PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Ramon Dekker (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Morum Watanabei (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watanabei is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Funky Worm. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!

Dekker
vs
Watanabei

192 cm
19
235 lbs
0 - 1 - 0

192 cm
19
250 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Great low kicks
Granite chin

BJJ White Belt
Decent knees
Solid chin

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 0 - 1 - 0, fighting out of New York, Ramon Dekker!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 2 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Morum Watanabei!
The judges for this bout are Jeff Smith, Colin Fray and Ryoma Takatsuka.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Dekker.
Dekker tries a head kick but it misses.
A bone on bone clash there as Watanabei blocks the leg kick.
Watanabei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watanabei darts in trying to clinch
and Dekker counters with a nice leg kick.
Watanabei tries to clinch but Dekker moves away
and Dekker counters with a nice body shot.
Dekker throws a leg kick which misses Watanabei's front leg but catches the back leg as Watanabei tries to avoid it.
Dekker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Dekker fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekker works the jab nicely.

It looks like Morum Watanabei has been cut.
Dekker throws a nice outside leg kick.
We've been told by Dekker's head coaches at ELITE GYM 40CAP that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Watanabei takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Dekker misses with a head kick.
Dekker shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Watanabei closes the distance looking to clinch
and he gets countered with a snapping leg kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
A slapping body kick lands there for Watanabei.
Watanabei attempts a low kick but it misses it's target.
Watanabei checks the leg kick.
Dekker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Watanabei is looking to clinch.
Dekker does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Dekker scores with a jab to the jaw.
Watanabei sees a low kick coming and goes to check it, but it's actually a body kick and it thuds into his unprotected ribs.
Watanabei closes the distance but Dekker moves to the side
and Dekker counters with a nice low kick that buckles Watanabei's knee momentarily.
Dekker connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Watanabei's hands.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watanabei is looking to clinch but Dekker is avoiding it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Dekker thows a body kick. Watanabei tries to catch it but that hurt him.
Dekker keeps the fight on the outside.
Dekker wants to slow Watanabei down by chopping away at his legs.
A solid leg kick lands there for Dekker.
Dekker connects with an inside leg kick.
Watanabei takes a kick to the side of the head.
Dekker tries to score with an inside leg kick but telegraphs it and Watanabei is able to avoid easily.
Watanabei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Watanabei's coach down at Hilo Training Center was telling us pre-fight that they have been working on Watanabei's balance. Obviously they view that as a key factor in the outcome of this fight.
Watanabei tries to clinch but Dekker moves away
and Dekker counters with a leg kick that reverborates around the arena.
Dekker throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Watanabei looks winded!
Watanabei checks a low kick from Dekker.
Watanabei on the wrong end of an overhand right that came out of nowhere.
That kick from Dekker tenderised Watanabei's leg. Watanabei is trying to keep his angry face on.
Dekker thumps Watanabei with a low kick.
Dekker's jab looks to have found its range, popping Watanabei under the eye.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekker pulls out of a head kick attempt.
Watanabei wants to clinch up but Dekker keeps it at a distance.
A chopping leg kick lands by Dekker.
Watanabei looks for the body kick but Dekker saw that one coming.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watanabei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Dekker swats away the attempt to clinch by Watanabei.
Dekker misses with a wild combination.
Watanabei closes the distance but Dekker moves to the side
and Dekker counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Watanabei fails in his attempt to clinch.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watanabei looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Watanabei takes a swing at Dekker's ribcage but misses.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekker tries a switch kick but it misses it's target.
Dekker throws a leg kick but Watanabei sees it coming and checks it nicely.
Watanabei avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dekker misses with a half-hearted attempt at a head kick.
Dekker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Watanabei fakes with the hands and throws a leg kick but Dekker is out of range.
Dekker connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Dekker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Dekker misses with a kick to the body

and Watanabei holds on and brings the fighters into a clinch.
Dekker tries to throw a body punch but Watanabei avoids it by throwing Dekker back against the cage.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watanabei tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watanabei lands a knee to the body.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watanabei.
A head punch blocked on the inside by Watanabei.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Ramon Dekker dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Morum Watanabei's cut.
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.

