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Bots de Garra 124 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 Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 42 wins and 30 losses; Tres Sulvar! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 60 wins and 41 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 misses with a takedown
and Sulvar counters with a takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Sulvar (4) vs (0) Toehold
Sulvar controlling from side mount.
Toehold prevents Sulvar from improving position.
Toehold is looking for a sweep.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sulvar trying to control the position but Toehold is working away.
What's Toehold going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toehold tries to improve position but can't.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Toehold keeping his opponent close.
Sulvar taking a breather here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toehold tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Sulvar is moving around in side control but his primary objective seems to be to maintain the position.
Sulvar has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is looking to take a break and control but Toehold is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Toehold is trying to improve his position.
Who's going to make the next move?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is trying to improve his position.
Toehold gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Sulvar trying to control the action but Toehold is working from the bottom.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Toehold is positioning himself well to prevent Sulvar advancing to mount.
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.
Toehold wants to improve his position but Sulvar is controlling well.
We've been hearing good reports from Sulvar'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.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is refusing to be controlled, as Sulvar sits in half guard.
Toehold tries to get to full guard but Sulvar has control of the leg.
Toehold moves into full guard.
Toehold is adopting a defensive guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Sulvar is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is looking to sweep but instead, Sulvar has passed into half guard.
Sulvar trying to control the action but Toehold is working from the bottom.
Toehold wants to control but Sulvar is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Sulvar stalling.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is trying to get back to full guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Toehold is refusing to be controlled, as Sulvar sits in half guard.
Toehold is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Sulvar sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar wants to free his trapped foot but Toehold is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Sulvar is working hard here to advance position.
Toehold keeping control of the position.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is looking for a sweep. Sulvar is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Toehold is staying active underneath Sulvar, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Sulvar trying to pass the guard but Toehold defending well.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Sulvar is thwarting Toehold's attempts to control the position.
Toehold gets full guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toehold is trying to keep Sulvar in close.
Toehold looking for a sweep. Not yet Toehold, not yet.
Sulvar stays in close to Toehold's body and controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toehold trying to keep a closed guard but Sulvar is proving a slippery customer.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sulvar takes the fight on points by 4 to 0.
An out of breath Tres Sulvar thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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