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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Willy Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Max Jenkins (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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173 lbs
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179 lbs
5 - 3 - 0 |
BJJ Purple Belt
Basic striking
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BJJ Purple Belt
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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
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Willy Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
5 - 3 - 0, fighting out of London, Max Jenkins!
The judges for this bout are Paul Tew, James Glass and James Ackerman.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Jenkins looks for a takedown here. Will he get it? Watson is fending him off so far but Jenkins persists. Nope, Watson circles away and we're back to standing.
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Jenkins bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Jenkins tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Watson paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Let's see what he's got on the mat.
Jenkins looking for submissions off his back, moving his hips, looking for an opening.
Watson wants to control from the top but Jenkins keeps moving.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Watson is looking to stand up but Jenkins won't let him.
Jenkins is trying to control the position but Watson postures up.
Watson trying to control the position from guard on top but Jenkins is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Watson has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
Jenkins has a closed guard, preventing Watson from standing up.
Jenkins is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Watson closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Watson lands in his opponent's guard.
Watson stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Jenkins swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Watson slows down the pace of the fight for a moment. He'll need to remain active if he doesn't want to see the fight stood back up.
Watson seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Jenkins for as long as he can get away with.
Jenkins is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.
Watson gets to his feet. Jenkins looking to butt scoot but the ref puts an end to that. On your feet son!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson fakes an overhand right and shoots for a takedown. Jenkins sprawls well initially but Watson persists and gets the takedown into half guard.
Watson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Watson works his way to his opponent's back.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Jenkins tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
Watson get's back to his feet.
Watson gets the takedown into side control.
Watson is breathing heavily.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Watson working away.
Jenkins is not content to let Watson control the position.
Jenkins is looking for a sweep.
Watson slows the pace down.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson decides to stand back up. Watson steps back and let's Jenkins get back to his feet.
Jenkins tries to close the distance and clinch but Watson swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watson scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Jenkins doesn't seem bothered though.
Watson closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Jenkins manages to work his way to half guard, despite Watson's best efforts.
Jenkins is looking to improve his position.
Watson has freed up his trapped foot and advances to mount.
Watson gets to his feet and calls his opponent to stand. Here come the fireworks!
Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Jenkins working to try and regain half guard.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson works his way to his opponent's back.
Jenkins tries to break free.
Jenkins defending nicely against the rear naked choke attempt.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watson is remaining active here, looking for the choke. The more discerning members of the crowd will appreciate his efforts.
Watson looking to break Jenkins's wrist control so he can sink in the choke. Jenkins remaining controlled and patient though - he really has to keep calm otherwise Watson will wrap this one up with the rear naked choke!
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Jenkins manages to reverse the position and now he's in Watson's guard. Nice work there by Jenkins.
Jenkins wants to pass the guard but Watson is keeping the position.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Watson dominated that round.
That's time! Watson's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Jenkins fails in his attempt to clinch.
Jenkins moves out of range as Watson throws a body kick.
Jenkins stuffs the takedown attempt from Watson. Watson gets slowly back to his feet.
Jenkins is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Jenkins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watson stuffs the takedown.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
No luck for Watson with that takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Willy Watson. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Jenkins is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson shoots in for a double leg but Jenkins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Jenkins keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Watson shoots in for a double leg but Jenkins sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
Watson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Watson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Jenkins is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Jenkins is trying to escape the mount.
Jenkins is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Watson stands up from mount. Strange move.
Jenkins shoots in for a double leg but Watson sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson gets the takedown into side control.
Watson stands up.
Watson scores with a body shot.
Watson shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Watson was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Watson scoring with strikes but Jenkins is staying in there.
Jenkins is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Watson jumps to side control looking for an arm triangle but Jenkins manages to avoid the submission attempt.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Jenkins sneaks back into half guard.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson prevents Jenkins from improving his position.
Watson works his way into side control.
Watson stands up and we're back to a striking position.
Watson scores a takedown into full mount!
Jenkins is desperately trying to improve his position but Watson has a good base and remains in mount.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins sneaks a leg under to get to half guard.
Jenkins is looking for a sweep. Watson is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Watson content to control rather than advance.
Jenkins is defending against the submission attempts here by Watson.
Jenkins moves his hips nicely and gets into full guard.
Watson advances to half guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Willy Watson dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!
Jenkins showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Watson.
Watson connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Watson feints and then dives in with a takedown. That was a long way out but the feint bought him enough time to close the distance and complete the takedown. Now we'll play guard for a bit and see who can get the better of that position.
Jenkins looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Watson trying to stand up but can't free himself from Jenkins's guard.
Jenkins is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.
Watson trying to control but Jenkins is working from the bottom.
Jenkins throws his legs up looking to secure a triangle. Oh, that looks pretty tight, I gotta say! Watson escapes and throws Jenkins's legs to the side, diving into side control!
Willy Watson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Watson tries for a kimura but Jenkins is defending well.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson decides to stand back up.
Watson shoots in for a takedown and gets it. Oh and he's advanced to full mount straight away.
Watson sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Jenkins is trying to escape the mount.
Watson is thinking about an arm triangle here, looking to tighten it up before moving to side control. Jenkins can see it coming though and defends well with a couple of strikes to the head and some good arm positioning.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins can't escape the position.
Watson moves to take his opponent's back.
Watson just keeping the dominant position. He can't wait too long though, otherwise the referee will stand them back up.
Jenkins preventing the rear naked choke attempt from Watson.
Jenkins looking very determined here, making life difficult for Watson.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Jenkins defends a rear naked choke attempt by controlling one of Watson's arms.
Watson trying to control momentarily.
Watson tightening his grip on Jenkins, looking for the choke.
Watson not allowing Jenkins to control his hands.
Jenkins tries to escape the position - he's now mounted. Is that better or worse? Hard to tell!
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
Jenkins keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Watson wants to control the pace but Jenkins is squirming around nicely.
Willy Watson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Watson looking to isolate an arm here. Jenkins doesn't see it coming and as Watson extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Watson!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:44 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Willy Watson!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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mgr
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FIGHT
RATING
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