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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jun Liu (ranked 722 p4p, 1283 weight class) and Craig Watkins (ranked 101 p4p, 178 weight class). Craig Watkins has the eye of the tiger tonight.
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 26 - 18 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Jun Liu!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 15 - 12 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Craig Watkins!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, Frank Antenori and Percy O'Donnell.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Liu moves into range and connects with a jab.
Liu scores with a kick to the body.
Watkins just misses with a punch to the body.
Watkins throws a shot from downtown. Liu moves away and avoids it.
We've been told by Liu's head coaches at Gumburcules Gym that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Watkins scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
It looks like Jun Liu has been cut.
Watkins scores with a straight right hand, right through his opponent's guard.
Watkins misses with a hook. Liu ducked under it nicely.
Liu throws a body punch but Watkins moves out of range.
Watkins loads up on a big right hand but Liu slips the punch.
Jun Liu seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watkins takes a swing at Liu's ribcage but misses.
Watkins misses with a left hand
and Liu counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watkins's knee momentarily.
Liu lands a jab to the nose.
Liu tries to land a front kick but Watkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
That kick from Watkins tenderised Liu's leg. Liu is trying to keep his angry face on.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Liu lands a leg kick that knocks Watkins off balance momentarily.
Liu throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Jab, jab by Liu - just one landing.
Liu misses with an uppercut.
Liu attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Watkins keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Watkins is looking for the big counter here.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watkins walks into a straight right hand from Liu.
Liu changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Liu.
Liu cracks Watkins with a good jab.
Watkins will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Liu pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Liu lands a nice looking kick to the body. Watkins takes a step back to recover.
A shot to the liver by Liu. Beautiful body shot.
Liu keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liu cracks Watkins with a right hand to the side of the head.
Nice uppercut lands for Liu. That snapped Watkins's head back.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Liu lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and Watkins has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from Watkins and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
Watkins let fly with a counter punch to the body but it didn't land.
Watkins works the jab nicely.
Watkins avoids a kick to the body.
Watkins swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Liu throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watkins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Watkins swinging wildly here.
Watkins throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Watkins.
Liu tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watkins was well out of range. Poor timing from Liu.
Liu throws a jab when Watkins was well out of range.
Watkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watkins moves out of range as Liu throws a body kick.
Liu throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Watkins stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Liu misses with a straight left.
Liu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Watkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watkins forces Liu back against the cage and clinches.
Liu misses with a punch to the body.
Watkins pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Liu fakes the leg kick and cracks Watkins in the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Watkins misses with a wild body shot.
Liu misses with a low kick.
Watkins keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Liu closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
A nice leg kick from Liu, right into the meat of the thigh.
Watkins avoids the body shot from Liu.
Watkins misses with a double jab.
Watkins takes a swing at Liu's ribcage but misses.
Liu moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Watkins tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Liu was well out of range. Poor timing from Watkins.
Liu rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watkins moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watkins! But no joy.
Liu is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Watkins throws a head kick but Liu moves out of range.
Liu throws a leg kick that is checked
and Watkins connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Liu lands a jab to the head.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A solid body kick from Watkins.
Liu lands with a kick to the temple. Watkins shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watkins blocks a head kick by Liu.
Watkins tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watkins misses with a two punch combination.
Watkins on the wrong end of a kick to the body.
Watkins tries to close the distance and clinch up but Liu swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Liu lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Watkins has developed a nice purple lump on his ribcage, as a result of some heavy body kicks from Liu.
Liu keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Watkins misses with a hook.
Watkins goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
As Watkins backs away, Liu returns fire with a leg kick that just misses.
Liu is looking to slow Watkins down with leg kicks.
Liu moves out of range as Watkins strikes.
Liu throws a quick counter kick to the body but Watkins avoids it.
A combination from Watkins does no damage.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab lands there for Liu.
Watkins uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Liu.
Watkins lands with an uppercut that bounces Liu off the cage and back into range.
Liu lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Liu lands with a kick to the temple. Watkins shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
Jun Liu dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Jun Liu's cut.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action.
Liu lands a front kick.
Liu slips a jab and a cross from Watkins.
Liu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Liu lands with a shot to the body.
Liu is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watkins can do to turn this around?
Good work by Watkins as he checks the leg kick.
Watkins throws a lazy head kick
and Liu counters with a thumping low kick.
Liu misses with a head kick.
Watkins throws a low kick but Liu moves out of range easily.
A nice leg kick lands there from Liu.
Watkins's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Watkins misses with a wild combination.
Watkins connects nicely with a jab. Noted by the judges no doubt.
Liu lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Liu is using his height advantage well here, landing a good percentage of his punches.
Watkins blocks the body kick.
Liu scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watkins swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Liu lands the left hand.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu misses with a leg kick.
Watkins takes a kick to the body and keeps moving.
Liu gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watkins counters with a left and a right that stings Liu.
Watkins thuds his shin into the meat of Liu's side.
A jab from Watkins finds it's way through Liu's defenses.
Watkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liu blocks a leg kick.
Liu bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Watkins's head backwards.
Liu clobbers Watkins with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Liu cracks Watkins with a good jab.
Liu gets off balance looking for a body kick
and Watkins makes him pay by landing a nice hook to the body before moving out of range.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Liu ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watkins moves away.
Watkins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Liu has his hands up protecting his head but a hook from Watkins finds it's way round the side to connect with Liu's head.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Liu takes a shot right to the liver - Bas would have been proud of that punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watkins throws a body punch but Liu moves out of range.
Liu scores with a body shot.
Liu takes a jab right on the nose. That must have hurt but he shrugs his shoulders and looks to return the favor.
Liu lands a really nice looking cross but Watkins seems unphased.
Watkins throws a body punch but Liu moves out of range.
