PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between David Bair (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Jacob Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Bair comes to the ring accompanied by Not Afraid-Eminem. This should be a great matchup!

Bair
vs
Watson

179 cm
18
205 lbs
1 - 2 - 0

180 cm
18
210 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Brawler
Good chin

BJJ White Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

Heart of a Champ Fight Gear

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the light heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 1 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, David Bair!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Jacob Watson!
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Bair thows a left - swing and a miss!
Jacob Watson seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Watson throws a looping overhand right but Bair ducks down to avoid it.
Bair shoots in for a takedown but Watson shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.
Bair blocks a jab.
Watson misses with a hook. Bair ducked under it nicely.
Watson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bair uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Watson.
Bair looks for a takedown but Watson sprawls well.
Watson throws a jab when Bair was well out of range.
Bair fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Watson throws a hook to the side of Bair's head but Bair sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Bair blocks a jab.
Bair getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Watson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Bair shoots in for a takedown. "I don't think so" says Watson as he avoids it easily.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Bair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson misses with a looping right.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.

Bair throws the overhand right but ducks down into a quick takedown attempt. Watson was covering up waiting for the punch and Bair finishes the takedown easily into guard.
Bair missing there with some ground and pound from the guard.
Watson keeping moving, preventing Bair from controlling successfully.
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.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bair landing with the ground and pound.
Watson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Watson looking for a sweep. Not yet Watson, not yet.
Bair working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Watson's head.
Bair trying to control but Watson is working from the bottom.
Watson is working from a closed guard but he's struggling to control his opponent.
Watson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Bair. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Watson throwing strikes off his back to little effect.
Bair stopping the sweep attempt from Watson.
Bair is intent on slowing down the pace of the fight, simply looking to control.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
My god... these two guys really need to pick up the pace or everyone will leave to go get a beer.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.

Bair looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Bair pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Watson is keeping the position for now.

Watson isolates an arm and boxes in a triangle. Bair stacks Watson on his neck as he steps over and passes to the side. He's now in a much more dominant position where he can look to do some serious damage. Nice move by Bair!

Bair thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.

The fighters are going at a pretty good pace and they're both starting to sweat now.
Bair decides to stand up, so the ref orders Watson to his feet.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Bair ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Bair closes the distance and clinches up with Watson, looking for a takedown. Bair pushes Watson against the ropes but Watson circles to the side and manages to break the clinch.
Bair is breathing heavily.
Watson throws a big shot that misses.
Bair shoots for a double leg takedown but Watson sprawls well. He's pushed Bair's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Watson throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Bair drops his hands momentarily and Watson takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.

It looks like David Bair has been cut.
Watson thows a left - swing and a miss!

Watson sends Bair crashing to the mat with a devastating uppercut! Watson is motioning to the referee to let Bair up. He wants to try and finish this one on the feet!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!

Watson lands a big right hand that sends Bair crashing to the mat! Watson stays standing though and waves Bair back to his feet!

Bair is rocked!
Bair moves away from the strike by Watson.
Nice takedown defense from Watson. No joy for Bair on that attempt.
Watson loads up on a big right hand but Bair slips the punch.
Watson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Bair slips under a jab.
Watson throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Bair sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Watson lands with a cross to side of his opponent's head.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson misses with a looping right.
Watson misses with a looping right.
Watson throws an overhand right that lands on Bair's shoulder, as Bair tries to avoid the shot.
Watson misses with a hook.
Bair throws a low kick, looking for Watson's leg but Watson calmly moves out of range.
Watson misses with a straight left.
Bair shoots in for a takedown - he's clinched up with Watson but Watson pushes him off and we're back to square one.
Bair walks straight into a jab right on the nose. That one stung - he's blinking and trying to clear his head.
Watson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.

Bair forces Watson back against the ropes and clinches.
Bair tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watson tries to break free but Bair pushes him back against the ropes.
Bair wants a takedown but no success here.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Watson jumps guard but his hands slip and he falls flat on his back. Well, he's made himself look a right mug there, as Bair walks away with a smile on his face. Watson gets slowly back to his feet and shakes his head.
Bair fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Watson manages to avoid it.
Watson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Watson stuffs the takedown.
Bair bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Jacob Watson dominated that round.
The cut man is working on David Bair's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business.

