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Bots de Garra 149 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 London, with a TWGC record of 54 wins and 28 losses; Ricky Clubber! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Montreal, with a TWGC record of 37 wins and 44 losses; Jari Laitila!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Edson Gomes and Emerson Jorge.
The fighters connect hands in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Laitila looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Clubber is fending him off so far but Laitila persists. Nope, Clubber circles away and we're back to standing.
A telegraphed takedown attempt from Laitila is defended easily by Clubber.
Clubber wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.
No luck for Laitila with that takedown attempt.
Ricky Clubber has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jari Laitila.
Nice sprawl there from Clubber as Laitila shoots in.
Laitila shoots in but Clubber avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Horrible takedown attempt by Laitila or perhaps it was just good defense by Clubber, which made it look bad.
Clubber clinches with his opponent.
Clubber is looking to take this one to the mat.
Laitila goes for a takedown attempt but Clubber pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Clubber stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Clubber wants it to stay on the feet.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Laitila shoots for a double leg takedown but Clubber sprawls well. He's pushed Laitila's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Laitila looks winded!
Clubber shoots in with a lovely double leg takedown. Laitila manages to land in full guard to minimise the damage. Score +2 for takedown into guard / half guard: Clubber (2) vs (0) Laitila
Clubber is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
That's one minute gone in the round.
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.
Laitila wants to control the position but Clubber says "no thanks buddy" and passes to half guard.
Clubber sitting and controlling from the half guard.
Clubber has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
Clubber will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Clubber is trying to control the action in half guard but Laitila is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Clubber content to control rather than advance.
Laitila is looking to improve his position.
Clubber is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Laitila trying to control from the bottom.
Laitila tries to get to full guard but Clubber has control of the leg.
Clubber with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Laitila is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Laitila is in trouble now - Clubber has advanced to mount! Score +3 for passing guard: Clubber (5) vs (0) Laitila
Laitila 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.
Clubber takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Laitila wants to control but Clubber is having none of it.
Laitila working to try and regain half guard.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Clubber controlling from the full mount.
Clubber tries to control but Laitila wriggling away.
Clubber controlling his opponent.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Laitila is looking to get to half guard.
Laitila is still trying to improve position.
Clubber trying to control but Laitila is having none of it.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Laitila wants to control but Clubber is having none of it.
Laitila wants to improve position but instead he's given up his back. Score +3 for taking back: Clubber (8) vs (0) Laitila
Laitila looking very determined here, making life difficult for Clubber.
Clubber keeps control of the position as Laitila tries to break free.
Clubber seems to have improved his submission grappling technique since last time we saw him. Let's see if he can pull off a submission.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Clubber biding his time, looking for the opening.
The crowd hopeful of a finish here - Clubber's supporters are on their feet, screaming for him to go for the rear naked choke.
Laitila tries to break free.
Laitila trying to control the hands but Clubber breaks the grip.
Laitila tries to escape but Clubber has the hooks in and won't let him break free.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Clubber trying desperately to keep hold of the dominant position.
Clubber slows the pace down here. Having a little breather whilst he's in a dominant position, looking to rest and regain some energy, ready to go for the finish.
Clubber tries to keep control of the position but Laitila is staying busy.
Clubber is trying to stick to Laitila's back but Laitila is turning into Clubber. He's managed to reverse the position - now he's in Clubber's guard. Polite applause from the crowd in appreciation of some nice Jiu Jitsu by Laitila. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Clubber (8) vs (2) Laitila
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Laitila looking to pass the guard.
Clubber pulls Laitila in close to his closed guard and prevents Laitila from doing any damage or advancing position.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Laitila postures up.
Laitila is looking to advance position but Clubber has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount! Score +4 for clean sweep to past guard: Clubber (12) vs (2) Laitila
Laitila tries to control the position but Clubber now has his back.
Score +3 for taking back: Clubber (15) vs (2) Laitila
Clubber has his hand under the chin of his opponent looking for the choke. He's nearly got it! This one could be all over! But no, Laitila has freed his hand and lives to survive another… well, another couple of seconds at least!
Clubber keeps control of the position as Laitila tries to break free.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Clubber struggling to keep hold of the position.
Clubber has his opponent's back and is working for the choke.
Laitila is really stuck here.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Clubber trying to secure his dominant position for a moment - making sure Laitila doesn't escape.
Laitila rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Laitila trying to control but Clubber postures up.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Laitila tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Clubber has advanced to mount. Uh oh. Score +3 for passing guard: Clubber (18) vs (2) Laitila
Clubber can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Laitila is looking to escape.
Laitila wants to control but Clubber is having none of it.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Laitila is trying to reverse the position but instead Clubber has taken his back - oops! Score +3 for taking back: Clubber (21) vs (2) Laitila
Clubber trying to control.
Laitila trying to control the hands but Clubber won't let him.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
I really don't envy Laitila right now.
And that's the end of the fight!
Clubber takes the fight on points by 21 to 2.
An out of breath Ricky Clubber 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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