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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Andre Galvao (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Matt Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson has chosen ordinary story as his entrance music. This should be a great matchup!
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197 lbs
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195 lbs
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BJJ Purple Belt
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
6 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Andre Galvao!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
8 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Matt Watson!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Robert Douchet and Trevor Gratis.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson throws a right and a left that Galvao avoids nicely.
Galvao shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Galvao was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Watson is in all sorts of trouble here.
Galvao lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
Watson is desperately trying to improve his position but Galvao has a good base and remains in mount.
Galvao lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Galvao connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Galvao pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Watson working to try and regain half guard.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvao with the ground and pound from mount.
Watson looks gassed!
BOOM! Galvao connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Watson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Watson is working to get back to half guard.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Galvao landing strikes, looking to finish!
Galvao unloading with bombs!
Galvao lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Watson hang on?
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Galvao lands a heavy elbow.
Watson takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Galvao working Watson over with strikes here.
BOOM! Galvao connects with a massive shot to the dome!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galvao scoring with strikes but Watson is staying in there.
Galvao scoring with strikes but Watson is staying in there.
Galvao postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Watson looks a forlorn figure.
Galvao landing strikes from the mount.
Galvao controlling the pace for now.
Galvao cracks Watson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Galvao postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Watson looks a forlorn figure.
Galvao with a couple of short strikes.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Galvao wants to control the pace but Watson is squirming around nicely.
Galvao is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Watson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Galvao controlling from the full mount.
Galvao lands a couple of nice shots there from mount.
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. Galvao smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Galvao sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Galvao scoring with some good ground and pound from mount here. Will he manage to finish Watson?
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galvao breaks from Watson's wrist control and lands an elbow.
The referee warns Watson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Galvao scores with a couple of good head shots there.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Galvao is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Watson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Watson is looking to get to half guard.
The referee warns Watson that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Galvao pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Galvao landing strikes, looking to finish!
Watson is wriggling around trying to escape.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Galvao fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Galvao cracks Watson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Galvao tries to control but Watson wriggling away.
Galvao is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Watson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Galvao dominated that round.
That's time! Galvao's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Galvao falls off balance throwing a combination
and Watson counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Galvao shoots in for a takedown! He's got it and he's managed to land in full mount! That's better than Galvao was expecting from the takedown attempt, I'm sure!
Galvao with a couple of short strikes.
Watson is desperately trying to improve his position but Galvao has a good base and remains in mount.
Galvao lands a nice shot to the head.
Galvao lands a big shot there that rocks Watson but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Galvao is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Galvao lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Watson hang on?
Galvao is landing with some decent strikes but Watson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Watson can't escape the position.
Watson is in a horrible position here. Galvao smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
Watson is desperately trying to improve his position but Galvao has a good base and remains in mount.
Galvao is really dominating this fight. Is there anything that Watson can do to turn this around?
Watson is breathing heavily.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvao blocks Watson's feeble attempts to strike from the bottom.
Watson taking shots to the head.
Galvao with a couple of short strikes.
Watson tries to get back to half guard but can't.
Watson in a bad spot here, taking shots to the head.
A nice elbow there by Galvao.
Watson is looking to get to half guard.
Galvao landing strikes, looking to finish!
Galvao cracks Watson with a nasty head shot there - the crowd let out an audible gasp there, as the noise reverberated around the arena.
Andre Galvao overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Galvao takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Watson is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galvao is still in mount, landing shots to his trapped opponent. Watson can't stay in a position like this for much longer.
Watson really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Galvao tries to control but Watson wriggling away.
The crowd growing excited in anticipation of a finish here! Right on cue, Galvao cracks his opponent with a massive right hand that draws loud cheers!
Galvao is landing with some decent strikes but Watson is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Galvao controlling from mount.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A nice elbow there by Galvao.
Galvao raining down shots from the mount!
Watson is trying to escape the mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is squirming around, avoiding Galvao's attempts to control the action.
Galvao pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
Galvao landing shots from mount.
Watson regains half guard.
Watson looking to work for a kimura from the bottom.
Galvao prevents Watson from improving his position.
Galvao trying to pass the guard but Watson defending well.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Galvao is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Galvao passes the guard and advances to mount!
Watson trying desperately to get to his feet.
Galvao can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Watson is looking to escape.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A nice elbow there by Galvao.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Andre Galvao 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. This is the final round!
Galvao misses with a takedown attempt. He shot from a bit too far out.
Galvao misses with a wild body shot.
Galvao fails with a takedown attempt.
Watson looks frustrated there after his takedown attempt is stuffed easily.
Matt Watson is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Galvao tries to clinch up but Watson circles away and keeps his distance.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Galvao circles away from the clinch attempt
and Galvao counters with a nice double leg into side control. Watson won't be happy with that.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Galvao scores with a couple of nice shots to the head there. The referee takes a look at Watson to see if he's OK.
Watson is not content to let Galvao control the position.
Watson takes a big shot right to the temple there but he's taken it well.
Watson gets back to half guard.
Watson trying to control from the bottom.
Galvao seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Watson does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Watson is trying is best to control the position here.
Galvao looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Watson with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Galvao trying to control from half guard but Watson is working away.
Watson kicks off Galvao and gets to his feet.
Watson takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Galvao closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Watson actively working from the bottom here.
Watson is looking for a sweep. Galvao is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Watson looking for submissions off his back.
Galvao is trying to control. Watson wants to improve his position but can't escape this time.
Watson wants to get back to full guard but Galvao has mounted him!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson tries to reverse the position but Galvao maintains control.
Watson is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Galvao looking to finish Watson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Watson!
Watson is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Galvao trying to control but Watson is having none of it.
Galvao takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Watson is looking to improve his position but Galvao isn't that keen on the idea.
Watson is in a horrible position here. Galvao smacks him with another shot as he tries to escape the position.
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.
Watson is trying desperately to improve position.
Galvao looking to finish Watson with some ground and pound. This is bad for Watson!
Galvao lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Watson hang on?
Watson can't escape the position.
Matt Watson has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Galvao is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Galvao with the ground and pound from mount.
Galvao lands with some vicious ground and pound - can Watson hang on?
Galvao content just to control the position here.
Watson is looking to get to half guard.
And that's the end of the fight!
Andre Galvao showed his dominance in that final round.
Well Galvao 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 Ian Loll scores the fight 30:26
Judge Robert Douchet scores the fight 30:26
Judge Trevor Gratis scores the fight 30:25
In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Andre Galvao!
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