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Bots de Garra 107 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 London, with a TWGC record of 36 wins and 33 losses; Helio Gracias! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 33 wins and 22 losses; Amir Ziyaeddin!
The judges for this bout are Edson Gomes, Alexandre Firmino and Daniel Cesar.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gracias looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into side control! Oh, that's bad for Ziyaeddin! Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Gracias (4) vs (0) Ziyaeddin
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 controlling the position from side mount.
Gracias seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Ziyaeddin for as long as he can get away with.
Ziyaeddin has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Ziyaeddin is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracias trying to control the position but Ziyaeddin is working away.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ziyaeddin is trying to improve his position.
Gracias wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ziyaeddin keeps working.
Ziyaeddin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Gracias trying to control the position but Ziyaeddin is working away.
You can see the frustration on Ziyaeddin's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
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 two minutes gone in the round.
Ziyaeddin is looking for a sweep.
Gracias wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ziyaeddin keeps working.
Ziyaeddin wants to control but Gracias postures up.
Ziyaeddin tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ziyaeddin can't do much from the bottom here.
Gracias in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Gracias trying to control the action but Ziyaeddin is working from the bottom.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ziyaeddin is trying to control Gracias's posture but Gracias avoids it.
Ziyaeddin is looking to reverse the position.
Ziyaeddin prevents Gracias from improving position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
The referee asks Gracias politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Gracias prefers to stall for the moment though.
Ziyaeddin struggling a bit here.
Gracias works to advance to full mount. Ziyaeddin defends for a few seconds but eventually he succumbs. Score +2 for reaching mount: Gracias (6) vs (0) Ziyaeddin
Ziyaeddin is squirming around, avoiding Gracias's attempts to control the action.
Ziyaeddin is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ziyaeddin wants to hold on but Gracias pushes him away.
Gracias controlling from the full mount.
Ziyaeddin really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Gracias sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Ziyaeddin tries to hold on but Gracias postures up.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gracias fails to move to back control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracias controlling his opponent.
Gracias has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Ziyaeddin tries to hold on but Gracias postures up.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gracias controlling from mount.
Ziyaeddin tries to lock up and control but Gracias gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Gracias can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ziyaeddin is looking to escape.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Ziyaeddin wants to hold on but Gracias pushes him away.
Gracias wants to take his opponent's back but instead Ziyaeddin manages to regain half guard.
Gracias has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Gracias (9) vs (0) Ziyaeddin
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Ziyaeddin tries to hold on but Gracias pushes him away.
Gracias trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gracias wants to take Ziyaeddin's back here but Ziyaeddin is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
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.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gracias tries to control but Ziyaeddin wriggling away.
Gracias forces the positional change into back control. Score +3 for taking back: Gracias (12) vs (0) Ziyaeddin
Gracias trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Gracias biding his time, controlling Ziyaeddin.
Ziyaeddin tries to break free.
Gracias is riding his opponent, not letting Ziyaeddin buck him off.
Gracias is not going to allow Ziyaeddin to sit and survive in this position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gracias controlling the position well here. Ziyaeddin rolled but Gracias kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Gracias.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Gracias takes the fight on points by 12 to 0.
Helio Gracias seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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