PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a light heavyweight MMA rules bout between Lane Pedersen (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tom Watt (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Pedersen
vs
Watt

180 cm
22
210 lbs
2 - 2 - 0

185 cm
19
203 lbs
3 - 2 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Solid boxing
Good chin

BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
Intelligent

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 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Lane Pedersen!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 3 - 2 - 0, fighting out of Montreal, Tom Watt!
The judges for this bout are Trevor Gratis, Elvis Blanc and William Peck.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Pedersen avoids the head kick by Watt.
Pedersen misses with a few strikes there.
Watt shoots in for a takedown but Pedersen shows good takedown defense there and keeps this one on the feet.

Pedersen looking for a takedown here - he's got it.
Watt manages to sweep nicely, so he's now on top. Pedersen manages to get himself to full guard.
Pedersen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Watt trying to control but Pedersen is working from the bottom.
Pedersen tries to land a sweep but no joy.
Pedersen is controlling Watt's posture.
Pedersen keeping moving, preventing Watt from controlling successfully.
Watt tries to free his leg and advance position but Pedersen is retaining full guard.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Watt has decided he wants to stand but the closed guard of Pedersen is proving hard to escape from.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.
No joy there for Pedersen, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Lane Pedersen seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Pedersen has managed to clinch.
Watt tries to score a body lock takedown but Pedersen shows good agility there to stay on his feet.

Pedersen drags the fight down to the ground.
Watt advances to half guard.
Watt is looking to advance position but Pedersen won't allow it.
Pedersen is trying to stand.
Watt moves into full mount! Pedersen won't be happy about that!
Pedersen is looking to get to half guard.
The fighters are tangled up in the ropes here. We might need a restart if the fighters can't break free themselves.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt throwing shots from mount but they're not landing.
Watt avoids the attempt from Pedersen to control.
Pedersen is looking to get to half guard.
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.
Pedersen is squirming around, avoiding Watt's attempts to control the action.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Pedersen really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Pedersen sneaks a leg back under and regains half guard and is working straight away to try and get back to guard. He hasn't managed just yet though.
Watt is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Watt throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Watt passes the guard and advances to mount!
Pedersen gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watt throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pedersen wants to improve his position but Watt is controlling well.
Watt thows a huge punch but Pedersen dodges it nicely.
Pedersen has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Watt is working away from the top position though.
Pedersen knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Watt on the ground.
Watt tries to stand but can't do so whilst Pedersen controls his leg.
Watt wants to take a breather but Pedersen is having none of it.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Pedersen tries to regain full guard. Instead though, Watt has advanced to mount. Uh oh.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Lane Pedersen dominated that round.
OK. That's time! The bell goes and we're back to the action.

Pedersen tries to clinch up.
Pedersen fails to land with a series of punches.
Pedersen lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Watt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pedersen tries to clinch but is not successful on this occasion.
Pedersen throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
Some wild striking there from Pedersen.
Pedersen looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Pedersen goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
Pedersen throws a quick head kick that skims the top of Watt's head.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedersen tries to clinch up.
A punch combination from Pedersen misses.
Pedersen misses the jab.
Watt dodges the punch combination from Pedersen.
Watt plants his feet and lands a nice head kick!
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Pedersen has a takedown stuffed.
Watt wants to clinch.
Watt goes for a high kick. It partially lands.

It looks like Lane Pedersen has been cut.

Pedersen shoots in for a takedown from distance. He catches Watt napping and manages to drive through into side control!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Watt is looking for a sweep.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watt is trying to control Pedersen's posture but Pedersen avoids it.
Watt gets back to half guard.
Pedersen looks towards his corner to check for any instructions. The corner give him nothing to work with, so he cracks Watt with a short hammerfist. I guess that's as good as any advice he could get in this position.
Watt has no desire to be mounted, so is trying to control. Pedersen is working away from the top position though.
Watt is looking for a sweep. Pedersen is wise to his cunning plan and keeps the top position.
Pedersen throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.
Pedersen passes the guard and advances to mount!
Pedersen with a couple of short strikes.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watt slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.
Pedersen is pressing down on Watt's thigh, looking to free his foot. Watt is holding on for now.
Pedersen is thwarting Watt's attempts to control the position.
Watt wants to control the action here but instead Pedersen manages to pass to full mount!
Pedersen trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Watt bucks up and manages to get a nice reversal! He's in guard on the top - nicely done!
Pedersen avoiding any damage from the ground and pound.
Watt in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Watt tries to free his leg and advance position but Pedersen is retaining full guard.
Watt postures up.
Pedersen keeping full guard, as Watt tries to pass.
Pedersen wants to get back to his feet but Watt is in a dominant position and won't allow it.
Pedersen is working an open guard here, looking to improve his position. No doubt that will leave him open to counters but at least he's being more offensive.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.

Pedersen clinches up against the ropes.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Tom Watt showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The cut man is working on Lane Pedersen'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. Let's hear some noise people - this is the final round!

Watt shoots in and drives through. Pedersen sprawls well.
Pedersen throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.

Pedersen closes the distance, clinches up and gets a nice trip takedown into side control. Very smooth.
Pedersen has knee on belly and now moves to full mount! Trouble for Watt!
Pedersen trying to control but Watt is having none of it.
Watt wants to control but Pedersen is having none of it.
Watt regains half guard.
Watt is working for an escape here. He's hooked one of Pedersen's legs and he's managed to sneak out and take Pedersen's back!
Both fighters are breathing heavily.

Watt has got his arm under Pedersen's chin working for the choke… has he got it? It looks pretty tight! Oh! Pedersen has spun round into Watt's guard beautifully! Well done that man!

That's one minute gone in the round.
Pedersen is stalling in the full guard.
Pedersen working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Watt keeping moving, preventing Pedersen from controlling successfully.
Pedersen postures up.
Pedersen wanted to stand there but Watt had control of the position.

That's two 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.

Watt looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Pedersen could do with loosing a few pounds - he looks very soft around the mid section, to put it politely.
Pedersen wants to control from the top but Watt keeps moving.
Pedersen controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Watt is looking to sweep but instead, Pedersen has passed into half guard.
Watt is looking to improve his position.
Watt keeping his head moving to avoid the ground and pound.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Nice strikes from Pedersen there.
Pedersen is working hard to pass the guard. He's done it - he's now in full mount! Trouble for Watt!
Watt is bucking up trying to escape but Pedersen cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
Watt is trying desperately to improve position.
Watt is squirming around, avoiding Pedersen's attempts to control the action.
Pedersen is going to have to think about doing something other than just controlling because Watt is managing to avoid having the position dictated to him.
Pedersen content just to control the position here.
Watt slips a leg in and gets back to half guard.

That's four minutes gone in the round.

Pedersen gets to his feet - back to striking we go!
Nice sprawl there from Pedersen as Watt shoots in.
Watt has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Watt avoids a punch combination nicely.
Pedersen throws a series of punches but Watt moves out of range.
Watt pushes Pedersen away with a front kick.
Pedersen shoots in looking for a takedown. Watt tries to sprawl out of it but Pedersen keeps driving through. The fighters are pinned against the ropes. Watt manages to get underhooks and after a bit of a struggle, circles away and we're back to standing.
The fight stays on the outside here - Watt looks like he's thinking about clinching though.

And that's the end of the fight!
Lane Pedersen showed his dominance in that final round.
I think Pedersen 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 Trevor Gratis scores the fight 29:28
Judge Elvis Blanc scores the fight 29:28
Judge William Peck scores the fight 29:28

In favor of your winner, by unanimous decision... Lane Pedersen!