PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Thomas Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jurgen Tetsuo (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Thomas Watson could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Jurgen Tetsuo's chin.

Watson
vs
Tetsuo

179 cm
45
175 lbs
31 - 19 - 1

178 cm
22
186 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

Good wrestling
Lethal high kicks
Very quick

Good wrestler
Excellent MT
Good gas tank

Sin City Allstars

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 31 - 19 - 1, fighting out of Los Angeles, Thomas Watson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jurgen Tetsuo!
The judges for this bout are Cecil Peabody, Robert Twigg and Stewart Dunkirk.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson moves away from the strike by Tetsuo.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Tetsuo.
Tetsuo checks a low kick from Watson.

Tetsuo rushes Watson and presses him up against the ropes.
Watson lands a shot to the body.
Watson pushes Tetsuo back against the ropes and unloads with a body punch.
Tetsuo lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Watson is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Tetsuo has dropped down and is looking to force the takedown but it's defended by Watson after a bit of a struggle.
Tetsuo misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watson misses with a short punch on the inside.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tetsuo jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Watson walks away with a smile on his face. Tetsuo gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Watson lands a nice shot that snaps Tetsuo's head back.
Tetsuo misses with a low kick as Watson jumps back.
Watson moves out of range as Tetsuo strikes.
Watson tries to counter by clinching up but Tetsuo breaks away and moves out of range.

Watson closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watson looking to slow down the pace here.
Tetsuo jumps guard but Watson turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
We've been informed that Tetsuo has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Thomas Watson has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Jurgen Tetsuo.
A shot in the inside from Watson.
A short left from Watson.
Tetsuo takes a shot to the head.
Watson lands a right hand.
Watson has hold of a leg and is looking for a trip takedown. Tetsuo avoids it nicely though and we remain in the clinch.
Tetsuo tries to pull guard but Watson holds him up against the ropes and eventually Tetsuo drops back down to his feet.
Watson drops to a knee looking for a takedown but Tetsuo gets the underhooks and prevents it.
Watson misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watson blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Watson lands with a short head shot on the inside.
Good anti-grappling being displayed by Watson as Tetsuo tries to tie him up.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo is trying to slow down the pace in the clinch, to catch his breath.
Watson misses with some punches.
Tetsuo blocking some punches.
Tetsuo misses with a knee strike.
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson working aggressively here.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Tetsuo is trying to work for a single leg takedown but Watson pulls him back up using the underhooks.
Tetsuo can't get the takedown.
A shot in the inside from Watson.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watson swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Watson makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Tetsuo is working for takedown but Watson is calmly controlling the position for now.
Watson lands a shoulder strike that jolts his opponent's head backwards.

Tetsuo is rocked!
Watson misses with the head strike.
Tetsuo is trying to pull guard but being pressed up against the ropes enables Watson to keep the fight standing.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo tries to pull guard but Watson holds him up against the ropes and eventually Tetsuo drops back down to his feet.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watson.
Watson stalling in the clinch but Tetsuo improves position.
Watson working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Tetsuo is still on wobbly legs! Can Watson finish him?

Tetsuo gets control of Watson's arms and successfully pulls guard. Tetsuo will no doubt be looking for submissions off his back.
Watson controlling from the top position.
Watson postures up.
Watson trying to control but Tetsuo is working from the bottom.
Tetsuo is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Watson sitting in guard here, content to control.
Tetsuo seems to have recovered his senses.
Watson looking to sit in guard and control but Tetsuo gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.

Watson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Tetsuo trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Watson trying to control the position.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Tetsuo works over Watson with some ground and pound from guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.
Tetsuo's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Watson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Tetsuo trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Watson dominated that 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.

Tetsuo takes the fight into the clinch.
Tetsuo goes for a takedown attempt but Watson pushes him away and we're back to fighting at a distance.
Tetsuo swings widly with a right hand
and Watson connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
Watson stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Tetsuo ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.

Watson tries to keep at a distance but Tetsuo has taken the fight into the clinch.
Watson stalling against the ropes.
Watson blocks the elbow strike.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Tetsuo jumps guard but Watson turns him against the ropes and keeps the fight standing.
Tetsuo misses with a punch to the body.
Tetsuo tries to stall but Watson uses the opportunity to gain a better position.

