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Bots de Garra 19 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 Montreal, with a TWGC record of 7 wins and 9 losses; Malcolm King! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 2 losses; Bodie Helix!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Paulo Santos and Emerson Jorge.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
King looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: King (2) vs (0) Helix
King is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
King is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Helix has managed to free his arm - good work.
Helix is defending against the submission attempts here by King.
Helix is looking for a sweep. King is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
King is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Helix has managed to free his arm - good work.
King is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
King seems to be working for a kimura but Helix defends the submission attempt.
Helix tries to roll over but King keeps him under control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Helix looking for submissions off his back.
King is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
King is looking for a kimura here.
Helix wants to improve his position but King is controlling well.
King is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
King seems to be looking for submissions.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Helix can do anything to dispel that myth.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Helix tries to roll over but King keeps him under control.
King looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
The fighters are battling for position here. Helix manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Helix is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. King is aware though and is defending well.
King drops back looking for a leg! Helix is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Helix manages to kick King off! King jumps back into Helix's guard.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Helix is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Helix looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Helix is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Helix trying to control the position.
King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Helix has his foot on King's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. King works his way back into a safe position though.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King drops back looking for a leg! Helix is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Helix manages to kick King off! King jumps back into Helix's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
King 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.
Helix is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Helix looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Helix is keeping the position for now.
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.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Helix is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Let's hope that Helix has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Helix is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
King passes into half guard.
King is working for a kimura but Helix is defending it quite comfortably.
King looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
King is looking for an arm triangle, whilst trying to pass to side control. Helix doesn't seem that keen to cooperate though. No luck this time King.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Helix is looking to improve his position.
Helix wants to control but King is keeping busy and won't allow it.
King seems to be working for a kimura but Helix defends the submission attempt.
Helix works his way to full guard. Good work.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King got a little sloppy there for a moment and Helix has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, King has managed to get both his arms back between Helix's legs - danger averted.
King 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.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Helix trying to control the position.
King drops back looking for a leg! Helix is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Helix manages to kick King off! King jumps back into Helix's guard.
Helix looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
King wants to pass the guard but Helix is keeping the position.
Helix is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Helix working a defensive guard here.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King 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.
King drops back looking for a leg! Helix is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Helix manages to kick King off! King jumps back into Helix's guard.
Helix not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Helix looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Helix is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and King defends well.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Helix controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
King drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and King jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Helix looking to control.
King pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Helix is keeping the position for now.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
King 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.
Helix is looking for a triangle but King pushes his legs off easily.
King looking to pass the guard.
Helix looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
Helix has his foot on King's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. King works his way back into a safe position though.
Helix controls King momentarily but King frees himself.
King 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.
Helix is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
King 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.
Helix looking for a guillotine here but King defends easily.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
King looking to pass the guard.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Helix working for a triangle but King defends it easily.
King 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.
Helix had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. King defends it easily.
King thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Helix controlling King's posture.
Helix is trying to control the position from the bottom.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
King 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.
Helix can't keep his opponent in guard - King advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Helix is trying is best to control the position here.
Helix tries to get to full guard but King has control of the leg.
King is looking for a kimura here.
King is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Helix defends it well.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
King looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
King is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
King is working for a kimura but Helix is defending it quite comfortably.
Helix 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.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Helix trying to hold on to King's head to control him but King postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
King takes the fight on points by 2 to 0.
A very excited looking Malcolm King 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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