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Bots de Garra 237 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 25 wins and 11 losses; Cleetus Boone! And in the blue corner, fighting out of Las Vegas, with a TWGC record of 55 wins and 90 losses; Vartan Esteves!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Thiago Cunha and Felipe Paraventi.
The fighters bow as they face eachother in the middle of the mat and we are under way.
Boone fails with the takedown.
Esteves shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Esteves was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure! Score +4 for clean takedown past guard: Boone (0) vs (4) Esteves
Esteves trying to control the position but Boone is working away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Boone gets back to half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Boone works his way to full guard. Good work.
Esteves trying to control but Boone is working from the bottom.
Esteves trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Esteves trying to control the position from guard on top but Boone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boone is trying to keep Esteves in close.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Boone looking for a sweep. Not yet Boone, not yet.
Esteves is pushing down on Boone's leg trying to pass to half guard. Boone is fighting to maintain full guard but Esteves has managed to sneak the leg through.
Boone won't allow Esteves to pass to mount.
Esteves wants to lay and pray for a moment but Boone keeps working.
Esteves with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
Esteves frees up his trapped foot and advances to mount. Score +3 for passing guard: Boone (0) vs (7) Esteves
Esteves tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Esteves pushing the pace here, looking to move to his opponents back and work for a finish.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Boone is squirming around, avoiding Esteves's attempts to control the action.
Boone might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Esteves wants to take his opponent's back but instead Boone manages to regain half guard.
Esteves is looking for a kimura. It's going to be difficult to finish that from half guard though and Boone defends it well.
Boone is looking for a sweep. Esteves is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top 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.
Boone regains full guard. Nicely done.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Boone keeping full guard, as Esteves tries to pass.
Boone keeping moving, preventing Esteves from controlling successfully.
Esteves tries to free his leg and advance position but Boone is retaining full guard.
Esteves wants to control from the top but Boone keeps moving.
Boone wants to sweep but no luck.
Boone trying to keep a closed guard but Esteves is proving a slippery customer.
That's five minutes gone in the round.
Esteves trying to control the position from guard on top but Boone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Esteves stopping the sweep attempt from Boone.
Esteves trying to control the position from guard on top but Boone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Boone manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Esteves manages to get himself to full guard.
Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Boone (2) vs (7) Esteves
Boone tries to free his leg and advance position but Esteves is retaining full guard.
Esteves is controlling Boone's posture.
Esteves looking to control but Boone passes into half guard.
That's six minutes gone in the round.
Esteves trying to hold on to Boone's head to control him but Boone postures up.
Esteves wants to get back to full guard.
Esteves is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Esteves is trying to maintain the position but Boone is very close to passing his half guard.
Esteves tries to roll over but Boone keeps him under control.
Esteves is trying to control but Boone manages to pass to mount!
Score +3 for passing guard: Boone (5) vs (7) Esteves
Esteves working to try and regain half guard.
That's seven minutes gone in the round.
Esteves gets back to half guard.
Esteves wants to get back to full guard.
Boone seems content to maintain position for now, rather than mounting any offense.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Boone wants to lay and pray for a moment but Esteves keeps working.
Esteves is looking to improve his position.
Esteves wants to control but Boone is keeping busy.
That's eight minutes gone in the round.
Esteves tries to get to full guard but Boone has control of the leg.
Esteves is still trying to improve position.
That's nine minutes gone in the round.
Boone looking to pass the half guard. Not this time.
Esteves is looking to improve his position.
Boone tries to pass the half guard into mount. Esteves knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Esteves moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Boone 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.
That's ten minutes gone in the round.
Boone trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Boone slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Boone postures up.
Esteves wants to control here, rather than go for any submissions from the bottom. At least for now.
Esteves looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
That's eleven minutes gone in the round.
Esteves keeps trying to improve his position.
Esteves looking to control.
Esteves has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Esteves is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move. Score +2 for sweep to guard / half guard: Boone (5) vs (9) Esteves
Esteves is trying to control the action in half guard but Boone is working away on the bottom, looking perhaps to get back to full guard.
Esteves is looking for a kimura but he's never going to get it from there.
That's twelve minutes gone in the round.
Esteves tries to pass to full mount but Boone defends it.
Esteves working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Boone's thigh. Boone counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Esteves trying to control the position from guard on top but Boone is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Esteves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boone swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Boone looking to control.
That's thirteen minutes gone in the round.
Esteves stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Boone swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Esteves trying to control but Boone is working from the bottom.
Boone is trying to control the position but Esteves postures up.
Boone has Esteves pulled in close to control his posture.
Esteves trying to control but Boone is working from the bottom.
That's fourteen minutes gone in the round.
Boone keeping full guard, as Esteves tries to pass.
Esteves trying to control but Boone is working from the bottom.
Esteves is in a good position here but he's just trying to control... And he's not even managing to do that successfully.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Esteves looking to pass the guard.
Esteves slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
And that's the end of the fight!
Esteves wins on points by 9 to 5.
Vartan Esteves spent the whole post fight interview bigging himself up. It didn't go down that well with the fans after a while as they thought it was a bit arrogant. |
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