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Bots de Garra 28 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 Amsterdam, with a TWGC record of 1 wins and 2 losses; Hirata Hitoshi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 19 losses; Chozen Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Emerson Jorge and Daniel Cesar.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
The fight stays on the outside here - Hitoshi looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Hitoshi darts in and clinches Gracie up against the ropes.
Gracie has picked Hitoshi up - he's going for a ride! Gracie dumps his opponent to the mat with a thud and settles into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Hitoshi (0) vs (2) Gracie
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Hitoshi gets back to full guard.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie 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.
Gracie preventing the sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie is pushing down on Hitoshi's leg trying to pass to half guard. Hitoshi is fighting to maintain full guard but Gracie has managed to sneak the leg through.
Hitoshi is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Gracie is trying a forearm choke… I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
Gracie 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.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hitoshi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Gracie's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Gracie's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Hitoshi (4) vs (2) Gracie
Gracie tries to roll but Hitoshi sticks to his back.
We've been hearing good reports from Hitoshi'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.
Hitoshi is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Gracie has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Hitoshi is trying to stick to Gracie's back but Gracie is turning into Hitoshi. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Hitoshi's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Gracie. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hitoshi (4) vs (4) Gracie
Hitoshi working for a triangle but Gracie defends it easily.
Gracie stopping the sweep attempt from Hitoshi.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie stands and throws Hitoshi's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Hitoshi (4) vs (7) Gracie
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hitoshi is trying to improve his position.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hitoshi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gracie wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Hitoshi, who protects the arm well.
Hitoshi might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Hitoshi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Gracie has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Gracie is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Hitoshi knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Gracie tries for a kimura but Hitoshi is defending well.
Hitoshi is looking to regain half guard here but Gracie keeps moving and retains side control.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hitoshi has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hitoshi is trying to improve his position.
Gracie working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gracie tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
Gracie is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Hitoshi is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Hitoshi tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Gracie wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but Hitoshi is defending well.
Gracie is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Hitoshi has escaped the position, nice work there.
Hitoshi tries to improve position but can't.
Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but Hitoshi is defending well.
Hitoshi tries to improve position but can't.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Hitoshi regains half guard.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hitoshi sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura but Hitoshi is defending well.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Hitoshi is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hitoshi is working hard here to advance position.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Hitoshi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
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.
Hitoshi is defending against the submission attempts here by Gracie.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Hitoshi is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hitoshi gets full guard.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hitoshi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hitoshi working from the bottom, still in full guard. He's managed to get a loose triangle. Gracie doesn't seem to be doing much to defend here, obviously he feels comfortable in the position. Gracie manages to throw the legs off his shoulder and he's back into guard - no problem.
Gracie drops back looking for a leg! Hitoshi is in trouble here! The fighters roll with the hold and Hitoshi manages to kick Gracie off! Gracie jumps back into Hitoshi's guard.
Hitoshi looking for a sweep. Not yet Hitoshi, not yet.
Gracie 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.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Gracie thinks about going for a leg but decides against it, in order to maintain the position.
Hitoshi is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Gracie is aware though and is defending well.
Gracie won't allow Hitoshi to sweep him here.
Hitoshi looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Gracie pushing down on Hitoshi's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
Gracie seems to be working for a kimura but Hitoshi defends the submission attempt.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Hitoshi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hitoshi sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie wants to work for an arm triangle but Hitoshi is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
The fighters are battling for position here. Hitoshi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Hitoshi looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Gracie stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hitoshi swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Gracie won't allow Hitoshi to sweep him here.
Gracie pushes down on Hitoshi's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hitoshi sees it coming and defends easily.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hitoshi sees it coming and defends easily.
Hitoshi is looking for a sweep. Gracie is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Hitoshi is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Gracie pulls his head out easily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hitoshi gets full guard.
Gracie 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.
Gracie 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.
Hitoshi is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Gracie drops back for a leg! It's a sloppy attempt though and Gracie jumps back into guard quickly, to retain the dominant position.
Gracie slips nicely into half guard.
Gracie is working for a submission of some sort.
Gracie 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.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Hitoshi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Gracie is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Hitoshi sees it coming and defends easily.
Hitoshi wants to improve his position but Gracie is controlling well.
Gracie is looking for a kimura here.
Gracie is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Hitoshi has managed to free his arm - good work.
Gracie passes the half guard and he's now in mount! Big trouble for Hitoshi! Score +3 for passing guard: Hitoshi (4) vs (10) Gracie
Hitoshi is trying desperately to improve position.
Gracie has hold of Hitoshi's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Hitoshi manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Gracie has isolated one of Hitoshi's arms. Hitoshi looking to fight him off but Gracie twists into an armbar. It's tight... Will he tap?? YES, he's tapped! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 12:55 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Chozen Gracie! |
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