PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Gwynn Templeton (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Sam Waterston (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both these guys have really solid chins. Will we see a standup war or will they both decide that a knockout is unlikely and try to win the fight elsewhere?

Templeton
vs
Waterston

178 cm
19
275 lbs
1 - 1 - 0

190 cm
19
225 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
KO power

BJJ Blue Belt
Dangerous knees
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 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Gwynn Templeton!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Rio de Janeiro, Sam Waterston!
The judges for this bout are Paulo Santos, Luis Engracia and Mauricio Rocha.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Templeton fakes the leg kick and cracks Waterston in the body.
Templeton will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Templeton misses with the combination.
Waterston dodges the punch combination from Templeton.
Waterston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Templeton misses with a few strikes there.
Waterston tries to close the distance and clinch up but Templeton swats him away and circles back towards the center.

Templeton clinches.
Templeton misses with a knee strike.
Waterston is trying to break the clinch but Templeton has him pressed against the cage.

Waterston breaks the clinch.
Waterston lands with a kick to the ribs.
Waterston misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Templeton tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.

Templeton clinches with his opponent.
Waterston avoiding damage as Templeton throws knees to the body.

Templeton is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Waterston can't fight it off and eventually Templeton manages to take the fight to the floor. Waterston looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Waterston trying to strike from the bottom but really, it's not the best position to be doing that from!
Templeton trying to control the position from guard on top but Waterston is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Waterston is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Templeton is controlling him.
Templeton preventing the sweep.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Templeton won't allow Waterston to get back to his feet.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.

Templeton stands up from guard. Let's bang!
Templeton scores with a leg kick.
The sound of bone on bone echoes around the arena as Waterston checks a leg kick.
Templeton misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Waterston tries to clinch there but Templeton circles away.

Waterston rushes Templeton and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.

Templeton gets a trip takedown into half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Templeton lands a nice short elbow.
Waterston wants to get back to full guard.
Templeton takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Templeton could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Nice strikes from Templeton there.
Templeton is breathing heavily.
Waterston wants to get back to full guard.
Templeton drops an elbow to the side of Waterston's head.
Waterston wants to control but Templeton is keeping busy and won't allow it.
Waterston manages to get to full guard.
Waterston tries to strike from the bottom.
Waterston working a defensive guard here.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waterston has momentary wrist control but Templeton slips an elbow through the middle.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Templeton's corner. There ya go! There ya go!
Waterston wants to stand and escape but Templeton is having none of it.
Templeton postures up and lands a big shot to Waterston's brow.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Waterston tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Waterston clinches but Templeton breaks the clinch

and Templeton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Waterston won't be happy with that.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Templeton working away.
Waterston tries to work a leg under to get back to half guard but Templeton wriggles his own leg back out and remains in side control.
Waterston wants to control but Templeton postures up.
Templeton landing a few strikes.
Waterston wants to get back to his feet but Templeton drags him back down.
Templeton lands an elbow.
Waterston tries to get back to half guard but can't.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
A combination from Templeton does no damage.
Waterston tries to clinch

and Templeton counters with a nice double leg into side control. Waterston won't be happy with that.
Waterston is trying to stand back up. He's worked his way up against the cage but Templeton has just dragged him back down to the mat.

Templeton looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Templeton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Waterston to see if he's OK.

That's three minutes gone in the round.

Templeton looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Templeton scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Waterston to see if he's OK.
Waterston taking a bit of punishment here - Templeton scoring with strikes.
Templeton landing with strikes to the head and body from side control.
Templeton lands a knee to the body and a forearm to the face.
Templeton scoring with punches and elbows.
Templeton lands a few punches from side control.
Templeton cracks Waterston with a big right hand but Waterston just smiles back at him and invites him to have another go.
Waterston tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Templeton is putting a hurting on Waterston here, landing some big shots from side control.

Templeton thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Waterston manages to land a sweep and he's now on top! Lovely Jiu Jitsu!
Templeton is looking for a sweep. Waterston is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!

Waterston is working for a submission of some sort.
Waterston seems to have lost interest with the ground game and is thinking about standing back up.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Templeton tries to get to full guard but Waterston has control of the leg.
Waterston throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Templeton moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Templeton might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.

Waterston avoids a guillotine attempt easily.

Waterston stands and steps away. Templeton gets to his feet too and we're back to the striking game.
Templeton tries to clinch but Waterston is having none of it.
Templeton circles away from the clinch attempt

and Templeton counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Templeton misses with a knee strike.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Templeton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Templeton looking to throw knees to the head but Waterston is blocking nicely.
Waterston on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
Templeton with an attempt at a knee that misses.
Waterston wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Templeton has him pressed against the cage.
Waterston takes a knee right on the jaw!
Templeton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Waterston blocks it with crossed arms.
Waterston with a knee to the head.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Templeton misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Waterston.
Waterston takes an elbow to the forehead.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Gwynn Templeton dominated that round.
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.

