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CWC 327 - Steel vs Burroughs PBP Commentary |
This TWGC bout is 1 fifteen minute round in the heavyweight division. Introducing today's competitors. In the red corner, competing out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 30 wins and 17 losses; Galtero El Toro! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 30 wins and 24 losses; Leandro Lo!
The judges for this bout are Bruno Lombardi, Russell Pearce and Franklyn Lucas.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
El Toro looking to score a takedown here. Lo is defending well but El Toro drives through and ends up in Lo's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: El Toro (2) vs (0) Lo
El Toro slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
El Toro won't allow Lo to sweep him here.
Lo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. El Toro stacks Lo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by El Toro! Score +3 for passing guard: El Toro (5) vs (0) Lo
Lo tries to get back to half guard but can't.
El Toro just content to control the position.
El Toro seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Lo for as long as he can get away with.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Lo sneaks back into half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Lo wants to improve his position but El Toro is controlling well.
El Toro works his foot free and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: El Toro (8) vs (0) Lo
That's one minute gone in the round.
Lo is wriggling around trying to escape.
El Toro tries to control but Lo wriggling away.
Lo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
El Toro can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Lo is looking to escape.
Lo is wriggling around trying to escape.
El Toro trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Lo keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
El Toro wants to control the pace but Lo is squirming around nicely.
El Toro content just to control the position here.
Lo sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lo trying to control from the bottom.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with El Toro in particular looking to stall.
Lo moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Lo is controlling El Toro's posture.
Lo looking to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
El Toro wants to control from the top but Lo keeps moving.
Lo is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: El Toro (8) vs (2) Lo
Lo is taking a breather. El Toro says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Lo passes to full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: El Toro (8) vs (5) Lo
El Toro tries to reverse the position but Lo maintains control.
Lo controlling the pace for now.
El Toro keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Lo controlling from the full mount.
El Toro is looking to get to half guard.
El Toro sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Lo prevents El Toro from improving his position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
El Toro is defending against the submission attempts here by Lo.
Lo tries to pass to full mount but El Toro defends it.
El Toro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
El Toro manages to get to full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Lo wants to pass the guard but El Toro is keeping the position.
El Toro can't keep his opponent in guard - Lo advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
We've been hearing good reports from El Toro'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.
El Toro has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Lo is working away from the top position though.
El Toro is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Lo wants to pass the guard but El Toro is defending well.
Lo perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
El Toro is controlling Lo's position as best he can from this difficult position.
El Toro is staying active underneath Lo, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
El Toro is controlling Lo's position as best he can from this difficult position.
Lo stalling.
Lo is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
El Toro makes his way to full guard. A much better position for El Toro.
El Toro wants to sweep here but Lo controlling him for the moment.
Lo looking to sit in guard and control but El Toro gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: El Toro (10) vs (5) Lo
El Toro wants to control from the top but Lo keeps moving.
El Toro tries to free his leg and advance position but Lo is retaining full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Lo has El Toro pulled in close to control his posture.
Lo looking for a sweep. Not yet Lo, not yet.
El Toro trying to control but Lo is working from the bottom.
Lo had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. El Toro defends it easily.
Lo is looking for a triangle here but El Toro uses the submission attempt to pass into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: El Toro (13) vs (5) Lo
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Lo is looking to regain half guard here but El Toro keeps moving and retains side control.
El Toro is looking to take a break and control but Lo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Lo being controlled for a moment.
Lo is looking to reverse the position.
Lo is not content to let El Toro control the position.
El Toro looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Lo is trying to improve his position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Lo is trying to escape the position but El Toro is controlling the position.
El Toro wants to control but Lo is keeping him busy.
Lo wants to control but El Toro postures up.
El Toro is looking to take a break and control but Lo is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Lo gets back to half guard.
Lo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. El Toro is working away from the top position though.
Lo felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
Lo might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control El Toro haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Lo wants to get back to full guard.
Lo has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. El Toro is working away from the top position though.
El Toro is keen to just control but Lo is a slippery customer.
El Toro is figuring out what he wants to do next.
El Toro is thwarting Lo's attempts to control the position.
El Toro seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Lo does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
El Toro is thwarting Lo's attempts to control the position.
Lo wants to improve his position but El Toro is controlling well.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
El Toro controlling the pace.
Lo is staying active underneath El Toro, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Lo trying to control from the bottom.
El Toro wants to pass to mount but Lo is defending the position.
Lo trying to control from the bottom.
Lo gets full guard.
Lo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
El Toro sitting in guard, not really doing much.
El Toro trying to control the position from guard on top but Lo is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Lo isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. El Toro stacks Lo on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by El Toro! Score +3 for passing guard: El Toro (16) vs (5) Lo
Lo tries to bench press El Toro off him but El Toro keeps the position.
Lo is trying to control El Toro's posture but El Toro avoids it.
El Toro is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Lo is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
El Toro working away.
And that's the end of the fight!
El Toro takes the fight on points by 16 to 5.
Our winner, Galtero El Toro, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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