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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 Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 17 wins and 41 losses; Felix Suarez! And in the blue corner, fighting out of St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 74 wins and 81 losses; Darragh Fiachna!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Paulo Santos and Edson Gomes.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Fiachna gets the takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Suarez (0) vs (4) Fiachna
Fiachna taking a breather here.
My spies in The Tank Factory inform me that Fiachna has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Suarez tries to improve position but can't.
Suarez wants to control but Fiachna postures up.
Fiachna moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
We've been hearing good reports from Suarez's training camp. Apparently he has been rolling around with some good quality BJJ practitioners and has been sharpening his skills. Let's see if that has an impact on the fight today.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiachna wants to control but Suarez is keeping him busy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Suarez is looking for a sweep.
Fiachna wants to control but Suarez is keeping him busy.
Fiachna moving around in side mount but really he's just happy to control for now.
Fiachna trying to control the action but Suarez is working from the bottom.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is letting Fiachna control him for a moment.
Suarez is looking to regain half guard here but Fiachna keeps moving and retains side control.
Suarez is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Suarez might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Fiachna content to control rather than advance.
Suarez trying to hold on to Fiachna's head to control him but Fiachna postures up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Suarez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fiachna passes Suarez's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Fiachna moves nicely into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Suarez (0) vs (7) Fiachna
Fiachna is looking to take a break and control but Suarez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Suarez is looking to reverse the position.
Fiachna wants to lay and pray for a moment but Suarez keeps working.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Fiachna is looking to take a break and control but Suarez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Suarez is trying to improve his position.
Fiachna trying to control the position but Suarez is working away.
Fiachna looking to control but instead Suarez has slipped a leg in, to regain half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Suarez tries to get to full guard but Fiachna has control of the leg.
Fiachna perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Fiachna is trying to control the action in half guard but Suarez is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Fiachna perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
Fiachna wants to pass to mount but Suarez is defending the position.
Suarez slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Fiachna seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Suarez is pulling down on Fiachna's head. It's preventing any offense from Fiachna, at least for the moment.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna tries to free his leg and advance position but Suarez is retaining full guard.
Fiachna wants to control from the top but Suarez keeps moving.
Suarez is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Fiachna tries to free his leg and advance position but Suarez is retaining full guard.
Suarez looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Suarez wants to hit a sweep here but Fiachna passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Suarez there! Score +3 for passing guard: Suarez (0) vs (10) Fiachna
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Suarez prevents Fiachna from taking his back.
Fiachna takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
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.
Fiachna can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Suarez is looking to escape.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Suarez slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fiachna is looking to take a break and control but Suarez is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Suarez tries to get to full guard but Fiachna has control of the leg.
Fiachna is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Suarez (0) vs (13) Fiachna
Suarez is wriggling around trying to escape.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Suarez is working hard here to advance position.
Fiachna can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Suarez is looking to escape.
Suarez wants to hold on but Fiachna pushes him away.
Suarez regains half guard.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Fiachna in particular looking to stall.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Suarez gets back to full guard.
Suarez pulls Fiachna in close to his closed guard and prevents Fiachna from doing any damage or advancing position.
Fiachna trying to control but Suarez is working from the bottom.
Suarez trying to keep a closed guard but Fiachna is proving a slippery customer.
Fiachna stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Suarez swivels though and keeps the full guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Suarez looking for a sweep. Not yet Suarez, not yet.
Fiachna tries to free his leg and advance position but Suarez is retaining full guard.
Suarez trying to control the position.
Fiachna wants to pass the guard but Suarez is keeping the position.
Fiachna is fighting to break Suarez's control of his arms but Suarez is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Suarez looking to control.
Fiachna controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Suarez has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Fiachna has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Suarez (0) vs (16) Fiachna
Fiachna just content to control the position.
Suarez struggling a bit here.
You can see the frustration on Suarez's face as Fiachna controls the position.
You can see the frustration on Suarez's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Suarez is trying to escape the position but Fiachna is controlling the position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna trying to control the position but Suarez is working away.
Well,Suarez is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Fiachna is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Suarez tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Suarez is not content to let Fiachna control the position.
Suarez stuck in half guard on the bottom here.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Suarez tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Fiachna wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
And that's the end of the fight!
Fiachna wins on points by 16 to 0.
A relieved looking Darragh Fiachna 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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