Templeton wants to clinch.
Templeton throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Waterston.
Waterston clinches but Templeton breaks the clinch

and Templeton counters by clinching up.
Waterston is trying to break free.
Templeton misses with a knee strike.
Templeton prevents Waterston from breaking the clinch.
Templeton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Waterston misses with a knee to the head.
Waterston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Templeton takes a knee right on the jaw!
A knee to the head by Waterston.
Waterston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Templeton doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Knees in the clinch landing for Templeton.
Waterston can't break the clinch.
Waterston wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Templeton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Waterston tries to break the clinch but Templeton is controlling the position.
Templeton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Waterston is trying to break free.
Templeton looking to throw knees to the head but Waterston is blocking nicely.
Waterston is looking to break free of the clinch but Templeton has double underhooks.
Waterston is breathing heavily.
Waterston has had enough of the clinch but Templeton keeps him there for the moment.
Waterston managing to block the knees to the body from Templeton.

Templeton works for the underhooks and manages to get a trip takedown into guard.
Templeton distracts Waterston with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.
Templeton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Templeton working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Waterston's head.
Templeton won't allow Waterston to get back to his feet.

Waterston is active off his back here, looking for submissions.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Templeton is in close to Waterston's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Templeton trying to pass the guard but can't manage it just yet.
Templeton postures up and lands a big shot to Waterston's brow.
Waterston wants to get back to his feet but Templeton is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Templeton is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.
Templeton pushes down on Waterston's leg and manages to get into half guard.
Templeton tries to pass the half guard into mount. Waterston knows what he's doing though and prevents the attempt.
Waterston is staying active underneath Templeton, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Waterston has hold of Templeton's hands but Templeton slips his arm to the side and lands an elbow.
Waterston is looking to escape.
Templeton lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Templeton scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Waterston misses with some strikes from the bottom.
Waterston is trying to stand.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Waterston keeps the fight on the outside.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Waterston doesn't manage to clinch there - Templeton circles away.
Templeton throws a series of punches but Waterston avoids them all with ease.

Templeton clinches up with Waterston and pushes him back against the cage.
Waterston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Templeton blocks it with crossed arms.
Waterston using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Templeton has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Templeton tries to land a knee to the head but Waterston blocks with his arms.
Waterston throws a knee to the head but misses.

Templeton is working on a single leg takedown against the cage. Waterston can't fight it off and eventually Templeton manages to take the fight to the floor. Waterston looks annoyed but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Waterston is looking to stand up but Templeton isn't so interested in that idea.
Templeton content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Templeton with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Waterston bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Templeton's guard.
Waterston trying to control the position from guard on top but Templeton is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Templeton has a closed guard, preventing Waterston from standing up.
Templeton wants to sweep here but Waterston controlling him for the moment.
Templeton is working hard here to advance position.
Waterston tries to stand but Templeton is controlling from the bottom.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Waterston is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Templeton looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Templeton on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Templeton tries to get out of the position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fight is doing enough on the ground.
Templeton throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Templeton misses with a wild combination.

Templeton darts in and clinches Waterston up against the cage.
Templeton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
Templeton tries to land a knee to the head but Waterston blocks with his arms.
Waterston is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the cage.
Waterston tries a knee to the head but Templeton blocks it.
Waterston lands a knee to the head.
Templeton prevents Waterston from breaking the clinch.
Waterston has had enough of the clinch but Templeton keeps him there for the moment.
Templeton takes a knee right on the jaw!
Waterston with a knee to the head.
Waterston can't break the clinch.
Waterston has had enough of the clinch but Templeton keeps him there for the moment.
Waterston throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Templeton blocks it with crossed arms.
A knee to the head by Templeton.
Waterston avoiding damage as Templeton throws knees to the body.
Templeton with the Thai clinch, lands a knee to the head.
Knees to the body from Templeton.
Templeton with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Templeton landing knees to the head.
Templeton connects with a nasty looking knee right to Waterston's face.

Waterston is rocked!
Waterston wants to get back to striking at distance but Templeton won't allow it.
Waterston is still on wobbly legs! Can Templeton finish him?
Templeton lands a nice elbow.
Waterston wants to break free but Templeton has control.
Templeton tries a knee to the head but he's missed.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Templeton throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Waterston blocks it with crossed arms.
Templeton tries to land a knee to the head but misses.
A head punch on the inside from Templeton fails to land.
Templeton comes over the top with an elbow. That landed flush.
Templeton connects with a knee right up the middle there - that's rocked Waterston badly! Waterston tumbles to the floor and Templeton stands over him, dominant and satisfied with his glorious KO victory!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:16 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Gwynn Templeton!