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Bots de Garra 25 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 Montreal, with a TWGC record of 8 wins and 11 losses; Malcolm King! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 14 wins and 8 losses; Ikemba Okoye!
The judges for this bout are Luis Engracia, Leandro Rodrigues and Emerson Jorge.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Okoye shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts King as he jumps to the side.
King fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Okoye to the ground. King is now in Okoye's guard. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: King (2) vs (0) Okoye
King wants to pass the guard but Okoye is keeping the position.
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.
Okoye trying to keep a closed guard but King is proving a slippery customer.
Okoye has a loose triangle. He'll be looking to tighten that up but King can see exactly what he's planning and manages to posture up and free himself.
King advances position into side control! Score +3 for passing guard: King (5) vs (0) Okoye
Okoye tries to improve position but can't.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
King is trying to get an arm triangle but Okoye is defending well.
King working hard here to secure a kimura but he's not really in the right position for it.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Okoye sneaks a leg under to get back to half guard.
King wants to work for an arm triangle but Okoye is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
King is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
King is trying to work for a kimura. This could be trouble! No, Okoye has managed to free his arm - good work.
King is thwarting Okoye's attempts to control the position.
Okoye looking for submissions off his back.
The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
King 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 two minutes gone in the round.
King seems to be looking for submissions.
King is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Okoye defends it well.
King is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
King is working for submissions here but there's nothing on.
Okoye looking for submissions from an awkward position here.
Okoye is working on a guillotine. He's managed to get to full guard and he's really squeezing tight! King is tapping! Great win for Okoye!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Guillotine). Ikemba Okoye!
Ikemba Okoye decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well. |
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