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Bots de Garra 16 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 Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 5 wins and 7 losses; Bruce White Jr! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 0 wins and 4 losses; Davon Davis!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Edson Gomes and Felipe Paraventi.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Davis tries to score a power double leg takedown but White Jr sees that one coming and sprawls well. That will dishearten Davis somewhat.
White Jr shoots in and drives through. Davis sprawls well.
White Jr leaves Davis with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
White Jr looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Davis is fending him off so far but White Jr persists. Nope, Davis circles away and we're back to standing.
Davis changes levels for a counter takedown but doesn't follow through with his attempt.
Davis looks for a takedown but White Jr sprawls well.
Bruce White Jr has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Davon Davis.
White Jr feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: White Jr (2) vs (0) Davis
White Jr thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
White Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Davis.
Davis is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and White Jr defends well.
White Jr stopping the sweep attempt from Davis.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
White Jr is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
White Jr might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
White Jr is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
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.
White Jr thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Davis is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
White Jr passes Davis's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Davis tries to get to full guard but White Jr has control of the leg.
Davis gets full guard.
Davis looking for a guillotine here but White Jr defends easily.
White Jr is pushing down on Davis's leg trying to pass to half guard. Davis is fighting to maintain full guard but White Jr has managed to sneak the leg through.
White Jr is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Davis defends it well.
White Jr is working for a kimura but Davis is defending it quite comfortably.
White Jr is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
White Jr prevents Davis from improving his position.
White Jr is trying for a guillotine from the top but the pressure isn't in the right place so Davis is just riding it out for now. White Jr eventually gives up the hold.
Davis slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
White Jr drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and White Jr jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
White Jr thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Davis working for a triangle but White Jr 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.
White Jr slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: White Jr (5) vs (0) Davis
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Davis is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
White Jr tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no White Jr has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Davis tries to buck White Jr off but White Jr is having none of it.
Davis is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
White Jr is in a dominant position here, looking for a kimura. Davis looks calm but he's in trouble here. White Jr gets his leg over his opponent's head and yanks on the arm. Davis is tapping like a morse code operator on the titanic! SOS! SOS! White Jr lets go of the hold and Davis can pop his arm back in it's socket.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:48 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). Bruce White Jr!
A very excited looking Bruce White Jr 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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