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Bots de Garra 142 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 London, with a TWGC record of 51 wins and 25 losses; Ricky Clubber! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 67 wins and 47 losses; Tommy Toehold!
The judges for this bout are Leandro Rodrigues, Edson Gomes and Luis Engracia.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Toehold closes the distance and gets a double leg, slamming Clubber to the mat! Clubber manages to get full guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Clubber (0) vs (2) Toehold
Clubber pulls Toehold in to control the position.
Clubber looking for a sweep. Not yet Clubber, not yet.
Toehold wants to pass the guard but Clubber is keeping the position.
Clubber has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
Toehold looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toehold pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Clubber is keeping the position for now.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toehold is fighting to break Clubber's control of his arms but Clubber is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Toehold trying to move into half guard but instead Clubber has managed to sweep! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Clubber (2) vs (2) Toehold
Toehold wants to sweep but no luck.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clubber looking to sit in guard and control but Toehold gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Clubber (2) vs (4) Toehold
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Clubber holds on and takes a little breather.
Clubber keeping moving, preventing Toehold from controlling successfully.
Toehold trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Clubber keeping moving, preventing Toehold from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Clubber tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Clubber wants to hit a sweep here but Toehold passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Clubber there! Score +3 for passing guard: Clubber (2) vs (7) Toehold
Toehold controlling from the full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Clubber bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Clubber (4) vs (7) Toehold
Clubber looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Clubber trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Clubber from controlling successfully.
Toehold wants to sweep but no luck.
Clubber controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Clubber preventing the sweep.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Clubber content to stall in guard here.
Clubber pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toehold is keeping the position for now.
Clubber controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
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.
Clubber wants to pass the guard but Toehold is keeping the position.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Clubber looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Toehold looking for a sweep. Not yet Toehold, not yet.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Clubber is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Clubber seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Toehold for as long as he can get away with.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is trying to keep Clubber in close.
Clubber looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Clubber from controlling successfully.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Toehold controls Clubber momentarily but Clubber frees himself.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Clubber from controlling successfully.
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.
Clubber content to stall in guard here.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Clubber's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Clubber continues to stall.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Clubber trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toehold wins on points by 7 to 4.
Tommy Toehold seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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