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Bots de Garra 107 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 Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 27 wins and 27 losses; Patty O Reilly! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 16 losses; Alexander Mesquita!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Edson Gomes.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
O Reilly moves into the clinch.
O Reilly drags the fight down to the ground.
O Reilly keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.
Mesquita is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
O Reilly controls Mesquita momentarily but Mesquita frees himself.
Mesquita passes O Reilly's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
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.
O Reilly is controlling Mesquita's trapped leg to prevent Mesquita from advancing to side control.
Mesquita trying to pass the guard but O Reilly defending well.
O Reilly wants to control but Mesquita is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
O Reilly works his way to full guard. Good work.
O Reilly 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.
O Reilly keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.
O Reilly can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Mesquita controls the pace.
O Reilly had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Mesquita defends it easily.
Mesquita won't allow O Reilly to sweep him here.
O Reilly keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.
O Reilly 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 two minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita wants to control from the top but O Reilly keeps moving.
O Reilly looking to hit a scissor sweep but Mesquita is one step ahead there.
Mesquita wants to control from the top but O Reilly keeps moving.
O Reilly is trying to control the position but Mesquita postures up.
O Reilly wants to control the position but Mesquita says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Mesquita is looking to pass O Reilly's guard but actually O Reilly recovers to full guard.
Mesquita wants to control from the top but O Reilly keeps moving.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly is trying to keep Mesquita in close.
Mesquita trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reilly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Mesquita looking to pass the guard.
Mesquita passes O Reilly's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
O Reilly is looking to improve his position.
O Reilly is working hard here to advance position.
Mesquita is pressing down on O Reilly's thigh, looking to free his foot. O Reilly is holding on 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly tries to get to full guard but Mesquita has control of the leg.
Mesquita is looking to take a break and control but O Reilly is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
O Reilly regains full guard. Nicely done.
O Reilly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
O Reilly controls Mesquita momentarily but Mesquita frees himself.
Mesquita not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
O Reilly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Mesquita trying to control but O Reilly is working from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Mesquita is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Mesquita trying to control the position from guard on top but O Reilly is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
O Reilly is trying to keep Mesquita in close.
O Reilly keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.
O Reilly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita passes O Reilly's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Mesquita is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, O Reilly has managed to free his arm - good work.
Mesquita is trying to control the action in half guard but O Reilly is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
O Reilly is looking for a sweep. Mesquita is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
O Reilly wants to control but Mesquita is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mesquita is stalling here. O Reilly is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Mesquita seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and O Reilly has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: O Reilly (4) vs (0) Mesquita
O Reilly trying to control the action but Mesquita is working from the bottom.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita tries to bench press O Reilly off him but O Reilly keeps the position.
Mesquita keeps trying to improve his position.
Mesquita is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked O Reilly off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: O Reilly (4) vs (4) Mesquita
O Reilly fending off the submission attempt from Mesquita.
Mesquita is not going to allow O Reilly to sit and survive in this position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly turns into Mesquita and is now in his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: O Reilly (6) vs (4) Mesquita
Our spies down at at Belmiro Academy inform us that Mesquita has really been working on his submissions in the buildup to this fight. Will it pay off?
Mesquita trying to control the position.
Mesquita is looking for a triangle but O Reilly pushes his legs off easily.
We've been hearing good reports from O Reilly'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.
Mesquita bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in O Reilly's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: O Reilly (6) vs (6) Mesquita
O Reilly manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Mesquita manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: O Reilly (8) vs (6) Mesquita
O Reilly sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mesquita's guard.
Mesquita looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly is trying to control. Mesquita wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Mesquita is looking to improve his position.
Mesquita is looking to control O Reilly's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Mesquita avoid being mounted?
Mesquita is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Mesquita wants to control but O Reilly is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Mesquita is looking to sinch up a guillotine here but O Reilly pulls his head out easily.
O Reilly perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly prevents Mesquita from improving his position.
O Reilly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mesquita keeps working.
Mesquita has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. O Reilly is working away from the top position though.
O Reilly is looking to stall here but Mesquita recovers full guard.
Mesquita keeping moving, preventing O Reilly from controlling successfully.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly stopping the sweep attempt from Mesquita.
Mesquita is still trying to improve position.
Mesquita working for a triangle but O Reilly defends it easily.
O Reilly sitting in guard, not really doing much.
Mesquita looking for a sweep. Not yet Mesquita, not yet.
O Reilly is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
O Reilly wants to control from the top but Mesquita keeps moving.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and O Reilly defends well.
O Reilly looking to pass the guard.
O Reilly sitting in guard here, content to control.
Mesquita wants to sweep but no luck.
O Reilly trying to control the position from guard on top but Mesquita is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
O Reilly wants to control from the top but Mesquita keeps moving.
O Reilly looking to sit in guard and control but Mesquita gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: O Reilly (8) vs (8) Mesquita
O Reilly trying to control the position.
O Reilly 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.
Mesquita trying to control but O Reilly is working from the bottom.
O Reilly working a defensive guard here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now O Reilly is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: O Reilly (10) vs (8) Mesquita
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Mesquita looking to control.
O Reilly looking to sit in guard and control but Mesquita gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: O Reilly (10) vs (10) Mesquita
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points, we go to a tie breaker and Mesquita gets a bonus point for attempting more subs.
Mesquita wins on points by 11 to 10. |
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