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Bots de Garra 197 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 28 wins and 33 losses; Ian Laperierre! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 12 wins and 12 losses; Rufino Gracie!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Seu Braga.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gracie bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Laperierre (0) vs (4) Gracie
Gracie is trying to get an arm triangle but Laperierre is defending well.
Laperierre has been talking about how he's improved his wrestling in the run up to the fight so let's see if that's enough to sway the balance.
Gracie advances to mount. Score +2 for reaching mount: Laperierre (0) vs (6) Gracie
Gracie tries to control but Laperierre wriggling away.
Laperierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Laperierre is squirming around nicely.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gracie prevents Laperierre from getting the reversal.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Laperierre to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Laperierre is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Gracie is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Laperierre is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie looking to control but Laperierre is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Laperierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gracie wants to control the pace but Laperierre is squirming around nicely.
Laperierre tries to reverse the position but Gracie maintains control.
In the pre-fight buildup videos we saw Gracie working his ground and pound in the gym. He isn't landing a great percentage of his ground strikes so far though.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gracie looking to control and managing it successfully.
Laperierre wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Laperierre is trying to escape the mount.
Gracie controlling from mount.
Laperierre is trying desperately to improve position.
Laperierre is working hard here to advance position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Laperierre is trying to escape the mount.
Laperierre is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Gracie prevents Laperierre from getting the reversal.
Laperierre tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Laperierre is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
Gracie looking to control and managing it successfully.
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 four minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre is wriggling around trying to escape.
Gracie tries to control but Laperierre wriggling away.
Laperierre really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Laperierre tries to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Laperierre is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gracie prevents Laperierre from getting the reversal.
Gracie avoids the attempt from Laperierre to control.
Gracie content just to control the position here.
Gracie tries to control but Laperierre wriggling away.
Gracie tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre is looking to get to half guard.
Gracie sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Laperierre working to try and regain half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Laperierre is looking to improve his position but Gracie isn't that keen on the idea.
Gracie takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Laperierre is squirming around, avoiding Gracie's attempts to control the action.
Laperierre tries to lock up and control but Gracie gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre is in all sorts of trouble here.
Laperierre wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
Laperierre is wriggling around trying to escape.
Laperierre wants to hold on but Gracie pushes him away.
Gracie tries to control but Laperierre wriggling away.
Laperierre wants to control but Gracie is having none of it.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Gracie trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Gracie content just to control the position here.
Gracie prevents Laperierre from getting the reversal.
Gracie trying to control but Laperierre is having none of it.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre manages to regain half guard. Good work.
Laperierre has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Gracie is working away from the top position though.
Laperierre regains full guard. Nicely done.
Laperierre not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gracie trying to control the position from guard on top but Laperierre is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Laperierre looking to control the pace of the fight rather than finish it.
Laperierre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Gracie is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Laperierre is trying to keep Gracie in close.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre seems keen to control Gracie's posture.
Laperierre looking to control but Gracie passes into half guard.
Gracie trying to pass the guard but Laperierre defending well.
Laperierre controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Laperierre trying to control but Gracie postures up.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Gracie with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Gracie trying to control the action but Laperierre is working from the bottom.
Laperierre is trying to get back to full guard.
Laperierre trying to control but Gracie postures up.
Gracie wants to control but Laperierre is keeping him busy.
Gracie is looking to advance position but Laperierre won't allow it.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Laperierre tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Gracie trying to control but Laperierre is working from the bottom.
Gracie controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Laperierre seems keen to control Gracie's posture.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Laperierre has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gracie wins on points by 6 to 0.
Our winner, Rufino Gracie, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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