Dekker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Watanabei's sensitive parts.
Dekker misses with a few strikes there.
Watanabei is looking to clinch but Dekker is avoiding it.
Watanabei gets cracked with a nice right hand there by Dekker.
Dekker lands a high kick!
Watanabei's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Dekker tries a low kick but Watanabei avoids it.
Watanabei tries to close the distance and clinch but Dekker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Watanabei is looking to clinch.
Dekker misses with a low kick as Watanabei jumps back.
Watanabei is looking to clinch.
A telegraphed right hand from Watanabei misses the target.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from Dekker.
Dekker slips a jab from Watanabei.
Dekker misses with an attempted mid kick.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekker throws a body kick that misses.
A good leg kick by Dekker.
Dekker throws a leg kick

and Watanabei counters by moving into the clinch.
Watanabei is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Watanabei landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Dekker takes a knee to the side of the body.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Watanabei with the Thai clinch. He's looking to land a big knee but he's not managed it this time.
Dekker throws a head punch that misses.
Watanabei misses with a knee strike.
Watanabei with a knee to the head.
Watanabei looking to throw knees to the head but Dekker is blocking nicely.
Dekker is trying to maintain a safe position but Watanabei gets an underhook and turns Dekker into the cage.
Dekker managing to block the knees to the body from Watanabei.
Morum Watanabei seems to be working more effectively in the clinch in the fight so far.
Watanabei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dekker.
Dekker lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Dekker lands a right hand.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Dekker creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Watanabei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dekker blocks it with crossed arms.
Watanabei using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dekker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dekker on the defensive, avoiding the knees to the body.
A knee to the head by Watanabei.
Dekker is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Dekker blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Dekker taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Watanabei keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Dekker's efforts to push away.
Watanabei misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Dekker.
Watanabei putting his Muay Thai to good use. He has Dekker in a tight clinch and is doing some damage with knees to the body.
Watanabei tries a knee to the head but Dekker blocks it.

Dekker manages to break the clinch.
Watanabei motions for Dekker to come forward. Watanabei throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watanabei fails in his attempt to clinch.
An inside leg kick lands from Dekker.
Watanabei fails in his attempt to clinch.
Ramon Dekker seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
That's a knee to de groin and it's over and out! Watanabei crumples to the ground after an illegal strike from Dekker - the referee stops the clock and Watanabei gets 5 minutes to recover from that one. "I'm sorry" says Dekker. Watanabei manages to get back to his feet and the fight resumes.
Watanabei avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
Dekker throws a right high kick that is partially blocked by Watanabei.

That has opened up Morum Watanabei's cut even more.
Dekker scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Dekker finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Watanabei throws a good cross that connects.

Watanabei clinches with his opponent.
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!
Watanabei tries to land knees in the clinch but Dekker avoids the damage to the body.
A right hand to the body from Dekker.
Dekker scores with a shoulder strike.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Dekker lands a left hand.
Watanabei looking to throw knees to the head but Dekker is blocking nicely.
Watanabei tries a knee to the head but Dekker blocks it.
Watanabei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dekker avoids it.
Dekker trying to control the position but instead, Watanabei has worked for underhooks and has pushed Dekker into the cage.
Dekker can't seem to implement his control oriented gameplan at the moment. That's no bad thing of course, for those of us who want to see a good fight.

Dekker breaks the clinch.
Good work by Dekker as he checks the leg kick.
Watanabei doesn't manage to clinch there - Dekker circles away.
Watanabei checks a low kick from Dekker.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Dekker explodes with a nice body kick and back out of range. Nice work.
Dekker tries to land a leg kick but Watanabei saw it coming and moves away.

Watanabei moves into range and clinches up with Dekker.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

A close second round but Morum Watanabei will probably get the nod - 10:9.
The cut man is working on Morum Watanabei's cut.
That's the end of the round. The referee orders the cornermen out of the cage so we can get back down to business. This is the final round!

