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WP 61 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 45 wins and 61 losses; Billy Turturro! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 27 wins and 14 losses; Tyron Scott!
The judges for this bout are Phil Schofield, James Ackerman and Steven Brown.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Turturro gets tackled into the ropes by Scott. Scott maintains the clinch.
Turturro tries for a takedown. No joy.
Scott drags the fight down to the ground.
Turturro trying to control the position from guard on top but Scott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Turturro's corner is telling him to maintain position.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Scott trying to control the position here.
Turturro looking to pass the guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Scott wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Turturro looking to sit in guard and control but Scott gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Turturro (0) vs (2) Scott
Turturro working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Scott doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Scott manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Turturro not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Scott stopping the sweep attempt from Turturro.
Scott content to stall in guard here.
We've been hearing good reports from Turturro's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Scott looking to pass the guard.
Scott stopping the sweep attempt from Turturro.
Turturro looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Scott puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Turturro is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Scott jumps into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Turturro (0) vs (5) Scott
Turturro is trying to improve his position.
Turturro tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad. Score +2 for reaching mount: Turturro (0) vs (7) Scott
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Turturro is working to get back to half guard.
Scott tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Turturro is looking to improve his position but Scott isn't that keen on the idea.
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.
Turturro wants to hold on but Scott pushes him away.
Turturro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott controlling from mount.
Scott tries to control but Turturro wriggling away.
Turturro tries to hold on but Scott pushes him away.
Scott takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Turturro tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Scott looking to control but Turturro is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Turturro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Turturro wants to hold on but Scott pushes him away.
Turturro is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Turturro is working hard here to advance position.
Scott avoids the attempt from Turturro to control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Turturro is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Scott tries to control but Turturro wriggling away.
Turturro is trying to escape the mount.
Turturro regains half guard.
The fighters are battling for position here. Turturro manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Scott not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Turturro is pulling down on Scott's head. It's preventing any offense from Scott, at least for the moment.
Scott controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Turturro controls Scott momentarily but Scott frees himself.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Scott being controlled here momentarily.
Turturro can't keep his opponent in guard - Scott advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Turturro is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Scott pulls his head out easily.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Turturro is looking to control Scott's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Turturro avoid being mounted?
Turturro moves into full guard.
Scott stopping the sweep attempt from Turturro.
Scott stays in close to Turturro's body and controls the position.
Turturro looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Turturro managing to control the position.
Scott content to stall in guard here.
Turturro had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Scott defends it easily.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Turturro is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Scott sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Scott forces his way into half guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Scott content to control rather than advance.
Turturro is looking to get back to full guard here but Scott has managed to pass to side control instead. Score +3 for passing guard: Turturro (0) vs (10) Scott
Scott tries to advance to mount but Turturro denies him.
Scott moves into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Turturro (0) vs (12) Scott
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Turturro working to try and regain half guard.
Turturro is squirming around, avoiding Scott's attempts to control the action.
Turturro working to try and regain half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Scott controlling the position easily from mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott wins on points by 12 to 0.
During a confident post fight interview, Tyron Scott thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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