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Bots de Garra 44 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 63 wins and 19 losses; Dragan Hozdic! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 11 wins and 8 losses; Jerry Curls!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Leandro Rodrigues and Matheus Silva.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Hozdic looks for a takedown but Curls sprawls well.
Hozdic shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Curls pinned against the ropes. Curls gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Hozdic with a poor takedown
and Curls counters with a nice double leg into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Hozdic (0) vs (2) Curls
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Dragan Hozdic. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Hozdic looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Curls passes into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Hozdic (0) vs (5) Curls
Curls wants to lay and pray for a moment but Hozdic keeps working.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curls advances to mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Hozdic (0) vs (7) Curls
That's one minute gone in the round.
Hozdic is in all sorts of trouble here.
Hozdic just holding on.
Hozdic regains half guard.
Hozdic manages to get to full guard.
Hozdic pulls Curls in to control the position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hozdic keeping moving, preventing Curls from controlling successfully.
Curls looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Hozdic has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
We've been hearing good reports from Hozdic'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.
We could do with one of the fighters taking the initiative a bit more on the ground - they're both waiting to capitalize on a mistake.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curls trying to control but Hozdic is working from the bottom.
Hozdic pulls Curls in close to prevent any damage.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curls trying to control but Hozdic is working from the bottom.
Curls is stalling in the full guard.
Hozdic keeping moving, preventing Curls from controlling successfully.
Hozdic will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Hozdic wants to sweep here but Curls controlling him for the moment.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Curls controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Hozdic keeping full guard, as Curls tries to pass.
Hozdic working a defensive guard here.
Hozdic controlling the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Curls won't allow Hozdic to sweep him here.
Hozdic trying to keep a closed guard but Curls is proving a slippery customer.
Hozdic keeping moving, preventing Curls from controlling successfully.
Curls might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Hozdic haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Hozdic 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.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Hozdic is working hard here to advance position.
Curls passes Hozdic's left leg - he's now in half guard.
Curls is keen to just control but Hozdic is a slippery customer.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Hozdic tries to roll over but Curls keeps him under control.
Curls is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
Hozdic tries to get to full guard but Curls has control of the leg.
Curls not doing much here.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Hozdic trying to hold on to Curls's head to control him but Curls postures up.
Curls wants to take a breather but Hozdic is having none of it.
Curls prevents Hozdic from improving his position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Hozdic wants to control but Curls is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Curls is trying to control. Hozdic wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Curls trying to pass the guard but Hozdic defending well.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Hozdic trying to hold on to Curls's head to control him but Curls postures up.
Hozdic is looking to improve his position.
Curls controlling the action here.
Hozdic trying to hold on to Curls's head to control him but Curls postures up.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Hozdic controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Hozdic wants to get back to full guard but Curls has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Hozdic (0) vs (10) Curls
Curls is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Hozdic will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls has control of an arm but Hozdic manages to advance to Curls's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Hozdic (4) vs (10) Curls
Hozdic has good solid back control here.
Curls tries to escape the position.
Hozdic wants to control but Curls is keeping busy.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Hozdic trying to control momentarily.
Curls turns into Hozdic and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Hozdic (4) vs (12) Curls
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.
Curls wants to control from the top but Hozdic keeps moving.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Hozdic is controlling Curls's posture.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curls wins on points by 12 to 4.
Jerry Curls is the new super heavyweight champion!
A very excited looking Jerry Curls 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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