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Bots de Garra 160 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 58 wins and 41 losses; Jerry Curls! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 60 wins and 43 losses; Tres Sulvar!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Matheus Silva.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Sulvar shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Curls pinned against the ropes. Curls gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Sulvar will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Curls closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Sulvar did well to prevent Curls getting side control. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Curls (2) vs (0) Sulvar
Curls perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Curls prevents Sulvar from improving his position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Sulvar has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Curls is working away from the top position though.
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.
Curls controlling the pace.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Sulvar is looking to improve his position.
Sulvar trying to control but Curls postures up.
Curls trying to pass the guard but Sulvar defending well.
Sulvar keeps control of the position for the meantime.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curls not doing much here.
Sulvar is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Curls wants to control but Sulvar is keeping him busy.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar wants to get back to full guard.
Sulvar is trying to control but can't.
Curls takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Curls trying to control from Sulvar's half guard. Sulvar has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Curls is stalling in the full guard.
Curls wants to control from the top but Sulvar keeps moving.
Curls might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Curls controlling from the top position.
Curls stopping the sweep attempt from Sulvar.
Curls not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Sulvar pulls Curls in close to prevent any damage.
Curls trying to control but Sulvar is working from the bottom.
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.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Curls is stalling in the full guard.
Curls stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Sulvar swivels though and keeps the full guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Curls postures up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Curls content to stall in guard here.
Sulvar keeping moving, preventing Curls from controlling successfully.
Sulvar looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Sulvar looking to control.
Curls controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Curls has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Sulvar controls Curls momentarily but Curls frees himself.
Curls trying to control the position from guard on top but Sulvar is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Curls passes Sulvar's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Sulvar wants to get back to full guard.
Curls slows the pace down in half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar tries to roll over but Curls keeps him under control.
Curls is taking a breather. Sulvar says something to him but it's hard to make out. Perhaps he's telling him to get on with it and actually do something.
Sulvar trying to control here.
Sulvar controlling the position for now.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Curls content to control rather than advance.
Sulvar is refusing to be controlled, as Curls sits in half guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar desperately trying to maintain half guard.
Curls takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is looking to control Curls's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Sulvar avoid being mounted?
Curls wants to free his trapped foot but Sulvar is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Curls is looking to stall here but Sulvar recovers full guard.
Curls tries to free his leg and advance position but Sulvar is retaining full guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Curls wants to pass the guard but Sulvar is keeping the position.
Curls controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Curls'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.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Sulvar looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Curls wants to pass the guard but Sulvar is keeping the position.
Curls sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Sulvar is keeping the position for now.
Sulvar working a defensive guard here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Sulvar working a defensive guard but Curls manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Curls (5) vs (0) Sulvar
Sulvar stops Curls from passing to mount.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curls takes the fight on points by 5 to 0.
Jerry Curls 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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