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Bots de Garra 12 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 11 wins and 4 losses; Cole Orion! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 9 losses; Darragh Fiachna! The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Thiago Cunha and Alexandre Firmino.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way. Fiachna closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Orion (0) vs (4) Fiachna Fiachna tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it. In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Fiachna working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though. Fiachna looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything. Orion tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fiachna wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control. We've been hearing good reports from Orion'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. Fiachna advances nicely into full mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Orion (0) vs (6) Fiachna Orion manages to regain half guard. Good work. Fiachna is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Orion defends it well. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Fiachna looking to pass the half guard. Not this time. Fiachna keeps trying to improve his position. Orion is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! Fiachna is tapping! Great win for Orion!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:59 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Cole Orion! Cole Orion thanked the fans post fight for their support. |
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