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Bots de Garra 216 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 30 wins and 41 losses; Ian Laperierre! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 83 wins and 61 losses; Jerry Curls!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Emerson Jorge and Seu Braga.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Laperierre moves in looking to clinch but Curls pushes him off.
Curls wants to counter with a clinch but Laperierre pushes him away.
Laperierre is looking to clinch but Curls is avoiding it.
Laperierre shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Curls as he avoids it easily.
Curls keeps the fight on the outside.
Curls tries to counter with a clinch but Laperierre shakes him off and moves away.
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.
Laperierre fails with an attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Laperierre looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Laperierre sets himself, and Curls steps forward looking for the clinch! Laperierre avoids it this time.
Laperierre closes the distance and pushes Curls back into the ropes.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curls gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Laperierre (0) vs (2) Curls
Curls looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Laperierre trying to control from the bottom.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curls takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Laperierre wants to control but Curls is keeping busy.
Curls prevents Laperierre from improving his position.
Laperierre slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Laperierre is trying to control the position but Curls postures up.
Laperierre looking to hit a scissor sweep but Curls is one step ahead there.
Laperierre seems keen to control Curls's posture.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curls pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Laperierre is keeping the position for now.
Laperierre is trying to keep Curls in close.
Laperierre looking for a sweep. Not yet Laperierre, not yet.
Laperierre is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre controlling the position.
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.
Laperierre trying to keep a closed guard but Curls is proving a slippery customer.
Laperierre being controlled here, momentarily.
Laperierre wants to hit a sweep here but Curls passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Laperierre there! Score +3 for passing guard: Laperierre (0) vs (5) Curls
Laperierre working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre wants to control but Curls is having none of it.
Curls content just to control the position here.
Curls avoids the attempt from Laperierre to control.
Curls controlling from mount.
Laperierre is looking to get to half guard.
Curls wants to control the pace but Laperierre is squirming around nicely.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Curls prevents Laperierre from getting the reversal.
Laperierre controls the position.
Curls prevents Laperierre from getting the reversal.
Curls tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Laperierre is trying to reverse the position but instead Curls has taken his back - oops! Score +3 for taking back: Laperierre (0) vs (8) Curls
Laperierre rolls, trying to escape but Curls keeps control of the position.
Laperierre is being controlled on the ground here - he must escape this position otherwise surely the end is near.
Laperierre can't escape the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
You know, I was talking to some of our celebrities at ringside tonight and they were split right down the middle on who was going to win this fight.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Curls has the hooks in. Laperierre is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Good control from Curls.
You can see the frustration on Laperierre's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Curls just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
It looks like Curls might be adopting somewhat of a lay and pray gameplan here, which I'm sure won't go down too well with the paying fans in attendance... Or the ring announcers come to think of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre is defending well here and trying to improve his position.
Curls not allowing Laperierre to control his hands.
Laperierre is really stuck here.
Curls just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Laperierre looks to control his opponent's hands but he's not mananging it at the moment.
Curls biding his time, controlling Laperierre.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Curls's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Curls is looking cool and calm here, just waiting for a good opportunity to attack and finish the fight from this dominant position.
Laperierre can't escape the position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Curls gets his hands free as Laperierre looks to control.
Laperierre is trying to break free.
Laperierre is very frustrated here, being controlled quite effectively by Curls.
Laperierre trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Laperierre is keeping busy.
Curls has the hooks in. Laperierre is trying to push off one leg but he has to do so cautiously to avoid being submitted.
Curls biding his time, controlling Laperierre.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre tries to break free.
Curls gets his hands free as Laperierre looks to control.
I really don't envy Laperierre right now.
Laperierre tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Curls trying to control but Laperierre is having none of it.
Curls controlling the position easily from mount.
Laperierre is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Curls tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Curls seems to be looking to move to his opponent's back but Laperierre is holding on tight.
Laperierre is trying desperately to improve position.
Curls controlling from mount.
Laperierre reaches up to try and control the position but Curls seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Laperierre rolls and tries to escape and now Curls has his back!
Score +3 for taking back: Laperierre (0) vs (11) Curls
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre is trying to break free.
Curls just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Laperierre rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Curls not doing much here.
Well,Laperierre is on his way to losing a decision here. Can he use his experience to pull something off in the closing minutes?
Laperierre is trying to get back to full guard.
Laperierre wants to control but Curls is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Laperierre is looking for a sweep. Curls is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Curls takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Laperierre is trying to maintain the position but Curls is very close to passing his half guard.
Still in half guard, Curls seems content to control.
Curls wants to lay and pray for a moment but Laperierre keeps working.
Curls slows the pace down in half guard.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Laperierre is pressing down on Curls's left leg trying to get back to full guard. He's managed it.
Laperierre is trying to control the position but Curls postures up.
Laperierre keeping full guard, as Curls tries to pass.
Laperierre will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Laperierre trying to control the position.
Curls is pushing down on Laperierre's leg trying to pass to half guard. Laperierre is fighting to maintain full guard but Curls has managed to sneak the leg through.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Laperierre trying to hold on to Curls's head to control him but Curls postures up.
Laperierre is trying to get back to full guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curls wins on points by 11 to 0.
A victorious Jerry Curls thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter. |
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