PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Roberto Duran (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Tom Watson has the power to score a knockout today if he connects clean with Roberto Duran's chin.

Duran
vs
Watson

189 cm
25
185 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

185 cm
26
185 lbs
1 - 5 - 0

Good wrestling
Counter striker
Very quick

BJJ Blue Belt
Decent boxing
Granite chin

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 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of London, Roberto Duran!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 5 - 0, fighting out of London, Tom Watson!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, Donald Grub and Richard Clark.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Duran ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Duran uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watson.

Duran closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Duran missing with the ground and pound from half guard.
Watson looks like he's trying to stand up.
Duran thows a huge punch but Watson dodges it nicely.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Duran looks to land a strike but Watson avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Duran wants to pass the guard but Watson is keeping the position.
Duran lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Duran looking to sit in guard and control but Watson gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Duran wants to sweep here but Watson controlling him for the moment.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran looking to sweep using the butterfly guard but Watson puts pay to that idea as he passes nicely into half guard.
Duran wants to sweep but Watson has passed to side control!
Duran is positioning himself to get back to half guard.

Watson stands up.
Duran slips a jab from Watson.

Duran throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Watson was covering up waiting for the punch and Duran finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Watson wants to stand but Duran is controlling the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Duran looking to pass the guard.
Watson looks gassed!
Duran throwing strikes but missing.
Duran trying to pass the guard. He's being very persistent here but Watson manages to land a sweep and now he's on top!
Duran wants to sweep here but Watson controlling him for the moment.
Duran is working hard here to advance position.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran is looking to sweep but instead, Watson has passed into half guard.
Duran tries to get to full guard but Watson has control of the leg.
Watson wants to stand but Duran has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Duran is looking for a sweep. Watson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Watson wants to stand up but Duran has a hold of him and won't allow it.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Duran is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
Duran has a hand on Watson's thigh, trying to get back to full guard. Watson takes advantage of the position though and mounts him!
Duran on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Duran tries to get out of the position.
Duran is in all sorts of trouble here.
Duran throwing hammer fists to the chest of Watson. What's that going to do exactly?
Duran is in all sorts of trouble here.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close round but I would say that Roberto Duran will probably get the nod.
That's time! Back to the action!

Duran gets a takedown into half guard.
Duran throwing shots but Watson is blocking nicely.
Watson wants to get back to full guard.
Watson is not content to let Duran control the position.
Duran working to pass to mount. He's got his hand pressing down on Watson's thigh. Watson counters though and makes it back to full guard.
Duran is looking to work some ground and pound but Watson has wrist control.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Duran scoring with some ground and pound.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Duran distracts Watson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Duran trying to move into half guard but instead Watson has managed to sweep!
Duran looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Duran throws a couple of shots from the bottom but they don't land.
Watson won't allow Duran to sweep him here.
Duran trying to punch from his back but it's not doing any damage.
Watson stopping the sweep attempt from Duran.
Watson passes into half guard under a barage of strikes.
Duran is looking to get back to full guard here but Watson has managed to pass to side control instead.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Duran is trying to improve his position.
Duran is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Watson is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
Duran is looking to improve his position but Watson isn't that keen on the idea.
Watson trying to control but he's not successful this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Duran is desperately trying to improve his position but Watson has a good base and remains in mount.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

That was a close second round but I would say that Roberto Duran will probably get the nod.
That's time! Duran's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight. This is the final round!

Duran drives through with a takedown into Watson's guard. Let's see what he can do from the top position.
Duran missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Roberto Duran overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Duran is in close to Watson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Duran from controlling successfully.
Duran trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Watson takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Watson looking to control.
Duran works over Watson with some ground and pound from guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson keeping full guard, as Duran tries to pass.
Duran working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Watson keeping full guard, as Duran tries to pass.
Duran scoring with some ground and pound.
Tom Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Watson keeping full guard, as Duran tries to pass.
Duran is looking to advance position but Watson has hit a scissor sweep - now he's on top in mount!
Duran tries to hold on but Watson pushes him away.
Duran tries to reverse the position but Watson maintains control.
Duran regains half guard.
Duran is looking to control Watson's leg but it's slowly edging free. Can Duran avoid being mounted?
Duran is trying to get back to full guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Watson wants to stand but Duran has hold of a leg and an arm, so he's trapped for now.
Duran is looking for a sweep. Watson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Duran landing rabbit punches to the side of Watson's head. Not doing much damage but still scoring a few points.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Duran is looking for a sweep. Watson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Roberto Duran is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.

And that's the end of the fight!
Roberto Duran showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Duran 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 Paul Tew scores the fight 30:27
Judge Donald Grub scores the fight 30:27
Judge Richard Clark scores the fight 30:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Roberto Duran!