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Bots de Garra 116 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 Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 12 losses; Anderson Gracie! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 47 wins and 41 losses; Darragh Fiachna!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Thiago Cunha and Edson Gomes.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gracie closes the distance and clinches.
Fiachna drags the fight down to the ground.
Fiachna keeping moving, preventing Gracie from controlling successfully.
Gracie slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Fiachna can't keep his opponent in guard - Gracie advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Gracie prevents Fiachna from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiachna is controlling Gracie's position as best he can from this difficult position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiachna trying to control but Gracie postures up.
Gracie trying to control the pace.
Gracie seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Fiachna does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Fiachna is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the pace.
Fiachna wants to control but Gracie is keeping busy.
Gracie with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Gracie wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fiachna keeps working.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is pressing down on Fiachna's thigh, looking to free his foot. Fiachna is holding on for now.
Fiachna is trying to get back to full guard.
Gracie stalling.
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.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Fiachna defends it well.
Fiachna wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is trying to control but can't.
Fiachna is trying to avoid being dragged into an even worse position than he's already in but Gracie is staying active.
Fiachna is trying to control but Gracie manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Gracie (3) vs (0) Fiachna
Fiachna tries to hold on but Gracie postures up.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie prevents Fiachna from getting the reversal.
Gracie with some aggressive grappling here. He's looking for submissions here, rather than waiting for the opportunity to counter.
Fiachna wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie manages to capitalize on a mistake by Fiachna to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Gracie (6) vs (0) Fiachna
Gracie keeps control of the position as Fiachna tries to break free.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Gracie's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
You can see the frustration on Fiachna's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Fiachna looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna tries to escape the position.
Fiachna is keeping busy.
Fiachna tries to escape the position.
Will Gracie go for the finish here or will he try and keep control of the position?
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracie avoiding Fiachna 's attempts to control his hands.
Gracie has the hooks in. Fiachna is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Fiachna breaks Gracie's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gracie (6) vs (2) Fiachna
Gracie keeping moving, preventing Fiachna from controlling successfully.
Fiachna stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiachna stays in close to Gracie's body and controls the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Gracie swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiachna trying to control but Gracie is working from the bottom.
Fiachna looking to pass the guard.
Fiachna wants to control from the top but Gracie keeps moving.
Gracie pulls Fiachna in close to his closed guard and prevents Fiachna from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gracie manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fiachna manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gracie (8) vs (2) Fiachna
Fiachna keeping full guard, as Gracie tries to pass.
Fiachna had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Gracie defends it easily.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fiachna is trying to keep Gracie in close.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie pushing down on Fiachna's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gracie not doing much here.
Fiachna is pressing down on Gracie's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
We've been hearing that Gracie has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
Gracie pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fiachna is keeping the position for now.
Fiachna seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Gracie wants to control from the top but Fiachna keeps moving.
Fiachna has Gracie pulled in close to control his posture.
Fiachna wants to sweep but no luck.
Gracie is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Fiachna looking to control.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Gracie controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fiachna is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fiachna swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiachna is trying to control the position but Gracie postures up.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Gracie works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Gracie wants to pass to mount but Fiachna is defending the position.
Fiachna desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Gracie takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
And that's the end of the fight!
Gracie takes the fight on points by 8 to 2.
A very excited looking Anderson Gracie made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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