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Bots de Garra 239 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 83 wins and 92 losses; Darragh Fiachna! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 4 losses; Giovanni De Rossi!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Leandro Rodrigues and Paulo Santos.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Fiachna tries to clinch up.
Fiachna gets in close and instigates a clinch.
De Rossi manages to pull guard.
Fiachna's corner is telling him to maintain position.
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.
De Rossi is doing well to control the posture of his opponent and prevent any damage.
De Rossi controls Fiachna momentarily but Fiachna frees himself.
Fiachna wants to pass the guard but De Rossi is keeping the position.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
De Rossi wants to improve his position but instead Fiachna has moved into half guard.
De Rossi controlling the position well.
That's one minute gone in the round.
De Rossi wants to get back to full guard.
De Rossi has found himself in a tricky position here. He's been working his transitions in training so let's see if he can work his way out of it.
Fiachna is keen to just control but De Rossi is a slippery customer.
De Rossi wants to control but Fiachna is keeping busy and won't allow it.
De Rossi is looking to get full guard. It looks like he might be successful but at the last minute Fiachna jumps into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (3) vs (0) De Rossi
Fiachna wants to control but De Rossi is keeping him busy.
Fiachna laying and praying for a moment but De Rossi takes advantage and regains half guard.
De Rossi wants to control but Fiachna is keeping busy and won't allow it.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi is looking for a sweep. Fiachna is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Fiachna wants to take a breather but De Rossi is having none of it.
Fiachna seems to be working for a kimura but De Rossi defends the submission attempt.
Fiachna moves into full mount! De Rossi won't be happy about that! Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (6) vs (0) De Rossi
De Rossi is squirming around, avoiding Fiachna's attempts to control the action.
De Rossi wants to control but Fiachna is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna looking to control but De Rossi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Fiachna fails to advance to De Rossi's back.
De Rossi is trying desperately to improve position.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Fiachna wants to control the pace but De Rossi is squirming around nicely.
De Rossi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
Fiachna controlling his opponent.
De Rossi tries to get back to half guard but can't.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
De Rossi is wriggling around trying to escape.
Fiachna with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
Fiachna looking to control but De Rossi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Fiachna is looking to work his way around to De Rossi's back. He needs to be careful though, as he's in danger of losing this dominant position.
De Rossi wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Fiachna (9) vs (0) De Rossi
De Rossi tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
De Rossi is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
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 seven minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna controlling from mount.
De Rossi wants to control but Fiachna is having none of it.
Fiachna wants to control the pace but De Rossi is squirming around nicely.
De Rossi tries to hold on but Fiachna postures up.
Fiachna wants to take De Rossi's back but he can't do it this time.
Fiachna looking to control but De Rossi is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna with some aggressive grappling here, looking for the finish.
De Rossi is looking to get to half guard.
Fiachna controlling the pace for now.
De Rossi tries to hold on but Fiachna postures up.
De Rossi is trying to escape the mount.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna is trying to take his opponent's back.
Fiachna tries to control but De Rossi wriggling away.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi wants to hold on but Fiachna pushes him away.
Fiachna sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
De Rossi is working to get back to half guard.
Fiachna can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as De Rossi is looking to escape.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Fiachna content just to control the position here.
De Rossi gets back to half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi is not content to let Fiachna control the position.
De Rossi works his way to full guard. Good work.
Fiachna postures up.
De Rossi keeping moving, preventing Fiachna from controlling successfully.
De Rossi wants to sweep here but Fiachna controlling him for the moment.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Fiachna slips effortlessly into side control - very nice. Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (12) vs (0) De Rossi
Fiachna trying to control the position but De Rossi is working away.
De Rossi wants to control but Fiachna postures up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
De Rossi is looking for a sweep.
Fiachna slows the pace down.
De Rossi can't do much from the bottom here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
De Rossi seems a little lost for a moment, as Fiachna dominates the positioning.
De Rossi manages to get back to half guard.
Fiachna wants to free his trapped foot but De Rossi is holding on for dear life with his legs.
Fiachna is trying to control the action in half guard but De Rossi is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
De Rossi trying to keep hold of his opponent's head but Fiachna manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Fiachna (15) vs (0) De Rossi
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
De Rossi tries to control the position but Fiachna now has his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Fiachna (18) vs (0) De Rossi
And that's the end of the fight!
Fiachna takes the fight on points by 18 to 0.
Darragh Fiachna seemed lost for words in his post fight interview but he remembered to thank his fans and directed everyone to his website. |
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