Watson tightens his grip and picks Tetsuo up, before dumping him to the ground. Tetsuo manages to land in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tetsuo is trying to hold Watson in close to prevent damage but Watson has managed to pass into half guard.
Watson working some ground and pound from close in. He's looking to maintain this position and strike for a while by the looks of things... although he'll probably advance to full mount in a minute now I've said that.
Tetsuo is trying to get back to full guard.
Tetsuo is staying active underneath Watson, who seems content to just control the action from this position.
Tetsuo has his hands clasped together around Watson's back. He's all about the action.
Watson wants to lay and pray for a moment but Tetsuo keeps working.
Tetsuo keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.
Watson lands strikes from half guard.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo wants to improve his position but Watson is controlling well.
Watson throwing shots but Tetsuo is blocking nicely.
Tetsuo is trying to maintain the position but Watson is very close to passing his half guard.
Tetsuo slips a foot under and gets full guard. Nice work.
Tetsuo keeping moving, preventing Watson from controlling successfully.
Watson is working Tetsuo over from the guard. He should look to pass the guard and do a little more damage with these strikes.
Watson landing some decent shots from guard.
Tetsuo lands a beautiful sweep and he's now moved into his opponent's guard.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson trying to control the position here.
Tetsuo trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Tetsuo looking to pass the guard.
Watson is looking to get back to his feet but can't, whilst Tetsuo is controlling him.
Watson is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Tetsuo can do to turn this around?
Tetsuo trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
Tetsuo looking to pass the guard.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Tetsuo from controlling successfully.
Watson is trying to control the position from the bottom.

The referee has stepped in and called for a break in the action. We'll restart on the feet.
Watson lands a jab to the head.
Boooooooooooooooooooo!!! God, this has been a terrible round. Come on you two, sort yourselves out!
Tetsuo throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watson.
Watson wants to take advantage of his opponent's missed offense by moving into the clinch.

Tetsuo has taken the fight to the clinch.
A short right from Watson on the inside.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Thomas Watson dominated that second round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin! Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!

Tetsuo misses with a looping left.
Watson is looking to counter punch.
Watson wants to clinch up but Tetsuo keeps it at a distance.
Watson lands with a cross.
Tetsuo dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Watson. That did some damage!
Watson lands a jab.
Tetsuo takes a step towards his opponent and connects with a left hand, before circling away.
A jab lands there for Watson.

Watson gets in close and instigates a clinch.

Watson lands a takedown into guard.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Tetsuo not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Tetsuo has control of Watson's left arm, preventing Watson from doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Tetsuo is trying to keep Watson in close.
Tetsuo looking to sweep here. No luck so far.
Watson throwing strikes from guard but Tetsuo blocks nicely.
Tetsuo throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
We've had a lack of effective grappling in the last minute or so, which could well see a referee standup.
Tetsuo bucks up whilst keeping hold of a body lock, managing to reverse the position. Now he's in top in Watson's guard.

Tetsuo loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
A real slowdown in the pace of the fight for a moment, as Watson holds on and takes a little breather.
Tetsuo passes into half guard.
Jurgen Tetsuo has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to control but can't.
Tetsuo lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Watson blocking the ground and pound attempt from Tetsuo.
Thomas Watson overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.
Tetsuo thows a huge punch but Watson dodges it nicely.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson tries to roll over but Tetsuo keeps him under control.
Watson pushes Tetsuo off but Tetsuo dives into side control.
Sloppy strikes there by Tetsuo.
Watson wants to get back to his feet.
Tetsuo controlling the position from side mount.
Watson pushes Tetsuo away and creates a bit of space to escape. He's almost out here... but no, Tetsuo gets a good hold of his legs and remains firmly in side control.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Tetsuo throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Tetsuo misses with a leg kick
and Tetsuo takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Tetsuo blocks a jab.
Watson connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Tetsuo momentarily.
Watson scores with a shot to the body.
A solid body kick from Tetsuo.
Watson is really head hunting here, hardly looking to strike to the body at all.
Tetsuo takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Watson lands an overhand right.
Tetsuo takes one to the chin there.
Tetsuo misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Watson.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Tetsuo - that will leave a mark!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watson fakes a jab and scores with a low kick.
Tetsuo misses with an uppercut. Watson saw that one coming.
Thomas Watson is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Tetsuo fakes a jab and then connects with a hook.

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 Thomas Watson.
Well I reckon that's a shut out for Watson, 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 Cecil Peabody scores the fight 30:28
Judge Robert Twigg scores the fight 30:27
Judge Stewart Dunkirk scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Thomas Watson!