PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Marco Ardrizi (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Chuck Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Ardrizi
vs
Watson

185 cm
24
210 lbs
2 - 4 - 0

188 cm
25
205 lbs
1 - 0 - 0

Dangerous GnP
Solid boxing
Good chin

Decent wrestler
Decent boxing
Enjoys gardening

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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 2 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Marco Ardrizi!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Chuck Watson!
The judges for this bout are Saam Ante, Paulsen Ambrosius and Albert Achterberg.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Ardrizi misses with the combination.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch up but Ardrizi swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Watson misses with an uppercut. Ardrizi saw that one coming.
A punch combination from Ardrizi misses.

Watson throws a loose over hand right and dives in with a double leg takedown. Ardrizi tries to sprawl but it's too late and the fighters hit the mat. Watson is in Ardrizi's 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 tries to stand but Ardrizi is controlling from the bottom.
Watson controls from within his opponent's guard.
The referee looks like he's ready to step in and stand the fighters back up.
Ardrizi is trying to keep Watson in close.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Watson closes the distance and clinches.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ardrizi tries for a takedown but Watson manages to get underhooks.
Ardrizi has a body lock and is looking for a takedown. Watson is bouncing around trying to prevent the takedown and somehow he has indeed managed to stay on his feet.
Watson lands an uppercut.

Watson breaks the clinch.
Ardrizi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ardrizi lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Watson takes a body punch that cleary hurt but he's trying not to show any weakness.
Watson looks gassed!
Ardrizi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
Ardrizi's jab looks to have found its range, popping Watson under the eye.
Watson throws a looping overhand right but Ardrizi ducks down to avoid it.
Ardrizi fails miserably with a takedown attempt.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Marco Ardrizi. That's going to take a lot out of him.
Ardrizi lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Ardrizi.
Ardrizi ducks under a wild hook from Watson.
Ardrizi has his front leg slapped to the side - a nice low kick landing there from Watson.
Watson missing with a left hand there. Ardrizi was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Ardrizi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watson has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Ardrizi lands a nice shot that snaps Watson's head back.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Ardrizi shoots in with a takedown attempt and he has Watson pinned against the cage. Watson gets the underhooks and manages to circle away.
Ardrizi lands a nice looking body shot.
Ardrizi is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
Ardrizi scores with a shot to the body.
Ardrizi shoots in but no luck this time.
Ardrizi will have to do better than that with his takedown attempts.
Watson tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Watson fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Ardrizi checks it well.
Ardrizi shoots and misses
and Watson counters with a stiff right hand.
Watson misses with an uppercut.
Nice takedown defense from Watson. No joy for Ardrizi on that attempt.
Ardrizi fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Ardrizi closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Ardrizi lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
Ardrizi misses with a takedown attempt - Watson sprawls well and throws a nice strike on the way out which just misses.
Watson throws a jab, cross combination which is slipped
and Watson takes a counter punch right on the button for his troubles.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ardrizi shoots in and drives through. Watson sprawls well.
Ardrizi looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watson pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watson will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Ardrizi throws a right hand that Watson ducks under and follows up with a left that Watson also avoids with ease.
Ardrizi scores with a nice one two combo and darts back out of range to avoid anything coming in the opposite direction.
Ardrizi is working the combinations to good effect here.
No luck with that takedown attempt from Ardrizi.
Watson throws a left and a right that both miss
and Ardrizi counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
A lazy left from Ardrizi finds it's target.
Ardrizi rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Watson moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Ardrizi misses with a takedown attempt

and Watson counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Watson lands a right hand that snaps the head of Ardrizi backwards.
Watson misses with some punches.

Watson is trying to trip Ardrizi. He has hold of a leg but Ardrizi is hopping around, keeping his balance for the moment. Watson persists though and gets the takedown into guard.
Ardrizi manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Watson manages to get himself to full guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ardrizi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Ardrizi working in close now, lands a nice elbow to the side of Watson's head.
Ardrizi with a flurry of punches that miss.
Watson is trying to stand up but he's not managed so far.
Ardrizi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ardrizi works over Watson with some ground and pound from guard.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Ardrizi stands and throws Watson's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Ardrizi trying to control the action but Watson is working from the bottom.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Marco Ardrizi dominated that round.
That's time! Ardrizi's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.

Ardrizi scores with a jab to the jaw.
Ardrizi lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.

Watson looks for a takedown. He's got it. We're now in half guard.
Ardrizi 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.
Watson looks over to his corner - he wants some instructions but his corner are not responding.
Ardrizi is not content to let Watson control the position.
Watson tries to stand and escape but Ardrizi actually recovers to full guard.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson preventing the sweep.
Watson wants to stand and escape but instead Ardrizi has hit a sweep and he's now on top in guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Ardrizi is working the ground and pound from guard. He might want to try advancing position though to get more of an impact.
Ardrizi with a nice head shot there.
Ardrizi stands up over Watson, holding his feet. He dives back in and lands a decent shot to the head.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Ardrizi wants to control from the top but Watson keeps moving.
Ardrizi distracts Watson with his right hand and drops a big elbow with his other arm.

Ardrizi is trying to work a guillotine from the top, or something like that? Don't know how he thinks he's going to get a finish from there.
Hammerfist, elbow! yells Ardrizi's corner. There ya go! There ya go!

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Watson really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Ardrizi. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Ardrizi throwing shots from guard but he's hitting more mat than opponent.
Ardrizi is in close to Watson's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Ardrizi with a couple of shots to the head there. Not particularly brutal.
Ardrizi throwing strikes from guard but Watson blocks nicely.
Watson can't keep his opponent in guard - Ardrizi advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
Ardrizi looks to score some points with some ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Ardrizi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watson keeps working.
Ardrizi working Watson over with strikes.
Ardrizi wants to lay and pray for a moment but Watson keeps working.
Ardrizi slips a nice elbow through Watson's hands, connecting with Watson's forehead.
Ardrizi lands strikes from half guard.
The referee walks around the fighters to get a better view of the action. Ardrizi lands a nice short elbow.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Ardrizi is nestled in close to Watson, controlling him well. He's worked in a nice elbow to the side of the head as well, for good measure.
Watson pushes Ardrizi off but Ardrizi dives into side control.
Watson is trying to escape and get back to his feet.
We get told so often about how wrestlers don't like to be on their backs. Let's see if Watson can do anything to dispel that myth.

Ardrizi has an Americana. Watson didn't react quickly enough there and he's in big trouble now! He tries to squirm out but is forced to tap! Ardrizi is delighted and gyrates in front of the ring girls. They seem to like the attention - it'll be interesting to see if Ardrizi hooks up with any of them at the after show party.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:37 of round 2, we have a winner by way of Submission (Americana). Marco Ardrizi!