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Bots de Garra 233 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 Rio de Janeiro, with a TWGC record of 103 wins and 74 losses; Tommy Toehold! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Tokyo, with a TWGC record of 92 wins and 60 losses; Tyron Scott!
The judges for this bout are Felipe Paraventi, Leandro Rodrigues and Daniel Cesar.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Toehold bobs and weaves into range and then changes levels and scores with a nice takedown into side control. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Toehold (4) vs (0) Scott
Toehold is looking to take a break and control but Scott is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
The referee asks Toehold politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Toehold prefers to stall for the moment though.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Scott is looking for a sweep.
Toehold trying to control the position but Scott is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Toehold is staying tight to Scott's torso, preventing him from escaping.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Toehold tries to move to mount but Scott blocks the move with his legs.
Scott regains half guard.
Scott trying to hold on to Toehold's head to control him but Toehold postures up.
Toehold wants to free his trapped foot but Scott is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Toehold trying to control from half guard but Scott is working away.
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 two minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is thwarting Scott's attempts to control the position.
Toehold is pressing down on Scott's thigh, looking to free his foot. Scott is holding on for now.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Toehold trying to control from half guard but Scott is working away.
Toehold sitting and controlling from the half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Scott trying to control but Toehold postures up.
Toehold is controlling the pace.
Scott keeping control of the leg, stopping his opponent passing to mount.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Scott won't allow Toehold to pass to mount.
Toehold is trying to control the action in half guard but Scott is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Scott slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Scott pulls Toehold in close to his closed guard and prevents Toehold from doing any damage or advancing position.
Scott keeping moving, preventing Toehold from controlling successfully.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Scott pulls Toehold in close to prevent any damage.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Toehold trying to control the position from guard on top but Scott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Toehold slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Toehold might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Scott is avoiding any damage by keeping wrist control.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Toehold trying to control the position from guard on top but Scott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scott has control of Toehold's left arm, preventing Toehold from doing any damage.
Toehold trying to control the position from guard on top but Scott is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Scott bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Toehold's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Toehold (4) vs (2) Scott
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Toehold controls Scott momentarily but Scott frees himself.
Toehold looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Toehold looking to control.
Scott is taking a break and basically stalling. The referee will not allow him to do that for long.
Toehold is trying to control the position but Scott postures up.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Toehold wants to sweep here but Scott controlling him for the moment.
Scott looking to pass the guard.
Scott advances to half guard.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Scott performing his best blanket impression for a moment.
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.
Let's hope that Scott has the urge to step up the pace any second now because for the last 15 or 20 seconds he's just been holding on tight.
Scott is pressing down on Toehold's thigh, looking to free his foot. Toehold is holding on for now.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Toehold wants to get back to full guard but Scott has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Toehold (4) vs (5) Scott
Toehold looking for a sweep but Scott has passed into full mount! Oh no! Score +2 for reaching mount: Toehold (4) vs (7) Scott
Scott sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Toehold is desperately trying to improve his position but Scott has a good base and remains in mount.
Scott looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Scott's corner are shouting for him to control the position and he seems happy to oblige.
More stalling from Scott.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Toehold really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
And that's the end of the fight!
Scott wins on points by 7 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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