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Bots de Garra 182 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 Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 82 wins and 57 losses; Tommy Toehold! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 24 wins and 19 losses; Gul Dukat!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Cesar, Luis Engracia and Matheus Silva.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Dukat drives through with a takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Toehold (0) vs (2) Dukat
Toehold has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Dukat has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Toehold (0) vs (5) Dukat
Toehold is trying to get back to half guard.
Toehold is trying to control Dukat's posture but Dukat avoids it.
Dukat trying to control the position but Toehold is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Dukat taking a break here but Toehold is having none of it and regains half guard.
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 one minute gone in the round.
Dukat wants to control but Toehold is keeping him busy.
Toehold is doing well to control the position and prevent Dukat from advancing to side control.
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 looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Toehold is refusing to be controlled, as Dukat sits in half guard.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukat controlling the action here.
Toehold is not content to let Dukat control the position.
Dukat content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toehold manages to get to full guard.
Dukat controls from within his opponent's guard.
Dukat wants to control from the top but Toehold keeps moving.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dukat sitting in guard here, content to control.
Toehold working a defensive guard here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dukat controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Toehold pulls Dukat in close to prevent any damage.
Dukat is stalling in the full guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Toehold looking to hit a scissor sweep but Dukat is one step ahead there.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Toehold working a defensive guard here.
Toehold is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
Toehold is trying to keep Dukat in close.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is controlling Dukat's posture.
Dukat wants to control from the top but Toehold keeps moving.
Dukat stays in close to Toehold's body and controls the position.
Dukat's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dukat wants to pass the guard but Toehold is keeping the position.
Toehold looking for a sweep. Not yet Toehold, not yet.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Dukat from controlling successfully.
Dukat is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Dukat from controlling successfully.
Toehold wants to sweep here but Dukat controlling him for the moment.
Toehold is trying to keep Dukat in close.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Dukat trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Toehold working a defensive guard but Dukat manages to pass into side control anyway.
Score +3 for passing guard: Toehold (0) vs (8) Dukat
Toehold is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dukat tries to cartwheel into mount but he doesn't manage it.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Dukat wants to lay and pray for a moment but Toehold keeps working.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
You can see the frustration on Toehold's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Dukat tries to move to mount but Toehold blocks the move with his legs.
Dukat is maintaining the dominant position - no doubt Toehold will start to get frustrated soon if he's not already.
Dukat trying to control the action but Toehold is working from the bottom.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Dukat moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Dukat trying to control the action but Toehold is working from the bottom.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toehold tries to get back to half guard but can't.
And that's the end of the fight!
Dukat wins on points by 8 to 0.
Gul Dukat is the new super heavyweight champion!
After the fight, Gul Dukat was humble in paying tribute to his opponent but made it clear he wants to go on to bigger and better things. It seemed to go down well with the crowd who cheered him loudly. |
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