PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Chras Watsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Alex Campbell (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Alex Campbell struggled to make weight for this fight. He only made it down to 172.5lbs at the first attempt and had to take the additional two hours to make the official bout weight. Let's see how much it's taken out of him. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Watsky
vs
Campbell

179 cm
18
174 lbs
1 - 3 - 0

188 cm
18
186 lbs
0 - 0 - 0

BJJ White Belt
Counter striker
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chras Watsky!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Alex Campbell!
The judges for this bout are Damien Edna, Winston Howard and Donatello Bradman.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Campbell shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Watsky sprawls well. Watsky wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Campbell gets slowly back to his feet.
Campbell throws a wild body kick that Watsky sees coming a mile off.
Campbell shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as Watsky sprawls well. Watsky wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Campbell gets slowly back to his feet.

Campbell forces Watsky back against the cage and clinches.
Campbell tries to jump guard but he falls flat on his backside. Watsky smiles and moves away.
Chras Watsky has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Alex Campbell.

Watsky closes the distance and scores a nice trip takedown into half guard. Campbell did well to prevent Watsky getting side control.
Campbell punching from the bottom.
Campbell trying to hold on to Watsky's head to control him but Watsky postures up.
Watsky takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watsky lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
Campbell is trying to maintain the position but Watsky is very close to passing his half guard.
Watsky looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watsky prevents Campbell from standing back up.
Nice strikes from Watsky there.
Watsky has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Watsky scores with a couple of good hammerfists.
Watsky lands a big shot. The thud that echoes around the arena is like music to the fans' ears.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Watsky lands a nice short elbow.
Still in half guard, Watsky seems content to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watsky looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Campbell with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Watsky scoring with strikes to the body and head.
Campbell really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Watsky. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Watsky is looking to pass the guard... He's managed it - he's now in full mount!
Watsky landing strikes from the mount and Campbell is in trouble!
Campbell is bucking up trying to escape but Watsky cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Campbell tries to lock up and control but Watsky gives him a forearm to the face and pushes him away.
Watsky scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Watsky cracks Campbell with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.

Campbell is rocked!
Watsky lands a big elbow - Campbell is in trouble! More strikes from the mount and Campbell is forced to tap out!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:58 of round 1, we have a winner by way of Submission (Strikes). Chras Watsky!
A victorious Chras Watsky thanked his army of followers in his post fight interview, telling people to make sure they follow him on Twitter.