Liu bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Liu wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Liu swings for the body but Watkins moves out of range.
Liu throws a body shot but no joy.
A slow jab from Watkins misses its intended target.
Watkins throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Liu thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watkins feints and then cracks Liu's leading leg with a nice low kick. He's obviously looking to slow Liu down.
Watkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watkins takes a body kick right on the floating rib. Ouchie.
Watkins falls off balance throwing a combination
and Liu counters with a left and a right that stings Watkins.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
A looping hook to the body misses from Watkins. Liu does a little dance to reset his feet.
Liu dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watkins. That did some damage!
Liu takes a swing at Watkins's ribcage but misses.
Liu throws a head kick that misses.
Watkins lands a glancing blow to the side of Liu's head.
Watkins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Liu lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Liu tries to land a front kick but Watkins steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Liu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
Watkins misses with a head kick.
Watkins fakes low and throws an overhand right that catches Liu on the side of the head.
Liu is rocked!
Watkins tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Liu manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Oh Liu is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
A swing and a miss from Watkins.
Liu seems to have got his legs back now.
Liu drops his hands and takes a jab to the jaw for his troubles.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Watkins takes the fight into the clinch.
Liu is leaning against Watkins and scores with a nice uppercut to the body.
A bit of stalling here from Liu.
Liu lands with a short shot to the head.
Liu tries to land knees in the clinch but Watkins avoids the damage to the body.
A battle for position here, against the cage.
Watkins breaks from the clinch.
Liu tries a head kick but it misses.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Liu throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Donk. Watkins catches Liu right on the button with a cross.
Liu throws a hook but Watkins avoids it easily.
Watkins blocks a jab.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Jun Liu will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on Jun Liu's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! This is the final round!
Watkins misses with a telegraphed body shot
and Liu counters with a three punch combo that has Watkins backing up. Watkins nods at Liu to acknowledge the strikes.
Liu slips a jab and a cross from Watkins.
Liu slips a jab and a cross from Watkins.
Liu cracks Watkins with an open hand slap.
Jun Liu is winning the standup battle so far.
Watkins throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Watkins has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Watkins tries a head kick but it misses.
Liu takes a swing at Watkins's ribcage but misses.
Watkins uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Liu.
Watkins tries to land a body kick
and Liu counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
A slapping body kick lands there for Liu.
Liu throws a big shot that misses.
Watkins lands a glancing blow to the side of Liu's head.
A head kick misses from Liu.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from Watkins! But no joy.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watkins takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Liu looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A head kick misses from Watkins.
Watkins slips a straight right by Liu.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Liu moves away from the strike by Watkins.
A decent looking cross lands there for Liu.
Watkins throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Liu jabs Watkins right on the nose. Watkins blinks but takes it well.
Watkins throws a big shot that misses.
A head kick misses from Watkins.
Liu fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Watkins has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
Liu scores with a decent looking hook.
Watkins throws a hook but Liu blocks it.
Liu misses with a straight left.
Liu scores with the left hand. Watkins knows he should have avoided that one.
Watkins avoids the body shot from Liu.
Watkins takes a shot to the body in his stride.
Watkins pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Liu throws a predictable looking body shot
and Watkins counters with a lovely straight right hand!
This has been an exciting period of action!
Liu avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A bone on bone clash there as Watkins blocks the leg kick.
Liu misses with a wild body shot.
Watkins lands a nice leg kick that just misses Liu's sensitive parts.
Watkins avoids the head kick by Liu.
Watkins throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Liu throws a head kick that misses.
Watkins lands with a slapping head kick.
Watkins throws a wild body kick that Liu sees coming a mile off.
Watkins slips under a jab.
Liu misses with a body kick.
Liu misses with a low kick.
Liu lands with a nice low kick. That'll leave a bruise.
A jab from Liu misses.
Watkins looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Watkins lands a left and a right that send Liu crashing to the mat, dazed. Watkins thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!
Jun Liu's cut is getting worse.
Watkins takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Liu takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Liu connects with a good right hand that stumbles Watkins. Watkins circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Nice defenses there by Watkins.
Watkins now looks to counter with a shot at the body.
Watkins throws a hook to the side of Liu's head but Liu sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Liu slips a straight right by Watkins.
Liu avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Watkins misses with a head kick.
Liu throws the left hand but Watkins avoids the punch easily.
It seemed like Watkins was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Liu moves into range and lands a nice body kick.
Watkins missing with a left hand there. Liu was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watkins misses with a looping right.
A big right from Watkins misses.
A clash of legs there as Watkins blocks the low kick.
Liu throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Liu was looking to counter that move with a punch but didn't quite pull the trigger.
Watkins blocks the body kick.
Liu staying out of range there.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Liu blocks a low kick nicely.
Watkins blocks a head kick by Liu.
Watkins throws a counter combo.
Watkins throws an overhand right that lands on Liu's shoulder, as Liu tries to avoid the shot.
Liu looks to throw a body kick
enabling Watkins to counter with a crisp jab.
Watkins misses with a leg kick
and Liu counters with a straight right hand.
Craig Watkins has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Liu throws a hook to the side of Watkins's head but Watkins sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Watkins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Watkins fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Liu checks it well.
Liu throws a sloppy head kick and Watkins moves out of range easily.
Liu fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Watkins takes a swing at Liu's ribcage but misses.
Watkins lands an overhand left. A wild punch that just about connected.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watkins throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
Watkins walks into a jab.
Liu's corner calls for a 1-2. Liu obliges with the 1 part as he scores the single shot and moves back out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Jun Liu.
Well Liu has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Frank Antenori scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 29:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jun Liu!
Jun Liu really struggled to get his t-shirt on before his hand was raised. Making sure that 30th Century Beer Store logo gets some air time is pretty tricky when you're all sweaty.
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