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Bots de Garra 33 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 8 wins and 4 losses; Keith Kenneth Ferkingstad! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 12 losses; Juha Ahokas!
The judges for this bout are Thiago Cunha, Seu Braga and Edson Gomes.
The official calls the fighters to the middle and the contest is under way.
Ahokas darts in and clinches Ferkingstad up against the ropes.
Ferkingstad fails to pull guard.
Ahokas has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Ferkingstad avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Ahokas gets a nice trip takedown into half guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Ferkingstad (0) vs (2) Ahokas
Ferkingstad wants to control but Ahokas is keeping busy.
Ferkingstad actively working from the bottom here.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Ahokas trying to control from half guard but Ferkingstad is working away.
Ferkingstad slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Ferkingstad wants to sweep but no luck.
Ahokas advances to half guard.
Ferkingstad tries to get to full guard but Ahokas has control of the leg.
Ferkingstad wants to get back to full guard but Ahokas has passed into side control. Score +3 for passing guard: Ferkingstad (0) vs (5) Ahokas
Ferkingstad sneaks back into half guard.
Ferkingstad wants to improve his position but Ahokas is controlling well.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad moves into full guard.
Ahokas looking to pass the guard.
Ferkingstad looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ahokas is one step ahead there.
Ahokas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Ferkingstad swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Ahokas controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Ahokas passes easily into side control. Nice work. Score +3 for passing guard: Ferkingstad (0) vs (8) Ahokas
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad tries to bench press Ahokas off him but Ahokas keeps the position.
The referee asks Ahokas politely if he wouldn't mind getting on with it and actually doing something. Ahokas prefers to stall for the moment though.
Ahokas wants to control but Ferkingstad is keeping him busy.
Ferkingstad can't do much from the bottom here.
You can see the frustration on Ferkingstad's face as Ahokas controls the position.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas trying to control the action but Ferkingstad is working from the bottom.
Ahokas taking a break here but Ferkingstad is having none of it and regains half guard.
Ahokas trying to mount his opponent but Ferkingstad defends it.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is looking to take a break and control but Ferkingstad is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Ferkingstad is holding on to half guard well.
Ferkingstad wants to improve his position but Ahokas is controlling well.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad trying to control here.
Ahokas wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ferkingstad keeps working.
Ahokas might have to switch it up a bit here because his efforts to control Ferkingstad haven't been going to plan, at least at the current moment in time.
Ferkingstad manages to get to full guard.
Ferkingstad looking to hit a scissor sweep but Ahokas is one step ahead there.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad keeping moving, preventing Ahokas from controlling successfully.
Ferkingstad being controlled here, momentarily.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad is trying to keep Ahokas in close.
Ahokas wants to control from the top but Ferkingstad keeps moving.
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.
Ferkingstad pulls Ahokas in close to his closed guard and prevents Ahokas from doing any damage or advancing position.
Ahokas sitting in guard, not really doing much.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad looking for a guillotine here but Ahokas defends easily.
Ferkingstad wants to control but instead he gets his guard passed and Ahokas is now in half guard.
Ferkingstad wants to improve his position but Ahokas is controlling well.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas is looking to advance position but Ferkingstad won't allow it.
Ahokas is stalling here. Ferkingstad is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Ahokas seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Ferkingstad has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Ferkingstad (4) vs (8) Ahokas
Ferkingstad is trying to get an arm triangle but Ahokas is defending well.
Ferkingstad wants to lay and pray for a moment but Ahokas keeps working.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas tries to improve position but can't.
Ferkingstad trying to control the action but Ahokas is working from the bottom.
Who's going to make the next move?
Ferkingstad wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Ahokas, who protects the arm well.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Ahokas manages to work his way to half guard, despite Ferkingstad's best efforts.
Ferkingstad is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Ahokas! Score +3 for passing guard: Ferkingstad (7) vs (8) Ahokas
Ahokas is looking to get to half guard.
Ferkingstad can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Ahokas is looking to escape.
Ferkingstad content just to control the position here.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Ferkingstad trying to control but Ahokas is having none of it.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Ahokas working to try and regain half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Ahokas wins on points by 8 to 7.
An out of breath Juha Ahokas thanked his loyal fans in his post fight interview, giving them credit for his success over the course of his career. |
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