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Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Reggie Watkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jhay Vera (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighters look fresh as a daisy as they make their way towards the cage.
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160 lbs
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159 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Excellent MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Reggie Watkins!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
1 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Jhay Vera!
The judges for this bout are Shigeki Fujiwara, Shigeki Sano and Tatsuya Matsuyama.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watkins throws a nice looking combination but Vera bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Watkins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vera counters with a stiff right hand.
Vera misses the jab.
Vera throws a hook but Watkins blocks it.
Watkins moves in looking to clinch but Vera pushes him off.
Watkins throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Vera defends well against a solid takedown attempt from Watkins.
Watkins throws a head kick that misses
and Watkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Vera dodges the punch combination from Watkins.
Vera blocks a head kick by Watkins.
A head kick misses from Watkins.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A head kick misses from Watkins.
Vera blocks a head kick by Watkins.
Watkins is looking to clinch.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Vera blocks a leg kick.
Reggie Watkins seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watkins loads up on a big right hand but Vera slips the punch.
Vera throws a hook but Watkins avoids it easily.
Watkins avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Vera blocks a head kick by Watkins.
Watkins is looking to slow Vera down with leg kicks.
Watkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Watkins is breathing heavily.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera blocks a head kick by Watkins.
Vera throws a big shot that misses.
Watkins scores with a head kick. Vera tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Watkins throws a head kick that connects with a bit of head and a bit of hand.
Jhay Vera is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watkins tries to grapple but his opponent circles
and Vera counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Watkins tries a head kick but it misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Vera misses the target.
Vera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watkins.
Vera bobs and weaves and unloads with a good uppercut.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins wants to clinch.
Vera avoids the head kick by Watkins.
Vera looks to land a left hand but Watkins moved out of range nicely.
Vera scores with a jab.
Watkins throws a sloppy head kick and Vera moves out of range easily.
Vera connects with the punch.
A jab from Vera misses.
Vera slips a jab and a cross from Watkins.
A swing and a miss from Vera.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watkins tries to score with a low kick but Vera moves his leg out of the way.
Watkins shoots in but Vera avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Vera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watkins.
Watkins misses with a hook. Vera ducked under it nicely.
Watkins shoots in for a takedown but doesn't get it.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reggie Watkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vera misses with a hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watkins displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Vera throws out the jab.
Vera is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Watkins.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
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 Reggie Watkins will probably get the nod.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business.
Vera throws a lazy right hand but Watkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watkins misses with a jab, cross combination.
Watkins throws a lazy body kick
letting Vera counter with a right hand.
Watkins lands with a head kick! That's gotta hurt.
Vera looks to throw the jab but Watkins is out of range.
Watkins throws a sloppy head kick
and Vera counters with a good right hand that lands right on the jaw.
Watkins throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Vera.
Watkins moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Watkins takes a jab on the nose. He smiles like he loves it and keeps coming.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Vera swats away the attempt to clinch by Watkins.
Vera looks to throw the jab but Watkins is out of range.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins shoots for a takedown but Vera saw that one coming a mile off and avoided it easily.
Watkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Reggie Watkins is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Vera throws the left hand but Watkins avoids the punch easily.
Vera bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Watkins moves away from the strike by Vera.
Vera displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Watkins.
Vera throws a shot from downtown. Watkins moves away and avoids it.
Watkins pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watkins takes one to the side of the head.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vera missing with a left hand there. Watkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vera looks to land a left hand but Watkins moved out of range nicely.
Vera lands a nice shot that snaps Watkins's head back.
Vera blocks a head kick by Watkins.
Watkins ducks under a wild hook from Vera.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vera might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Watkins throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
The fighters circling - Vera throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Nice defenses there by Watkins.
Watkins tries to clinch up.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A combination from Watkins does no damage.
Vera connects with a crisp jab.
Jhay Vera seems to be getting the better of the standup.
Vera throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Watkins sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Watkins throws a lazy head kick
and Watkins takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.
Watkins blocks a jab.
Vera keeps the fight on the outside.
Watkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
The fighters circle momentarily. Vera darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
Vera waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Watkins.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Vera throws a lazy right hand but Watkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Watkins.
Vera circles away from the clinch attempt.
Vera misses with a hook. Watkins ducked under it nicely.
Watkins tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Vera scores with a hook.
Watkins throws a sloppy head kick and Vera moves out of range easily.
Vera misses the jab.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Vera rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Watkins counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Vera is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Vera throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jhay Vera showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Vera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
A jab lands there for Vera.
Watkins throws a sloppy head kick and Vera moves out of range easily.
Watkins staying out of range there.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Watkins.
Watkins looks to land a body kick but Vera moved away.
Watkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Vera throws a hook but Watkins blocks it.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Vera lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
Watkins misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watkins missing with a left hand there. Vera was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Vera missing with a left hand there. Watkins was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watkins has a takedown stuffed.
Vera swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Vera jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vera misses with a hook.
Watkins lands a vicious shot with the stealth of a sniper and the strength of a viper. Are vipers that strong? I can think of lots of things that are stronger than a viper - not many rhyme with sniper though.
Nice shot by Vera.
Watkins moves away from the strike by Vera.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watkins throws a wild body kick that Vera sees coming a mile off.
Watkins slips a straight right by Vera.
Watkins pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
Vera misses with a hook.
A head kick misses from Watkins.
Watkins keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Vera.
Vera throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Vera misses with a looping right.
Jab by Vera.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watkins slips under a jab from Vera.
Vera looks to throw the jab but Watkins is out of range.
Vera throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Watkins on the side of the head.
Watkins fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Reggie Watkins. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Vera throws a looping overhand right but Watkins ducks down to avoid it.
Watkins looks to land a left hand but Vera moved out of range nicely.
Watkins misses with a kick to the body.
Watkins looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Vera displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Watkins throws out the jab.
Vera lands a really nice looking cross but Watkins seems unphased.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watkins shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Watkins slips under a jab.
Watkins throws a head kick that misses
and Vera cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Vera throws a hook but Watkins blocks it.
Nice defenses there by Watkins.
Vera throws a big shot that misses.
Vera throws a lazy right hand but Watkins sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Vera avoids the head kick by Watkins.
Vera looks to throw the jab but Watkins is out of range.
And that's the end of the fight!
Jhay Vera comfortably won the final round on my scorecard.
Well Vera has outworked and out performed his opponent in all aspects of the game today. He was simply too good and the decision should be no more than a formality. 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 Shigeki Fujiwara scores the fight 28:29
Judge Shigeki Sano scores the fight 28:29
Judge Tatsuya Matsuyama scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Jhay Vera!
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energy
A | B |
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hype
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pop
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mgr
A | B |
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FIGHT
RATING
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