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SSG 402 Borgia vs Gomes 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 46 wins and 27 losses; Dani Gerbandi! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 21 wins and 17 losses; Holy Moly!
The judges for this bout are Mauricio Rocha, Daniel Cesar and Emerson Jorge.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Gerbandi tries to clinch there but Moly circles away.
A momentary lapse in concentration from Moly enables Gerbandi to shoot in and score with a neat double leg. Moly manages to secure a closed guard as the fighters hit the mat. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Gerbandi (2) vs (0) Moly
Gerbandi pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Moly is keeping the position for now.
Gerbandi controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Gerbandi sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Moly's guard.
Gerbandi is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
Gerbandi will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Neither fighter is being very active at the moment, with Gerbandi in particular looking to stall.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Gerbandi wants to take a breather but Moly is having none of it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Gerbandi is trying a forearm choke� I don't think that's going to do much at this level of the game.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Gerbandi is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (5) vs (0) Moly
Gerbandi is looking to work his way around to Moly's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
Gerbandi is working hard here to advance position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi wants to control the pace but Moly is squirming around nicely.
Moly keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Moly is squirming around, avoiding Gerbandi's attempts to control the action.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Gerbandi goes for an armbar but he's fallen flat on his backside there and now Moly is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gerbandi (5) vs (2) Moly
Moly trying to control the position from guard on top but Gerbandi is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi wants to sweep here but Moly controlling him for the moment.
Gerbandi looking to control but Moly passes into half guard.
Moly prevents Gerbandi from improving his position.
Gerbandi is trying to maintain the position but Moly is very close to passing his half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi tries to roll over but Moly keeps him under control.
Gerbandi trying to control here.
Moly prevents Gerbandi from improving his position.
Moly is thwarting Gerbandi's attempts to control the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi wants to get back to full guard.
Gerbandi trying to control but Moly postures up.
Gerbandi holds on for dear life, maintaining half guard for now.
Gerbandi trying to control from the bottom.
Gerbandi is looking for a sweep. Moly is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Moly performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
Gerbandi is trying to get back to full guard.
Gerbandi keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
Gerbandi tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Moly has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (5) vs (5) Moly
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi gets back to half guard.
Gerbandi is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Moly is thinking about going for an arm triangle but he can't free his leg.
The fighters are battling for position here. Gerbandi manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Moly wants to control from the top but Gerbandi keeps moving.
Gerbandi throws his legs up looking for a submission but Moly uses it to pass to side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (5) vs (8) Moly
Gerbandi sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
Moly tries to pass to full mount but Gerbandi defends it.
Gerbandi looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Gerbandi is doing well to avoid being mounted. He's controlling the position at the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi wants to get back to full guard.
Moly takes a deep breath and rests his weight momentarily on top of his opponent, to control the position.
Gerbandi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Moly trying to control but Gerbandi is working from the bottom.
Gerbandi is trying to control the position but Moly postures up.
Moly trying to control but Gerbandi is working from the bottom.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gerbandi (7) vs (8) Moly
Gerbandi is trying to control the action in half guard but Moly is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Gerbandi works his way into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (10) vs (8) Moly
Gerbandi slows the pace down.
Gerbandi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Moly keeps working.
Gerbandi wants to control for a moment but Moly uses the opportunity to move back to half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi trying to control the action but Moly is working from the bottom.
Gerbandi is working for a submission of some sort.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Moly looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Gerbandi uses his free foot to push down on Moly's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Moly. Score +3 for passing guard: Gerbandi (13) vs (8) Moly
Gerbandi goes for an armbar but he's not got it� Moly turns into him and now he's in Gerbandi's guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Gerbandi (13) vs (10) Moly
Gerbandi wants to improve his position but instead Moly has moved into half guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Gerbandi wants to control but Moly is keeping busy.
Gerbandi is looking to improve his position.
Gerbandi is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Moly's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Moly's back! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Gerbandi (17) vs (10) Moly
Gerbandi working for the choke.
Gerbandi biding his time, controlling Moly.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Gerbandi's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Gerbandi looking for the RNC.
Gerbandi working for a RNC but it's not happening just yet.
And that's the end of the fight!
Gerbandi takes the fight on points by 17 to 10.
A very excited looking Dani Gerbandi 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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