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Bots de Garra 88 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 27 wins and 19 losses; Ricky Judge! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 13 wins and 25 losses; Thomas Bennett!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Daniel Cesar and Felipe Paraventi.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Judge feints and as Bennett raises his hands in defense, Judge changes levels and drives through with a takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Judge (2) vs (0) Bennett
Bennett tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Judge avoids a guillotine attempt easily.
Bennett working for submissions but it's allowed Judge to get to half guard.
Judge content to control rather than advance.
Judge is looking to advance position but Bennett won't allow it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Bennett is looking to improve his position.
Bennett looking for a kimura from the bottom but Judge passes into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Judge (5) vs (0) Bennett
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 one minute gone in the round.
Bennett is trying to work for a sweep but Judge has mounted him! Score +2 for reaching mount: Judge (7) vs (0) Bennett
Judge tries to control but Bennett wriggling away.
Bennett wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Judge (10) vs (0) Bennett
Judge keeps control of the position as Bennett tries to break free.
Bennett is still trying to improve position.
We've been hearing good reports from Judge'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.
Bennett keeps trying to improve his position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Judge's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Judge controlling well, preventing Bennett from escaping the position.
Judge is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Bennett knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Bennett for a finish.
Bennett wants to escape the position.
Judge is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Judge tries to keep control of the position but Bennett is staying busy.
Bennett is in bad spot here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Judge's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Bennett tries to escape the position.
Bennett manages to reverse the position and now he's in Judge's guard. Nice work there by Bennett.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (10) vs (2) Bennett
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Bennett is looking to advance position but Judge has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Judge (14) vs (2) Bennett
Bennett tries to improve his position but instead Judge has taken his back! Score +3 for taking back: Judge (17) vs (2) Bennett
Bennett manages to reverse the position and now he's in Judge's guard. Nice work there by Bennett.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (17) vs (4) Bennett
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Bennett stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Judge swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Judge is adopting a defensive guard.
Bennett drops back looking for a heel hook - he quickly realises he's not going to get it but Judge manages to dive on top of him before he can escape and now Bennett has Judge in his guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (19) vs (4) Bennett
Bennett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Bennett throws his legs up looking for a submission but Judge uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Judge (22) vs (4) Bennett
Bennett tries to buck Judge off but Judge is having none of it.
Judge gets to mount! Bennett was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. Score +2 for reaching mount: Judge (24) vs (4) Bennett
Bennett is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Judge looking to control but Bennett is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Bennett wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Judge (27) vs (4) Bennett
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Bennett is in bad spot here.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
Bennett wants to escape the position.
Bennett breaks Judge's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (27) vs (6) Bennett
Judge might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Bennett is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Judge is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Judge has escaped and now he's on top! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (29) vs (6) Bennett
Bennett is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Bennett looking for submissions from the bottom but instead Judge passes into half guard.
Bennett looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bennett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Judge pulls his head out easily.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Judge in particular looking to stall.
Bennett actively working from the bottom here.
Bennett is staying active underneath Judge, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Bennett looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Bennett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Judge pulls his head out easily.
Judge keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Bennett is looking to get back to full guard here but Judge has managed to pass to side control instead. Score +3 for passing guard: Judge (32) vs (6) Bennett
Bennett is not content to let Judge control the position.
Bennett tries to buck Judge off but Judge is having none of it.
The referee asks Judge politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Judge prefers to stall for the moment though.
Judge trying to control the action but Bennett is working from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Bennett tries to improve position but can't.
Bennett tries to slip a leg under to move to half guard but Judge presses down on the leg and jumps into full mount! Score +2 for reaching mount: Judge (34) vs (6) Bennett
Bennett tries to reverse the position but Judge maintains control.
Judge sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Bennett is trying desperately to improve position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Judge trying to control but Bennett is having none of it.
Judge manages to capitalize on a mistake by Bennett to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Judge (37) vs (6) Bennett
Judge is looking to control Bennett but Bennett is wriggling around and keeping busy.
Judge has the hooks in. Bennett is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Bennett rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Bennett is staying active underneath Judge, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Judge is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Bennett is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Bennett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Judge pulls his head out easily.
Bennett looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Bennett is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but Judge pulls his head out easily.
Bennett looking for submissions off his back.
Judge wants to pass to mount but Bennett is defending the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Judge works his foot free and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Judge (40) vs (6) Bennett
Bennett is squirming around, avoiding Judge's attempts to control the action.
Bennett is in all sorts of trouble here.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Judge controlling from the full mount.
Bennett working to try and regain half guard.
Bennett is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Judge manages to capitalize on a mistake by Bennett to take his back! Score +3 for taking back: Judge (43) vs (6) Bennett
You can see the frustration on Bennett's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Judge is riding his opponent, not letting Bennett buck him off.
Bennett is keeping busy.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Bennett tries to escape but Judge has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Bennett is in a world of trouble here. He's outmatched on the ground here and he'd better get Judge off his back sharpish unless he wants to be submitted.
Bennett is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Judge.
Bennett is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Judge controlling the position well here. Bennett rolled but Judge kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Bennett manages to reverse the position and now he's in Judge's guard. Nice work there by Bennett.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (43) vs (8) Bennett
Bennett is holding a leg here, probably looking for an ankle lock - he drops back and goes for it! Judge is in trouble! Is it all over??? No! Judge has escaped and now he's on top! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (45) vs (8) Bennett
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Bennett looking to hit a scissor sweep but Judge is one step ahead there.
And that's the end of the fight!
Judge takes the fight on points by 45 to 8.
Ricky Judge managed to slip a mention for his sponsors, KRAKEN Nutrition + Laundry, into his post fight interview. |
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