PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Louis Edward (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jim Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Jim Watson has the better chin. Will he look to stand and bang today?

Edward
vs
Watson

174 cm
25
142 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

160 cm
25
136 lbs
2 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Hates pizza

BJJ White Belt
Good kicks
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the bantamweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Louis Edward!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Jim Watson!
The judges for this bout are Viktor Lagutenko, Ivan Kurochkin and Aleksei Zolotukhin.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!

Edward tries to keep at a distance but Watson has taken the fight into the clinch.
Watson has had enough of the clinch and is looking to separate.
Edward prevents Watson from breaking the clinch.
Watson working hard to break the clinch.
Edward lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Watson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Edward avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Edward tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Edward is controlling him.
Watson wants a takedown but no success here.
Edward misses with a punch to the body.

Watson escapes the clinch and we're back to striking.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Watson has managed to clinch.

Watson breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Watson misses with a two punch combination.
Watson blocks a head kick by Edward.
Despite the aggression on Watson's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.

Watson closes the distance and pushes Edward back into the cage.
Edward swings away with an uppercut that misses.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edward scores with a nice hook to the head.
Edward wants to take the fight to the mat but Watson manages to get underhooks and keep the fight in the clinch.
Edward tries to land a shot to the body but it's blocked.
A frustrated look appears on Watson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Edward working some nice short punches in the clinch.
Edward digs a right hand underneath Watson's ribcage. Watson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Edward struggles to land a body shot inside as Watson controls his hands.
Edward doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watson is trying to break the clinch but Edward has him pressed against the cage.
Watson working hard to break the clinch.
A short right from Edward.
Edward changes levels and goes for a takedown here. Watson fights it off and pushes away nicely.
Watson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Edward circles away quickly and effectively.

Watson instigates a clinch.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson looks like he'd prefer to be striking at range right now.
Watson blocks an uppercut.
Watson stops a takedown attempt from Edward.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Edward. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Edward lands a body shot in the clinch.
Watson working hard to break the clinch.
A right handed body shot lands from Edward.
Watson gets underhooks to prevent Edward's takedown attempt.
Watson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Edward pushes Watson back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Edward lands a body shot in the clinch.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Edward scores with a hook to the body.
Edward gets through Watson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
I was talking to Edward's coach per-fight and he was telling me that they'd been working on the clinch in the runup to this fight.
A short uppercut from Edward.
Edward tries to throw a body punch but Watson avoids it by throwing Edward back against the cage.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to push Edward away but Edward has him pressed against the cage, so he's going nowhere.
Edward goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Edward misses with a hook to the ribs.
Edward lands with a light punch inside.
Edward lands with a good tight uppercut to the head.
Edward digs a right hand underneath Watson's ribcage. Watson let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Edward misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Edward scores with a shoulder strike.
Edward is working Watson over against the cage.
Edward drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Watson gets the underhooks and prevents it.

Watson manages to break the clinch.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Edward avoids a punch combination nicely.
Edward ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Edward throws a wild combination but nothing lands.

Edward drives through with a really nice takedown into side control.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Edward trying to control the position but Watson is working away.
Watson tries to improve position but can't.
Watson being controlled for a moment.
Watson tries to control the position but he's not in luck - Edward easily slips into full mount!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Edward dominated that round.
That's time! Back to the action!

Edward shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Edward was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Edward will need to keep those long limbs tucked in whilst he's on the ground, to prevent any submissions.
Edward looks up at the clock and then as Watson takes his cue and looks up at the clock too, Edward smacks him right in the chops with a big elbow! How rude!
Watson wants to control but Edward postures up.
Watson trying to remain calm as Edward controls from the top position.
Edward in side control, throwing shots but Watson defends.
Edward is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
Edward has knee on belly and moves into mount.
Edward controlling the position easily from mount.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edward lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Watson hang on?

That's one minute gone in the round.
Edward scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Watson?
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Watson is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
Edward throwing strikes but Watson bucks up and reverses the position. He's now in guard on top.
Edward looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
We've been informed that Watson has been working hard on his conditioning in the buildup to the fight.
Edward working a defensive guard here.

Edward is throwing his legs up, looking for submissions. Watson is aware though and is defending well.
Edward looking to control.
Edward on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Edward tries to get out of the position.
Edward is really struggling to control Watson but he's trying to hold on to the position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Edward looking for a sweep. Not yet Edward, not yet.
Edward trying to control the position here.
Watson won't allow Edward to sweep him here.

Edward is looking for a guillotine. You can't force these things though and Watson defends well.
Edward has control of Watson's left arm, preventing Watson from doing any damage.

The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Watson - that will leave a mark!
Watson throws a push kick but Edward slaps the foot to one side.
Watson throws a right hand that Edward ducks under and follows up with a left that Edward also avoids with ease.
Edward tries to counter by moving into the clinch but Watson manages to circle out of the way.
Watson lands a jab, followed by a cross and another cross, as Edward backs up against the cage.
Watson slaps away a takedown attempt from Edward, before circling back to the center of the mat.
A punch combination from Watson misses.
Watson misses with a wild combination.
Watson throws a body shot but no joy.
Edward has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Edward avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watson is breathing heavily.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson fails to land with a series of punches.
Edward jabs at Watson's body.
Edward throws a series of strikes that have Watson backpedaling.

Edward moves into the clinch.
Edward tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Watson's elbow.
Watson wants to push off and get back to the center of the mat but Edward has him pressed against the cage.
A short left from Edward.
Edward lands a hook to the side of the head.
Edward gets underhooks to prevent Watson's takedown attempt.
A nice right hand lands inside from Edward.
Edward lands on the inside with an uppercut.
Edward tries to score a body lock takedown but Watson shows good agility there to stay on his feet.
Edward working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Edward swings away with an uppercut that misses.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Louis Edward dominated that second 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. The crowd applaud as we get ready to start the final round!

Edward has taken the fight to the clinch.
Edward gets through Watson's defenses to land a nice punch to the side of the head.
Watson prevents a takedown attempt there.

Watson pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Edward fails with an attempt to clinch.
Jim Watson seems to be getting the better of the standup.
No joy there for Watson, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Watson swats away the attempt to clinch by Edward.
Edward doesn't succeed with the takedown

and Watson holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Edward lands a body punch in the clinch.
A frustrated look appears on Watson's face as he tries to break the clinch.
Watson wants to break free. God knows he wants to breaaaak freeee.
Edward looking for a takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Louis Edward. That's going to take a lot out of him.

That's one minute gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Edward creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watson goes for a body shot but it's blocked.

Watson breaks from the clinch.
Watson moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.

Edward is rocked!
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Watson changes levels and scores with a jab to the body.
Oh Edward is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
Watson stuffs the takedown.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Watson throws a perfectly timed hook that sends Edward crashing down! Edward tries to stagger back to his feet but Watson just hammers him until the ref stops the fight! A confused Edward asks the ref what just happened. Poor fella.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:27 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Jim Watson!