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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 Los Angeles, with a TWGC record of 93 wins and 69 losses; Jerry Curls! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 34 wins and 20 losses; Richard Cheese!
The judges for this bout are Matheus Silva, Emerson Jorge and Alexandre Firmino.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Cheese darts in and clinches Curls up against the ropes.
Cheese has Curls pressed up against the ropes and is working for takedown. Curls manages to improve position though and keeps the fight standing.
Cheese wants to take the fight to the mat but Curls manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Cheese wants a takedown but no success here.
Jerry Curls has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Richard Cheese.
Cheese changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Curls fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Curls swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Curls wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
Cheese tries to clinch up against the ropes, rushing in to close the distance. Curls manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Curls swats away the attempt to clinch by Cheese.
Curls tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Cheese manages to circle out of the way.
Cheese tries to clinch up but Curls circles away and keeps his distance.
Cheese pushes Curls up against the ropes in a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Curls wants the takedown. Cheese is fighting it off but Curls persists and manages to bring the fight to the ground, ending up in Cheese's guard against the ropes. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Curls (2) vs (0) Cheese
Curls trying to control but Cheese is working from the bottom.
Curls controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Curls won't allow Cheese to sweep him here.
Curls trying to control the position from guard on top but Cheese is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Cheese is trying to keep Curls in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Curls stays in close to Cheese's body and controls the position.
Curls postures up.
Curls content to stall in guard here.
Cheese keeping moving, preventing Curls from controlling successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Curls being controlled here momentarily.
Curls postures up.
Curls pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Cheese is keeping the position for now.
Curls controls from within his opponent's guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Cheese controls Curls momentarily but Curls frees himself.
Curls sitting in guard here, content to control.
Curls wants to pass the guard but Cheese is keeping the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Curls might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Cheese looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Curls wants to pass the guard but Cheese is keeping the position.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Curls seems content to control from guard here. He's going to have to remain active though if he doesn't want to get stood back up.
Curls tries to free his leg and advance position but Cheese is retaining full guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Cheese looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
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.
Cheese managing to control the position.
Cheese tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Cheese trying to keep a closed guard but Curls is proving a slippery customer.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Curls sitting in guard here, content to control.
Cheese is trying to keep Curls in close.
Curls trying to control the position from guard on top but Cheese is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Curls is fighting to break Cheese's control of his arms but Cheese is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Curls wants to control from the top but Cheese keeps moving.
Curls showing good wrestling skills to control the position.
Curls works a leg free and moves into half guard.
Curls wants to control but Cheese is keeping him busy.
Cheese felt the need to train up his defensive grappling in the buildup to the fight. Presumably he was expecting to be in a difficult position like this, so let's see if he can get out of it.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Cheese wants to control but Curls is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Curls trying to control the action but Cheese is working from the bottom.
Cheese wants to get back to full guard.
Cheese is staying active underneath Curls, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Curls looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Curls is pressing down on Cheese's thigh, looking to free his foot. Cheese is holding on for now.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Curls content to sit in half guard and control for a moment.
Curls seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Cheese for as long as he can get away with.
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.
Cheese is trying to maintain the position but Curls is very close to passing his half guard.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Curls wants to control but Cheese is keeping him busy.
Cheese is the more experienced fighter here and he's going to need to draw on some of that experience if he's going to pull this one out the bag.
Cheese is in trouble now - Curls has advanced to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Curls (5) vs (0) Cheese
Curls pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
Curls tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Curls wants to take Cheese's back here but Cheese is holding on to an arm, himself looking to escape.
Cheese tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Curls looking to control and managing it successfully.
Curls looking to control but Cheese is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Cheese tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Curls tries to control but Cheese wriggling away.
Cheese wants to control but Curls is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Curls wants to control the pace but Cheese is squirming around nicely.
And that's the end of the fight!
Curls takes the fight on points by 5 to 0.
Our winner, Jerry Curls, made sure he spent some time buttering up the crowd during his post fight interview, which will no doubt bring him a few more fans. |
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