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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Marcus Rush (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chras Watsky (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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170 lbs
2 - 2 - 0 |
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174 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Good knees
Big heart |
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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
2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Marcus Rush!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Sydney, Chras Watsky!
The judges for this bout are Summer Carpenter, John Mangel and Hugh Johnson.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watsky wants to clinch up but Rush keeps it at a distance.
Watsky displays good takedown defense there as he swats away a double leg from Rush.
Rush gets a takedown into half guard.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Rush controlling the pace.
Rush's ground tactics aren't going to win him many fans. Let's hope he's got fireworks for us if he gets back to his feet because he's not doing much on the ground.
Watsky tries to get to full guard but Rush has control of the leg.
Watsky is trying to stand up here but Rush is controlling him well.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Rush decides to stand up and try his luck on the feet.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Watsky is fending him off so far but Rush persists. Nope, Watsky circles away and we're back to standing.
Watsky tries to clinch but Rush moves out of range.
Rush gets a takedown into half guard.
Watsky is trying to stand.
Rush controlling the pace.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up, due to lack of activity on the part of Marcus Rush.
Watsky misses with a takedown
and Rush counters with a left and a right that stings Watsky.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Rush throws a right and a left that both miss.
Rush wants to clinch up but Watsky keeps it at a distance.
Nice takedown defense from Watsky. No joy for Rush on that attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Rush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watsky avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Watsky is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rush misses with a takedown
and Watsky counters with a body kick.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watsky is looking to clinch.
Watsky wants to clinch up but Rush keeps it at a distance.
Rush throws a head kick that misses.
Watsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rush fakes a strike and closes the distance, dragging Watsky to the ground. Rush is now in Watsky's guard.
Rush wants to control from the top but Watsky keeps moving.
Rush gets to his feet - Watsky follows without any prompting.
Rush misses with a hook.
Rush really does look like a pencil wearing a pair of gloves. Let's hope he has a gameplan to suit that ridiculous body shape.
Watsky keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Rush.
Chras Watsky seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Rush scores with a nice takedown into half guard. Let's see what he's got on the ground.
Watsky wants to improve his position but Rush is controlling well.
Rush will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Watsky tries to kick Rush off but Rush keeps his base steady and stays in half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Rush stands up and beckons Watsky to join him on the feet.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Rush shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Rush was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Rush controlling from mount.
Rush looking to ground and pound but Watsky is blocking nicely.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Rush controlling from the full mount.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Marcus Rush dominated that round.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action!
A big left from Watsky misses.
Watsky pushes Rush up against the cage in a clinch.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Rush takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
Watsky blocks a body shot from Rush.
Watsky's corner calls for him to break the clinch, which he does.
Rush shoots in and drives through. Watsky sprawls well.
Watsky fails in his attempt to clinch.
Rush darts in and clinches Watsky up against the cage.
Watsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush tries for a takedown but Watsky sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
Watsky takes a head kick and shrugs it off.
Rush moves into range and clinches up with Watsky.
Rush lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watsky has hold of one of Rush's legs. Rush is fighting the takedown attempt but Watsky gets the trip and lands the takedown into guard.
Watsky trying to control the position from guard on top but Rush is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watsky is fighting to break Rush's control of his arms but Rush is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Watsky wants to stand but Rush has a closed guard, so he can't escape.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Watsky closes the distance and clinches.
Watsky slowing the pace effectively.
Rush tries to break the clinch but Watsky is controlling the position.
Rush is working hard here but doesn't seem to be able to control effectively, up against the cage.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Rush working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Watsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Rush looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
A lazy body kick from Watsky
and Rush counters with a head kick. That will keep Watsky thinking before he tries any more sloppy attacks!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watsky darts in trying to clinch
and Rush counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
Rush is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Rush fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watsky wants to clinch up but Rush keeps it at a distance.
Rush swats away the attempt to clinch by Watsky.
Watsky moves in looking to clinch but Rush pushes him off.
Rush fails with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Rush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watsky fails with an attempt to clinch.
Rush looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Watsky!
Rush content just to control the position here.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Watsky's corner are shouting for him to stand up but that's bad cornering - how is he meant to stand up when he's mounted? He should be looking to improve his position on the ground before trying to stand back up.
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 Marcus Rush will probably get the nod.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action. This is the final round!
A nice combination there by Rush.
Rush keeps the fight on the outside.
Watsky tries to clinch but Rush is having none of it.
Horrible takedown by Rush or perhaps it was just good defense by Watsky which made him look bad.
Rush fails to land the takedown.
Watsky lands a leg kick that knocks Rush off balance momentarily.
Watsky moves in looking to clinch but Rush pushes him off.
Watsky tries to clinch there but Rush circles away.
Watsky tries a low kick but Rush avoids it.
Nice cross by Rush.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Rush fails with the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marcus Rush. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watsky blocks a head kick by Rush.
Watsky moves in looking to clinch but Rush pushes him off.
Rush will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Watsky moves in looking to clinch but Rush pushes him off.
Rush fails with the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Rush throws an overhand right that lands on Watsky's shoulder, as Watsky tries to avoid the shot.
Rush looks to land a combination but Watsky avoids it well.
Rush circles away from the clinch attempt.
Watsky tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watsky darts in and clinches Rush up against the cage.
Watsky stalling in the clinch but Rush improves position.
Rush is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Watsky pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Watsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watsky moves into range and clinches up with Rush.
Watsky prevents Rush from breaking the clinch.
Rush tries to break free but Watsky pushes him back against the cage.
Rush is trying to break free.
Rush wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Watsky has Rush pushed against the cage.
Rush fails to pull guard.
Watsky taking a breather.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watsky breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Rush closes the distance and after a bit of a stuggle, scores a takedown into Watsky's guard.
Watsky is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Rush is controlling him.
Rush trying to control the position from guard on top but Watsky is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Rush passes easily into side control. Nice work.
Rush trying to control the position but Watsky is working away.
Watsky wants to get back to his feet.
Chras Watsky has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Rush advances to full mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watsky regains half guard.
Watsky is looking to improve his position.
Rush keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Watsky looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
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!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Rush with a momentary lay and pray from half guard.
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 Marcus Rush.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Rush, winning every round. Will the judges agree? They are the ones who matter, even if they are often depressingly incompetent. 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 Summer Carpenter scores the fight 29:28
Judge John Mangel scores the fight 30:28
Judge Hugh Johnson scores the fight 30:28
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Marcus Rush!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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RATING
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