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Bots de Garra 157 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 41 wins and 23 losses; Ricky Judge! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 58 wins and 42 losses; Tres Sulvar!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Luis Engracia.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Judge shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Sulvar as he avoids it easily.
Judge takes the fight into the clinch.
Judge gets the body lock takedown. After a quick scramble, Sulvar regains guard.
Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Judge (2) vs (0) Sulvar
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Judge trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Judge controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Sulvar manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Judge manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Judge (2) vs (2) Sulvar
Sulvar looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Judge has improved his flexibility recently so we will have to see if he can use that to his advantage.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sulvar won't allow Judge to sweep him here.
My spies in Hammer House of Horror inform me that Sulvar has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Judge is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Judge might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Sulvar controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Judge working a defensive guard here.
Sulvar trying to control the position from guard on top but Judge is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Judge managing to control the position.
Sulvar slips nicely into half guard.
Judge is trying to get back to full guard.
Sulvar trying to pass the guard but Judge defending well.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is trying to control the action in half guard but Judge is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Judge tries to roll over but Sulvar keeps him under control.
Sulvar perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Sulvar works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Judge (2) vs (5) Sulvar
Sulvar working away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Judge tries to control but end up mounted... ooooh, that's bad. Score +2 for reaching mount: Judge (2) vs (7) Sulvar
Judge is desperately trying to improve his position but Sulvar has a good base and remains in mount.
Sulvar content just to control the position here.
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.
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.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Judge wants to control but Sulvar is having none of it.
Judge keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Sulvar looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Judge keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is looking to take Judge's back but instead Judge gets back to half guard. Nice work.
Judge is trying to maintain the position but Sulvar is very close to passing his half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Judge tries to get to full guard but Sulvar has control of the leg.
Judge is trying to maintain the position but Sulvar is very close to passing his half guard.
Judge wants to control but Sulvar passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Judge (2) vs (10) Sulvar
Sulvar controls the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar trying to control the action but Judge is working from the bottom.
Sulvar just content to control the position.
Judge is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Judge is not content to let Sulvar control the position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar content to control the pace. The referee will try and keep them active though.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Judge struggling a bit here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
What's Judge going to do here then? He's in a bit of a pickle.
Judge prevents Sulvar from improving position.
Sulvar just content to control the position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Judge can't do much from the bottom here.
Sulvar is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Judge will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Judge tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Judge is in a bad spot here and he knows it... just holding on for now.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Judge is not content to let Sulvar control the position.
Sulvar working away.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sulvar trying to control the position but Judge is working away.
Judge is trying to improve his position.
And that's the end of the fight!
Sulvar wins on points by 10 to 2.
Tres Sulvar is the new super heavyweight champion!
A relieved looking Tres Sulvar thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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