Dekker throws a nice head kick!
Dekker scores with a punch to the head.
Watanabei takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
Watanabei looking to take his opponent's legs away with the low kicks.
Watanabei throws an overhand right that lands on Dekker's shoulder, as Dekker tries to avoid the shot.
A slapping leg kick lands for Dekker.
Watanabei tries to close the distance and clinch but Dekker swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Ramon Dekker is winning the standup battle so far.
Watanabei tries to clinch up against the cage, rushing in to close the distance. Dekker manages to break the clinch and circles back to the middle of the mat.
Watanabei checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Dekker connects with a leg kick. Watanabei looked like he was expecting something else and didn't defend it.
Watanabei moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.

Watanabei moves into the clinch successfully.
Dekker can't break the clinch.
Dekker lands a left hand.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Dekker managing to block the knees to the body from Watanabei.
A nice right hand lands inside from Dekker.
Watanabei misses with a knee to the head.

Dekker breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Dekker throws a head kick that misses.
Watanabei doesn't manage to clinch there - Dekker circles away.
Watanabei tries to check the leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
Watanabei is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Watanabei moves to clinch but Dekker breaks away
and Dekker counters with an inside leg kick.
A slow jab from Watanabei misses its intended target.
Watanabei takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Watanabei tries to clinch up.
Watanabei tries to land a leg kick but Dekker saw it coming and moves away.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watanabei misses with a leg kick.
Watanabei blocks a leg kick.
Dekker walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Watanabei checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Watanabei avoids the head kick by Dekker.
Dekker wants to land a leg kick but Watanabei is out of range.
Dekker misses with a low kick.
Dekker misses with a leg kick

and Watanabei counters into the clinch. Nicely done.
Watanabei scores with a knee to the head.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.

Dekker pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Dekker scores with a head kick. Watanabei tried to block it but didn't get his arm up in time.
Dekker tries a low kick but Watanabei avoids it.
Watanabei doesn't manage to clinch there - Dekker circles away.
Watanabei fakes the leg kick and cracks Dekker in the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Dekker throws a leg kick that is checked

and Watanabei counters by moving into the clinch.
Watanabei trying to land knees to the body.
A short right hand to the side of the head by Dekker.
Dekker taking a breather.
Watanabei has Dekker pressed against the cage, preventing Dekker from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Watanabei tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Dekker avoids it.
Dekker lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of Watanabei backwards.

The cut above Morum Watanabei's eye is starting to cause him problems now.
Watanabei using the Thai plumb to throw knees but Dekker has his back arched nicely, preventing the strike.
Dekker is trying to break the clinch but Watanabei is controlling him.
Watanabei tries a knee to the head but Dekker blocks it.
Watanabei tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
Watanabei takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Watanabei throws a vicious knee straight up the middle but Dekker blocks it with crossed arms.
Watanabei tries to land a knee to the head but Dekker blocks with his arms.
Watanabei tries a knee to the head but Dekker blocks it.
Watanabei is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Dekker is defending well for now.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Dekker breaks the clinch and we return to the middle of the mat.
Dekker ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Watanabei moves away.
Dekker buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Dekker connects with a solid leg kick.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Dekker lands a nice leg kick that just misses Watanabei's sensitive parts.
Dekker swings away but doesn't land with a series of punches.
Dekker lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
Watanabei wants to clinch
and Dekker counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Good work by Watanabei as he checks the leg kick.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Watanabei moves in looking to clinch but Dekker pushes him off.
Good leg kick by Dekker there. It's the ones that make that thud noise that hurt and that was an almighty thud.
Dekker throws a low kick but his opponent is out of range.

And that's the end of the fight!
Ramon Dekker showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Dekker has won this one but let's see what the judges have to say. 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 Jeff Smith scores the fight 29:28
Judge Colin Fray scores the fight 30:28
Judge Ryoma Takatsuka scores the fight 30:27

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Ramon Dekker!