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Bots de Garra 196 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 85 wins and 61 losses; Tommy Toehold! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 68 wins and 71 losses; Darragh Fiachna!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Mauricio Rocha and Paulo Santos.
Let's get this grappling contest under way! Who will be victorious?
Fiachna gets caught flat footed, as Toehold shoots in with a quick takedown into guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Toehold (2) vs (0) Fiachna
Fiachna is looking for a triangle but Toehold pushes his legs off easily.
Toehold trying to control but Fiachna is working from the bottom.
Fiachna looking for a sweep. Not yet Fiachna, not yet.
Toehold passes Fiachna's left leg - he's now in half guard.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toehold wants to pass the guard but Fiachna is defending well.
Fiachna regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiachna trying to keep a closed guard but Toehold is proving a slippery customer.
Toehold wants to pass the guard but Fiachna is keeping the position.
Toehold might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Toehold sitting in guard here, content to control.
Toehold stopping the sweep attempt from Fiachna.
Fiachna keeping moving, preventing Toehold from controlling successfully.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is stalling in the full guard.
Fiachna working a defensive guard here.
Toehold controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Fiachna looking for a sweep. Not yet Fiachna, not yet.
Fiachna trying to keep a closed guard but Toehold is proving a slippery customer.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toehold stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Fiachna swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Fiachna wants to improve his position but instead Toehold has moved into half guard.
Fiachna wants to control but Toehold is keeping busy and won't allow it.
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 wants to lay and pray for a moment but Fiachna keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is looking to improve his position.
Fiachna is trying to control but Toehold manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Toehold (5) vs (0) Fiachna
Fiachna really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Toehold wants to take his opponent's back but instead Fiachna manages to regain half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is thwarting Fiachna's attempts to control the position.
Fiachna is trying to get back to full guard.
Toehold slows the pace down in half guard.
Toehold wants to take a breather but Fiachna is having none of it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Fiachna is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Toehold's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Toehold's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Toehold (5) vs (4) Fiachna
Toehold is staying cool under pressure, defending well against the rear naked choke attempt from his opponent.
Fiachna has the hooks sunk in and you can see the will to fight slowly draining out of Toehold's body.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is looking to control Toehold but Toehold is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
So, who will make the next big move? In this position it could be crucial.
Fiachna wants to control but Toehold is keeping busy.
Toehold tries to escape but Fiachna has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
Fiachna is looking to control Toehold but Toehold is wriggling around and keeping busy.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna biding his time, looking for the opening.
Toehold trying to control the hands but Fiachna breaks the grip.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna struggling to keep hold of the position.
Fiachna is working for the rear naked choke. He has one arm under the chin but Toehold has hold of the other arm. A bit of a stalemate here.
Toehold trying to control the hands but Fiachna won't let him.
Toehold is in bad spot here.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Toehold manages to reverse the position and now he's in Fiachna's guard. Nice work there by Toehold.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Toehold (7) vs (4) Fiachna
Fiachna looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fiachna wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Toehold is now in half guard.
Fiachna wants to get back to full guard but Toehold has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Toehold (10) vs (4) Fiachna
Toehold working away.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Toehold (10) vs (6) Fiachna
Fiachna wants to pass the guard but Toehold is defending well.
Fiachna is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Toehold defends it well.
Toehold works his way to full guard. Good work.
Toehold wants to sweep here but Fiachna controlling him for the moment.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fiachna trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Fiachna looking to control the position here, rather than advance.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Toehold is trying to keep Fiachna in close.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toehold takes the fight on points by 10 to 6.
A relieved looking Tommy Toehold thanked the fans for their support and gave the usual line about them being amazing. They seemed to believe that he actually meant it. |
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