PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Kevin Shinnie (ranked 3322 p4p, 3232 weight class) and Cole Watts (ranked 408 p4p, 398 weight class). Watts has chosen Shook Ones - By: Mobb Deep as his entrance music. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Shinnie
vs
Watts

190 cm
44
275
36 - 25 - 0

194 cm
33
285
9 - 12 - 0

BJJ Brown Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

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 36 - 25 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Kevin Shinnie!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 9 - 12 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Cole Watts!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Jack Bonds and Timothy Bukovac.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Shinnie misses with a jab, cross combination.
Watts wants to counter the offense by Shinnie and move into the clinch position.
Watts throws a jab when Shinnie was well out of range.
Watts misses the body punch
and Shinnie counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watts moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Shinnie uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Watts.
Watts connects with a high kick.
Decent striking displayed by Watts there.
Good work by Watts as he checks the leg kick.
Watts appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Watts with a nice calf kick.
Shinnie throws a body shot but no joy.
Watts ducks down and throws a hook to the body.
Shinnie cracks Watts with a right hand to the side of the head.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
That kick from Watts tenderised Shinnie's leg. Shinnie is trying to keep his angry face on.
Shinnie on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Watts ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Watts looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Shinnie throws the kick towards the body but Watts avoids it.
Shinnie backing away here, and Watts unleashes a leg kick that just misses.
Shinnie throws a feint and then finishes with a kick to the body.
Watts throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
A lazy body kick from Shinnie
and Shinnie takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinnie looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watts misses with a hook
and Watts takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Shinnie misses with a series of wild punches.
Watts lands a jab.
Shinnie throws a big shot that misses.
Cole Watts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Shinnie just misses with a punch to the body.
Shinnie lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Watts dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Shinnie. That did some damage!
Watts keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Watts misses with a straight right.
Watts keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Shinnie.
Watts moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
Shinnie avoids the body shot from Watts.
Watts slips under a jab.
Watts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watts misses with a straight left.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
A swing and a miss from Watts.
Kevin Shinnie is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Shinnie swinging wildly here.
Watts steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Shinnie.
Watts scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Shinnie ducks under a wild hook from Watts.
Watts defending well as Shinnie loads up on a big left hand.
Watts thuds his right hand into Shinnie's forehead from close range. That could be painful for both fighters.
Watts works Shinnie's body with a nice hook.
Watts is landing a lot of head punches in this opening round! Shinnie had better start moving his head a bit unless he wants his face to turn into mush.
Shinnie throws a big shot that misses.
A thudding body kick lands there by Shinnie!
Watts chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Watts cracks Shinnie with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Watts uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Shinnie.
Watts buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Watts moves in looking to clinch but Shinnie pushes him off.
Shinnie is looking to land body kicks.
Watts drops down looking to force a counter takedown but Shinnie defends it well.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Shinnie connects with a looping right hand.
Shinnie just misses with a punch to the body.
Shinnie throws a right hand that Watts ducks under and follows up with a left that Watts also avoids with ease.
Watts looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Shinnie throws a hard body shot but it just misses.

Watts gets to the clinch - let's see what his plan is here.
Watts lands an uppercut.
Shinnie looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Shinnie is trying to force a seperation but Watts has the dominant position.

Shinnie pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Shinnie throws a hook but Watts blocks it.
We've been informed that Watts has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Shinnie on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Shinnie just misses with a punch to the body.
Some wild striking there from Watts.
Shinnie throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watts.
A swing and a miss from Shinnie.
Watts digs a good body shot into Shinnie's ribs.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watts turns his hip over beautifully as he lands a nice leg kick.
Watts lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
Shinnie takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Watts looks to score with a jab to the body but Shinnie is just out of range.
Watts throws a low kick, looking for Shinnie's leg but Shinnie calmly moves out of range.
Nice straight punches there by Watts. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Watts.
Watts moves out of range as Shinnie strikes.
A leg kick checked by Watts.
Shinnie looks to land a body kick but Watts moved away.
Shinnie tries a low kick but Watts avoids it.
Shinnie lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watts circles away quickly and effectively.
Watts throws a low kick, looking for Shinnie's leg but Shinnie calmly moves out of range.
Shinnie jabbing away but nothing is landing.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jab, jab by Shinnie - just one landing.
Shinnie avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Shinnie fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Watts checks it well.
A jab lands there for Watts.
Shinnie slips under a jab from Watts.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Cole Watts dominated that round.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.

Shinnie throws a leg kick but Watts sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Shinnie fails to land with a series of punches.
Watts misses with a hook.
Shinnie keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watts.
A big right from Shinnie misses.
Shinnie takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
Watts ducks under a wild hook from Shinnie.
Nice straight punches there by Shinnie. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Shinnie.
Watts slips under a jab.
Watts scores with a leg kick.
Watts fails with the takedown.
A little feinted left hand from Shinnie on the counter but he doesn't commit to it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Shinnie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watts moves away.
Shinnie ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watts moves away.
Watts throws a looping overhand right but Shinnie ducks down to avoid it.
Shinnie is looking to counter punch.
Watts sizes up Shinnie with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.
Watts lands with a cross.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watts moves in looking to clinch but Shinnie pushes him off.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Shinnie misses with an attempted mid kick.
Good work by Shinnie as he checks the leg kick.
It looked like Shinnie was looking amped, ready to throw a big counter but didn't commit.
Shinnie with a body punch. A glancing blow.
Shinnie throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Watts throws out a counter right but Shinnie avoids it with no problem.
Shinnie jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Shinnie closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Watts misses with a leg kick.
Watts uses good footwork to get in and out, landing a nice hook.
Shinnie slips in close and lands a nice hook before moving back out of range.
Shinnie waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watts.
Watts swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Shinnie.
Watts misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Shinnie throwing a counter right hand but Watts manages to avoid it.
Watts throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Watts throws a hook to the side of Shinnie's head but Shinnie sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watts misses the shot to the body.
A slow jab from Shinnie misses its intended target.
Watts scores with the left hand. Shinnie knows he should have avoided that one.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but Shinnie defends well and Watts ends up having to push Shinnie into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
A jab from Watts finds it's way through Shinnie's defenses.
Shinnie throws a left and a right that both miss
and Watts counters with a shot to the ribs. That looked like it hurt.
Shinnie lands a slapping body shot.
Watts stuns Shinnie with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Shinnie sizes up Watts with a pawing jab and scores with a straight right down the middle.

Watts is rocked!
Shinnie looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
OH! Watts has been rocked by a huge right hand and is in deep trouble! Shinnie smells blood and charges in for the finish! Shinnie unloads a vicious overhand right and connects to the jaw of Watts sending him face first to the canvas! Unbelievable!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:31 of round 2, we have a winner by way of KO (Punches). Kevin Shinnie!