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Bots de Garra 117 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 32 wins and 31 losses; Jerry Curls! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 30 wins and 33 losses; Patty O Reilly!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Alexandre Firmino and Luis Engracia.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
O Reilly darts in and clinches Curls up against the ropes.
O Reilly manages to pull guard.
O Reilly looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Curls looking to pass the guard.
O Reilly looking for a guillotine here but Curls defends easily.
O Reilly trying to control the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curls wants to pass the guard but O Reilly is keeping the position.
O Reilly is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Curls looking to sit in guard and control but O Reilly gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Curls (0) vs (2) O Reilly
O Reilly preventing the sweep.
O Reilly sitting in guard, not really doing much.
O Reilly wants to control from the top but Curls keeps moving.
Curls looking to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly tries to free his leg and advance position but Curls is retaining full guard.
Curls is controlling O Reilly's posture.
Curls wants to sweep here but O Reilly controlling him for the moment.
O Reilly trying to control but Curls is working from the bottom.
O Reilly might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Curls haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
O Reilly stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Curls swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Curls manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. O Reilly manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Curls (2) vs (2) O Reilly
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curls content to stall in guard here.
Curls pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. O Reilly is keeping the position for now.
Curls is fighting to break O Reilly's control of his arms but O Reilly is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
O Reilly trying to control the 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 four minutes gone in the round.
Curls passes into half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Curls with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Curls tries to pass the half guard into mount. O Reilly knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
O Reilly is trying to get back to full guard.
Curls is figuring out what he wants to do next.
O Reilly has a hand on Curls's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Curls takes advantage of the position though and mounts him! Score +3 for passing guard: Curls (5) vs (2) O Reilly
That's five minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly tries to hold on but Curls pushes him away.
O Reilly is trying to escape the mount.
O Reilly is squirming around, avoiding Curls's attempts to control the action.
O Reilly is trying desperately to improve position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly is still trying to improve position.
O Reilly is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Curls takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
O Reilly wants to control but Curls is having none of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Curls content just to control the position here.
Curls has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
O Reilly wants to control but Curls is having none of it.
Curls controlling the position easily from mount.
O Reilly is squirming around, avoiding Curls's attempts to control the action.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly tries to reverse the position but Curls maintains control.
Curls can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as O Reilly is looking to escape.
O Reilly is desperately trying to improve his position but Curls has a good base and remains in mount.
O Reilly tries to hold on but Curls pushes him away.
Curls controlling the pace for now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly is desperately trying to improve his position but Curls has a good base and remains in mount.
Curls controlling from mount.
Curls is going oldschool here, as he tries to force O Reilly to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so O Reilly shrugs it off.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly regains half guard.
O Reilly has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Curls is working away from the top position though.
O Reilly is looking to improve his position.
O Reilly trying to control from the bottom.
O Reilly is looking to improve his position.
O Reilly trying to control here.
Curls prevents O Reilly from improving his position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Curls is controlling the pace.
O Reilly is trying to get back to full guard.
Curls takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Curls is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
O Reilly pulls Curls in to control the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly trying to control the position.
Curls got a little sloppy there for a moment and O Reilly has worked his way into a loose triangle - can he finish it?! No, Curls has managed to get both his arms back between O Reilly's legs - danger averted.
O Reilly is controlling Curls's posture.
O Reilly tries to land a sweep but no joy.
O Reilly is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
O Reilly wants to sweep but no luck.
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: Curls (5) vs (4) O Reilly
O Reilly is stalling in the full guard.
Curls pulls O Reilly in close to prevent any damage.
O Reilly wants to control from the top but Curls keeps moving.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls being controlled here, momentarily.
O Reilly tries to free his leg and advance position but Curls is retaining full guard.
Curls looking to hit a scissor sweep but O Reilly is one step ahead there.
O Reilly trying to control but Curls is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Curls controls O Reilly momentarily but O Reilly frees himself.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curls takes the fight on points by 5 to 4.
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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