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Bots de Garra 118 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 St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 48 wins and 42 losses; Darragh Fiachna! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 33 wins and 31 losses; Jerry Curls!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Curls gets caught napping as Fiachna dives in and scores a takedown. Curls manages to retain guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Fiachna (2) vs (0) Curls
Curls working a defensive guard here.
Fiachna trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fiachna preventing the sweep.
Curls lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiachna (2) vs (2) Curls
Fiachna has his hands on Curls's head, controlling the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiachna not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiachna pulls Curls in to control the position.
Curls wants to pass the guard but Fiachna is keeping the position.
Curls advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (2) vs (5) Curls
Fiachna can't do much from the bottom here.
Curls is staying tight to Fiachna's torso, preventing him from escaping.
You can see the frustration on Fiachna's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curls is staying tight to Fiachna's torso, preventing him from escaping.
Fiachna is trying to get back to half guard.
Fiachna is trying to control Curls's posture but Curls avoids it.
Fiachna is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curls wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fiachna keeps working.
Fiachna sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Fiachna is trying to control but Curls manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (2) vs (8) Curls
Fiachna is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Fiachna is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Curls is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Curls controlling the position easily from mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curls tries to control but Fiachna wriggling away.
Fiachna is looking to get to half guard.
Fiachna tries to hold on but Curls pushes him away.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Fiachna is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Curls is trying to take his opponent's back.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna wants to hold on but Curls pushes him away.
Curls trying to control but Fiachna is having none of it.
Fiachna is looking to improve his position but Curls isn't that keen on the idea.
Curls tries to control but Fiachna wriggling away.
Curls avoids the attempt from Fiachna to control.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fiachna has given up his back here. Will Curls look for the submission or keep pounding away?
Score +3 for taking back: Fiachna (2) vs (11) Curls
Fiachna is really stuck here.
Curls trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Curls controlling the positon.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Curls looking for the choke but no joy.
Curls controlling the position well here. Fiachna rolled but Curls kept the hooks locked in and stayed in the dominant position.
Curls is looking to control Fiachna but Fiachna is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna trying to control the position but Curls manages to sink in the hooks.
Curls is trying to stick to Fiachna's back but Fiachna is turning into Curls. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Curls's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Fiachna. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiachna (4) vs (11) Curls
Fiachna controls from within his opponent's guard.
Fiachna looking to sit in guard and control but Curls gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiachna (4) vs (13) Curls
Curls trying to control the position from guard on top but Fiachna is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fiachna looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Fiachna is adopting a defensive guard.
Curls advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (4) vs (16) Curls
Curls slows the pace down.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Curls working away.
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.
Fiachna tries to improve position but can't.
Curls wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fiachna keeps working.
You can see the frustration on Fiachna's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Fiachna manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiachna (6) vs (16) Curls
Fiachna is working for a kimura but Curls is defending it quite comfortably.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna seems to be working for a kimura but Curls defends the submission attempt.
Fiachna is looking for a kimura but Curls is holding onto that half guard position, so it's hard for Fiachna to get the leverage.
Fiachna will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Curls is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Fiachna's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Fiachna's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Fiachna (6) vs (20) Curls
Fiachna is really stuck here.
Fiachna trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Curls tries to get the hooks in deep but Fiachna pushed the leg off.
Good control from Curls.
Fiachna trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Curls wants to control but Fiachna manages to buck him off and is now in Curls's guard! Nice work there by Fiachna! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiachna (8) vs (20) Curls
Curls can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Fiachna controls the pace.
Fiachna trying to control the position from guard on top but Curls is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls escapes his hips to the side and looks to be working for an armbar. Fiachna gives him a little smile and shakes his head. No chance.
Fiachna wants to control from the top but Curls keeps moving.
Fiachna pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Curls is keeping the position for now.
Curls manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Fiachna manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiachna (8) vs (22) Curls
Curls wants to pass the guard but Fiachna is keeping the position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Fiachna trying to control the position here.
Fiachna looking for a sweep. Not yet Fiachna, not yet.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Curls trying to control but Fiachna is working from the bottom.
Curls pushing down on Fiachna's thigh, trying to pass to half guard. He's managed it... Nice work.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curls wins on points by 22 to 8.
Our winner, Jerry Curls, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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