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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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 26 wins and 18 losses; Elazar Shalit! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 36 wins and 28 losses; Jamarcus Burroughs!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Burroughs shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Shalit (0) vs (2) Burroughs
Shalit wants to improve his position but Burroughs is controlling well.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Burroughs in particular looking to stall.
Shalit has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Burroughs is working away from the top position though.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Burroughs seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Burroughs's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
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.
More stalling from Burroughs.
Burroughs tries to pass to full mount but Shalit defends it.
Shalit definitely looks more muscular than last time we saw him fight.
Burroughs stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Shalit has his hands clasped together around Burroughs's back. He's all about the action.
Shalit tries to roll over but Burroughs keeps him under control.
Burroughs is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Burroughs uses his free foot to push down on Shalit's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Shalit. Score +3 for passing guard: Shalit (0) vs (5) Burroughs
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shalit tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Burroughs trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Shalit is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs controlling the pace for now.
Shalit is desperately trying to improve his position but Burroughs has a good base and remains in mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs controlling from the full mount.
Shalit tries to reverse the position but Burroughs maintains control.
Shalit wants to control but Burroughs is having none of it.
Burroughs controlling his opponent.
Shalit tries to lock up and control but Burroughs gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Burroughs controlling from mount.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Shalit regains half guard.
Shalit trying to control from the bottom.
Burroughs is taking a breather. Shalit 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.
Burroughs wants to control but Shalit is keeping him busy.
Shalit is looking to improve his position.
Burroughs seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs tries to pass the half guard into mount. Shalit knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Shalit wants to control but Burroughs is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Burroughs seems content to control.
Shalit trying to control here.
Burroughs looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Shalit won't allow Burroughs to pass to mount.
Burroughs is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Burroughs is trying to control the action in half guard but Shalit is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs controlling the action here.
It looks like Burroughs might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
Burroughs works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Shalit (0) vs (8) Burroughs
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Shalit is not content to let Burroughs control the position.
Shalit tries to improve position but can't.
Burroughs tries to advance to mount but Shalit denies him.
Burroughs tries for a kimura. Not really close to a finish though.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs slows the pace down.
Burroughs tries to advance to mount but Shalit denies him.
Shalit is trying to control Burroughs's posture but Burroughs avoids it.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Burroughs wants to take a breather but Shalit manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Burroughs.
Shalit working a defensive guard here.
Shalit wants to sweep but no luck.
Burroughs slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Shalit keeping moving, preventing Burroughs from controlling successfully.
Burroughs is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Burroughs wants to control from the top but Shalit keeps moving.
Burroughs advances to half guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Still in half guard, Burroughs seems content to control.
Shalit wants to improve his position but Burroughs is controlling well.
Shalit is working hard here to advance position.
Burroughs has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Shalit (0) vs (11) Burroughs
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Shalit is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Burroughs wins on points by 11 to 0.
Jamarcus Burroughs 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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