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Bots de Garra 194 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 84 wins and 61 losses; Tommy Toehold! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 36 wins and 30 losses; Elazar Shalit!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Toehold will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Shalit drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Toehold (0) vs (2) Shalit
Shalit tries to free his leg and advance position but Toehold is retaining full guard.
Shalit wants to control from the top but Toehold keeps moving.
Toehold has his hands on Shalit's head, controlling the position.
Shalit pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Toehold is keeping the position for now.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shalit stopping the sweep attempt from Toehold.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Shalit from controlling successfully.
Shalit stopping the sweep attempt from Toehold.
Toehold wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Shalit content to stall in guard here.
Toehold is pulling down on Shalit's head. It's preventing any offense from Shalit, at least for the moment.
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 two minutes gone in the round.
Shalit trying to control but Toehold is working from the bottom.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shalit stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Toehold swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Shalit 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.
Toehold is pulling down on Shalit's head to control his posture.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Shalit from controlling successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Shalit slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Toehold has his hands on Shalit's head, controlling the position.
Toehold has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Toehold'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.
Shalit wants to pass the guard but Toehold is keeping the position.
Toehold is pulling down on Shalit's head to control his posture.
Shalit wants to pass the guard but Toehold is keeping the position.
Shalit looks more muscular than last time we saw him. He must have been on the weights.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Shalit looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
Shalit preventing the sweep.
Toehold controls Shalit momentarily but Shalit frees himself.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Shalit won't allow Toehold to sweep him here.
Shalit engaging in some classic timewasting tactics.
Toehold has his hands on Shalit's head, controlling the position.
Shalit trying to control the position from guard on top but Toehold is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Shalit not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Toehold keeping moving, preventing Shalit from controlling successfully.
Shalit looking to pass the guard.
Toehold controlling Shalit's posture.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Shalit won't allow Toehold to sweep him here.
Shalit slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Shalit 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: Toehold (2) vs (2) Shalit
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Toehold's corner is telling him to maintain position.
This is a sustained period of stalling by Toehold.
Shalit wants to sweep here but Toehold controlling him for the moment.
Toehold is just sitting in guard, looking to avoid any submissions.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Toehold postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Shalit keeping moving, preventing Toehold from controlling successfully.
Shalit tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Toehold sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Shalit keeping full guard, as Toehold tries to pass.
Shalit looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Shalit looking to control.
Shalit trying to control the position here.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Shalit is continuing to stall.
Toehold sitting in guard here, content to control.
Shalit is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Shalit tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Shalit is trying to control the position but Toehold postures up.
Toehold stays in close to Shalit's body and controls the position.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toehold wants to pass the guard but Shalit is keeping the position.
And that's the end of the fight!
As we have tied on points and both fighters attempted the same number of subs, we will decide the bout based on the toss of a coin! Toehold is heads and Shalit is tails.
The coin is in the air and it lands... heads!
Toehold takes the fight on points by 3 to 2.
Tommy Toehold decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
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