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Bots de Garra 166 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 60 wins and 45 losses; Jerry Curls! And in the blue corner, fighting out of London, with a TWGC record of 73 wins and 75 losses; Able Archer!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Seu Braga and Alexandre Firmino.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Curls scores with a takedown into Archer's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Curls (2) vs (0) Archer
Curls preventing the sweep.
Archer keeping moving, preventing Curls from controlling successfully.
Curls's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Curls looking to pass the guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Archer is trying to keep Curls in close.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curls trying to control but Archer is working from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curls stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Archer swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Archer trying to control the position.
Curls stands and throws Archer's legs to the side, diving into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Curls (5) vs (0) Archer
Curls has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Archer! Score +2 for reaching mount: Curls (7) vs (0) Archer
Archer really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Archer tries to hold on but Curls pushes him away.
Archer is trying to escape the mount.
Curls sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Archer is squirming around, avoiding Curls's attempts to control the action.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Archer slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Still in half guard, Curls seems content to control.
Curls looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
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.
Archer is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Curls is thwarting Archer's attempts to control the position.
Curls wants to control but Archer is keeping him busy.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well, if Curls is going to just lie there, perhaps we should talk about what we're having for dinner tonight… I'm having a ham and pineapple pizza… Yum. Can't wait.
Curls trying to control from Archer's half guard. Archer has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Archer looking for a guillotine here but Curls defends easily.
Curls works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Curls tries to pass the half guard into mount. Archer knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Curls is stalling here. Archer is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Curls seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Archer has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Curls (7) vs (4) Archer
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Curls tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Archer wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Archer wants to control but Curls is keeping him busy.
Archer slows the pace down.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Curls is looking for a sweep.
My spies in Jed's Gym inform me that Archer has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
Archer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Curls keeps working.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Curls gets one leg under and gets the fight to half guard.
Archer wants to lay and pray for a moment but Curls keeps working.
Curls tries to roll over but Archer keeps him under control.
Curls is refusing to be controlled, as Archer sits in half guard.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Archer is pressing down on Curls's thigh, looking to free his foot. Curls is holding on for now.
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.
Archer seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Curls does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Curls tries to get to full guard but Archer has control of the leg.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Curls is looking to control Archer's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Curls avoid being mounted?
Curls tries to get to full guard but Archer has control of the leg.
Curls is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Archer's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Archer's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Curls (11) vs (4) Archer
Archer is keeping busy.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Curls is not going to allow Archer to sit and survive in this position.
Curls is hanging on to Archer's back as he tries to escape.
Curls has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Archer's body.
Curls trying to control momentarily.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Archer's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Curls tries to get the hooks in deep but Archer pushed the leg off.
Curls avoiding Archer 's attempts to control his hands.
Curls keeps control of the position as Archer tries to break free.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Archer prevents Curls from getting a body triangle.
Archer tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Archer is in all sorts of trouble here.
Curls looking to control but Archer is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Archer tries to hold on but Curls pushes him away.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls controlling the position easily from mount.
Curls has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Archer wants to control but Curls is having none of it.
Curls looking to control and managing it successfully.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curls takes the fight on points by 11 to 4.
Jerry Curls decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
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