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Bots de Garra 67 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 36 wins and 21 losses; Juha Ahokas! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 32 wins and 23 losses; Tommy Toehold!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Daniel Cesar and Matheus Silva.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Toehold closes the distance and gets a trip takedown into side control. Ahokas quickly recovers to half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Ahokas (0) vs (2) Toehold
Ahokas tries to get to full guard but Toehold has control of the leg.
Ahokas trying to control but Toehold postures up.
Toehold prevents Ahokas from improving his position.
Ahokas has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Toehold is working away from the top position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahokas is trying to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Ahokas wants to control but Toehold is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Toehold looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Toehold seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
Ahokas is trying to maintain the position but Toehold is very close to passing his half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Toehold pulls his head out easily.
Ahokas wants to control but Toehold is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Ahokas is positioning himself well to prevent Toehold advancing to mount.
The fighters are battling for position here. Ahokas manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Toehold is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas 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.
Ahokas pulls Toehold in close to his closed guard and prevents Toehold from doing any damage or advancing position.
Toehold looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Toehold postures up.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Toehold defends it easily.
Ahokas is trying to keep Toehold in close.
Toehold stopping the sweep attempt from Ahokas.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas has control of Toehold's left arm, preventing Toehold from doing any damage.
Ahokas not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Ahokas looking to control but Toehold passes into half guard.
Toehold trying to mount his opponent but Ahokas defends it.
Ahokas is trying to control but Toehold passes into side control!
Score +3 for passing guard: Ahokas (0) vs (5) Toehold
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas stops Toehold from passing to mount.
Ahokas is looking for a sweep.
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.
Ahokas looking for a sweep but Toehold has passed into full mount! Oh no! Score +2 for reaching mount: Ahokas (0) vs (7) Toehold
Ahokas tries to reverse the position but Toehold maintains control.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is working hard here to advance position.
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.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is trying to reverse the position but instead Toehold has taken his back - oops! Score +3 for taking back: Ahokas (0) vs (10) Toehold
Ahokas prevents Toehold from getting a body triangle.
Ahokas trying to control the action but Toehold just sinks the hooks in.
Toehold has the hooks in. Ahokas is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas trying to control the hands but Toehold won't let him.
Ahokas tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Ahokas is desperately trying to improve his position but Toehold has a good base and remains in mount.
Toehold avoids the attempt from Ahokas to control.
Ahokas is in all sorts of trouble here.
Ahokas regains half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas wants to get back to full guard.
Ahokas is staying active underneath Toehold, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ahokas keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Ahokas is looking to improve his position.
Toehold controlling the action here.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is staying active underneath Toehold, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Ahokas is looking for a sweep. Toehold is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Ahokas gets full guard.
Ahokas trying to control the position.
Ahokas pulls Toehold in to control the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Toehold trying to control the position from guard on top but Ahokas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Toehold is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Toehold looking to pass the guard.
Ahokas wants to hit a sweep here but Toehold passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Ahokas there! Score +3 for passing guard: Ahokas (0) vs (13) Toehold
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Toehold trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Ahokas tries to reverse the position but Toehold maintains control.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Toehold avoids the attempt from Ahokas to control.
Toehold is stalling here but it's allowed Ahokas to get half guard.
Ahokas is looking to control Toehold's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Ahokas avoid being mounted?
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toehold slows the pace down in half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toehold wins on points by 13 to 0.
Tommy Toehold is the new super heavyweight champion!
During a confident post fight interview, Tommy Toehold thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him. |
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