PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Roydell Gibbons (ranked 3108 p4p, 4059 weight class) and Muhammad Watts (ranked 399 p4p, 493 weight class). Gibbons comes to the cage accompanied by HonestKey- Raw Dog. Both these guys have solid standup skills and neither is particularly fantastic on the ground, so let's hope for a nice standup war!

Gibbons
vs
Watts

185 cm
20
181
3 - 3 - 0

179 cm
20
179
1 - 1 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Granite chin

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

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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 3 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Roydell Gibbons!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 1 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Muhammad Watts!
The judges for this bout are Ian Loll, Dillan Fox and Gregory Folan.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Gibbons misses with a double jab
and Watts cracks him with a counter punch right on the button.
Watts walks into a jab.
Watts walks into a straight right hand from Gibbons.
Watts uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Gibbons.
Watts tries to counter by closing the distance.
Gibbons swinging wildly here.
Watts swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
We've been told by Gibbons's head coaches at Temple of Fitness that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Watts swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Gibbons counters with a crisp hook to the side of the head.
Watts on the wrong end of a nice hook.
Watts lands a body shot.
Watts fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Gibbons manages to avoid it.
Gibbons is looking to counter punch.
Watts lunges in with an uppercut that skims his opponent's chin.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Gibbons lands a jab to the nose.
Watts throws a hook but Gibbons avoids it easily.
Gibbons tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but Watts was well out of range. Poor timing from Gibbons.
Watts shuffles to his left behind two crisp jabs. Gibbons eats them both and turns towards Watts to reposition himself and eats a stinging right hand-left hook combo.

It looks like Roydell Gibbons has been cut.
Roydell Gibbons seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts connects with a lovely jab that went straight through the gap between Gibbons's hands.
Watts swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Gibbons gets cracked there but stands up to it.
Gibbons throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
Watts throws out a counter right but Gibbons avoids it with no problem.
Watts showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Gibbons.
Watts throws a jab when Gibbons was well out of range.
Gibbons misses the shot to the body.
Gibbons throws a jab when Watts was well out of range.
Watts tries a low kick but Gibbons avoids it.
Gibbons misses with a wild body shot.
Watts takes a jab right on the kisser.
Gibbons's hands are dropping dangerously low here and Watts connects clean with a right hook that sends him down to one knee! Gibbons scrambles back to his feet.
Gibbons digs a good body shot into Watts's ribs.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watts steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Gibbons.

Watts darts in and clinches Gibbons up against the cage.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Watts tries to work over Gibbons's body with a swooping hook but it only glances the target.
Watts lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt Gibbons or not.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Watts.
Watts tried to land a shot to the body but connects with Gibbons's elbow.
Watts makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.
Watts digs a right hand into Gibbons's ribs. Those have got to be taking their toll on Gibbons's gas tank.
Watts doesn't land with the attempted body shot.
Watts scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Gibbons prevents a body shot from Watts.
Watts misses with a body punch.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watts lands a hook that snaps the head of Gibbons backwards.
Gibbons is trying to stall.
Gibbons has Watts pushed against the cage.
Both fighters working to control the clinch.
Watts swings wildly with an uppercut but Gibbons uses good head movement to avoid it.
Watts keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Gibbons's efforts to push away.
A short left from Watts.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Gibbons taking a break, stalling in the clinch.
Watts misses with a hook to the ribs.
Watts lands a hook to the side of the head.
Watts misses with a body punch.
Watts fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Watts dictating the pace here, as the fighters clinch against the cage.
Gibbons is stalling here. The referee will be looking to step in if he doesn't pick up the pace.
Gibbons blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
The pace slowing considerably in the clinch, as Watts takes a break from that fighting nonsense to think about the finer things in life.
And that is the end of the round. The fighters go back to their corners.

Muhammad Watts dominated that round.
The cut man is working on Roydell Gibbons'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.

Watts misses with a looping right.
Gibbons swings widly with a right hand
and Watts counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Gibbons dips down and scores with a jab to the body.
Nice straight punches there by Gibbons. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Gibbons.
Watts tries to clinch but fails miserably
and Gibbons counters with a straight right hand.
Watts has been the more effective fighter overall so far.
Gibbons on the wrong end of a decent looking cross there.
Nice body punch from Gibbons.
Gibbons on the wrong end of a vicious looking body shot.
Gibbons connects with a hook to the side of his opponent's head.
Watts fails to land with a series of punches.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Watts takes one on the chin but seems OK.
A big right from Watts misses.
Gibbons feints a straight left to the body, then turns around with a flashy move and hits Wattss jaw with a dramatic spinning back fist!
Gibbons takes a swing at Watts's ribcage but misses.
Gibbons moves into range and connects with a jab.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watts misses with a body shot.
Gibbons swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
Watts misses with a hook.
Watts avoids the body shot from Gibbons.
Gibbons digs a good hook to Watts's body.
Watts tries to move into range but Gibbons moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Watts throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
We are yet to see a takedown attempt from Watts in the fight. On paper you would think he is the more dominant ground fighter so let's see if these unusual tactics pay off.
Watts uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Gibbons.
Watts misses with a wild combination.
A quick step to the side and Gibbons tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Watts misses the shot to the body.
Watts missing with a left hand there. Gibbons was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Watts is pinned up against the cage taking some big shots here. The referee is looking closely deciding whether he should stop the fight.
Gibbons tries to bum rush Watts with a series of wild strikes but Watts uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watts pushes forward with a 1-2 combination that forces Gibbons back to the cage. Watts follows up with a solid lead hook to the liver.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Gibbons takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Watts throws a hook but Gibbons avoids it easily.
Watts lands a nice hook to Gibbons's body. Gibbons takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.
Gibbons connects with a right hand. Watts shakes it off.
Gibbons takes one on the chin but seems OK.
Watts slips a straight right by Gibbons.
Watts swings away with a counter right hand but no contact made.
Watts thuds a left hand into Gibbons's body.
Gibbons lands a nice looking body shot.
Watts throws a body punch but Gibbons moves out of range.
Gibbons seem to be loading up, looking for a big counter.
Gibbons avoids the body shot from Watts.
Gibbons throws a hook but Watts blocks it.
Watts misses with a series of wild punches.
Gibbons lands a jab to Watts's midsection.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Gibbons throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Gibbons misses with a left hand
and Watts counters with a one-two to the body.
Jab by Gibbons.
Gibbons lands a body shot.
Watts slips a jab from Gibbons.
Watts steps in looking to clinch after the strikes miss from Gibbons.
Watts rushes in with a sloppy looking punch
and Gibbons counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Nice uppercut lands for Gibbons. That snapped Watts's head back.
Gibbons misses with a body punch
and Watts counters with a quick right hand to the jaw.
Watts looks to land a left hand but Gibbons moved out of range nicely.
Gibbons jabs. That one connects to the head of his opponent.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
A telegraphed right hand from Gibbons misses the target.
Gibbons takes a body punch but keeps moving.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watts misses with a hook to the body
and Gibbons counters with a nice uppercut.

Watts is rocked!
Gibbons steps in with a hook that catches Watts right on the chin and knocks him to the floor! Gibbons follows him down with more strikes and that's all she wrote! Watts looks absolutely devastated.

Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:12 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Roydell Gibbons!
During a confident post fight interview, Roydell Gibbons thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.