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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between myles roberts (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Joseph Watson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Watson has chosen El Distorto De Melodica by Everclear as his entrance music. myles roberts could well score a knockout today. He has the power to get to Joseph Watson's chin.
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194 lbs
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192 lbs
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BJJ White Belt
Solid boxing
Experienced |
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BJJ Purple Belt
Counter striker
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
4 - 3 - 0, fighting out of New York, myles roberts!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
6 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, Joseph Watson!
The judges for this bout are Reed Andrews, Jonathan Paton and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Watson 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.
Watson avoids a punch combination nicely.
Watson looks to land a left hand but roberts moved out of range nicely.
Watson throws a big shot that misses.
Watson fails with a takedown attempt.
Some wild striking there from roberts.
Watson fakes high and shoots in for a takedown but roberts avoids it really well and circles away.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
roberts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watson.
roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
roberts tries to bum rush Watson with a series of wild strikes but Watson uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Watson just misses with a punch to the body.
roberts swinging wilding here.
roberts misses with a double jab.
An inside leg kick lands from Watson.
A combination from roberts does no damage.
Watson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt roberts.
myles roberts is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
Watson throws a leg kick but roberts sees it coming and moves out of range.
roberts misses with a few strikes there.
roberts throws a nice looking combination but Watson bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Watson closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Watson seems to be working for a kimura but roberts defends the submission attempt.
Watson throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
roberts wants to control but Watson is keeping busy.
Watson wants to control but roberts is keeping him busy.
Watson is trying to work for a kimura but roberts is defending well.
Watson is trying to work for a kimura. He's got his hands clasped together - this could be trouble! No, roberts has managed to free his arm - good work.
roberts on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if roberts tries to get out of the position.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Watson is pressing down on roberts's thigh, looking to free his foot. roberts is holding on for now.
Watson wants to work for an arm triangle but roberts is really keeping half guard well and defending the submission attempt.
Watson thumps the canvas. Not on purpose obviously - he just missed roberts's head.
Well, the referee has seen enough. Neither fighter is active enough on the ground so he's stood them back up.
roberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are hurling abuse towards the fighters... You can hardly blame them though because there isn't a lot going on in the fight.
roberts throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
roberts looks to score with a combo but nothing lands.
Watson looks to land a left hand but roberts moved out of range nicely.
roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
myles roberts seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
roberts looks to land a combination but Watson avoids it well.
roberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
The crowd thankful this round is nearly over.
Watson avoids a punch combination nicely.
roberts avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Watson dominated that round.
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.
roberts avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
A combination from roberts does no damage.
roberts lands a straight punch to the body, keeping Watson at a distance.
Watson throws a body kick that sends a sickening thudding noise reverberating around the arena.
Watson fakes with a right hand and throws a good leg kick, right into the thigh. That had to hurt roberts.
Watson dodges the punch combination from roberts.
Watson shoots in for a takedown. He's persisting with it as roberts sprawls well. roberts wins this battle and keeps the fight standing. Watson gets slowly back to his feet.
roberts will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
That's one minute gone in the round.
roberts swinging wilding here.
roberts fails to land with a series of punches.
myles roberts is looking to throw some combinations by the looks of things.
roberts throws a combination but it was largely blocked by Watson.
roberts fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
roberts lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Watson circles away quickly and effectively.
Watson tries to close the distance and clinch but roberts swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
roberts misses with a two punch combination.
No joy there for roberts, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Some wild striking there from roberts.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
roberts throws a right and a left that both miss.
roberts misses with a jab and misses with a cross straight after too.
roberts misses with a body shot
so Watson counters with a double leg into guard. Good agility.
Watson stands and throws roberts's legs to the side, diving into side control.
Watson tries to move to mount but roberts blocks the move with his legs.
Watson tries for a kimura but roberts is defending well.
Watson has knee on belly and moves into mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
roberts wants to try and get back to his feet.
Watson throws an elbow from mount that misses. Lucky escape for roberts because Watson loaded up on that one.
Watson trying to control but roberts is having none of it.
Watson thowing strikes but they're hitting the gloves, not doing any damage.
roberts can't escape the position.
That's four 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.
Watson connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Watson with a couple of short strikes.
Watson misses with a head shot.
Watson is going olschool here, as he tries to force roberts to tap using a forearm choke. This isn't 1993 though, so roberts shrugs it off.
Watson in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Watson lands a shot to the body, followed up by a shot to the exposed head of his trapped opponent.
Watson working to secure an arm triangle but it's not happening for him just yet.
Watson is breathing heavily.
Watson unloads with some shots from mount but roberts bucks and avoids them well.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Joseph Watson showed his class in that round. I'd imagine he'll take it on all the scorecards.
The minute break is over - no more time for sponges and pep talks - back to the action! This is the final round!
roberts lands with a nice combination. Watson backs away looking to recover.
Watson throws a chopping leg kick but roberts manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
Watson buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
roberts misses with a jab, cross combination.
roberts swings wildly with a couple of big hooks
and Watson counters with a head kick.
roberts throws a combination that misses
and Watson counters with a head kick that wobbles roberts - left then right he sways and one more bomb from Watson sends him down. This one is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 0:35 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Joseph Watson!
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