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Bots de Garra 106 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 Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 19 wins and 12 losses; Isaac Vernon! And in the blue corner, fighting out of New York, with a TWGC record of 15 wins and 15 losses; Alexander Mesquita!
The judges for this bout are Alexandre Firmino, Paulo Santos and Leandro Rodrigues.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Mesquita is defended easily by Vernon.
Mesquita scores a trip takedown into side control. Nice. Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Vernon (0) vs (4) Mesquita
Vernon manages to get one leg in to regain half guard.
Mesquita is pressing down on Vernon's thigh, looking to free his foot. Vernon is holding on for now.
The referee calls for the fighters to work.
Vernon controlling the leg, holding on to half guard.
We've been hearing good reports from Vernon'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.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Vernon slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
There's a bit of a scramble here and now Vernon is on top in guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Vernon (2) vs (4) Mesquita
That's one minute gone in the round.
Mesquita keeping moving, preventing Vernon from controlling successfully.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Vernon trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
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.
Vernon won't allow Mesquita to sweep him here.
Mesquita lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Vernon (2) vs (6) Mesquita
Mesquita won't allow Vernon to sweep him here.
Vernon wants to control but Mesquita passes easily into half guard.
Vernon wants to control but Mesquita passes into side.
Score +3 for passing guard: Vernon (2) vs (9) Mesquita
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vernon is trying to get back to half guard.
Mesquita is looking to finish here, going for an Americana. Vernon knows the correct defense though, so he's OK.
Mesquita is looking for a kimura. He might have it! No, Vernon has escaped the position, nice work there.
Mesquita laying and praying for a moment but Vernon takes advantage and regains half guard.
Mesquita wants to take a breather but Vernon is having none of it.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vernon looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Vernon controlling the position for now.
Mesquita passes the guard and advances to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Vernon (2) vs (12) Mesquita
Mesquita can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Vernon is looking to escape.
Vernon tries to lock up and control but Mesquita gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vernon can't escape the position.
Vernon is squirming around, avoiding Mesquita's attempts to control the action.
Vernon working to try and regain half guard.
Mesquita avoids the attempt from Vernon to control.
Vernon bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done! Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Vernon (4) vs (12) Mesquita
Vernon wants to pass the guard but Mesquita is keeping the position.
Vernon wants to control from the top but Mesquita keeps moving.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita wants to sweep but no luck.
Vernon wants to pass the guard but Mesquita is keeping the position.
Vernon preventing the sweep.
Vernon sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Mesquita's guard.
Vernon is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Vernon (7) vs (12) Mesquita
Vernon wants to control the pace but Mesquita is squirming around nicely.
Vernon prevents Mesquita from getting the reversal.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita 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.
Mesquita prevents Vernon from taking his back.
Vernon looking to control and managing it successfully.
Mesquita sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Vernon is looking to advance position but Mesquita won't allow it.
Vernon is trying to control. Mesquita wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita is looking to get back to full guard here but Vernon has managed to pass to side control instead. Score +3 for passing guard: Vernon (10) vs (12) Mesquita
Vernon wants to take a breather but Mesquita manages to regain guard - a lesson learnt for Vernon.
Mesquita has a butterfly guard looking to sweep but Vernon has passed into side control.
Score +3 for passing guard: Vernon (13) vs (12) Mesquita
Vernon wants to lay and pray for a moment but Mesquita keeps working.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Mesquita manages to get back to half guard.
Mesquita wants to control but Vernon is keeping busy.
Mesquita wants to improve his position but Vernon is controlling well.
Vernon wants to control but Mesquita is keeping him busy.
Mesquita won't allow Vernon to pass to mount.
Vernon looking for a kimura but he'll have to free his other leg if he wants to finish that. Perhaps he's just using it as a distraction technique.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Vernon is looking for a kimura here.
Vernon is looking for the mount but instead finds himself back in full guard.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Vernon passes Mesquita's right leg, so he's now in half guard.
Vernon is looking to take a break and control but Mesquita is keeping him honest, looking to work from the bottom.
Vernon is stalling here. Mesquita is in no mood to hang around though. He's locked up a kimura from the bottom! Vernon seems to be keeping calm but he's forced to roll out of the hold and Mesquita has ended up in side control on the top. Nice work. Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Vernon (13) vs (16) Mesquita
Vernon is looking for a sweep.
Mesquita tries for an arm triangle. That looks pretty tight to me. Is this one over!?! Possibly, maybe, no Mesquita has let go of the choke. Obviously it wasn't as tight as we thought!
Mesquita laying and praying for a moment but Vernon takes advantage and regains half guard.
Mesquita wants to lay and pray for a moment but Vernon keeps working.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Vernon is looking to improve his position.
Vernon is working hard here to advance position.
Vernon regains full guard. Nicely done.
Vernon trying to control the position.
Mesquita won't allow Vernon to sweep him here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Vernon trying to control the position.
Mesquita sneaks a leg through and gets to half guard. That was like a knife through butter how easily he passed Vernon's guard.
Mesquita is working for a kimura but Vernon is defending it quite comfortably.
Vernon trying to control from the bottom.
Vernon regains full guard. Nicely done.
Vernon wants to sweep here but Mesquita controlling him for the moment.
Mesquita passes Vernon's left leg - he's now in half guard.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Vernon is looking for a sweep. Mesquita is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Mesquita tries to pass the half guard into mount. Vernon knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Mesquita keeps trying to improve his position.
Mesquita trying to control from Vernon's half guard. Vernon has other ideas though and has regained full guard.
Mesquita is fighting to break Vernon's control of his arms but Vernon is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Mesquita trying to control the position from guard on top but Vernon is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Vernon wants to sweep but no luck.
Vernon keeping moving, preventing Mesquita from controlling successfully.
Mesquita drops back for a leg but he's not going to get it - he lets go and Vernon dives on top into guard. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Vernon (15) vs (16) Mesquita
Mesquita isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Vernon stacks Mesquita on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Vernon! Score +3 for passing guard: Vernon (18) vs (16) Mesquita
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Vernon wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Mesquita, who protects the arm well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Vernon takes the fight on points by 18 to 16.
Jumping up and down and very excited, Isaac Vernon waved his t-shirt featuring Pulling Guard's logo in front of the cameras. |
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