PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Cole Watts (ranked 3221 p4p, 4170 weight class) and Russel Crow (ranked 376 p4p, 0 weight class). Watts comes into the arena with Shook Ones - By: Mobb Deep blaring out of the sound system. The crowd giving both fighters a great reception on their way into the arena. That's good to see.

Watts
vs
Crow

194 cm
29
285
5 - 8 - 0

195 cm
26
250
2 - 3 - 0

Good wrestling
World class boxer
Cardio machine

BJJ Blue Belt
Good kicks
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 5 - 8 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cole Watts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Russel Crow!
The judges for this bout are Daniel Franklin, Chris Downing and George Francis.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watts moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.

It looks like Russel Crow has been cut.
Crow is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watts has been working on his boxing with his coaches at The Scrap Squad in the buildup to the fight.
Watts with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
Watts fakes the leg kick and cracks Crow in the body.
Watts connects with a single shot there.
Crow closes the distance looking to clinch

and Watts counters with a nice double leg into guard.
Watts slows down the pace of the fight, as he sits in guard.
Watts postures up and lands some nice ground and pound.
Watts connects with a couple of short punches.
Watts chips away with some ground and pound.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watts in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Watts cracks Crow with a solid left hand.
Watts has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Watts working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.

Crow is rocked!
Watts is in close to Crow's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Crow is still in real trouble! Can Watts finish him?
Crow can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Watts controls the pace.
Watts loads up on a big left hand. Crow felt that one! He's just covering up now, not defending himself intelligently - Watts looks towards the ref and unloads with 3 more big shots and the ref has no choice but to stop the fight! Crow can't hide his disappointment, as Watts celebrates the victory.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:36 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Cole Watts!
Cole Watts was full of energy after the big win and talked about how he thinks he can do big things in this sport. The crowd were appreciative of his determination to succeed.