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Bots de Garra 158 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 Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 6 wins and 3 losses; Corona Virus! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 71 wins and 53 losses; Tommy Toehold!
The judges for this bout are Seu Braga, Felipe Paraventi and Mauricio Rocha.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Toehold fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Toehold shoots in for a takedown but Virus shows good takedown defense.
Virus stuffs the takedown.
Corona Virus has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Toehold.
Virus keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Virus moves into range and clinches up with Toehold.
Toehold tries to pull guard but Virus forces him back to his feet, against the ropes.
Toehold has managed to pull guard. Let's see whether he can work an aggressive guard. It will also be interesting to see what tactics Virus uses from the top position.
Virus stays in close to Toehold's body and controls the position.
Virus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toehold is keeping the position for now.
Toehold wants to sweep but no luck.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Virus trying to control but Toehold is working from the bottom.
Virus postures up.
Virus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Virus has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Toehold is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Virus trying to control the position from guard on top but Toehold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Virus content to stall in guard here.
Toehold looking for a sweep. Not yet Toehold, not yet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Virus looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Virus wants to control from the top but Toehold keeps moving.
Virus stays in close to Toehold's body and controls the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Virus wants to control from the top but Toehold keeps moving.
Toehold is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Virus wants to pass the guard but Toehold is keeping the position.
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.
Toehold is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
Virus pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toehold is keeping the position for now.
Virus trying to control the position from guard on top but Toehold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Virus is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Virus tries to free his leg and advance position but Toehold is retaining full guard.
Toehold is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Virus 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: Virus (0) vs (2) Toehold
Virus is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Virus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Virus is working hard here to advance position.
Virus is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Virus pulls Toehold in close to prevent any damage.
Virus is trying to control the position but Toehold postures up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Toehold stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Virus swivels though and keeps the full guard.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Virus holds on and takes a little breather.
Virus continues to stall.
Toehold stopping the sweep attempt from Virus.
Virus looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Virus not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Virus will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Toehold won't allow Virus to sweep him here.
Toehold trying to control but Virus is working from the bottom.
Virus is pulling down on Toehold's head to control his posture.
Virus looking to hit a scissor sweep but Toehold is one step ahead there.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Virus is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Toehold is fighting to break Virus's control of his arms but Virus is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Virus looking for a sweep. Not yet Virus, not yet.
Virus is pulling down on Toehold's head. It's preventing any offense from Toehold, at least for the moment.
Virus keeping moving, preventing Toehold from controlling successfully.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Virus 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.
Toehold postures up.
Virus seems keen to control rather than go for a submission, at least for now.
Virus trying to keep a closed guard but Toehold is proving a slippery customer.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Toehold tries to free his leg and advance position but Virus is retaining full guard.
Virus has control of Toehold's left arm, preventing Toehold from doing any damage.
Virus tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Virus looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Toehold puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Toehold is thwarting Virus's attempts to control the position.
Virus is looking to improve his position.
Virus trying to control but Toehold postures up.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Virus is refusing to be controlled, as Toehold sits in half guard.
Virus is trying to get back to full guard.
Virus has a hand on Toehold's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Toehold takes advantage of the position though and mounts him! Score +3 for passing guard: Virus (0) vs (5) Toehold
Virus is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Virus is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Toehold tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Virus is wriggling around trying to escape.
Virus wants to hold on but Toehold pushes him away.
Toehold can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Virus is looking to escape.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Virus is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Virus tries to hold on but Toehold pushes him away.
Virus slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Virus is trying to get back to full guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Virus is staying active underneath Toehold, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Toehold not doing much here.
Let's hope that Toehold has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Virus is pressing down on Toehold's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toehold wins on points by 5 to 0.
A very excited looking Tommy Toehold made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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