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Bots de Garra 218 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 St Petersburg, with a TWGC record of 80 wins and 81 losses; Darragh Fiachna! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 87 wins and 54 losses; Tyron Scott!
The judges for this bout are Emerson Jorge, Paulo Santos and Mauricio Rocha.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Fiachna misses with a takedown attempt - Scott sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Scott gets a double leg takedown into Fiachna's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Fiachna (0) vs (2) Scott
Scott pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Fiachna is keeping the position for now.
Scott preventing the sweep.
Fiachna looking to control.
Scott slips nicely into half guard.
My spies in Ze Gym inform me that Scott has been getting involved in the gym's BJJ sparring sessions. Let's see whether that pays dividends!
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Fiachna wants to get back to full guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Fiachna is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Scott's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Scott's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Fiachna (4) vs (2) Scott
Fiachna trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
You can see the frustration on Scott's face… He knows he is in trouble unless he improves his position sooner rather than later.
Fiachna keeps control of the position easily here as Scott tries to buck him off.
Fiachna trying to control momentarily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bit of a pause in the action here. Fiachna controlling the positon.
Scott trying to control but he's just got himself in more trouble.
Scott breaks Fiachna's hooks off and manages to turn into his guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Fiachna (4) vs (4) Scott
Fiachna is trying to control the position but Scott postures up.
Fiachna is really struggling to control Scott but he's trying to hold on to the position.
Fiachna has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Scott has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (4) vs (7) Scott
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is being controlled here.
Fiachna tries to bench press Scott off him but Scott keeps the position.
Fiachna is working hard here to advance position.
You can see the frustration on Fiachna's face, being in this tough position on the bottom.
Scott controls 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.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Scott gets to mount! Fiachna was on the offensive and wasn't defending properly. Score +2 for reaching mount: Fiachna (4) vs (9) Scott
Scott controlling from the full mount.
Fiachna wants to control but Scott is having none of it.
Fiachna working to try and regain half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Scott sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Fiachna wants to hold on but Scott pushes him away.
Fiachna is trying desperately to improve position.
Fiachna is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is working to get back to half guard.
Scott controlling his opponent.
Fiachna is working to get back to half guard.
Scott avoids the attempt from Fiachna to control.
Fiachna is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Scott is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna tries to get back to half guard but can't.
We've been hearing good reports from Fiachna'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.
Fiachna tries to hold on but Scott pushes him away.
Fiachna is looking to get to half guard.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Scott avoids the attempt from Fiachna to control.
Scott prevents Fiachna from getting the reversal.
Scott controlling the position easily from mount.
Fiachna is trying to escape the mount.
Scott controlling his opponent.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Scott prevents Fiachna from getting the reversal.
Scott controlling the position easily from mount.
Fiachna is looking to improve his position but Scott isn't that keen on the idea.
Fiachna wants to hold on but Scott pushes him away.
Scott content just to control the position here.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Fiachna is holding on to half guard well.
Scott looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
It looks like Scott 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.
Fiachna is trying to get back to full guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Scott takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Scott's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
Fiachna keeps control of the position for the meantime.
Fiachna is looking to improve his position.
Fiachna wants to control but Scott is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna keeping hold of Scott's head, controlling as best he can.
Scott content to control rather than advance.
Fiachna is trying to maintain the position but Scott is very close to passing his half guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Fiachna controlling the position well.
Fiachna is looking to improve his position.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Scott slows the pace down in half guard.
Fiachna trying to hold on to Scott's head to control him but Scott postures up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott wins on points by 9 to 4.
A relieved looking Tyron Scott 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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