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Bots de Garra 212 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 41 wins and 28 losses; Gul Dukat! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 94 wins and 67 losses; Tommy Toehold!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Mauricio Rocha and Daniel Cesar.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Dukat forces Toehold back against the ropes and clinches.
Toehold wants to take the fight to the mat but Dukat manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Toehold is looking for a takedown up against the ropes. Dukat gets underhooks though and prevents the takedown attempt.
Toehold tries to pull guard but Dukat holds him up against the ropes and eventually Toehold drops back down to his feet.
I was talking to Dukat's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
Gul Dukat has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Tommy Toehold.
Dukat has dropped down and is working for a takedown. Toehold is trying to keep an underhook but Dukat manages to get the takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Dukat (2) vs (0) Toehold
Dukat is trying to control the action in half guard but Toehold is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Dukat not doing much here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toehold gets back to full guard.
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.
Dukat slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toehold wants to control the position but Dukat says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Dukat trying to mount his opponent but Toehold defends it.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Toehold wants to get back to full guard.
Still in half guard, Dukat seems content to control.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dukat trying to mount his opponent but Toehold defends it.
Toehold is trying to maintain the position but Dukat is very close to passing his half guard.
Dukat stalling.
Dukat is sneakily working for an arm triangle but Toehold sees it coming and defends easily.
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 three minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Dukat's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Dukat's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Dukat (2) vs (4) Toehold
Toehold tries to keep control of the position but Dukat is staying busy.
Dukat is in bad spot here.
Dukat prevents Toehold from getting a body triangle.
Toehold keeps control of the position as Dukat tries to break free.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dukat trying to control but not successfully.
Toehold controlling well, preventing Dukat from escaping the position.
Dukat just trying to survive but Toehold is wriggling into a better position, looking to finish.
Dukat prevents Toehold from getting a body triangle.
Dukat is really stuck here.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Dukat trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Toehold is controlling the position but Dukat somehow manages to roll and ends up with half guard.
Dukat is trying to get back to full guard.
Dukat controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
Dukat trying to control but Toehold postures up.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Toehold trying to control the pace.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Dukat is looking to control Toehold's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dukat avoid being mounted?
Toehold prevents Dukat from improving his position.
Toehold wants to lay and pray for a moment but Dukat keeps working.
Toehold wants to free his trapped foot but Dukat is holding on for dear life with his legs.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Dukat is trying to get back to full guard.
Dukat keeping hold of Toehold's head, controlling as best he can.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Dukat has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Toehold is working away from the top position though.
Toehold is trying to control the action in half guard but Dukat is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Toehold keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Dukat is looking to control Toehold's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Dukat avoid being mounted?
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Dukat wants to improve his position but Toehold is controlling well.
Dukat is refusing to be controlled, as Toehold sits in half guard.
Dukat trying to control from the bottom.
Toehold is just content to waste time from the top position. Dukat takes advantage of the situation and regains full guard.
Toehold slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Dukat trying to keep a closed guard but Toehold is proving a slippery customer.
Dukat wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Toehold is now in half guard.
Dukat is trying to maintain the position but Toehold is very close to passing his half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Dukat is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Toehold is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Dukat is staying active underneath Toehold, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Dukat is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Dukat is staying active underneath Toehold, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Dukat is trying to maintain the position but Toehold is very close to passing his half guard.
Dukat is not content to let Toehold control the position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Toehold looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Dukat moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toehold controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
And that's the end of the fight!
Toehold wins on points by 4 to 2.
A very excited looking Tommy Toehold made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction. |
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