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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Nahshon Garrett (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Songswat Watana (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Buckle up people - heeeeeeeeeere we go!
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140 lbs
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145 lbs
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Good wrestling
Basic striking
Very strong |
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BJJ Blue Belt
Solid Muay Thai
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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
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Nahshon Garrett !
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
4 - 5 - 0, fighting out of Tokyo, Songswat Watana!
The judges for this bout are Yuuki Gou, Yukihiro Yamamoto and Sosuke Kotani.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
A big left from Garrett misses.
Watana looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Garrett throws an overhand right that lands on Watana's shoulder, as Watana tries to avoid the shot.
It seemed like Watana was going to counter with the hook but didn't fully commit to it.
Watana takes one on the button.
Garrett has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by Watana.
Garrett swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watana moves out of range of the strikes.
Watana wants to clinch up but Garrett keeps it at a distance.
Garrett looks to land a left hand but Watana moved out of range nicely.
Watana tries to clinch up.
Watana scores with a nice looking left hook and follows it up with an uppercut!
Watana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garrett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
A telegraphed right hand from Garrett misses the target.
Watana wants to counter the offense by Garrett and move into the clinch position.
Watana moves out of range as Garrett strikes.
Watana misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
Garrett throwing a counter right hand but Watana manages to avoid it.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watana tries to clinch but Garrett is having none of it.
Watana has a takedown stuffed.
That's one minute gone in the round.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Watana.
Watana defending well as Garrett loads up on a big left hand.
Watana lands with a nice combination. Garrett backs away looking to recover.
Watana staying out of range there.
Watana connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
Watana throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Garrett scores with a jab.
Garrett closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Garrett takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Garrett keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Watana tries to roll over but Garrett keeps him under control.
Garrett perhaps working for something from half guard, or maybe not. It looks like he's just sitting there.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Garrett there.
Garrett keeping composed on the top, looking to control the action.
Garrett works his way into full mount!
Watana is trying to stand up.
Garrett looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Garrett pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Garrett controlling the position easily from mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A nice elbow there by Garrett .
Garrett takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Garrett is landing with some decent strikes but Watana is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Garrett controlling the pace for now.
Garrett 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.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nahshon Garrett dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Watana uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garrett .
Garrett looks to land a left hand but Watana moved out of range nicely.
Songswat Watana is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Watana doesn't manage to clinch there - Garrett circles away.
Watana steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Garrett .
Watana tries to close the distance and clinch up but Garrett swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watana dives in for a single leg takedown but Garrett sprawls and the fighters end up clinched against the cage.
Garrett swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Watana moves in looking to clinch but Garrett pushes him off.
Watana wants to clinch.
Watana blocks a jab.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watana manages to avoid it.
Watana misses with a body shot.
Nahshon Garrett is winning the standup battle so far.
Garrett shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in side control! That's better than Garrett was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Garrett just content to control the position.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Garrett is working Watana over with some ground and pound from side control.
Garrett is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watana can do to turn this around?
Watana trying to remain calm as Garrett controls from the top position.
Garrett seems to have a rather negative gameplan on the ground. He seems keen to just score the takedown and hold down Watana for as long as he can get away with.
Garrett '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.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Garrett connects with a decent looking elbow from side control that caused Watana some visible discomfort.
Watana is being controlled here.
Further stalling from Garrett .
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watana is positioning himself to get back to half guard.
Garrett controlling the position.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Watana slips a jab from Garrett .
Watana will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Garrett looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Nahshon Garrett overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Garrett controls from within his opponent's guard.
Garrett slips nicely into half guard.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Garrett controlling the pace.
Watana wants to get back to full guard.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Nahshon Garrett dominated that second round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business. This is the final round!
Watana fails to land with a series of punches.
Watana fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Garrett manages to avoid it.
Watana tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Garrett manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Garrett is really struggling to find his range with his punches. Watana's reach advantage is clearly causing him problems.
Watana slips a jab from Garrett .
Garrett looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Garrett content to stall in guard here.
Watana is looking to stand up but Garrett isn't so interested in that idea.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Garrett controls from within his opponent's guard.
Watana tries to land a sweep but no joy.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Watana being controlled here, momentarily.
Watana is trying to control the position from the bottom.
Watana being controlled here, momentarily.
Garrett lands a couple of decent looking shots.
Garrett controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
If it seems like I'm not saying a lot, it's just because Garrett is stinking the place up with his stalling.
The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Watana uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Garrett .
Garrett decides to change it up a bit and drives through with a nice takedown into half guard.
Garrett content to control rather than advance.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Garrett takes advantage of the dominant position to land a couple of big hammer fists.
Still in half guard, Garrett seems content to control.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watana wants to get back to his feet.
Nahshon Garrett is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Garrett is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Garrett has controlled the position for a good 20 seconds, which will no doubt be starting to frustrate his opponent.
The referee has decided to stand the fighters back up, so we'll restart on the feet.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are showing their displeasure at the lack of action as loud boos ring out around the arena.
Garrett jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Watana tries to close the distance and clinch but Garrett swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watana fails with an attempt to clinch.
Garrett misses with a straight left.
Watana tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watana lands a head kick. Garrett smiles back at him and beckons him forward.
A slow jab from Garrett misses its intended target.
Watana misses with an attempted mid kick.
Watana displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Garrett throws out the jab.
Garrett throws a hook but Watana blocks it.
Songswat Watana seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Garrett looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Garrett moves nicely into side control.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Garrett takes a little break here. Watana wants to take advantage but he is being controlled well.
And that's the end of the fight!
Nahshon Garrett showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Garrett has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... 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 Yuuki Gou scores the fight 30:27
Judge Yukihiro Yamamoto scores the fight 30:27
Judge Sosuke Kotani scores the fight 30:27
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Nahshon Garrett !
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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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