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Bots de Garra 156 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 New York, with a TWGC record of 26 wins and 32 losses; Alexander Mesquita! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 38 wins and 43 losses; Patty O'Reilly! The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Daniel Cesar.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
O'Reilly gets a double leg takedown into Mesquita's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Mesquita (0) vs (2) O'Reilly Mesquita trying to keep a closed guard but O'Reilly is proving a slippery customer.
O'Reilly passes into half guard. O'Reilly is looking to take a break and control but Mesquita is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom. Still in half guard, O'Reilly seems content to control. We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up. Mesquita is looking for a sweep. O'Reilly is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position. Mesquita trying to hold on to O'Reilly's head to control him but O'Reilly postures up.
O'Reilly wants to take a breather but Mesquita is having none of it.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/1.gif) That's one minute gone in the round. The fighters are battling for position here. Mesquita manages to regain full guard. Nice work. Mesquita keeping moving, preventing O'Reilly from controlling successfully. The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves. O'Reilly tries to free his leg and advance position but Mesquita is retaining full guard. O'Reilly won't allow Mesquita to sweep him here. Mesquita working a defensive guard but O'Reilly manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Mesquita (0) vs (5) O'Reilly Mesquita tries to get back to half guard but can't.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/2.gif) That's two minutes gone in the round. O'Reilly wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mesquita keeps working. Mesquita manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mesquita (2) vs (5) O'Reilly O'Reilly is trying to maintain the position but Mesquita is very close to passing his half guard. Mesquita wants to take a breather but O'Reilly is having none of it. O'Reilly trying to hold on to Mesquita's head to control him but Mesquita postures up.
O'Reilly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Mesquita is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, O'Reilly has managed to free his arm - good work. O'Reilly tries to get to full guard but Mesquita has control of the leg.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/3.gif) That's three minutes gone in the round. Mesquita wants to control but O'Reilly is keeping him busy. Mesquita is thwarting O'Reilly's attempts to control the position. O'Reilly is refusing to be controlled, as Mesquita sits in half guard. O'Reilly trying to control from the bottom.
O'Reilly is trying to get back to full guard. Mesquita trying to control from half guard but O'Reilly is working away.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/4.gif) That's four minutes gone in the round. O'Reilly gets back to full guard.
O'Reilly is trying to control the position from the bottom.
O'Reilly keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully. Mesquita looking to control the position here, rather than advance. 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. Mesquita wants to control from the top but O'Reilly keeps moving. O'Reilly keeping full guard, as Mesquita tries to pass.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/5.gif) That's five minutes gone in the round. Mesquita wants to control from the top but O'Reilly keeps moving. Mesquita trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
O'Reilly working for a triangle but Mesquita defends it easily.
Mesquita is stalling in the full guard. Mesquita trying to control but O'Reilly is working from the bottom.
O'Reilly is looking for a triangle but Mesquita pushes his legs off easily.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/6.gif) That's six minutes gone in the round. Mesquita trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
O'Reilly is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Mesquita defends well. Mesquita advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Mesquita (5) vs (5) O'Reilly O'Reilly is sneaking out the side here. He's bucked Mesquita off and has taken his back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Mesquita (5) vs (9) O'Reilly Mesquita looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
O'Reilly has his opponent's back and is working for the choke. You can see the frustration on Mesquita's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/7.gif) That's seven minutes gone in the round. O'Reilly trying to control.
O'Reilly patiently working for the choke. Which fighter will keep their nerve here? Mesquita trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble. O'Reilly tries to get the hooks in deep but Mesquita pushed the leg off. O'Reilly controlling well, preventing Mesquita from escaping the position.
Mesquita is working hard here to advance position. My spies in Alpha Brasil inform me that O'Reilly has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends! O'Reilly tries to keep control of the position but Mesquita is staying busy.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/8.gif) That's eight minutes gone in the round. Mesquita can't escape the position.
O'Reilly really has the hooks in deep now - there seems like no escape for Mesquita.
Mesquita showing good submission defense here.
Mesquita tries to escape but O'Reilly has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/9.gif) That's nine minutes gone in the round. The crowd hopeful of a finish here - O'Reilly's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
O'Reilly controlling well, preventing Mesquita from escaping the position.
O'Reilly wants to control but Mesquita is keeping busy. O'Reilly controls the position. Mesquita is in bad spot here.
O'Reilly has good solid back control here.
O'Reilly has got his arm under Mesquita's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Mesquita has spun round into O'Reilly's guard beautifully! Well done that man!
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Mesquita (7) vs (9) O'Reilly
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/10.gif) That's ten minutes gone in the round. Mesquita advances to half guard. O'Reilly is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Mesquita's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Mesquita's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Mesquita (7) vs (13) O'Reilly
O'Reilly is looking to finish the fight by rear naked choke. Mesquita knows exactly what he's got planned though, so he's defending well. Maybe a few strikes would soften Mesquita for a finish. O'Reilly is hanging on to Mesquita's back as he tries to escape.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/11.gif) That's eleven minutes gone in the round. O'Reilly tries to keep control of the position but Mesquita is staying busy.
O'Reilly working for a choke but Mesquita is defending well.
O'Reilly is working really hard to secure the rear naked choke. Mesquita defends successfully for a significant amount of time. Both fighters are looking very determined. Mesquita is really stuck here.
Mesquita tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/12.gif) That's twelve minutes gone in the round. Mesquita tries to get back to half guard but can't.
O'Reilly looks like he's working for a submission but he's not found anything just yet. Mesquita keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
O'Reilly looking to control but Mesquita is working nicely, looking to advance position himself. Mesquita tries to hold on but O'Reilly pushes him away. Mesquita is looking to get to half guard.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/13.gif) That's thirteen minutes gone in the round. O'Reilly wants to control but instead Mesquita manages to regain half guard. O'Reilly tries to pass the half guard into mount. Mesquita knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt. Mesquita moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard. Mesquita 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.
![](https://www.mmatycoon.com/images/fight/14.gif) That's fourteen minutes gone in the round. O'Reilly is pushing down on Mesquita's leg trying to pass to half guard. Mesquita is fighting to maintain full guard but O'Reilly has managed to sneak the leg through. Mesquita slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work. O'Reilly slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard. Mesquita seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission. O'Reilly works a leg free and moves into half guard. Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out! Mesquita is refusing to be controlled, as O'Reilly sits in half guard. Mesquita wants to improve his position but O'Reilly is controlling well.
And that's the end of the fight! O'Reilly wins on points by 13 to 7. Patty O'Reilly 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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