Bair uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Watson.
Bair keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Watson.

Watson gets taken down but at least he's managed to land in guard.
Bair controlling from the guard. I say controlling but really, he's stalling.
Bair scoring with punches to the head and body.
Watson preventing the ground and pound from doing any damage.
Bair postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.
Bair stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Watson swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Bair could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Watson tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Bair trying to control the position from guard on top but Watson is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

Neither fighter is doing enough for the referee's liking and he's decided to stand them back up.
Watson thows a left - swing and a miss!
Bair tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watson was well out of range. Poor timing from Bair.
Watson swings wildly with a right hand that was never going to find it's target.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Bair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Watson tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
A jab from Watson misses.
A telegraphed right hand from Watson misses the target.
Watson throws a lazy right hand but Bair sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Bair fails with the takedown.
David Bair is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
Bair slips a straight right by Watson.
Jacob Watson is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.

Bair changes levels and drives through with a really nice takedown into side control. Watson looks really pissed at himself for not defending that better.
A lull in the action here as Bair stalls from top position.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson is trying to control Bair's posture but Bair avoids it.
Bair in side control, just content to control the action for now.
Bair working the body and head with strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here.
Bair in side control lands a nice looking series of punches and elbows.
An elbow from Bair crashes against the mat.

Bair looking for an arm triangle but it's way too loose to do anything.
Bair wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watson keeps working.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watson is looking for a sweep.

Bair thinks about going for a far side armbar but bails out and retains the dominant position instead.
Watson struggling a bit here.

Bair is trying to land an Americana. He has the arm isolated but Watson is keeping cool and he's avoided the danger for now.
Watson struggling a bit here.
Bair tries to score with some ground and pound. Watson controls his posture well this time though and the shots don't do any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

David Bair dominated that second round.
The cut man is working on David Bair's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the ring so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Bair on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Watson looks to land a left hand but Bair moved out of range nicely.
Bair fails with a takedown attempt.

Watson lands a big uppercut and Bair crumbles to the floor! The ref thinks about stopping the fight but Bair looks OK. Watson waves Bair back to his feet!
Oh Bair is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Watson avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Bair seems to have got his legs back now.
Watson throws the left hand but Bair avoids the punch easily.
Bair steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watson.
Watson throws a jab when Bair was well out of range.
Watson jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Bair steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Watson.
No luck for Bair with that takedown attempt.
Watson lands a beauty of a right hand that gets the crowd cheering.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Bair.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for David Bair. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Watson connects with a single shot there.
Both fighters are breathing heavily.
Nice takedown defense from Watson. No joy for Bair on that attempt.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Jab, jab by Watson - just one landing.
Bair slips a jab from Watson.
A telegraphed right hand from Watson misses the target.
Watson misses with a straight right.
Watson scores with a crisp jab that stopped Bair in his tracks.
Bair on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
Bair blocks a jab.
Watson connects with a crisp jab.
Bair on the wrong end of a nice jab.

Bair gets in close and instigates a clinch.
Bair tries for a takedown. No joy.
Watson misses with a short punch on the inside.
Watson is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Watson gets underhooks to prevent Bair's takedown attempt.
A head punch on the inside from Watson fails to land.
Bair tries for a takedown. No joy.
Bair gets double underhooks to prevent a takedown attempt from Watson.
Bair blocks an uppercut.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Bair looking for a takedown.
Bair tries to pull guard but Watson won't allow it.
Watson fails to pull the fight into his guard.

Bair breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
A swing and a miss from Watson.

Bair darts in and lands a nice takedown into half guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Bair is figuring out what he wants to do next.
Watson tries to get to full guard but Bair has control of the leg.

Bair has hold of the far side arm. He's working for the Kimura, can Watson defend it? Bair steps over the head and cranks it - Watson is tapping out! That was textbook stuff right there - nice submission victory for Bair!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:50 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Kimura). David Bair!