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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Brian Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Rage Kootz (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson's ring entrance music is that housewives' favourite, Roll Right. This should be a great matchup!
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185 lbs
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Excellent boxer
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the welterweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
25 - 11 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Brian Watson!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Rage Kootz!
The judges for this bout are Don Winkell, Timothy Bukovac and Frank Antenori.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big right from Kootz misses.
Watson shoots in but Kootz avoids the takedown attempt easily.
Kootz leaves Watson with his face pressed against the mat as he sprawls beautifully, defending against a solid takedown attempt.
Watson tries for a takedown but Kootz sees it coming a mile off and avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Brian Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Kootz throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt from distance.
Kootz throws a quick inside leg kick.
Kootz misses with a low kick.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Kootz as he jumps to the side.
Kootz ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Watson misses the shot to the body.
Watson tries to clinch
and Kootz counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watson's knee momentarily.
Watson takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Watson pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Kootz throws a body punch but Watson moves out of range.
Kootz misses with a looping right.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Kootz pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Watson tries to clinch but Kootz moves away
and Kootz counters with a low kick, right behind Watson 's knee.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Kootz paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watson stuffs the takedown attempt from Kootz. Kootz gets slowly back to his feet.
Watson keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watson looks to clinch
and Kootz counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Watson thinking.
Brian Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Watson has taken the fight to the clinch.
Watson tries to break free but Kootz pushes him back against the cage.
Kootz gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watson.
Kootz misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Watson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Watson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson gets a nice trip takedown into half guard.
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!
Kootz tries to get to full guard but Watson has control of the leg.
Kootz wants to control but Watson is keeping busy.
Kootz regains full guard, whilst avoiding punches from Watson.
Kootz working for a triangle but Watson defends it easily.
Watson postures up.
Kootz looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Watson working some ground and pound from guard but it's not doing any damage.
Kootz trying to control the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson wants to control from the top but Kootz keeps moving.
Kootz is trying to keep Watson in close.
Watson 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.
Watson postures up in Kootz's guard and throws a big left but Kootz blocks it.
Watson content to strike from guard, landing some decent shots.
Kootz can't do much from the bottom at the moment, as Watson controls the pace.
Kootz wants to hit a switch here but Watson passes into full mount! Oh no, disaster for Kootz there!
The fighters are starting to get a bit slippery now, which will make submissions a bit more difficult.
The referee warns Kootz that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Watson looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Watson cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Kootz is working to get back to half guard.
Watson avoids the attempt from Kootz to control.
Watson lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Watson wants to control the pace but Kootz is squirming around nicely.
Watson with the ground and pound from mount.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Kootz wants to hold on but Watson pushes him away.
Kootz taking shots to the head.
Kootz is rocked!
Oooooh, big shot lands for Watson! Kootz is hurt baaadly! Watson is firing away with more strikes - Kootz is covering up... the ref is warning him to do something. He's just covering up though still and the ref has to step in to end the fight! This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:56 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Brian Watson!
Brian Watson retains his welterweight title!
A very excited looking Brian Watson made sure he remembered to thank all the fans both in the arena and on the internet. He said all the coolest people spend all day on MMA websites, which got a big reaction.
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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