandito is trying to control the position but Anderson postures up.
Bandito manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Anderson manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Bandito (7) vs (2) Anderson
Bandito controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Bandito wants to control from the top but Anderson keeps moving.
Anderson is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Bandito advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Bandito (10) vs (2) Anderson
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Bandito controlling the position from side mount.
Anderson is trying to get back to half guard.
Anderson prevents Bandito from moving into mount.
Bandito trying to control the action but Anderson is working from the bottom.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Bandito is looking to take a break and control but Anderson is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Anderson manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Bandito (10) vs (4) Anderson
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Bandito wants to get back to full guard.
Anderson wants to take a breather but Bandito is having none of it.
Anderson with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Anderson prevents Bandito from improving his position.
Bandito is trying to control but Anderson passes into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Bandito (10) vs (7) Anderson
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Bandito is looking for a sweep.
Bandito is not content to let Anderson control the position.
Anderson tries to advance to mount but can't.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Anderson wants to control but Bandito is keeping him busy.
And that's the end of the fight!
Bandito takes the fight on points by 10 to 7.
After the fight, Enamorado Bandito was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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